Penn State is following within the footsteps of its Massive 10 rivals by internet hosting an ice hockey recreation in its cavernous soccer stadium.
Beaver Stadium would be the website of a school ice hockey doubleheader after Michigan and Ohio State hosted current NHL video games.
Each the Penn State girls’s and males’s groups will play an outside recreation Jan. 31, 2026, the college introduced on Friday.
The ladies’s crew will face Robert Morris, a rival from the Atlantic Hockey America Convention, whereas the boys host Massive 10 foe Michigan State.
Michigan State received the Massive 10 Match championship in 2025, however the Nittany Lions superior to the Frozen 4.
Beaver Stadium seats over 106,000, barely greater than the NHL-outdoor document 105,491 followers available at Michigan throughout the 2014 Winter Basic between the Detroit Pink Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs.
The Penn State venue is present process $700 million price of upgrades is anticipated to be in consideration for an NHL recreation when the challenge is accomplished.
Penn State hockey simply landed Canadian junior hockey sensation Gavin McKenna, who dedicated to this system for the 2025-26 season. McKenna, 17, is broadly anticipated to be the primary total choose within the 2026 NHL draft. He signed an NIL deal reportedly price $700,000.
–Area Stage Media
