While Penn State men’s hockey prepares for its first-ever Frozen Four appearance, the Nittany Lions beat UConn in the quarterfinals on Sunday in overtime. It’s a relatively young program, becoming a division I program in 2012,

Penn State volleyball's remarkable NCAA turnaround in December helped recalibrate a slumping Nittany Lions hockey team and fuel their run to the Frozen Four.

It might not be the location some party planners would choose, but Sunday evening’s Penn State hockey celebration appropriately convened on the ice at PPL Center after nearly four full periods of action and 13 seasons of anticipation.