After losing its first nine Big Ten games, the Penn State hockey team was "looking up the mountain," coach Guy Gadowsky said. But the Nittany Lions refused to get negative.

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,

Ohio State, Minnesota and No. 2 Michigan State all fell in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, leaving Penn State (22-13-4) as the final team remaining from the conference in the tournament. After their miserable start in conference play, the Nittany Lions proved it isn’t how you start, it’s how you finish.