SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame hockey team returns to the road this weekend after three weeks in South Bend as they head East to face off against the Penn State University Nittany Lions. The two teams will close out the regular season series with a Friday-Saturday tilt with the first of the two getting underway at 7p.m. on B1G+. Game two of the weekend series is slated for a 6p.m. puck drop, also on B1G+.
The two teams previously met in a historic series earlier this season where they clashed under the lights of Wrigley Field as part of the 2025 Frozen Confines series, hosted by the Big Ten Conference.
SERIES OVERVIEW
Opponent: Penn State Nittany Lions | Feb. 14-15
Location: State College, Pa. | Pegula Ice Arena
Schedule: 7p.m. (Fri.) | 5p.m. (Sat.)
TV: B1G+
Live Stats: FightingIrish.com
Radio: fightingirish.com/radioaffiliates/
Game Notes: Notre Dame
QUICK HITS
- The Irish hit the road again following three weeks at home as they head to State College, Pa. for a pair of tilts with Penn State.
- The two teams previously met to open the 2025 calendar year where the Irish went 0-1-1, including a shootout victory at Wrigley Field.
- The team’s most recent road trip saw a weekend split at No. 3/3 Minnesota. The Irish fell to the home team 5-2 Friday night despite holding the Golden Gophers scoreless in the final 40 minutes before rebounding Saturday with a 4-3 overtime win.
- Blake Biondi net the game-winning tally, his first with the Irish, at 3:46 of overtime after Notre Dame kept the Gophers from possessing the puck for the duration of OT.
- The team’s top two line centers each registered a faceoff win in the extra session to maintain possession before Biondi buried the game-winner off a feed from Cole Knuble. The assist, Knuble’s second point of the night, put him at 25 points on the season and extended his point streak to four games (2-5-7).
- In 102:12 played in goal at Minnesota, Owen Say stopped 52 of 55 shots faced, including all 22 shots in the second and third period Friday night after coming in for relief to start the middle period.
- The Irish defeated Michigan 7-4 to split the weekend series in their last home conference weekend. Partway through the second frame, Notre Dame scored three goals in a span of 32 seconds. The three goal sequence in 32 seconds set a program record.
- With five points on the night, including his first career hat trick, Janicke became the first Irish skater to boast five points in a single game since Bobby…