Men’s Hockey Completes Sweep of Ferris State, 4-3 – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/16/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Feb. 16, 2002%^$
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%^$COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Buckeyes’ Daymen Bencharski tallied with less than two minutes remaining to give the Ohio State men’s hockey team a 4-3 victory over Ferris State tonight in Value City Arena. Bencharski’s goal, scored on the rebound of an R.J. Umberger shot, was scored just 17 seconds after the Bulldogs had tied the game. Paul Caponigri led the Buckeyes with three points, on two goals and an assist.%^$
%^$The win gives Ohio State a two-game sweep of Ferris State. The Buckeyes improve to 16-12-4 and 11-9-4 in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. The Buckeyes remain in sixth place in the CCHA. The Bulldogs fall to 14-15-1, 11-12-1 in conference play.%^$
%^$The Bulldogs took a 2-0 lead on first-period goals by Jeff Legue and Matt York at 10:22 and 12:44, respectively. FSU maintained its lead until Caponigri took over, scoring two goals just 1:10 apart to tie the game at two. Caponigri deflected Thomas Welsh’s shot past FSU goalie John DeCaro for his first tally of the game, his ninth of the season. On his second goal, Caponigri stole the puck from a Bulldog in the FSU zone and put the puck past DeCaro.%^$
%^$The Buckeyes pushed their lead to 3-1 9:33 into the second stanza, when Umberger scored on a breakaway with the teams skating four aside. Caponigri started the play, as he took the puck from an FSU player in the neutral zone and passed it ahead to Umberger who beat DeCaro five-hole. The goal was Umberger’s team-best 15th of the season.%^$
%^$The Buckeyes maintained their one-goal lead until 17:46 of the third period, when Phil Lewandowski blasted the puck past OSU goalie Mike Betz on the power play to tie the game at three. The Buckeyes responded 17 seconds later, with Bencharski putting in Umberger’s rebound. Eric Skaug also assisted on the play. The Bulldogs pulled DeCaro for the extra skater with 1:10 remaining, but were unable to convert.%^$
%^$For the game, the Buckeyes stopped 6-of-7 Bulldog power-play chances. Ohio State was scoreless on its four chances with the man advantage. Betz stopped 30-of-33 FSU shots for his 16th win of the season. DeCaro made 17 saves in the game.%^$
%^$The Buckeyes return to action Feb. 22-23 when they travel to Ann Arbor, Mich., to face the Michigan Wolverines in a two-game CCHA series. The squads will face off at 7:35 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22 and at 7:05 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23 in Yost Ice Arena.%^$
%^$POSTGAME QUOTES
%^$Ferris State Head Coach Bob Daniels
%^$”We played a really good game. We deserve a better fate. Our guys played hard and so did they. We just have to move on and go back to work on Monday.%^$
%^$”It’s very depressing when you tie the game and they come right back and score. You have to give them a lot of credit – they answered the call.”%^$
%^$Ohio State Head Coach John Markell
%^$”You have to respect the fact that our guys came back and answered the call at the end. That shows a lot of character. I really liked what I saw from my team tonight. We’re excited about going to Michigan. Ferris State played them tough and we’re going to go in there excited to play.”%^$
%^$Ohio State sophomore forward Daymen Bencharski on his goal…
%^$”R.J. shot it wide. I hoped for the rebound – I banged at it and it went in. We didn’t want to go into overtime. We wanted to end it right there.”%^$
%^$Ohio State sophomore forward Paul Caponigri
%^$”When you beat a team 5-2, they are going to come out hard the next night and they did. When we were able to come back it really seemed to take the air out of them.”%^$
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Hockey Game Box Score (Final)%^$Ohio State Hockey 2001-02%^$Ferris State vs Ohio State (Feb 16, 2002 at Columbus, Ohio)%^$
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%^$ Ferris State (14-15-1, 11-12-1) vs. Ohio State (16-12-4, 11-9-4)%^$ Date: Feb 16, 2002 Location: Columbus, Ohio Arena: Value City Arena%^$ Attendance:9378 Start time:7:06 pm End time:9:35 pm Total time:2:29%^$
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%^$ Goals by Period 1 2 3 Total%^$ Ferris State 2 0 1 3%^$ Ohio State 2 1 1 4%^$
%^$ 1st period – 1, FSU, Jeff Legue/5 10:22. 2, FSU, Matt York/3 (Chris%^$Kunitz/9, Simon Mangos) 12:44. 3, OSU, Paul Caponigri/9 (Thomas%^$Welsh/1) 18:20. 4, OSU, Paul Caponigri/10 19:30. Penalties – Derrick%^$McIver, FSU (charging) 4:35, Chris Kunitz, FSU (delaying the game)%^$5:28, Paul Caponigri, OSU (roughing) 12:54, Jason Crain, OSU%^$(roughing) 15:53, Carter Thomson, FSU (roughing) 15:53, Jason Crain,%^$OSU (instigating) 15:53, Dave Steckel, OSU (roughing) 19:38.%^$
%^$ 2nd period – 5, OSU, R.J. Umberger/15 (Paul Caponigri/15) 9:33.%^$Penalties – Dave Steckel, OSU (obstruction tripping) 7:53, Jason%^$Basile, FSU (goaltender interference) 7:53, Thomas Welsh, OSU%^$(cross-checking) 10:42, Derrick McIver, FSU (holding) 12:58, Dave%^$Steckel, OSU (elbowing) 18:53, Derrick McIver, FSU (holding the stick)%^$19:13.%^$
%^$ 3rd period – 6, FSU, Phil Lewandowski/12 (Derrick McIver/17, Jason%^$Basile/6) 17:46 (pp). 7, OSU, Daymen Bencharski/9 (R.J. Umberger/16,%^$Eric Skaug/5) 18:03. Penalties – Scott May, OSU (obstruction tripping)%^$8:15, Scott Titus, OSU (roughing) 9:08, Rob Collins, FSU (slashing)%^$9:08, Dave Steckel, OSU (roughing) 17:08.%^$
%^$ Shots on goal – FSU 11-8-14 33, OSU 9-5-7 21.%^$
%^$ Power plays – FSU 1 of 7, OSU 0 of 4.%^$
%^$ Penalties – FSU 7 (14 min), OSU 10 (20 min).%^$
%^$ Goalies – FSU, John DeCaro 5-5-1 (58:50 minutes, 21 shots-17 saves)%^$, EMPTY NET (01:10, 0-0), OSU, Mike Betz 16-12-4 (60:00, 33-30).%^$
%^$ A-9378 T-2:29%^$ Three stars: 1. Paul Caponigri 2. Daymen Bencharski 3. R.J. Umberger%^$ Referee:Mark Wilkins Assistant Referee:Brian Hill, Terry Sheen%^$ Win-Mike Betz (16-12-4). Loss-John DeCaro (5-5-1).
