It has been awildcouple of weeks forPenn Statehockey star Gavin McKenna after the presumptive first-overall pick in the upcoming NHL Draft was slapped with several charges stemming from an incident at a State College bar.
While themost serious of those charges was dropped, you'd think the off-ice situation would impact McKenna's on-ice performance…
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Now, in some respects, McKenna's time at Penn State hasn't lived up to expectations. Which, in fairness, were incredibly lofty.
However, he has shown flashes of the greatness people thought he had when he made the jump from the WHL's Medicine Hat Tigers tocollege hockey, and at no point was that more clear than the game he had on Friday against the Ohio State Buckeyes.
The game at Pegula Ice Arena was McKenna's first home game since the incident, and he got a massive ovation from the fans in Happy Valley.
When the game got underway, it couldn't have been much more of a beating.
The Nittany Lions absolutely annihilated the Buckeyes 11-4 with McKenna logging 8 points.
And check out the celly he dropped when he scored.
The Buckeyes are not having a stellar season, but it's not like they're some team of beer leaguers. It goes to show the kind of playmaking ability that McKenna has, and that he can tune out some pretty loud off-ice noise.
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