This season the team is experiencing a series of high-end ‘firsts’ as a Division 1 contender. As the Lions moved into the top-10 and up the rankings in each of the voter polls and the PairWise Rankings, each spot above 14 became a new all-time high for the program, which reached a peak of 14 last season. The current 11-game win streak, and 13-game unbeaten streak, are also program records.
Chase Berger is leading the team in goals with 10, which is also fourth in the conference, and Andrew Sturtz with nine.
Chase Berger has wasted little time establishing himself as an NCAA Division I hockey force.
A freshman forward at No. 22 Penn State (6-2-2), Berger leads the Big Ten and is second in the nation with eight goals.
Penn State men’s hockey coach Guy Gadowsky joked that he’ll do his best not to make eye contact with freshman forward Chase Berger anytime soon.
Gadowsky simply doesn’t want to mess with his second line center’s game.
Berger, who turned 21 Saturday, scored two goals Saturday afternoon to help lead Penn State (6-2-2) to a win over Sacred Heart (5-5-1; 4-2-0 AHA).
With seven points in five games, freshman Chase Berger (St.Louis, Mo.) sits at No. 2 in the Big Ten and No. 5 nationally.
Penn State men’s hockey freshman forward Chase Berger (St. Louis, Mo.) was named the Big Ten’s Third Star of the Week on Tuesday morning by the league office. Berger led the conference with five points on three goals and two assists and 30 faceoff wins during a sweep of AIC.
That phrase refers to the Nittany Lions’ third line over the past couple seasons, which featured Curtis Loik and Kenny Brooks flanking David Glen at center.
Now, with Glen centering the first line and inheriting the role of captain, Loik and Brooks are set to play with freshman forward Chase Berger at center on the team’s third line.
A forward coming from the Tri-City Storm, Kerr’s past-and-future teammate Chase Berger netted 24 goals and tallied 33 assists in 119 games with the Storm. Berger seems like a good addition to the fourth line, but he will have to put in work this season to earn a secure spot on a lineup with high-caliber two-way players James Robinson and David Glen.
The Tri-City Storm (20-33-3) got two goals from Chase Berger and defeated the Fargo Force (12-39-6) 4-1 at Scheels Arena on Friday night.
Storm netminder Hayden Lavigne made 38 saves in the win, while Jake Wahlin and Ryan McMurphy also scored goals for Tri-City.
