The Big Ten’s hockey conference and Penn State will forever be linked. Of course, when the Nittany Lions elevated their hockey program to the Division I level it gave the conference enough teams be a hockey conference. So it should come as no surprise that the Big Ten’s combined 42-23-10 record against nonconference opponents has a lot to do with Penn State. The No. 3 Nittany Lions go into the holiday break with 13-1-1 record…