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Icers' Unusual Practice WeekWith injuries becoming a concern and tests popping up over the next two weeks, the Penn State Icers took a different approach to practice this week in preparation for Navy.
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Updated November 6, 2009 4:47 AM
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.
It hasn't always been pretty, but somehow, they've gotten the job done.
There were no nets at either goal line at the Greenberg Ice Pavilion Tuesday.
Updated November 6, 2009 4:00 AM
Most players have four years to do what Ryan Paradis is trying to do in two.
Updated November 5, 2009 4:00 AM
The number of Penn State Icers watching practice from the bleachers behind the team of trainers continues to grow.
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
There's no question about who's the No. 1 goaltender now.
Updated November 2, 2009 4:48 AM
No Taylor Cera, no Matt Kirstein, no problem.
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
A new day, same story for the Penn State Icers. Updated 7:04 PM
Updated October 30, 2009 4:48 AM
Leading 3-1 in the second period last Friday night against Drexel, victory looked inevitable.
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
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.
If there were any doubts that Tim O'Brien was back prior to last weekend, they were silenced in a big way.
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
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
On three Friday nights and one Saturday afternoon at the Greenberg Ice Pavilion, Joseph Zitarelli had a great view.
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
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.
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
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
Former Penn State Icers coach Joe Battista still has the picture hanging in his basement.
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.
It hasn't always come easy for Scott Balboni's squad.
Updated October 22, 2009 4:00 AM
Tim O'Brien found himself all alone.
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
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
Teddy Hume doesn't believe in curses.
Instead of climbing into his pads and uniform Friday night, Dave Herel slipped into a suit.
Updated October 17, 2009 10:33 PM
Correction appended Updated 10:33 PM
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