Saturday, January 14
East Lansing, MI
7 pm
Michigan State University
13-11-2, 7-7-2
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Penn State
17-6-1, 7-6-1
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OT 2
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Penn St.
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Michigan St.
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Joshua's Hat Trick, Shootout Win Propels Spartans vs. Penn State
1/14/2023 11:02:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
East Lansing, Mich. - Behind a hat trick from Jagger Joshua and a 35-save performance from Dylan St. Cyr, the Michigan State hockey team skated to a 4-4 tie with No. 5 Penn State on Saturday at Munn Ice Arena. No. 17/16 MSU earned four of a possible six points on the weekend with a Friday OT win and Saturday shootout victory.
The two teams went to overtime for the second consecutive night, and the sellout crowd – MSU's fifth consecutive – was treated to a game of up-tempo hockey, thrilling goals, and great goaltending on each side. MSU went down 3-1 in the second period before battling back to tie it before the end of the period, traded goals with the visitors 11 seconds apart in the third, killed off an overtime penalty, and then saw all three skaters score in the shootout to secure the extra point in the Big Ten standings.
Joshua extended his team goal-scoring lead to 11, and potted his second hat trick of the season. He finished with four goals on the weekend to help the Spartans (13-11-2, 7-7-2 Big Ten) move back into second place in the Big Ten standings. Senior Miroslav Mucha had the other Spartan goal, while freshman Karsen Dorwart finished with two assists.
Danny Dzhaniyev had a goal and assist for Penn State (17-6-1, 7-6-1 Big Ten) while Liam Souliere had 32 saves.
Michigan State is idle next weekend and returns to action on January 27-28 at Minnesota.
STATISTICS OF NOTE
The two teams went to overtime for the second consecutive night, and the sellout crowd – MSU's fifth consecutive – was treated to a game of up-tempo hockey, thrilling goals, and great goaltending on each side. MSU went down 3-1 in the second period before battling back to tie it before the end of the period, traded goals with the visitors 11 seconds apart in the third, killed off an overtime penalty, and then saw all three skaters score in the shootout to secure the extra point in the Big Ten standings.
Joshua extended his team goal-scoring lead to 11, and potted his second hat trick of the season. He finished with four goals on the weekend to help the Spartans (13-11-2, 7-7-2 Big Ten) move back into second place in the Big Ten standings. Senior Miroslav Mucha had the other Spartan goal, while freshman Karsen Dorwart finished with two assists.
Danny Dzhaniyev had a goal and assist for Penn State (17-6-1, 7-6-1 Big Ten) while Liam Souliere had 32 saves.
Michigan State is idle next weekend and returns to action on January 27-28 at Minnesota.
STATISTICS OF NOTE
- The Spartans picked up their second shootout victory in league play as Tanner Kelly, Karsen Dorwart, and Daniel Russell all scored to secure the extra point.
- The Spartans are now 1-1-2 in overtime this season.
- MSU scored seven goals on the weekend after scoring a combined 11 in the previous eight games combined.
- MSU had a pair of power play goals after being scoreless with a man advantage over the previous five games (0-for-15).
- Three of the four games between these teams this season were settled by a goal or less, as MSU went 2-1-1 in the four-game season series. The Spartans had their best results against the Nittany Lions since 2014-15 (2-1-1), and only in the first season of the league (3-0-1) did MSU have a better season record in the all-time series.
- With seven wins in Big Ten play, the Spartans have secured more conference victories than in all but two seasons since the league began in 2013-14. MSU won 11 league games in both 2014-15 and 2019-20.
- The Spartans have already surpassed last year's win total (12).
- MSU has won nine games at home this season, and last had double-digit victories on its home ice in 2011-12 (11).
- Jagger Joshua recorded his second hat trick of the season, which also happens to be the just the second multiple-goal game of his career.
- Joshua is one of two Division I players with multiple hat tricks this season, and one of three Spartans to have scored three times in a game this year (Erik Middendorf and Karsen Dorwart are the others).
- Joshua's first goal of the night was his team-best fifth of the season on the man advantage.
- Miroslav Mucha scored his sixth goal of the season and first since Thanksgiving weekend.
- Karsen Dorwart had his second career multiple assist game, setting up both Joshua scores in the second period. He also had one of MSU's three shootout goals.
- Dylan St. Cyr had 35 saves on Saturday and 77 overall in the weekend series. He stopped one of two shots in the shootout.
- Matt Basgall and Cole Krygier each had three blocked shots. Krygier added an assist on Joshua's third goal.
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PERIOD SUMMARIES
First Period: The Nittany Lions scored first for the second straight game, getting on the board with a goal by Kevin Wall at 6:41. There was a loose puck below the dots and the Spartans couldn't clear it, and wall redirected it past St. Cyr from the low slot. MSU got the first power play chance in the second half of the period, and forced goalie Liam Souliere to make eight saves on the penalty kill – but he was up to the task. Michigan State couldn't find an equalizer despite extended periods in the offensive zone and a 14-8 edge in shots on net in the period.
Second Period: Within the first five minutes of the second period, the teams traded power play goals. MSU tied the game at 3:23, when Miroslav Mucha tucked home a loose puck in front after a blast from David Gucciardi from the high slot. Just over a minute later, Tyler Paquette gave his team the lead back when he tipped home a puck at the left post – the blast from Schade at the left post ricocheted off the shaft of St. Cyr's stick and fell to the base of the post for Paquette to redirect into the back of the net. At 7:58, the Spartans gave up an odd-man rush, which resulted in a Simon Mack finish at the right post for a 3-1 lead. Despite the deficit, the Spartans remained assertive and a penalty that resulted in a second goal on the man advantage, as Jagger Joshua tipped home a backdoor pass from Karsen Dorwart. That line wasn't finished – it generated the equalizer with under a minute remaining. Off a faceoff in the left circle, Russell did a great job in the corner to secure the puck and dished it out to Dorwart at the dot, and he casually slid it across the low slot to a patient Joshua who scored his second of the night. Penn State took three penalties to MSU's one in the period.
Third Period: The third period remained up-tempo with end-to-end action. Penn State took a brief 4-3 lead on a Dzhaniyev goal at 3:43, but MSU made that lead short-lived with Jagger finishing off his hat trick 11 seconds after PSU scored. The visitors had the better shot count in the period, but MSU had some good looks at a go-ahead goal that went just wide.
Overtime: The Spartans were dominant in the early part of overtime, cycling the puck offensively until a slashing call against Jagger Joshua as whistled with 1:23 remaining in the extra period. The Spartan defense was up to the task – it limited Penn State to just two shots on the man advantage and Dylan St. Cyr did the rest as MSU came from behind for the second straight night.
Team Stats
pSU
MSU
Shots
39
36
PPG
1
2
SHG
0
0
Penalties
4
5
Penalty Mins
8
10
Faceoffs Won
40
37
Game Leaders
Skaters
+/-
-1
Goals
3
Sh
5
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
2
A
2
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
3
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
3
A
1
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