Christmas came a day late for Guy Gadowsky, in the form of a 6-foot-5 left-winger enrolling a semester early.
Adding Brett Murray to the roster a season earlier than expected tells us two things: Penn State is high on the Buffalo Sabres fourth-round draft pick and must feel he can make an impact right away, and the No. 3 Nittany Lions are going all in, even if that means burning a year of eligibility off a highly-touted recruit, assuming Murray gets into the lineup at least once.
Programs usually don't have incoming recruits make the jump to college hockey in the middle of the season, but with the Lions off to the best start in program history, an NCAA tournament birth isn't just attainable, it's likely.