The game was a rematch of 2007 ACHA championship when the Golden Grizzlies upset the Icers. In the semifinal round, Penn State faced Oakland (MI), who were ranked as the thirteenth seed. In the tournament, the Icers defeated West Virginia 4–1, followed by Oklahoma 6–3. The team finished the regular season with a record of 27–4 and received a bid to the 2012 ACHA DI National tournament as the number one seed and ranked first in the ACHA. Gadowsky brought a number of transfers and recruits for the NCAA DI team to prepare for a transition from club to varsity status. In the program's final season as a member of the ACHA, the team was led by Guy Gadowsky, who stayed on to coach as the team began play in the NCAA. įrom 1971 to 2012, Penn State teams won 7 ACHA National Championships, were runners-up 9 times, appeared in 29 ACHA postseason tournaments (including 10 consecutive championship games), won 9 conference playoff titles and recorded 8 conference regular season championships. The 1,350-seat facility was the home of PSU hockey until 2013.
The team moved to the on-campus Greenberg Ice Pavilion, now known as the Penn State Ice Pavilion, in 1980. In the 1975–76 season Penn State became the first college ice hockey team to play in Europe. When the program was resumed in 1971, it began playing a mix of non-NCAA club teams, NAIA teams and DIII teams. The Icers also played Division I, in-state opponent Robert Morris. Consensus in the ice hockey community considered Penn State to play on a level comparable to NCAA Division III teams, with whom Penn State routinely scheduled games prior to the move to Division I. The current program traces its roots back to 1971 when the program was restarted at the non-NCAA level. Penn State fielded a varsity hockey team for five seasons in the 1940s (1940–44, 1946–47) before the sport was dropped due to limited facilities. Penn State ice hockey was inaugurated in 1938, aside from two games in 1909–10. They play at the Pegula Ice Arena in University Park, Pennsylvania. PSU was previously a member of the Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League (ESCHL, although the team competed as an independent ACHA D-I member for the 2011–12 season before moving to the NCAA D-I level. Prior to the 2012–13 season the program was designated a club sport and competed at the ACHA Division I level.
Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey, formerly known as the Penn State Icers (the name for the former ACHA team), is a college ice hockey program that represents the Pennsylvania State University.
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