Men’s Hockey Defeats Miami in Overtime, 4-3 – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/10/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Feb. 10, 2001%^$%^$
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%^$OXFORD, Ohio – Sophomore Miguel Lafleche scored with just 11.8 seconds in remaining in overtime to give the Ohio State men’s hockey team a 4-3 victory at Goggin Ice Arena. The win marked Ohio State head coach John Markell’s 100th career victory at the helm of the Buckeyes.%^$
%^$With the victory, the Buckeyes improve to 15-11-2 overall, 12-8-2 in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. The RedHawks fall to 16-12-2, 13-9-1. The Buckeyes gained a split of the weekend series, as Miami had posted a 4-1 win Friday. The squad has won its last two games in Goggin, following an 18-game winless streak.%^$
%^$The win was OSU’s fourth overtime victory of the season. The game-winning goals in all four of those games were tallied with less than a minute remaining.%^$The Buckeyes got on the board first, scoring at the 7:19 mark. Pete Broccoli passed the puck up to Dave Steckel just after the Buckeyes had killed off a Miami power play. Steckel beat the RedHawk defenseman and passed the puck to Paul Caponigri, who had almost the entire net to shoot at.%^$
%^$Miami tied the game with just 48 seconds remaining in the first period as Mike Kompon tallied his 10th goal of the season.%^$
%^$In the second period, the Buckeyes took their first lead of the game, as Scott May tallied at the 10:57 mark, assisted by R.J. Umberger and Eric Skaug. Miami responded quickly, as Greg Hogeboom tallied just 27 seconds later.%^$
%^$The Buckeyes ended the second period with a power-play goal at the 19:56 mark, assisted by Jean-Francois Dufour and Umberger.%^$
%^$The RedHawks tied the game at three 4:59 into the third stanza, as Pat Leahy tallied his 10th goal of the campaign.%^$
%^$In overtime, with just 11.8 seconds remaining, Nick Ganga carried the puck up ice and passed to Lafleche, who got the puck past Miami goalie David Burleigh for the game-winner. Broccoli also added an assist on the play.%^$
%^$Ohio State goalie Mike Betz posted 37 saves in the win, as Miami posted 40 shots on goal. Burleigh stopped 24-of-28 Ohio State shots.%^$
%^$The Buckeyes return to action when they travel to Omaha, Neb. to take on the Nebraska Omaha Mavericks Friday-Saturday, Feb. 16-17.%^$
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Ohio State 4, Miami 3 (OT)%^$Feb. 10, 2001%^$Goggin Arena%^$Oxford, Ohio%^$
%^$Goals by Period 1 2 3 OT F%^$Ohio State 1 2 0 1 4%^$Miami 1 1 1 0 3%^$
%^$Shots by Period 1 2 3 OT F%^$Ohio State 8 9 7 4 28%^$Miami 14 14 10 2 40%^$
%^$Penalties%^$Ohio State 2/4-7/14-1/2-1/2–11/22%^$Miami 2/4-7/14-1/2-1/2–11/22%^$
%^$Power Plays%^$Ohio State 0/1-1/2-0/1-0/0–1/4%^$Miami 0/1-0/2-0/1-0/0–0/4%^$
%^$Scoring Summary%^$ OSU-Miami%^$1st Period%^$7:19 OSU 1-0 Caponigri 11 (Steckel, Broccoli)%^$19:13 Miami 1-1 Kompon 8 (Edwardson, Leahy)%^$2nd Period%^$10:57 OSU 2-1 May (Umberger, Skaug)%^$11:21 Miami 2-2 Hogeboom (Jardine)%^$19:56 OSU 3-2 Steckel (Dufour, Umberger) pp%^$3rd Period%^$4:59 Miami 3-3 Leahy (Edwardson, Kompon)%^$Overtime%^$4:48 OSU 4-3 Lafleche (Ganga, Broccoli)%^$Goalies%^$Ohio State%^$Betz (64:48) 13-13-9-2–39%^$Miami%^$Burleigh (64:48) 7-7-7-3–24%^$%^$
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