The 2018–19 Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey season was the 13th season of play for the program and the 6th season in the Big Ten Conference. The Nittany Lions represented Pennsylvania State University and were coached by Guy Gadowsky, in his 8th season.
Season Playing most of their non-conference schedule at home, Penn State rose up the rankings with a hot start to the season. The team cooled off when their conference schedule began and the Nittany Lions could not find any consistency for several months. Penn State ended up a game below .500 in the Big Ten standings and faced the prospect of having to win the Big Ten Tournament to receive an NCAA berth. After a rocky start the Nittany Lions overcame Wisconsin in the quarterfinal round, then pulled off an upset over top-ranked Ohio State to set PSU against Notre Dame. Both teams faced a win or go home scenario and played a close game throughout. The Fighting Irish gained three separate 1-goal leads and they were able to keep their final edge, holding Penn State off in the third period despite a barrage of shots from the Lions' nation-leading offense.
Departures Erik Autio Defenseman Graduation (Signed with SaiPa) Matthew Erlichman Goaltender Graduation (Retired) Trevor Hamilton Defenseman Signed Professional Contract (Grand Rapids Griffins) Matt Mendelson Forward Left Program (Retired) Brett Murray Forward Signed Professional Contract (Youngstown Phantoms) James Robinson Forward Graduation (Signed with Jokers de Cergy) Andrew Sturtz Defenseman Signed Professional Contract (Ottawa Senators)
Recruiting Oskar Autio Goaltender 18 Espoo, FIN Paul DeNaples Defenseman 20 Moscow, PA Ludvig Larsson Forward/Defenseman 22 Malmö, SWE; transfer from Merrimack Max Sauvé Forward 20 Acushnet, MA Aarne Talvitie Forward 19 Espoo, FIN; selected 160th overall in 2017
Roster
As of September 3, 2018.
Standings
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=";" | Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular season
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|- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |colspan=12|Penn State wins series 2–1
Scoring Statistics C 39 23 27 50 10 C/LW 32 16 27 43 55 C 39 18 24 42 8 LW 37 16 24 40 4 LW 39 19 18 37 24 C 39 14 15 29 8 C 39 14 15 29 57 D 39 6 22 28 24 C/D 39 9 16 25 22 RW/LW 37 8 14 22 6 D 39 4 17 21 12 LW 39 9 9 18 10 C/LW 17 5 11 16 2 D 35 2 13 15 19 C/LW 34 7 7 14 18 D 39 2 12 14 6 D 35 1 10 11 43 D 21 1 8 9 6 D 14 2 2 4 0 D 23 0 3 3 8 D 26 0 3 3 6 F 30 0 3 3 31 F 9 1 1 2 0 G 3 0 0 0 0 G 7 0 0 0 0 G 32 0 0 0 0 Bench - - - - - 10 Total 177 301 478 389
Goaltending statistics 32 1878 18 12 2 104 942 0 .901 3.32 3 122 0 2 0 7 59 0 .894 3.42 7 340 4 1 0 20 152 0 .884 3.53 Empty Net - 21 - - - 8 - - - - Total 39 2363 22 15 2 139 1153 0 .892 3.53
Rankings
PollWeekPre1234567891011121314151617181920212223 (Final) USCHO.com16161010685669911131515181719181817171617 USA Today15NR11968566991091012NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR
Players drafted into the NHL 2019 NHL entry draft
6 181 Kevin Wall† Carolina Hurricanes † incoming freshman
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