Simon Mack Tabbed B1G Second Star of the Week
Fresh off a weekend sweep of Notre Dame, and winners of four-straight, No. 18/17 Penn State landed a weekly award winner for the fourth-straight week as senior captain Simon Mack (Brockville, Ontario) was tabbed the B1G Second Star of the Week as announced by the conference office on Tuesday morning.
ROSEMONT, Ill. – Fresh off a weekend sweep of Notre Dame, and winners of four-straight, No. 18/17 Penn State landed a weekly award winner for the fourth-straight week as senior captain Simon Mack (Brockville, Ontario) was tabbed the B1G Second Star of the Week as announced by the conference office on Tuesday morning.
The Nittany Lions have now had six weekly honorees since the New Year and nine overall. Mack joins Reese Laubach (Jan. 28 & Feb. 11), Arsenii Sergeev (Jan. 7 & Feb. 11) and Aiden Fink (Nov. 26, Feb. 4) as two-time honorees while John Seifarth (Dec. 3) has been recognized once.
Mack, who earned B1G Third Star of the Week all the way back in week one of the season, led the entire conference with four points, all being assists, as No. 18/18 Penn State completed its first-ever series sweep of Notre Dame over the weekend.
The Brockville, Ontario native tied his career-high for points and assists with a trio of helpers, including two primary assists, during a 5-3 victory on Friday night before registering the primary assist on Fink’s game-winning goal on Saturday.
Mack now has 59 points in his Nittany Lion career, the fifth-most by a defenseman in program history, while his 50 career assists are tied with Erik Autio ’18 for the third-most by a Penn State blueliner all-time.
The senior captain is having a career-year as his 23 assists and 24 points are both career highs while ranking as the most and sixth-most, respectively, in a single-season by a Nittany Lion defenseman all-time.
Mack’s 23 assists this season lead the Big Ten and are tied for the sixth-most nationally while ranking second in the nation among defenseman. His 24 points are the second-most among defensemen in the Big Ten, just one shy of Minnesota’s Sam Rinzel, and are tied for eighth in the nation among blueliners.
Mack’s plus-18 rating ranks fifth in the Big Ten among defensemen and 10th in the nation while ranking tied for sixth overall in the Big Ten and 18th in the nation.
The Nittany Lions hit the road and continue Big Ten play this weekend with a trip to East Lansing to battle No. 1/1 Michigan State in a pair of 6 p.m. contests on Friday and Saturday. Each game over the weekend will air nationally on the B1G Network.
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