Penn State men’s hockey was unable to capitalize on the first outdoor game in program history at Beaver Stadium, falling to Michigan State, 5-4, in overtime Saturday in front of an announced crowd of 74,575.
Michigan State forward Charlie Strammel scored the game-winner with 1 minute, 52 seconds left in overtime.
Early in the game, the Nittany Lions fell behind by a goal — when many fans were still waiting to get through security and into the stadium — but got back into it by the time most of the crowd had filled in the lower bowl early in the second period. However, PSU was unable to hang on permanently to a lead, giving the Spartans the sweep in the weekend series after MSU also won 6-3 on Friday night in Pegula Ice Arena.