Penn State and Michigan State hockey met at Beaver Stadium in Happy Valley Saturday for an outdoor game that packed the stands. The meeting between the No. 2 Spartans and No. 5 Nittany Lions had over 70,000 fans come out in frigid temperatures to catch the action and absorb the awesome scene.
Despite the Nittany Lions sitting below the Spartans in the current rankings, Penn State has Gavin McKenna on its roster, the likely top pick in the 2026 NHL draft. The freshman leftwinger sent the cold fans inside Beaver Stadium into a tizzy midway through the second period when he knotted things up with the Spartans at two goals apiece.
