No. 2 Michigan beat Penn State 6-3 on Friday night at Yost Ice Arena in Ann Arbor, scoring three times in the first 6:06 in its first game back from a bye week. Malcolm Spence had a goal and two assists, and the Wolverines improved to 9-1-0. Penn State fell to 2-8-1.

How it happened

Jack Nesbitt opened the scoring 1:42 into the game, finishing a play started by defensemen Ben Robertson and Dakoda Rheaume-Mullen. Drew Schock made it 2-0 at 3:29, with Landon DuPont and Spence assisting, and Spence scored on the power play at 6:06 off feeds from Michael Hage and Jayden Perron.

Penn State answered on its own power play at 8:33 through Justin Poirier, extending his point streak, and Shea Busch cut the lead to 3-2 just 1:23 into the second period. Aidan Park restored the two-goal cushion at 10:01 of the second with his first goal of the season, set up by Schock and Cam Reid.

Reese Laubach pulled the Nittany Lions within one again at 3:47 of the third, but Nick Moldenhauer scored with 1:59 left, again assisted by DuPont and Spence, and Robertson added an empty-net goal at 19:21 during four-on-four play.

Notes

• Jack Ivankovic made 28 saves. Penn State’s Joshua Fleming stopped 29 of 34 shots.
• Michigan outshot Penn State 35-31, including 16-7 in the first period. Each team went 1-for-3 on the power play.
• DuPont and Schock each had two points, as did Robertson and Hage. Cole McKinney won 15 of 20 faceoffs.
• Red Wings 2026 first-round pick JP Hurlbert played for Michigan and recorded one shot.

The teams finish the series Saturday at 7 p.m. at Yost, on the Big Ten Network.

Sources

• Box score: Penn State at Michigan (College Hockey News)
• Michigan to Resume Play Against Penn State at Yost (MGoBlue.com)
• Game Day: Penn State Men’s Hockey at No. 2 Michigan (GoPSUsports.com)
• Detroit Red Wings top prospects for 2026-27 season (NHL.com)