The 2016–17 Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey season was the 11th season of play for the program and the 4th season in the Big Ten Conference. The Nittany Lions represented Pennsylvania State University and were coached by Guy Gadowsky, in his 6th season.
Departures Kenny Brooks Forward Graduation (Signed with Atlanta Gladiators) David Glen Forward/Defenseman Graduation (Signed with Idaho Steelheads) Luke Juha Defenseman Graduation (Signed with Missouri Mavericks) Curtis Loik Forward Graduation (Signed with Black Wings Linz) Eamon McAdam Goaltender Signed professional contract (New York Islanders) Tommy Olczyk Forward Graduation (Signed with Alaska Aces) Eric Scheid Forward Graduation (Signed with Portland Pirates) Matt Skoff Goaltender Graduation (Signed with Reading Royals) Connor Varley Defenseman Graduation (Signed with Manchester Storm) Mike Williamson Defenseman Left program (retired)
Recruiting Brandon Biro Forward 18 Sherwood Park, AB Matt Erlichman Goaltender 23 Bedford, PA; transferred from club team Liam Folkes Forward 20 Scarborough, ON Blake Gober Forward 21 Colleyville, TX James Gobetz Defenseman 20 St. James, NY Trevor Hamilton Defenseman 21 Grosse Pointe Farms, MI Peyton Jones Goaltender 20 Langhorne, PA Sean Kohler Forward 19 Oakville, ON Brett Murray Forward 18 Bolton, ON; selected 99th overall in 2016 Kris Myllari Defenseman 19 Kanata, ON Nikita Pavlychev Forward 19 Yaroslavl, RUS; selected 197th overall in 2015 Denis Smirnov Forward 19 Moskva, RUS Nate Sucese Forward 20 Fairport, NY
Roster As of September 3, 2017.
Standings
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=";" | Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular season
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Scoring Statistics LW/RW 39 19 28 47 18 C/LW 39 11 27 38 14 RW 37 22 15 37 18 LW 38 17 19 36 12 C 39 13 23 36 18 D 39 8 22 30 24 D 39 6 20 26 25 C/LW 35 10 13 23 8 C/LW 39 6 14 20 19 D 38 8 9 17 4 D 39 3 14 17 16 D 25 2 13 15 8 C 27 6 7 13 4 C/LW 36 6 7 13 46 F 38 4 9 13 12 C/LW 26 6 4 10 16 RW 18 4 4 8 44 D 18 4 4 8 6 F 16 1 5 6 10 F 26 3 1 4 25 D 15 0 3 3 2 G 36 0 2 2 2 D 21 1 0 1 8 LW 2 0 1 1 2 LW/RW 12 0 1 1 4 F 1 0 0 0 0 G 4 0 0 0 0 Bench - - - - - 12 Total 160 265 425 377
Goaltending statistics 4 234:21 2 2 0 7 82 1 .921 1.79 36 2171:01 23 10 2 94 884 2 .904 2.60 Empty Net - 9:41 - - - 7 - - - - Total 39 2415:03 25 12 2 108 966 3 .899 2.68
Rankings
PollWeekPre12345678910111213141516171819202122232425 (Final) USCHO.comNRNRNR1914121087333241461091111111511–8 USA TodayNRNRNRNR1512111064332424498111011141188 *USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.
2017 NHL entry draft
3 90 † Chicago Blackhawks 5 134 † Los Angeles Kings 6 156 Colorado Avalanche 6 160 † New Jersey Devils † incoming freshman
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