2004-2005 Season
Roster
Schedule

Positions 1-16 in the final ranking were based on the national tournament. Postions 17-20 were voted on by the coaches as during the regular season.

2004-2005 Final Ranking
1. Illinois
2. Penn State
3. Ohio
4. Rhode Island
5. Lindenwood
6. Michigan-Dearborn
7. Robert Morris (IL)
8. Weber State
9. Duquesne
10. Arizona State
11. Iowa State
12. Kent State
13. Mercyhurst
14. Washington & Jefferson
15. West Chester
16. Buffalo
17. Eastern Michigan 72
18. T Towson 32
18. T Delaware 32
20. Oklahoma 27
Ineligible for Rankings: Minot State.
Others receiving votes: Navy.

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On Saturday (2/12/2005) the two teams went into OT without resolving the outcome as they played to a 3-3 tie. Once again the Icers power play generated 3 goals and went 5 for 6 on the weekend while the Icers penalty killers held Illinois to just 1 for 7. Icer goals were scored by freshman Mike McMullen, State College native Keith Jordan and senior Mike Carrano. The Icers held a 3-2 lead before the Illini tied the game on their lone power play goal of the weekend by Brian Coleman with just over 8 minutes remaining in the game. Paul Mammola made 22 saves as the Icers improved to 21-6-3 while the Illini fall to 20-5-3. With the win and the tie on the road the Icers make a strong case to keep the #2 seed for the ACHA National tournament March 3-6 in Chicago.

Friday 2-11-05
Scoring: PSU 2 0 0 - 2; UI 0 0 1 -1
1st 8:10 PSU Maglaque from Jaeger and Jordan PPG; 16:42 PSU Jaeger from McMullen and Jordan PPG
2nd no scoring
3rd 4:44 UI Chubrika from Gomez
Power Plays: PSU 2 for 2;UI 0 for 3
Shots: PSU 32 (DeGeorge UI 30 saves); UI 33 (Mammola 32 saves)

Saturday 2-12-05
Scoring: PSU 0 2 1 - 3; UI 1 1 1 -3
1st 11:46 UI Stock from Krates and Kincaid
2nd 0:29 PSU McMullen from Jordan and Maglaque PPG; 16:35 PSU Jordan from Jaeger and Carrano PPG; 17:57 UI Chubrika from Lubesnick
3rd 9:58 PSU Carrano from Jaeger and Jordan PPG; 11:48 UI Coleman from De George PPG
Power Plays: PSU 3 for 4; UI 1 for 4
Shots: PSU 40 (DeGeorge UI 37 saves); UI 25 (Mammola 22 saves)

Ineligible for Rankings: Minot State.
Others receiving votes: Navy, Arizona, and Drexel.

Friday Goals:
1) Keith Jordan from Luc Walker and Kevin Jaeger
2) Keith Jordan from Mike McMullen and Paul Zodtner
Friday Shots: PSU 38, UMD 42
Friday PP: PSU 1/5

WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES 2005 RECAP

Team USA Players (LASTNAME, Firstname): BLOSSEY Adam, MOLINE David, KUEHN Joel, MAGLAQUE Joseph (PSU Icer), SOLDANO Ian, PREBLE Travis, BASSARAB Nicholas, LUBESNICK Andrew, HANLEY Brandon, HARBAUGH Eric (PSU Icer), DUNCAN Brett, MAYES Daniel, DUFFORD Aaron, JOHNSON Eric, HAGEN Scott, ROGERS James, KREBSBACH Nicholas, JAEGER Kevin (PSU Icer), COLEMAN Brian, NYKIEL Thaddens, TURNIPSEET Mark, deGEORGE Michael

Head Coach: Chad Cassel (University of Illinois)
Team Leader: Ashley Bevan (USA Hockey, Director of Adult Ice Hockey)
Assistant Coach: Robert Larson (Weber State University)
Equipment Manager: Joel Isaacson (Michigan Technological University)
Assistant Coach: Rick Randazzo (United States Naval Academy)
USA Hockey Adult Council Representative: Dr. Alan Murdoch (Iowa State University)

Group Round Robin A
Team Games Won Tie Loss GoalsFor:GoalsAgainst GoalDifference Points
1 AUT 5 4 0 1 26:8 18 8
2 FIN 5 3 1 1 17:11 6 7
3 SVK 5 3 0 2 19:6 13 6
4 ITA 5 2 1 2 18:10 8 5
5 USA 5 2 0 3 11:21 -10 4
6 KOR 5 0 0 5 8:43 -35 0

Group Round Robin B
Team Games Won Tie Loss GoalsFor:GoalsAgainst GoalDifference Points
1 RUS 5 4 1 0 38:3 35 9
2 CZE 5 3 2 0 28:11 17 8
3 CAN 5 3 0 2 34:14 20 6
4 JPN 5 2 1 2 17:24 -7 5
5 UKR 5 1 0 4 22:12 10 2
6 CHN 5 0 0 5 3:78 -75 0

Playoff Round
RUSSIA 6 -FINLAND 0 (Fri. 21)
AUSTRIA 4 -CZECH REPUBLIC 5 (Fri 21)
Final-Bronze FINLAND 3 -AUSTRIA 1 (Sat. 22)
Final Gold-Silver RUSSIA 4 - CZECH REPUBLIC 1 (Sat. 22)

Additonal information on event website: http://www.universiade-innsbruck.org/en/

Links to information on event website:
January 12, 2005 Game AUSTRIA 8 - USA 1
January 14, 2005 Game USA 2 - SLOVAKIA 1
January 15, 2005 Game ITALY 4 - USA 0
January 17, 2005 Game USA 4 - FINLAND 5
January 18, 2005 Game KOREA 3 - USA 4
January 21, 2005 Game USA 4 - UKRAINE 2

Team USA Record 3-3-0 with 9th place final ranking.

Final Ranking: 1 RUSSIA, 2 CZECH REPUBLIC, 3 FINLAND, 4 AUSTRIA, 5 CANADA, 6 SLOVAKIA, 7 ITALY, 8 JAPAN, 9 USA, 10 UKRAINE, 11 KOREA, 12 CHINA

Media Links:
Digital Collegian 1/13/2005 - Icers make contribution as Team USA falls to Austria
Digital Collegian 1/17/2005 - USA upsets Slovakia
Digital Collegian 1/19/2005 - Team USA beats Korea for 2nd win
Digital Collegian 1/25/2005 - USA hockey revels in historic upset

Away Games January 7-8, 2005
Away Game January 7 Ohio University 3 PSU Icers 1 FINAL
Away Game January 8 Ohio University 1 PSU Icers 2 FINAL

Link 1/10/2005 Digital Collegian - Icers emerge from rough Ohio series with split

On Friday night (1/7) Brandon Steffek from Ohio University scored a hat trick for the game by getting a goal in each period of the game. The lone Icers goal was scored by Lucas Walker during the second period, with assists by Mike McMullen and Mike Carrano. Paul Mammola was in goal for the Icers and had 27 saves on 30 shots. In the Ohio goal was Ryan Baklash, who had 27 saves on 28 shots.

On Saturday (1/8) the Bobcats got on the board just 3 minutes into the game as Steffick notched his 4th goal of the weekend. Junior Forward Brett Wilson answered just 2 minutes later on a deflection of a Cole Burnham shot from the point to not it at 1 goal each after one period. The Icers Mike McMullen scored a power play goal early in the second period (his 2nd game winning goal of the season vs. Ohio) and Matteo and the Icers defense sealed the win with a stellar effort. Matteo made the "Save of the season" with 7 minutes remaining when OU's Rico Day had an apparent open net back door goal only to be denied as Matteo extended his glove to stun the Ohio faithful with an acrobatic game saving stop.

Icer senior defenseman Joe Maglaque was named as one of the Captains for Team USA for the World University games. Senior forward Kevin Jaeger and Senior defenseman Eric Harbaugh are also in Innsbruck, Austria representing Team USA January 9-22. Icer Defenseman Chris Rome left Friday's game after a being kneed by an OU player and missed Saturday's game as well.

Home Game
Friday December 10 2004 West Virginia University 2 PSU Icers 9

At the Penn State Ice Pavilion Friday night (12/10/2004), the ACHA’s #2 Icers defeated West Virginia by a score of 9-2. Penn State improves to 13-3-2 with the win, while West Virginia drops to 9-10.

The Icers came out firing to start the game, outshooting the Mountaineers 22-7. The first goal came just two minutes into the game when the Icers’ Jesse
Weinzimmer put one past the goalie. Four minutes later, Brett Wilson capped off an efficient power play of crisp passing with a goal of his own. Icer captain
Eric Harbaugh put one more in the net before the end of the period, making it 3-0 Penn State at the first intermission.

Brett Wilson scored his second of the game at the 4:32 mark of the second period before Drew Zinchiak finally got the Mountaineers on the board at 6:15. Soon
after that, Kevin Jaeger took the puck the length of the ice to put in the 123rd goal of his career, which places him just one behind Glenn Zuck and six
behind Lynn Sipe on the Icers all-time list. Luke Walker then added one more for the Icers after a perfect pass from behind the Icers net that banked off
the boards and reached him just as he was approaching West Virginia’s blue line. The score at the second intermission was 6-1.

In the third period, Penn State got two power play goals from Luke Walker and Matt Wallace, along with a beautiful 2-on-1 break resulting in a Mike Carrano
goal. West Virginia’s Jeff Holabaugh added one for the Mountaineers with five minutes remaining, but it was too little, too late and the Icers emerged
victorious, 9-2.

Penn State outshot the Mountaineers on the night 53-25. They were also very efficient on the power play, scoring on three of their five chances. West
Virginia only converted on one out seven chances. Paul Mammola was in goal for the first two periods for Penn State, stopping 16 shots. Chris Matteo played
the third period and stopped seven. For West Viginia, Jonathan Natonick had 42 saves and Tom O’Connor had 2.

Penn State will be off for a while until January 7 and 8, when they travel to Ohio University for two games. They will be without key players Kevin Jaeger,
Eric Harbaugh and Joe Maglaque as the trio will be representing Team USA at the World University Games in Innsbruck, Austria from January 7-23.

Home Games December 3-4, 2004
Friay December 3 2004 Saint Clair College 6 PSU Icers 3
Saturday December 4 2004 Saint Clair College 1 PSU Icers 1

Link: Digital Collegian 12/6/2004 - Icers unable to win in physical weekend

The ACHA’s #2 Penn State Icers hosted St. Clair College Friday night (12/3/2004) and lost to the Canadians from Windsor, Ontario by a score of 6-3. The Icers fall to 12-3-1 on the season, while St. Clair avenges their previous two losses to the Icers in October and improves to 10-6-1 after this game.
It was a very physical and penalty-filled game, with many whistles and play stoppages. In the first period, St. Clair got on the board first with a power play goal from Franco Subrani at the 16:21 mark. Penn State’s Mike Carrano then fired back just a minute and a half later to tie it at one heading into the first intermission.
Penn State jumped out to take the lead in the second period behind a goal from Cole Burnham. But then at the 12:24 mark, the game reached its physical climax
with a multi-player scrum which resulted in four separate 10-minute misconducts. This seemed to change the momentum to St. Clair, as they went on
to score two more goals from David Lewis and Jesse Ouimet to make a 3-2 game after two.
St. Clair’s Ryan Caicco kicked off the third period scoring with a goal at the 7:55 mark. The Icers’ Joe Maglaque then lined up a deep shot off of the
face-off from near the blue line at 9:30 to pull Penn State back to within one, but that was all the closer they would get. St. Clair pulled away with goals from Ryan Toms and Derek Graansma to make a 6-3 final.
St. Clair outshot the Icers 34-28. Penn State was 0-7 on the power play, while St. Clair was 2-6. Penn State goaltender Chris Matteo had 28 saves while St.
Clair’s Chris Gregoire stopped 25.

For the Saturday game (12/4) the game ended in overtime with a 1-1 tie. Paul Arcobello had the goal for the Icers and Franco Subrani had the goal for the Saints.
Paul Mammola was in goal for the Icers and faced 26 shots.

JAEGER NAMED OCTOBER’S FORWARD-OF-THE-MONTH

University Park, PA – November 22, 2004

Penn State Icers forward Kevin Jaeger was named the Southern Sports Supply Forward-of-the-Month for October by the ACHA last week.

The senior from Muskegon, MI averaged close to three points a game in October including a hat trick and game winner in OT against previously #1 ranked Ohio University. During the Icers’ nine games in October, Jaeger tallied 11 goals and 14 assists for a total of 25 points. Jaeger continues his assault on the Penn State record books and has moved into sole possession of third place on the Icers’ all-time goal scoring list with 120, trailing only Lynn Sipe (129) and former teammate Glenn Zuck (124).

Jaeger has also been named to the USA team for the 2005 World University Games, which will take place from January 12-22 in Innsbruck, Austria.

Away Games November 19-20, 2004
Friday 11/19 PSU ICERS 3 DELAWARE 0
Saturday 11/20 PSU ICERS 5 DELAWARE 4

Link: PSU Collegian - Defense leads Icers to weekend of wins

The Icers came away with a 3-0 victory on Friday night (11/19) with individual goals from Joe Maglaque, Keith Jordan and Clint Higley.
It was Highley's first goal and Jordan's goal was unassisted. Mike Verdi made 17 saves in goal earning his first shutout this season.

A third period goal by Keith Jordan with 3:24 left in the period gave a 5-4 win to the Icers on the Saturday game (11/20). There were two goals by Joe Maglaque and individual goals byt Eric Harbaugh and Kevin Jaeger. Chris Matteo was in goal and had 21 saves. Assists on goals were by Maglaque with one assist, Jaeger with two assists, and Mike McMullen with three assists.

After this weekend the Icers 2004-2005 record is 12-2-1.

The next games (after Thanksgiving break) are at home versus Saint Clair December 3rd and December 4th!

Away Games November 5-6, 2004
November 5, 2004 PSU Icers 2 University of Rhode Island 4
November 6, 2004 PSU Icers 0 University of Rhode Island 0 (Final in OT)

Link: Digital Collegian November 8, 2004 - UNCHARTED WATERS SNEAK UP ON ICERS

This weekend presented something that you would only see once a decade in Icers Hockey. Well at least something once in every eight years at least, as the Icers had their first scoreless game since 1996 on this road trip. The weekend also had the first Icers loss of the season.

On the Friday night game (11/5) Kevin Jaeger had the first goal but Rhode Island answered back with three goals to make the score 3-1. The final score was 4-2 win for Rhode Island. On Saturday Rhode Island goals Anthony Feyock stopped 38 shots while Icers goalie Paul Mammola had his first shutout (also first team shutout this season) with 35 shots on goal. The was Icers goal was scored by Mike McCullen.

The Icers also suffered some injuries this road trip weekend, including forward Greg Schwind breaking his leg in two places. Penn State was 9-1-1 and Rhode
Island was 12-0-1 after these games.

ACHA Division I
Ranking #3
November 6, 2004

Penn State Icers move to number one....

Home Game 10/30/2004
Ohio University 3 PSU Icers 4(in OT)

Link: Digital Collegian - Senior forward scores hat trick, leads Icers over Ohio

As if the previous night’s overtime classic wasn’t exciting enough, the ACHA’s No. 2 ranked Penn State Icers (9-0) and the No. 1 ranked defending national champion Ohio University Bobcats (8-2-2) went at it one more time this game. Once again the Icers came out on top with a dramatic 4-3 overtime victory, this time on a heroic game-winning goal by Kevin Jaeger.

To start the game, the arch-rivals picked up right where they left off last night. It was a rough and physical first period, highlighted by a ten-minute misconduct on Ohio’s Joe Branco due to a high stick to the face of Jaeger, which cut open the senior forward’s chin. This was just the beginning of an eventful game for Jaeger, who retaliated later in the period with a hit well after the whistle earning him a penalty of his own. The Icers Luke Walker had the only score of the period, sending Penn State to the locker room with a 1-0 lead.

The two teams continued the intense play in a penalty-marred second period. Halfway through the stanza, after a double unsportsmanlike conduct, Jaeger put in his first goal of the game to make it 2-0 Icers. However, Ohio took advantage of two Penn State penalties late in the period by scoring two power play goals. Both came from the stick of Dave Fitzgerald, with the second lighting the lamp with just six seconds to play, sending the momentum back to the Bobcats before the intermission.

The third period was scoreless until 9:12 into it when Ohio’s Dennis Belkin put in a goal to give Ohio a 3-2 lead. The Icers then unleashed a flurry of shots, with Jaeger finally finding success on the power play at the 16:38 mark, sending a 3-3 game into overtime for the second time in as many nights.

Then, with 2:56 left in the overtime period, Mike Carrano flipped an incredible high-arching pass that almost touched the rafters to a streaking Jaeger. Jaeger skated under it like a wide receiver catching a deep bomb, and fired in the game winner while being pulled down by Ohio defenders for the 4-3 win and the hat-trick. Jaeger’s three goals give him 116 for his career, which moved him past Rob Keegan into third place on the Icers all-time list.

The Icers out-shot Ohio 39-19. Penn State was 1-8 on the power play, while Ohio went 2-7. Penn State’s Chris Matteo made 16 saves on the night, while Ohio’s Ryan Baksh stopped 35 shots.

Home Game 10/29/2004
Ohio University 3 PSU Icers 4 (in OT)

The No. 2 ranked Penn State Icers (8-0) defeated the defending national champion and No. 1 ranked Ohio University Bobcats (8-1-2) 4-3 in overtime before a packed house at the Penn State Ice Pavilion. The game was a rematch of last year’s ACHA national title game, and the Icers were able to avenge that 5-4 loss to the Bobcats with a game-winning, phenomenal overtime goal from Mike McMullen.

After Penn State President Graham Spanier drove the Zamboni and dropped the ceremonial first puck, the two teams played to a 0-0 tie at the end of first period despite the Icers dominating play outshooting Ohio 12-3.

The arch-rivals came out to the ice in a much different mood for the second period, however. Penn State and Ohio battled it out in a very physical period involving a lot of play stoppages and a few penalties. Although the teams had what seemed to be equal opportunities on goal, Ohio was able to put two in the net from Paul Warriner and Clay LaBrosse and headed to the locker room with a 2-0 lead.

The action of the game built up to what finally seemed to be the climax in the third period. Penn State’s Mike Carrano sent the standing room only crowd into a frenzy with a goal 9:27 into the period. Teague Willits-Kelley then brought everyone to their feet less than a minute later when he tied it at two goals apiece. Then, less than a minute after that, Ohio’s Dave Fitzgerald silenced the arena when he put the Bobcats up 3-2. The two teams then battled it out for awhile, and just when it seemed the game might be over, the Icers’ Joe Maglaque changed the atmosphere to near insanity when he put in the tying goal with 59 seconds left and Icer goalie Paul Mammola pulled for an extra attacker to send the game to overtime.

Overtime was passing by quickly until 1:13 left in the stanza when Penn State’s Mike McMullen weaved through the Ohio defense on a breakaway, putting in an off-balance shot to win the game. Both the crowd and the Penn State bench alike erupted as McMullen capped off the instant classic 4-3 in OT.

Penn State out-shot Ohio 35-23. Penn State was 0-3 on their power play chances, while Ohio went 0-2. Icers goaltender Paul Mammola made 20 saves while Ohio’s Ryan Baksh stopped 31 shots.

October 22- 23, 2004
Home 10/22 Drexel 1 PSU Icers 13
Away 10/23 PSU Icers7 Washington & Jefferson 1

LINK: Daily Collegian - SCORING PLENTIFUL IN ICERS VICTORIES

The Penn State Icers had a commanding victory over Drexel at the Ice Pavilion. Drexel only had one goal during the first period and did not have any goals for the rest of the game. The Icers had six goals in the first period and another six more goals in the second period. The Icer had one more goal to end the game with 13 goals. Both Kevin Jaeger and Greg Schwind had hat tricks and the the other goals were scored by Mike McMullen (2), Mike Carrano (2), Luke Walker, Dave Arcobello, and Marc Switaj.

The next day the Icers visited Washington and Jefferson, who were currently ranked tenth. The Icers defense only allowed 15 shots on Paul Mammola in goal, helping the team win 7-1. Dave Arcobello put in 2 goals and Garrett Divins had one goal as well.

At the end of this weekend the Icers season record is 7-0-0.

For the Friday October 15th game, the Icers came out strong by scoring 4 goals in the first period. During the second period St Clair came within two goals of the Icers, but the Icers prevailed and won the game 8-2. Kevin Jaeger and Mike Carrano each scored twice. Paul Mammola turned back 30 of 32 shots in the Icers goal, including 4 breakaways during the second period. The other Icers goals were scored by Joe Maglaque, Dan McKeen, Luke Walker, and Garrett Devins.
Both goals for Saint Clair were scored by Ryan Caicco. Kevin Jaeger moved up to 4th on the Icers all-time scoring list with 110 goals.

For the Saturday October 16th game, the Icers ended their weekend trip with a 7-2 victory. Mike Carrano led the scoring with a hat trick. Kevin Jaeger had five assists. Chris Matteo was in the Icers goal and stopped 30 of the 32 shots on goal. The other Icers goals were scored by Chris Rome, Brett Wilson, Greg Windsor, and Mark Switaj.

After these games the Icers are 5-0 and Saint Clair is 3-3-1.

October 8-10, 2004
Home 10/8 West Chester 3 PSU Icers 7
Away 10/9 PSU Icers 6 Towson 2
Away 10/10 PSU Icers 8 West Chester 2

Link: Daily Collegian October 11 2004 - ICERS WIN BOTH GAMES IN OPENING WEEKEND

This past weekend, the ACHA’s No. 2 ranked Penn State Icers picked up right where they left off at the end of last season, earning three impressive wins in their first three games. There was balanced scoring with all four lines contributing offensively, including goals from four different defensemen.

After a 7-3 win over West Chester Friday night, the Icers traveled to Towson on Saturday and emerged with a 6-2 victory. Goals were scored by Mike Carrano, Joe Maglaque, Luke Walker, Jesse Weinzimmer, Brett Wilson, and Greg Windsor. Maglaque and Weinzimmer each added an assist, and Kevin Jaeger chipped in two. Penn State was three for seven on the power play, while Towson was zero for three. Goaltender Chris Matteo got the win for the Icers, saving 23 of 25 shots.

The Icers then went to West Chester on Sunday for a rematch of Friday night’s game. Penn State won 8-2 behind two goals from Greg Schwind and a goal and three assists from Joe Maglaque. Kevin Jaeger, Jesse Weinzimmer and Keith Jordan each added a goal and an assist apiece. Brett Wilson and Dan McKeen provided the other two goals. Penn State was four for six on the power play, while West Chester was one for seven. The Icers used two goaltenders in the game, with Paul Mammoloa stopping all five shots he faced, and Chris Matteo saving 12 of 14 shots.