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
Box Score
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.
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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