Men’s Hockey Completes Sweep of Notre Dame, 5-3 – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/3/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Feb. 3, 2001%^$%^$
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%^$COLUMBUS, Ohio – R.J. Umberger tallied a goal and three assists and Paul Caponigri recorded two goals and an assist, to lead the Ohio State men’s hockey team to a 5-3 win over Notre Dame at Value City Arena. The win completed a two-game weekend sweep of the Irish for the Buckeyes, who won the series-opener, 5-2.%^$
%^$With the win, the Buckeyes move to 14-10-2 overall, 11-7-2 in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. The Irish fall to 6-21-5, 3-14-4 in conference play. The Buckeyes are 3-0-1 vs. Notre Dame this season.%^$
%^$The Irish got on the board first with an Aaron Gill power-play goal 5:14 into the period, but Ohio State scored the last three goals of the first period for a 3-1 lead.%^$
%^$Umberger scored a power-play tally at the 6:32 mark, assisted by Caponigri and Jean-Francois Dufour, for the Buckeyes’ first score. Scott May tallied at the 13:49 mark for Ohio State, assisted by Dufour and Umberger.%^$
%^$Caponigri scored two-consecutive power-play goals to put Ohio State up, 4-1. Umberger and Doug Andress posted the assists on both Caponigri goals. His tallies came at 17:12 in the first period and 9:03 in the second stanza.%^$
%^$Ryan Dolder scored on the power play 9:44 into the second period to get the Irish within two (4-2). Ohio State’s Luke Pavlas tallied his second goal of the season, assisted by Miguel Lafleche, at the 14:25 mark for the Buckeyes’ final score.%^$
%^$Notre Dame’s Dan Carlson posted the only goal of the third perid when he tallied at the 13:44 mark.%^$
%^$Ohio State’s Dave Steckel did not record a point in the game, ending his team-best scoring streak at 15 games. He has been held scoreless in just five of 22 games this season.%^$
%^$The Buckeyes’ Mike Betz stopped 29-of-32 Notre Dame shots in the win, while his counterpart, Tony Zasowski, made 24 saves on 29 shots in the game.%^$
%^$The Buckeyes converted 3-of-7 power-play opportunities. Notre Dame was 2-for-6 with the man advantage.%^$
%^$Ohio State next competes Feb. 9-10 when they play a home-and-home series with Miami. The squads will play at 7:35 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9 in Columbus, Ohio, before traveling to Oxford, Ohio for a 7:35 p.m. tilt Saturday, Feb. 10.%^$
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OSU 5, ND 3%^$Feb. 3, 2001%^$Value City Arena%^$Columbus, Ohio%^$
%^$Goals by Period 1 2 3 F%^$ND 1 1 1 3%^$Ohio State 3 2 0 5%^$
%^$Shots by Period 1 2 3 F%^$ND 12 10 10 32%^$Ohio State 8 12 9 29%^$
%^$Power Plays%^$ND 2/6%^$OSU 3/7%^$
%^$Penalties%^$ND 12/32%^$OSU 11/30%^$
%^$Scoring Summary%^$ ND-OSU%^$1st Period%^$5:14 ND 1-0 Gill 10 (Nielsen, Galvin) pp%^$6:32 OSU 1-1 Umberger 12 (Caponigri, Dufour) pp%^$13:49 OSU 1-2 May 6 (Dufour, Umberger)%^$17:12 OSU 1-3 Caponigri 9 (Umberger, Andress)%^$2nd Period%^$9:03 OSU 1-4 Caponigri 10 (Andress, Umberger)%^$9:44 ND 2-4 Dolder 13 (Nielsen, Gill)%^$14:25 OSU 2-5 Pavlas 2 (Lafleche)%^$3rd Period%^$13:44 ND 3-5 Carlson 13 (Dolder)%^$
%^$Goalies%^$ND Zasowski (58:21) 5-10-9–24%^$ Empty Net (1:39) x-x-0–0%^$OSU Betz (60:00) 11-9-9–29%^$
%^$Perani Cup Three Stars of the Game%^$1. R.J. Umberger, OSU%^$2. Paul Caponigri, OSU%^$3. Doug Andress, OSU%^$
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