After leading Penn State to its first NCAA Frozen Four, coach Guy Gadowsky is a finalist for a coach of the year honor.

It’s not an exaggeration to say the UConn men’s hockey team’s showdown with Penn State in the Elite Eight was the biggest game in the history of the Huskies ice hockey program.

Penn State has a rich tradition in many of the 24 interscholastic sports that the NCAA offers. Even with a drastic turnaround spearheaded by coach Guy Gadowsky since the Nittany Lions made the jump to the NCAA in 2012 in men’s hockey,

Penn State is the last Big Ten team left in the NCAA tournament. Minnesota was eliminated in its first-round matchup against UMass, 5-4. Big Ten champion Michigan State was defeated by Cornell, 4-3. And Ohio State was trounced by Boston, 8-3.

The Black Bears outshot Penn State over the last two periods, 19-18, but couldn’t slip another puck past Sergeev, who finished with 26 saves. Playing for UConn last season, Sergeev recorded a 2-0 shutout against Maine, making 27 saves.

The final matchup of the First Round of the 2025 NCAA Men’s Hockey Tournament takes place on Friday, March 28 when the Maine Black Bears take on the Penn State Nittany Lions at PPL Center in Allentown, Pa.

History was made Saturday afternoon as the North Penn ice hockey team captured its first-ever Pennsylvania State High School Hockey championship, writes