What This Means for Penn StateThis is the last time I’ll talk about Penn State’s situation. After splitting their series with Ohio State, the Nittany Lions sit first in the Pairwise. The win placed Penn State in a three-way tie for first place in the Big Ten. I see a lot of people claiming this win as a key of how good Penn State is. Ohio State – as with the entire conference – is not that good of a team. (After all they did lose to Miami…) but it’s a down year in college hockey in general, so no one is good. This is the last time I will repeat this. The “top” teams are wildly inconsistent, no one is truly strong – not even North Dakota (although Brock Boeser’s return might help) and that’s part of the reason why Penn State will have a better-than-expected season.

Source: College Hockey News: Blog » Blog Archive » Three Things I Think: Big Ten, Jan. 9