No. 1 Michigan State Beats Men’s Hockey Buckeyes, 7-2 – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/24/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Feb. 24, 2001
Box Score
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State men’s hockey team was defeated by the No. 1-ranked Michigan State Spartans, 7-2, tonight in Central Collegiate Hockey Association action at Value City Arena. MSU swept the season series with the Buckeyes, as it posted a 5-2 win last night.
With the loss, their third-consecutive defeat, the Buckeyes fall to 16-13-2 overall, 13-10-2 in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. MSU, the CCHA regular season champion, moves to 26-4-4 overall, 19-4-3 in conference play.
The Spartans scored the first four goals of the game, including three in the first period by Adam Hall, John-Michael Liles and Damon Whitten.
Rustyn Dolyny game MSU a 4-0 lead with a short-handed goal 15:10 into the second period. The Buckeyes got on the board at the 16:27 mark of the second period, as Ryan Smith tallied his first goal of the season, assisted by Chris Olsgard and Jason Crain.
MSU outscored the Buckeyes 3-1 in the third period. The Spartans’ Sean Patchell tallied a power-play goal at the 9:41 mark before Ohio State’s Scott May scored less than a minute later. Daymen Bencharski and Yan Des Gagne added assists on the play. MSU ended the scoring with goals by Brad Fast and John Nail at the 12:59 and 15:22 marks respectively.
Goalie Mike Betz made 30 saves for the Buckeyes in 55:22 of action, while Kelly Holowaty stopped the two shots he faced in the last 4:38. Ryan Miller made 25 saves for the Spartans.
MSU was 2-for-5 on the power play, while OSU did not score on its two opportunities.
Michigan State 7, Ohio State 2 Saturday, Feb. 24, 2001 Value City Arena Columbus, Ohio
Goals by Period 1 2 3 F MSU 3 1 3 7 Ohio State 0 1 1 2
Shots by Period 1 2 3 F MSU 11 9 19 39 Ohio State 8 15 4 27
Power Plays MSU 1/1-0/1-1/3–2/5 OSU 0/0-0/2-0/0–0/2
Penalties MSU 0/0-4/8-7/22–11/30 OSU 1/2-3/6-10/28–14/36
Scoring Summary MSU-OSU 1st Period 9:05 MSU 1-0 Hall 16 (Maloney, Fast) 12:58 MSU 2-0 Liles 7 (Patchell, Nail) 14:53 MSU 3-0 Whitten 12 (Fast, Patchell) pp 2nd Period 15:10 MSU 4-0 Dolyny 11 (Whitten) sh 16:27 OSU 4-1 Smith 1 (Olsgard, Crain) 3rd Period 9:41 MSU 5-1 Patchell 3 (Fast, Bogle) pp 10:16 OSU 5-2 May 8 (Bencharski, Des Gagne) 12:59 MSU 6-2 Fast 3 (Hearon, Clark) 15:22 MSU 7-2 Nail 18 (Patchell, Bogle)
Goalies MSU Miller (60:00) 8-14-3–25 OSU Betz (55:22) 8-8-14–30 Holowaty (4:38) x-x-2–2
