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Icers

Unknowns positive for team

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Junior forward Marek Polidor moves the puck up the ice in the Icers' 15-3 win over Towson earlier this season.
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Icers look for consistency throughout games

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Forward Marek Polidor fights off a West Chester defender.
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Victory over Drexel avenges previous loss

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Icers goaltender Teddy Hume (35) attempts to make a save against West Chester's Chris Campli (19) in Penn State's win Oct. 16. The Icers defeated Drex ...
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Hockey coach Balboni looks for 100th victory

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Icers coach Scott Balboni (right) shakes hands with an official following the team's game against Towson Oct. 3. A win against Drexel tonight would be ...
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Icers split WCU series

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Icer Carey Bell (28) advances the puck during the Icers' 7-1 win over West Chester Friday. The Icers split the two games against the Rams.
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Icers work to curb penalties

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Icer Ryan Erbe (14) fights Towson's Mike Emett for the puck during the Icers' 15-3 victory Oct. 3. The team racked up 24 penalties in its series with ...
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Lions avoid fights

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Icer Nick Seravalli (12) guards the puck from Towson's D.J. Eden during the Icers' 4-3 win over Towson Oct. 2. The Icers had three fighting penalties ...
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Kirstein continues last year's production

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Senior forward Matt Kirstein checks a Towson player into the boards during the Icers 15-3 win Saturday at the Greenberg Ice Pavilion. After scoring 17 ...
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Updated November 6, 2009 4:47 AM

Ex-Icer to lead flyover at game Saturday

Fourteen years ago, he stood in the crowd watching jets fly over Beaver Stadium before a football game, dreaming he would be the pilot in one of those jets some day.

Icers start to find momentum

It hasn't always been pretty, but somehow, they've gotten the job done.

Icers taking out the trash

There were no nets at either goal line at the Greenberg Ice Pavilion Tuesday.

Updated November 6, 2009 4:00 AM

Transfer finding success with Icers

Most players have four years to do what Ryan Paradis is trying to do in two.


Updated November 5, 2009 4:00 AM

Icers forwards battling through injuries

The number of Penn State Icers watching practice from the bleachers behind the team of trainers continues to grow.

Penn State looks to continue offensive potency

For most teams, losing a player who tallied 17 goals and 25 assists the year before would be a crushing blow.


Updated November 3, 2009 4:26 AM

Hume taking stranglehold on starting job

There's no question about who's the No. 1 goaltender now.


Updated November 2, 2009 4:48 AM

Icers control WVU in weekend sweep

No Taylor Cera, no Matt Kirstein, no problem.

Icers pass test in physicality

Kurt Collins rolled on the ice in pain just minutes after he went face first into the Nike sign on the Greenberg Ice Pavilion boards.


Updated October 31, 2009 7:04 PM

Icers dominate West Virginia

A new day, same story for the Penn State Icers. Updated 7:04 PM


Updated October 30, 2009 4:48 AM
Forward Marek Polidor fights off a West Chester defender.

Icers look for consistency throughout games

Leading 3-1 in the second period last Friday night against Drexel, victory looked inevitable.

Junior forward Marek Polidor moves the puck up the ice in the Icers' 15-3 win over Towson earlier this season.

Unknowns positive for team

Seventeen players who have put on the No. 6 Penn State Icers sweater in the 2009-10 season did the same thing last season.


Updated October 29, 2009 4:50 AM

Captain Kirstein, Cera to miss time

Penn State Icers forward Matt Kirstein has a sprained medial collateral ligament (MCL) and expects to be out for three to five weeks, he said Wednesday.

O'Brien finds a groove offensively

If there were any doubts that Tim O'Brien was back prior to last weekend, they were silenced in a big way.

Icers get help from former goalie

It may be his first year as the Penn State Icers' goalie coach, but Brian Gratz is no stranger to the nets in the Greenberg Ice Pavilion.


Updated October 28, 2009 4:11 AM

Roster still in flux for Icers

Near the end of Monday's optional skate at the Greenberg Ice Pavilion, Matt Kirstein, back in full pads and skates, sat in the Penn State Icers bench, talking to assistant coach Pat Fung.


Updated October 27, 2009 4:00 AM

Zitarelli makes most of his opportunity

On three Friday nights and one Saturday afternoon at the Greenberg Ice Pavilion, Joseph Zitarelli had a great view.

X-Rays Negative On Icers' Cera

The status of Penn State Icers junior forward Taylor Cera is up in the air for this weekend's games against West Virginia.


Updated October 26, 2009 4:46 AM
Icers goaltender Teddy Hume (35) attempts to make a save against West Chester's Chris Campli (19) in Penn State's win Oct. 16. The Icers defeated Drexel 4-3 Saturday to complete a weekend sweep.

Victory over Drexel avenges previous loss

Last season, the No. 6 Penn State Icers outshot Drexel by 46 and still suffered their first loss to the Dragons in the program's history.

Coach Balboni gets 100th win after four years

Sitting in coach Scott Balboni's office, one might notice a seemingly meaningless hockey puck sitting by itself on a shelf.


Updated October 24, 2009 12:44 AM

Icers win, Balboni reaches 100

It was only the team's fifth win of the season and it came in sloppy fashion against an unranked opponent. Updated 12:44 AM


Updated October 23, 2009 4:49 AM
Icers coach Scott Balboni (right) shakes hands with an official following the team's game against Towson Oct. 3. A win against Drexel tonight would be Balboni's 100th in his career.

Hockey coach Balboni looks for 100th victory

Former Penn State Icers coach Joe Battista still has the picture hanging in his basement.

Balboni keeping top line together

During practice Tuesday, Tim O'Brien took a shot from close in and just gently flicked it over the goaltender's shoulder and into the net.

Icers continue to improve in close contests

It hasn't always come easy for Scott Balboni's squad.


Updated October 22, 2009 4:00 AM

Icers work on shootouts

Tim O'Brien found himself all alone.

Team struggling with man advantage

Perhaps the best way to describe the Penn State Icers power play early this season would be to liken it to a mirage.


Updated October 20, 2009 4:00 AM

Icers getting production from offense

Despite having played barely half the amount of games as No. 1 Lindenwood and scoring 33 fewer goals so far, the No. 3 Penn State Icers are keeping up with the Lions in one area -- overall offensive depth.


Updated October 19, 2009 4:48 AM
Icer Carey Bell (28) advances the puck during the Icers' 7-1 win over West Chester Friday. The Icers split the two games against the Rams.

Icers split WCU series

Teddy Hume doesn't believe in curses.

Herel out indefinitely

Instead of climbing into his pads and uniform Friday night, Dave Herel slipped into a suit.


Updated October 17, 2009 10:33 PM

Icers lose in shootout

Correction appended Updated 10:33 PM


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