Penn State hockey drew 74,575 to Beaver Stadium for the team’s outdoor game against Michigan State on Saturday, the “second all-time” largest crowd to watch a college hockey game. PSU lost 5-4 in overtime, but the game was the “experience of a lifetime” for the “players and their coach who has stewarded the program since the beginning.” PSU coach Guy Gadowsky said, “I couldn’t believe it was a hockey game. I really couldn’t. It just blew me away, constantly. Numerous times every period would I just look around at the atmosphere and take it in. Really. I don’t know how to explain it.” The PSU program has only competed at the NCAA D-I level since 2012, but it still drew “one of the biggest crowds in college hockey history.” Penn State F Dane Dowiak said, “There’s nothing like Beaver Stadium. I know that now. That was the coolest environment I will ever play in my life, no matter if I make the NHL or not, that was the coolest thing I’ve ever seen -- ever witnessed” (CENTRE DAILY TIMES, 1/31).
Penn State hockey draws 74,575 for outdoor game
