Men’s Hockey Falls to No. 5 UNO, 4-1 – Ohio State Buckeyes
11/3/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Nov. 3, 2001
Box Score
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State men’s hockey team lost to the No. 5-ranked University of Nebraska-Omaha tonight, 4-1, in Value City Arena. The Mavericks were led by senior winger Shane Glover’s three points (1goal, 3 assists), and sophomore goalie Dan Ellis’ 35 saves.
With the loss, the Buckeyes fall to 3-2-1 overall and in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. The Mavericks improve to 6-2-0 overall and 3-1-0 in conference play.
The Mavericks took a one-goal lead 2:30 into the game with a short-handed goal by Jeff Hoggan, the first shg the Buckeyes have allowed this season. Greg Zanon cleared the puck up the boards to Shane Glover in the neutral zone. Glover and Hoggan broke in on OSU goalie Mike Betz 2-on-1, with Hoggan one-timing a Glover pass past Betz.
The Buckeyes answered with a power-play goal by Daymen Bencharski at the 18:30 mark, assisted by Mike McCormick and Doug Andress. Bencharski banked the puck off UNO goalie Dan Ellis from the side of the net for the goal. Ohio State controlled play most of the period, outshooting the Mavericks, 19-4.
In the second period, UNO scored 2:03 into the period, when Zanon put the puck over Betz’s right shoulder, assisted by Hoggan and David Brisson. The Mavericks outshot Ohio State in the stanza, 8-7.
The third period saw UNO put two more goals in the net. The first came at the 5:34 mark as sophomore Andrew Wong scored off the feed from Aaron Smith and Glover. Glover finished off the scoring with an empty netter at the 18:33 mark. UNO oushot OSU, 11 to 10, in the period.
The Buckeyes next play Friday-Saturday, Nov. 9-10, when they play host to Wayne State in Value City Arena. Gametime is 7:35 p.m. in the opener and 8:05 p.m. in the series finale.
Postgame Quotes
Ohio State sophomore forward Dave Steckel
“I think they (UNO) came out harder in the second period and we didn’t come out as hard. We made a lot of mental mistakes that prevented us from coming out and equaling that intensity.”
Ohio State sophomore forward R.J. Umberger
“I, personally, wasn’t happy with our play in the game. I thought we could have played much better. I don’t think we brought our game at all. It was frustrating the way we came out tonight.”
Nebraska-Omaha 4, Ohio State 1 Saturday, Nov. 3, 2001 Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio
Goals by Period 1 2 3 F UNO 1 1 2 4 OSU 1 0 0 1
Shots by Period 1 2 3 F UNO 4 8 11 23 Ohio State 19 7 10 36
Penalties UNO 10/20 OSU 4/8
Power Plays UNO 0/1 OSU 1/7
Scoring Summary UNO-OSU 1st Period 2:30 UNO 1-0 Hoggan 7 (Glover, Zanon) 18:30 OSU 1-1 Bencharski 2 (McCormick, Andress) pp 2nd Period 2:03 UNO 2-1 Zanon 2 (Hoggan, Brisson) 3rd Period 5:24 UNO 3-1 Wong 4 (Smith, Glover) 18:33 UNO 4-1 Glover 4 (Wong) en
Goalies UNO Ellis (60:00) 18-7-10-35 OSU Betz (58:53) 3-7-9-19 Empty Net (1:07) x-x-0–0
Perani Cup Three Stars 1. Ellis, UNO 2. Glover, UNO 3. Wong, UNO
###GO BUCKS!###
