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Super prospect Gavin McKenna collects 2 assists in Penn State debut

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Penn State’s Gavin McKenna makes a pass against Arizona State during the first period Friday.
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Penn State left winger Gavin McKenna carries the puck in front of Arizona State’s Bennett Schimek during the second period Friday.
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Penn State’s Gavin McKenna looks for the puck during the first period against Arizona State on Friday.

TEMPE, Ariz. — Gavin McKenna had two first-period assists in his Penn State debut, helping the Nittany Lions beat Arizona State, 6-3, on Friday night.

Expected to be the No. 1 pick next year in the NHL draft, the 17-year-old McKenna set up Aiden Fink’s power-play goal with 9:05 left in the first and assisted on Charlie Cerrato’s goal late in the period.

McKenna left the Western Hockey League champion Medicine Hat Tigers to play for Penn State after the NCAA lifted its ban on Canadian Hockey League players.

From Whitehorse, Yukon, McKenna is a member of the Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin First Nation. He was the WHL’s player of the year last season, finishing with 41 goals and 88 assists in 56 regular-season games.

After Arizona State took a 3-2 lead in the second period, Matt DiMarsico had a hat trick in the third for Penn State, the last into an empty net. Cerrato also had a late goal for his fifth point of the night.

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