Ohio State Hockey Tops Miami, 3-1 – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/26/1998 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Feb. 26, 1998
COLUMBUS, Ohio —The Ohio State Ice Hockey team improved to 19-11-2 (16-10-1 in the CCHA) last night with a 3-1 win over the Miami RedHawks at the OSU Ice Rink. Miami fell to 18-11-4 (13-11-4 in the CCHA).
Miami got on the board first when Adam Copeland scored with help from Josh Mizerek and Gregor Krajnc at 12:22 of the first period. The Buckeyes came back to tie the game with just :30 seconds left in the first when Todd Compeau scored his seventh goal of the year, shoveling home a Dan Cousineau centering pass.
The game remained deadlocked through a tight checking second period and most of the third until Hugo Boisvert scored the game winner on the power play at 18:12. Andre Signoretti rifled a slapshot from the point, and Boisvert picked up the rebound and fired it home for his 18th of the season, sending the sellout crowd of 1, 501 into a frenzy.
Eric Meloche picked up his 21st of the year on an empty net goal seconds later to ice the game for the Buckeyes.
“We took care of some opportunities, especially on the power play,” Ohio State head coach John Markell said. “It was a good college hockey game, and I’m obviously pleased with the outcome.
The Buckeyes will travel to Bowling Green on Saturday to take on the Falcons at 7 p.m. Ohio State can clinch home ice advantage for the first round of the CCHA playoffs with a win at BGSU. OSU has not hosted a first round series since the 1983-84 season.
