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Penn State 4, UAH 3

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UAH came up with two equalizers in the third period, but Penn State’s goal with less than five minutes to go gave the Nittany Lions a 4-3 win Saturday and a sweep in the “Independent League Megabowl.”

The physical play that escalated throughout Friday’s game continued into Saturday. Eleven penalties were called on Penn State and seven on the Chargers as Sebastian Geoffrion continued to mix it up with the Lions.

Penn State started the scoring at 8:45 of the first period. Taylor Holstrom centered to Casey Bailey, who fired it far side past John Griggs.

Most of the action was in the UAH zone, including during a Penn State power play that saw Griggs make four saves. The Lions also had a couple of chances on the Chargers’ lone advantage of the period.

David Glen continued his hot hand at 10:45 of the second, scoring his fourth goal of the series with a wicked short-angle shot from the bottom of the right circle to give Penn State a 2-0 lead.

The Chargers finally got on the board as Michael Webley found Kyle Lysaght in the right circle, who slid it past Matthew Skoff to cut it to 2-1 with 2:26 left. It was Lysaght’s fifth goal of the season.

The Chargers started the third with a two-man advantage after two penalties late in the second: as Rich O’Brien got a indirect contact to the head roughing penalty for a hit on Geoffrion with :44 seconds left in the 2nd, followed by a slash by Connor Varley at the horn. UAH capitalized 54 seconds in, as Justin Cseter follows up a rebound on Jeff Vanderlugt’s shot to tie the game at 2. Lysaght got the second assist.

After Kenny Brooks put Penn State up 3-2 at 7:23, UAH tied it up again at 12:20 as Brice Geoffrion got his first goal of the season, tucking it past Skoff on the right post. Anderson White and Graeme Strukoff assisted.

But Mark Yanis, left all alone in the slot, one-times a blast past Griggs with 4:26 left for the game-winner.

UAH will be idle for another two weekends before finally finishing the season with two games at Minnesota-Duluth on March 1 and 2.

Wisconsin 4, UAH 1

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For two periods, the boys put last night’s throttling behind them and give Wisconsin everything they could handle. But the margin of error is so small in a place like the Kohl Center, and it slipped away in the third as the Chargers lost 4-1 on Friday.

On the onset, the Chargers didn’t let the Badgers dictate the game like they did in rolling 5-0 on Thursday. They chased the puck and Wisconsin with more energy. UAH also fired the puck more, getting eight shots on goal – one short of the nine they had in all of game one (a Wisconsin school record for shots on goal allowed).

The turning point in the period came with 1:20 left. Michael Mersch, who had two goals in the first game, hit an oncoming Graeme Strukoff with his elbow for one penalty. Meanwhile, Joseph Labate was called for another elbowing penalty high on Brice Geoffrion (although Labate’s six-inch height advantage played a factor).

With the two-man advantage, UAH struck first. Frank Misuraca’s pass through traffic found Michael Webley, whose second whack on the puck got past UW goalie Joel Rumpel to give the Chargers a 1-0 lead.

The emotion and  energy carried into the second period, but the Badgers found a way to take the lead.  At 2:25, Mersch’s wrister from the slot was initially saved by Griggs, but Labate knocked in the rebound to tie the game.

After UW’s Nic Kerdiles and UAH’s Chad Brears went off for roughing, the Badgers took the lead on the ensuing 4-on-4 with some nifty passing. Mersch passed to his right to Derek Lee, who centered it back to Kevin Schulze, who fires it past Griggs at 13:14.

After Thursday’s rout, being within one goal entering the final frame was an encouraging situation. And the boys stayed with the Badgers for most of the first 10 minutes. Plus, Kerdiles’ check from behind on Alex Allen gave UAH a five-minute power play.

However, the Chargers’ advantage was quickly dispatched, and it all went downhill from there. Derek Lee’s goal – after stealing a pass right in front of Griggs – with 7:25 to go gave the Badgers a 3-1 lead and crushed UAH’s chances for a rally.

Brandon Woods then capped off the scoring, rifling a shot past Griggs on a 2-on-1 break. Wisconsin outshot UAH 11-4 in that decisive third period, and 30-22 for the game.

Finally, a break for the boys as they are off for the first time all season next week. Then, another major challenge: Top-ranked Boston College at the Mariucci Classic in Minneapolis on Dec. 29, followed by Air Force on Dec. 30.