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Decade’s best 30: Penn State men’s hockey opens Pegula Ice Arena with a statement win

Editors’ Note: Each day of the month of April, the Daily Collegian Sports Staff will reveal one entry from the list of the 30 best Penn State sporting events in the last decade.

Decade's best 30: Ranking Penn State's best sporting events of the past 10 years

It was the night that started it all.

Penn State opened up Pegula Ice Arena on October 11, 2013, against Army, and it couldn’t have had a better opening night performance.

Nate Jensen ripped a slap shot past the Army netminder just over three minutes in, and, at that moment, it was evident that Penn State would have a special hockey program with a special environment.