No. 15 Men’s Hockey Loses to No. 14 UAF, 6-1 – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/10/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Feb. 10, 2002
Box Score
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – The No. 15 Ohio State’s men’s ice hockey team was defeated by No. 14 Alaska Fairbanks, 6-1, tonight at the Carlson Center. The UAF win gives the Nanooks a two-game sweep of the Buckeyes.
With the loss, the Buckeyes, who are winless in their last seven games (0-5-2), fall to 14-12-4 and 9-9-4 in the CCHA. UAF improves to 19-10-2, 14-10-2 in league play.
The Buckeyes next play Feb. 15-16, when they play host to the Ferris State Bulldogs at Value City Arena. The teams will face off at 7:35 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15 and at 7:05 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16.
The Buckeyes ended the first period down, 3-0. The Nanooks got on the board 5:23 into the game with a Bobby Andrews goal. UAF’s Blaine Bablitz scored on the power play at 15:41 and David Keough tallied the third goal at 17:37. The Buckeyes had a 5×3 power play for 1:27, but were unable to convert. OSU outshot the Nanooks, 13-9, in the period.
Ohio State got on the board 3:20 into the second period, as Daymen Bencharski (Beaverlodge, Alberta) put in his own rebound, assisted by Doug Andress (Iroquois Falls, Ontario) and Paul Caponigri (Oak Park, Ill.), for his seventh goal of the season. The Nanooks regained their three-goal lead at 6:18, when Ryan Campbell scored. Ohio State posted 13 shots on net, allowing UAF 11.
UAF clinched the win with two goals in the third period. Ryan Lang and Andrews tallied for the Nanooks. The Buckeyes outshot UAF, 15-6, in the stanza.
Ohio State was 0-for-7 with the man advantage and UAF scored on one of its three chances. The Buckeyes outshot UAF, 41-26, in the game.
Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Ohio State Hockey 2001-02 Ohio State vs Alaska Fairbanks (Feb. 9, 2002 at Fairbanks, Alaska)
Ohio State (14-12-4 9-9-4) vs. Alaska Fairbanks (18-10-2 14-10-2) Date: Feb. 9, 2002 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska Arena: Carlson, Center Attendance:3775 Start time:7:05 pm End time:9:48 pm Total time:2:43
Goals by Period 1 2 3 Total Ohio State 0 1 0 1 Alaska Fairbanks 3 1 2 6
1st period – 1, UAF, Bobby Andrews/9 (Cramer Hickey) 5:23. 2, UAF, Blaine Bablitz/6 (Ryan Campbell, David Keough) 14:59 (pp). 3, UAF, David Keough/4 (Jared Sylvestre) 17:37. Penalties – Dave Steckel, OSU (handling puck with hands) 8:42, Daniel Carriere, UAF (roughing) 10:08, Aaron Grosul, UAF (hooking) 10:28, Daymen Bencharski, OSU (hooking) 14:59, Ryan Lang, UAF (hooking) 18:52.
2nd period – 4, OSU, Daymen Bencharski/7 (Doug Andress, Paul Caponigri) 3:20. 5, UAF, Ryan Campbell/14 (Blaine Bablitz) 6:18. Penalties – JB Bittner, OSU (elbowing) 4:16, Jared Sylvestre, UAF (hooking) 4:16, Bobby Andrews, UAF (hooking) 7:26, Bobby Andrews, UAF (10-minute misconduct) 7:26.
3rd period – 6, UAF, Ryan Lang/9 (Tom Herman, Cory Rask) 8:53. 7, UAF, Bobby Andrews/10 (Cam Keith) 9:21. Penalties – Daymen Bencharski, OSU (hooking) 5:57, Tom Herman, UAF (tripping) 6:40, Aaron Voros, UAF (roughing) 9:21, Bobby Andrews, UAF (10-minute misconduct) 9:21, Scott May, OSU (roughing) 9:21, Ryan Campbell, UAF (roughing) 13:40, Drew Bailey, UAF (cross-checking) 17:09, Ryan Campbell, UAF (roughing) 19:10, Chris Olsgard, OSU (roughing) 19:10.
Shots on goal – OSU 13-13-15 41, UAF 9-11-6 26.
Power plays – OSU 0 of 7, UAF 1 of 3.
Penalties – OSU 6 (12 min), UAF 12 (40 min).
Goalies – OSU, Kelly Holowaty (10:39 minutes, 3 shots-3 saves) , Mike Betz 14-12-4 (49:21, 23-17), UAF, Lance Mayes 7-4-1 (60:00, 41-40).
A-3775 T-2:43 Three stars: 1. Blaine Bablitz 2. Lance Mayes 3. David Keough Referee:Kevin Mallin Assistant Referee:Mike Lacina, Dean Sanborn Win-Lance Mayes (7-4-1). Loss-Mike Betz (14-12-4).
