UNIVERSITY PARK, PA (Saturday, January 19, 2008) – Navy’s ice hockey team gave Penn State all it could handle for two periods, but allowed four third period goals and dropped a 7-3 Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League (ESCHL) clash Saturday afternoon at the Penn State Ice Complex in snowy University Park, PA.

 

With their second loss of the weekend in State College, the Midshipmen fell to 9-16-0 overall and 4-14-0 in the ESCHL.  Second ranked Penn State, meanwhile, improved to 24-1-4 overall and 14-0-0 in the league.

 

Just as they had done in Friday night’s contest, the Icers scored a pair of unanswered goals in the first period to take an early 2-0 lead.

 

After falling behind 3-0, Navy’s first goal came off the stick of junior Jeff Martin at the 10:58 mark of the second stanza.  Classmate Nolan Anliker picked up the lone assist on Martin’s goal, which came while the Mids were on a power play.

 

Leading 3-1 after two periods, Penn State scored twice early in the third stanza to take a 5-1 advantage, but Navy rallied thanks to a pair of Anliker goals midway through the third period to cut the Icers’ lead to 5-3.

 

Penn State scored the game’s final two goals late in the period to account for the 7-3 final.

 

Sophomore goaltender Eric Anderson played well between the pipes for Navy to keep the score close, while freshman netminder Edward Hume picked up the win for the Nittany Lion Icers.

 

Navy is idle until Friday, when the Mids will host former Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association (ECHA) rival West Chester in a non-league game at the McMullen Hockey Arena at 7:30 p.m.  Next Saturday’s 7:30 p.m. non-league game with the University of Maryland was moved from Annapolis to the Gardens Ice House in Laurel.

 

 

SCORING SUMMARY

NAVY             0          1          2          -           3

Penn State        2          1          4          -           7