Penn State Univ. News & Stories

Gavin McKenna was not trending toward being a Hobey Baker finalist. Then he had the first eight-point game in college hockey since 1987.

The best rookie in the country probably isn't who you were thinking about back in October. But there also isn't a clear No. 1 just yet.

Merrimack has been one of the hottest teams in the country since December, thanks to the contributions of freshmen and sophomores.

Sebastian High breaks down the NCAA's rising and falling stocks, highlighted by the big draft-eligible new arrivals: Oscar Hemming and Tynan Lawrence.

In a season with few truly exceptional performances, who stands out among the best in college hockey?

BU was expects to have another elite season, but instead, it will be fighting for its life every weekend for the rest of the season.

Here's how NHL scouts currently view the 2026 NHL Draft class.

North Dakota has been a great team all season. Lately, they're looking closer to "elite."

The boys are back at it again, talking power rankings, injuries, awards, and the NCAA tournament.

There's a possibility that the ECAC will put four or even five teams into the NCAA tournament, led by four Ivy League teams.

The second half of the NCAA season gets fully underway this weekend, and there's a lot up in the air.

Ryan Lambert takes a look at the the front-runners for college hockey's biggest individual trophies at the halfway mark of the NCAA season.

Michigan stays No. 1, but there's lots of change everywhere else.

When you close a 115-year-old building, you gotta tell yourself the result doesn't matter that much.

We're back at it again with another perfect power ranking which everyone loves.

Hockey East is usually one of the top conferences in college hockey, with three-plus NCAA tournament teams. Now, things would have to start going very well for the league to get three at all.

Is it too early to talk about the NCAA tournament? Historically speaking, not really.

The rowdy boys are back for another perfect power ranking that is completely inarguable.

Unexpected freshmen are challenging to win the scoring race and the top candidate to be the NHL's 2026 first overall selection faces some growing pains adjusting to college hockey.

Why Gavin McKenna is doing better than you might think, and how he can take his game to the next level.

Digging into the numbers to see whether the team you like is any good, plus news and notes on every conference.

A look at how injuries are mounting for some of the best teams in the country, life on the independent circuit, hits and misses in awards predictions, and more.

Just another packed week of college hockey news... and some analysis???

Another wild fortnight in college hockey shook up the power rankings once again.

Sean Shapiro takes a deeper look at the Michigan freshman goalie that's helping turn things around for the Wolverines.

Our expert panel unveils their ballots and defends their choices for October.

News, notes, and some game recommendations for the first full weekend of college hockey. Nearly all of Div. 1's 63 teams will be in action.

Gavin McKenna's scintillating skill and creativity propelled Penn State to a pair of opening weekend victories, but his defensive details need to improve to hit his franchise-calibre NHL upside.

Ryan Lambert breaks down the weekend that was in college hockey.

Cam, Ryan, and Sean rank the top 20 teams in college hockey for 2025-26 and discuss some other interesting storylines for the new season.

A conference-by-conference breakdown of the best players and teams in the country.

Previewing the most outstanding candidates for all three of college hockey's major awards.

Our scouts take a deeper look at the Carolina Hurricanes prospect pool.

Gavin McKenna will likely go No. 1 at the 2026 NHL Draft. But who can challenge that claim?

Looking back at Gavin McKenna's incredible WHL career and looking forward to what's next.

After Michigan State lost out on the Gavin McKenna sweepstakes and saw Isaac Howard go pro, it had a big roster spot to fill. Enter Porter Martone.

The world's best 17-year-old hockey player just committed to Penn State. The impact of that decision will be felt far outside Happy Valley.

In a move that will send shockwaves throughout the hockey world, Gavin McKenna, the presumptive first-overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, has officially committed to play for Penn State...

A dynamic offensive defenceman, electrifying puck-rusher, and punishing shutdown defenceman all in one.

The tsunami of college commitments has started to build in the deeper waters. The list of junior-aged CHLers who have officially committed to an NCAA program for next season is...

Western needed double overtime, and BU needed a big game from Mikhail Yegorov, but they're both through to Saturday's final.

Penn State was below .500 in mid-January, but BU was so desperate for goaltending a couple weeks later that they brought someone in early. Both have been pretty close to lights-out since.

We don't know who the finalists are for the Tim Taylor award, given annually to the best rookie in college hockey, but there's one player who stands out from the rest of the crowd by a wide margin.

Denver and Penn State rounded out the slate for the Frozen Four with narrow wins over two higher-ranked Hockey East teams.

With wins today, Penn State and Denver are positioned to eliminate two Hockey East teams apiece.

News and notes from the second day of the NCAA tournament.

Previewing the two first-round matchups in the Allentown regional of this year's NCAA tournament.

Breaking down every decision the NCAA selection committee made, why they did it, and what the tournament schedule will look like.

The four college hockey conference championship games tonight will determine the full field and seeding for the NCAA tournament that begins next week.

An in-depth run down of who's already in, who needs to win, and the scenarios that could eliminate a few teams as the conference playoffs wrap up over the next three days.

Few teams in the NCAA had a better second half than the Penn State Nittany Lions, who went from 6-8-1 to 20-12-4 over the course of the second half.

In the final Power Ranking of the year, Sean Shapiro and Ryan Lambert present their top 20s and discuss the hot topics across the country.

Daniel Gee breaks down the NCAA risers and fallers, including Michigan State's Isaac Howard.

Mitch Brown highlights the biggest names on the move from the NCAA's ruling on CHL players, updated throughout the season.

Who has been the best rookie in college hockey?

The NCAA Stock Watch highlights the play of Gabe Perreault, Aiden Fink, Zeev Buium, Jackson Dorrington, and Charlie Stramel.

J.D. Burke and Mitch Brown rank the 20 best freshmen classes going into the 2023-24 NCAA men's hockey season.

Ryan Lambert wraps up the fourth and final day of the NCAA Regionals, which featured wins from Quinnipiac and Michigan, who will now play in the Frozen Four.

The Big Ten reigned supreme on the second day of the tournament, and also Quinnipiac won.

The NCAA men's hockey tournament starts tomorrow, and Ryan Lambert's preview tells you everything you need to know ahead of four action-packed days of college hockey.

Dozens of teams will see their seasons reach the end of the line over the next 11 days.

The Nittany Lions started the season 8-0 and have blown out most of their opponents. But is that enough to make them a threat in a conference with Michigan and Minnesota?

It's playoff time in college hockey, and NCAA tournament seeding is on the line every night.

The New Jersey Devils boast the NHL's 11th-ranked prospect pool according to our Elite Prospects scouts, and they're the subject of today's writeup in the EP Rinkside prospect pool rankings countdown.

The Chicago Blackhawks boast the NHL's 27th-ranked prospect pool, and they're the subject of today's breakdown in the EP Rinkside 2021-22 prospect pool rankings.

“I think we're primed to have a bigger second half,” Tucson Roadrunners forward Lane Pederson says. Patrick Williams looks at an important weekend facing Tucson.

J.D. Burke and Mitch Brown are binge-watching tape, exhausting their long-distance minutes, and running the numbers to provide the most thorough guide to this year's crop of NCAA free agency available in the public sphere.

The Buffalo Sabres and their fans would much rather place in the top half of the league’s standings after so many years spent clinging to the hope of a prospect...

The Arizona Coyotes shocked the hockey world in back-to-back drafts, starting with the selection of Barrett Hayton at No. 5-overall in 2018. While Hayton’s unlikely to be the best pick...

Chicago Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman authored a statement about this time a month ago detailing the new direction that the franchise was charting, departing from their stated goal of...

Longtime NHL executive Brian Burke said it best when he described signing an undrafted free agent as a lot like finding a discarded wallet on the street. Most of the...

Are the Buffalo Sabres suddenly an attractive destination for unrestricted free agents? Not in any meaningful fashion, but they bagged their second NCAA free agent of the cycle anyway when...

After playing two seasons in the USHL with the Dubuque Fighting Saints, Nate Sucese burst onto the college scene, scoring 17 goals and 36 points, the second-highest total for a...

The Buffalo Sabres took their first swing in NCAA free agency this season with the signing of Penn State Nittany Lion forward Brandon Biro. He’s a player that they’ve some...

This week on The Pipeline Show we speak with a canadian coaching in the NCAA and get to know the draft eligible blueliner that’s currently leading the WHL in scoring...

While smaller players have made larger and larger impacts at the NHL level in recent years, NHL teams still value size. That’s why some of this year’s better NCAA free...

This week on The Pipeline Show, we tackle a preview for the Big Ten conference in the NCAA, we speak with a beat reporter covering the WHL’s U.S. division and...

Welcome to another installment of the Fantalytica column. Every week, Fantalytica provides a granular, fantasy perspective about a group of prospects. Before we dig into Evan’s game, I’d like to...