# @pennstate on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CqLczfWNeIV
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/72188304-pennstate-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/3124be28e8.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-03-24T16:47:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Penn State University (@pennstate) — https://gondola.cc/pennstate

## Caption

The pennstatemhky team dates all the way back to 1938, and became an official varsity sport in 1940. 🏒 However, World War II and limited ice facilities suspended the sport after just a few seasons.

🥅 Men’s ice hockey reemerged in 1971 as the club-level Icers and won seven American Collegiate Hockey Association championships in the next four decades.

⛸ In 2012, Penn State competed as an NCAA team for the first time, thanks to a gift from Terry and Kim Pegula to fund a state-of-the-art arena and establish an NCAA men’s hockey program. This year team is making its third NCAA tournament appearance, taking on Michigan Tech at 5 p.m. March 24.

#DearOldState

Photo credit: Penn State University Archives

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