More underdogs are making Frozen Four appearances. Penn State, a team that was just the fourth-ranked squad in the Main region, punched its ticket to St. Louis. The Nittany Lions crushed No. 3 Maine,

The Penn State Nittany Lions take their NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey into the Frozen Four and a Thursday night national semifinal against the Boston Terriers.

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.