Black Shoe Diaries, a Penn State Nittany Lions community

Short story from the CDT discussing some of the traffic logistics that may need to be resolved as part of the planning/building process of the Pegula Ice Arena. Issues discussed included the need for additional turn lanes, and the loss of 227 staff/faculty parking spaces. Further discussion was tabled until August, when the finalized study should be ready.

Bill Downey will be coming to Penn State for a third time in his life, as he was named the new Director of Hockey Operations. After a very successful playing career with the Icers, Downey bounced around some scouting and assistant coaching jobs before returning to Penn State as an assistant coach from 2008-2010. This past year, Downey worked as the Director of Hockey Operations for Harvard. A great asset to Penn State hockey, and a great guy all-around. Welcome back (again), Billy Downey!

Big news out of the ice hockey world today, as Princeton's Guy Gadowsky has been named the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions hockey team starting in 2012-13. It's a great, great signing for Penn State, as Gadowsky will go a long way in helping the team make huge steps early on. Guy Gadowsky - welcome to Penn State!