A night after a shootout victory in Minneapolis, Penn State was unable to come away with an extra point in overtime on Saturday night. Penn State fell to No. 18 Minnesota, 4-3, after LJ Mooney scored the game-winning goal 17 seconds into overtime. Penn State comes away with three points in the Big Ten standings this weekend, despite coming away on the losing end on Saturday evening.
Penn State struck first in the back-and-forth game with a goal from Nolan Collins early in the first period. The Gophers answered a few minutes later with a goal from Tanner Ludtke after the Gophers killed off a penalty. Marco Mignosa put Penn State back in front 10 minutes later with a goal, but the lead was short-lived. Josh Fleming gave up his second goal of the game a couple
of minutes later as the Gophers tied things up once again in the explosive first period.
Penn State took a 3-2 lead in the second period with a goal from Dane Dowiak early in the period. Minnesota would tie it later in the second period and the teams skated to a scoreless tie in the third period, setting the stage for another overtime session. The game was fairly evenly played, with Minnesota out-shooting Penn State 29-28 and both teams going scoreless on a pair of power play opportunities.
Penn State will be back home in the Pegula Ice Arena next weekend for another Big Ten series. Penn State will welcome Notre Dame for two games next weekend on Friday, Nov. 6 and Saturday, Nov. 7. Start times for those games have yet to be announced.
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