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The opening rounds of the ACHA National Tournament lived up to the expectations - the top 3 seeds all destroyed their (undeserving) autobid opponents; the 4th seed struggled with their autobid...

Another year, another solid class of Icer seniors prepare for their final games in Blue and White. While there were no championships for this group, a fair number of great accomplishments and...

With the major tests behind them, the Icers just needed to take care of business against the Robert Morris Colonials in the final weekend of the (meaningful) regular season. A couple of wins and...

For the Penn State Icers, 2011 is filled with difficult tasks, each weekend filled with pressure. After opening with a set of games at rival Ohio, the Icers deal with nothing but league opponents...

As the Icers' season rolls through mid-November, there have been a number of new things I have never previously experienced with this program. This season marks the first time that the goalie...

Over the past couple of weeks, the football team has cycled through their QBs - sometimes due to injury, sometimes due to effectiveness or lack thereof. For the Icers, injuries haven't been an...

While the football team was off and not losing to anyone getting healthy, it was revenge weekend for the Icers, as the Central Oklahoma Bronchos (yes, it's with the 'h' and no, I don't know why)...

After a month of speculation and celebration over the announcement of Varsity ice hockey at Penn State, it was finally time to actually put the sticks on the ice and start playing the good old...

In a change of pace from last year, I've decided to increase my summer workouts to keep up with my Icers writing abilities. My workouts also include a lot of beer drinking, but hey, when in Rome...

Because it's moping week here at BSD...   After a week to recoup (and a few days to find the time to write), I've finally gotten around to writing the final recap for the Icers. It was a solid...