No. 15 Women’s Hockey Welcomes No. 13/13 Yale for Weekend Series

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The No. 15 Penn State women’s ice hockey team is set to take on non-conference opponent No. 13 Yale at Pegula Ice Arena this weekend with a two-game series. The series begins on Friday at 6 p.m.
 
FOLLOW THE ACTION
Dates: Friday, Dec. 8 | Saturday, Dec. 9
Times: 6 p.m. | 2 p.m.
Place: University Park, Pa. | Pegula Ice Arena
Live Statistics: Friday | Saturday
Watch: Friday | Saturday
Tickets: Ticketmaster
Game Notes: Penn State (PDF)
 
SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS

• Yale is currently 8-6-0 overall and 7-5-0 in Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) play. They are ranked No. 13 in the latest USCHO poll.
• Leading the Bulldogs on offense is Elle Hartje who has recorded five goals and 14 assists for 19 points this season.
• In between the pipes is Pia Dukaric with a .901 save percentage with 246 saves this season.
• The Bulldogs are coming off a sweep of Brown on Dec. 2-3 where they defeated the bears 3-1 and 4-2. 

SERIES HISTORY

• Penn State and Yale will meet for the fourth and fifth times this weekend.
• Yale currently leads the series 2-0-1 with their last meeting in November 2022 in Connecticut.

NITTANY LIONS BACK IN THE POLLS

• Penn State returns to the USCHO rankings at 15 after their series versus Robert Morris.
• The Nittany Lions started out ranked No. 11 in the preseason poll.

JANECKE LEADS NATION IN FACEOFF WINS

• Sophomore forward Tessa Janecke is number in Division I women’s hockey faceoff wins.
• Janecke has won 317 faceoffs over 18 games this season.
• Other rankings include Janecke tied for seventh in assists per game with 18, and forward Brianna Brooks ranked 45th in faceoff wins.

KAMPERSAL IN TOP 10 WINNINGEST COACHES

• Head coach Jeff Kampersal is now the fifth winningest women’s ice hockey coach of all time.
• Kampersal has won 434 games as head coaches at Penn State (2017-present) and Princeton (1996-2017).

PARKING

• Parking for Penn State women’s ice hockey games at Pegula Ice Arena will be available at the following locations beginning two hours prior to the start of each game: 
• Stadium, West, Jordan East, Porter North 
• No charge with a valid Penn State parking pass 
• $5.50 prepaid through ParkMobile (season package available for $5 per game): ParkMobile Link
• $10 day-of-event without a valid permit or prepayment (pay station or ParkMobile app –…