10/21/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Oct. 21, 2000
Box Score
Columbus, Ohio – Nick Ganga (Jr., Long Beach, Calif.) scored a hat-trick to lead the Ohio State men’s hockey team to a victory over Niagara, 4-1, tonight at Value City Arena. The Buckeyes improve to 2-1-0 on the season, while the Purple Eagles drop to 0-3-1.
The Purple Eagles tallied the only goal of the first period. J.R. Holmes scored an unassisted goal 5:32 into the contest.
Andre Signoretti (Sr., Manotick, Ontario) scored his first goal of the season 7:38 into the second period to tie the game at one. Mike McCormick (Jr., Peterborough, Ontario) and Doug Andress (Fr., Iroquois Falls, Ontario) added assists on the goal.
Ganga put the Buckeyes ahead to stay with a power-play tally at the 16:55 mark. Andress added his second assist of the night on the goal. Miguel Lafleche (So., Crysler, Ontario) also had an assist. Ganga scored his second goal of the game with one second remaining in the period, assisted by Lafleche and Signoretti.
Ganga ended the scoring with an unassisted short-handed goal 17:47 into the third stanza.
Prior to this game, Ganga had never scored more than one goal in a game. Lafleche’s two assists marked the first multiple-point game of his career, while Andress recorded his first two assists and multiple-point game as a Buckeye. Signoretti has scored at least one point in each game this season (1-4-5).
Ohio State out-shot Niagara, 34-13. OSU only managed four shots on goal in the first stanza, but then recorded 16 and 14 shots in the second and third periods, respectively.
Mike Betz (Fr., Elizabeth, Pa.) played all 60 minutes in goal for the Buckeyes, recording 12 saves on 13 shots. Rob Bonk made 30 saves for the Purple Eagles.
The Buckeyes next play Friday and Saturday, Oct. 27 and 28, when they travel to Orono, Maine to take on the Black Bears.
OSU 4, NU 1 Oct. 21, 2000 Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio
Goals 1 2 3 F NU 1 0 0 1 OSU 0 3 1 4
Shots 1 2 3 F NU 6 3 4 13 OSU 4 16 14 34
Power Plays NU 0 of 4 OSU 1 of 3
Penalties/Minutes OSU 6/12 NU 5/10
Scoring Summary NU-OSU 1st Period 5:32 NU 1-0 Holmes (unassisted) 2nd Period 7:38 OSU 1-1 Signoretti 1 (McCormick, Andress) 16:55 OSU 1-2 Ganga 1 (Andress, Lafleche) pp 19:59 OSU 1-3 Ganga 2 (Lafleche, Signoretti) 3rd Period 17:47 OSU 1-4 Ganga 3 (unassisted) sh
Goalies NU Bonk (0-3-0) 4-13-13–30 OSU Betz (2-1-0) 5-2-4–12
–GO BUCKS!–
