Former Viper Tryout Musico Commits To Penn State:

20 year old goaltender PJ Musico has committed to Penn State University for 2011-12. Musico attended the Vernon Vipers 2008 training camp before being cut. Musico played last year with the NAHL Wichita Falls Wildcats before attending the Penticton Vees training camp in August. The Vees then traded Musico to the Flin Flon Bombers for future considerations in early September of this year.

This is posted on the Bombers website:

Musico Commits to Penn State

Monday, May 09, 2011

The Flin Flon Bombers are pleased to announce that 1990 born goaltender P.J. Musico has committed to the Penn State Men’s Hockey program for the 2011-12 season.

Musico (Orange, CA) was a workhorse for the Bombers this past season, leading the league in minutes played, (2791), saves (1590), shutouts (3), and was in the top five in wins (23) and save percentage (0.913).

Penn State announced late last year that they will be participating in Division I hockey starting in the 2012-13 season as an independent, but will be playing in the WCHA starting in 2013-14, which boasts teams like the University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin and University of Nebraska-Omaha, where former Bomber defenceman Michael Young attends. Penn State has been a powerhouse on the club team circuit since 1971 where the team known as the Icers have won seven American Collegiate Hockey Association national titles.

The Penn State coaching staff is well aware of what type of players comes out of Flin Flon. Head Coach Guy Gadowsky was head of the Princeton hockey program for seven seasons where former goalie Zane Kalemba and forward Tyler Beachell suited up for the Tigers. Reagan commented that Gadowsky had no hesitation because of this.

Musico is the first goaltender to commit to a NCAA program this year and first NCAA scholarship for Flin Flon. Humboldt goalie Andrew Bodnarchuk is playing this fall at Sacred Heart but he committed last season. Two other players from the 2010-11 team, Tyler Mah (Simon Fraser) and Corey Tyrell (SAIT) committed to Canadian Colleges.

Musico also joins a long line of Flin Flon Bomber goalies to play NCAA hockey where in the past 20 seasons 12 netminders have gone on to play in either Division I or Division III schools.

Rich Nagy – Ferris State (Div I)
Dan Dennis – Providence College (Div I)
Rodney McLeod – U of Nebraska-Omaha (Div I)
Morgan Cey – Notre Dame (Div I)
Zane Kalemba – Princeton (Div I)
Ryan Kerpan – AIC (Div I)
Matt Weninger – St. Lawrence (Div I)
PJ Musico – Penn State (Div I)
Paul Reimer – Manhattanville (Div III)
Travis Crickard – Potsdam (Div III)
Calvin Bartel – Hamilton (Div III)
Carsen Chubak – Niagara (Div 1)