Penalties Doom Men’s Hockey in Loss to No. 5 Michigan – Penn State

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – No. 5 Michigan used six powerplay goals to come all the way back from an early deficit and defeat Penn State, 10-6, in Big Ten Conference action on Saturday evening inside Pegula Ice Arena.

Penn State drops to 4-7-0 on the year and 0-6-0-0-1-0 in Big Ten play with the loss while the Wolverines move to 9-2-1 overall and 4-0-0-1-0-0 in conference action with the victory.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Penn State started fast with two goals in just over a minute to open the game as sophomore Dane Dowiak (Pittsburgh, Pa.) scored a pair of rebound goals over a 22-second span for the 2-0 lead at the 1:05 mark of the first period. The first came after classmate Reese Laubach’s (San Jose, Calif.) initial shot was turned aside and the second was generated by a point shot from freshman Cade Christenson (Edmonton, Alberta).
• The Nittany Lions pushed the lead to 3-0 with a powerplay tally midway through the period as Laubach ripped home a rebound at the near post after classmate Aiden Fink (Calgary, Alberta) drove to the net and had his shot turned aside at the 12:16 mark.
• Michigan answered with a goal against the run of play as William Whitelaw hit a yawning net after PSU junior net-minder Noah Grannan (Germantown, Wis.) was caught out of position for the 3-1 score at the 13:32 mark.
• Fink then turned defense into offense as he intercepted a pass in the neutral zone and skated into the right dot before lacing a wrister over the glove of Wolverine goaltender Cameron Korpi for the 4-1 edge at the 15:20 mark of the opening stanza. That goal marked the end of the night for Korpi who was replaced by Friday night starter Logan Stein.
• Michigan clawed back into the game heading into the first intermission with a pair of man-advantage tallies just 54 ticks apart as Jacob Truscott sent a shot through traffic from the high slot that beat Grannan at 17:18 before Evan Werner sent a one-timer to the twine for the 4-3 deficit at the 18:12 mark.
• The visitors evened the score midway through the second period with their fourth-straight goal as Tyler Duke skated into the zone and let loose from the high-slot beating Grannan over the blocker for the 4-4 score at the 9:42 mark.
• The Wolverines then grabbed their first lead of the contest with their third powerplay tally as T.J. Hughes redirected a shot in the low slot for the 5-4 margin at the 11:31 mark.
• Freshman JJ Wiebusch (Verona, Wis.) pulled the hosts back even as he collected an errant pass just outside the…