Men’s Hockey Loses Regular-Season Finale to Miami, 3-1 – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/1/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
March 1, 2002
Box Score
OXFORD, Ohio – The Ohio State men’s hockey team was defeated in its last regular season game of the year by the Miami RedHawks, 3-1. The Buckeyes scored first but Miami scored three unanswered, including two in the second period, to pull out the win on its senior night in Goggin Ice Arena.
Ohio State’s record falls to 17-15-4 overall and 12-12-4 in CCHA play. Miami ends its seven-game losing streak and improves to 12-20-2 overall, 9-17-2 in the league. The Buckeyes remain in seventh place in the league and will travel for the first round of the playoffs, although the opponent has yet to be determined. It was the Buckeyes’ seventh consecutive loss on the road.
There was no scoring in the first meeting until 17:14, when JB Bittner put the rebound of a Paul Caponigri shot into the net with the Buckeyes’ killing a penalty for the squad’s fourth shorthanded goal of the season and the first of his career. Scott Titus also assisted on the goal, as he led Caponigri with the breakout pass. The Buckeyes outshot Miami, 12-7, in the period and killed off all three Miami power-play chances.
Miami scored two goals in the second period to end the stanza up, 2-1. Jason Deskins talied on the power play 2:33 into the period to tie the game at one. Matt Chandler gave Miami its first lead of the game with an unassisted goal at the 17:47 mark. The Buckeyes put four shots on net in the stanza, while Miami had 11.
The teams were scoreless in the third period until Miami sealed the win with an empty net goal by Derek Edwardson with 17 seconds remaining. Ohio State was outshot in the periode, 8-5.
For the game, the RedHawks outshot Ohio State, 26-21. The Buckeyes were scoreless on the power play in the game.
Following OSU’s loss, Bowling Green wins the 2002 Ohio Cup. OSU, Miami and BGSU all were 2-2 in Ohio Cup play this season. The Falcons clinch the award based on the tiebreaker of goal differential in Ohio Cup games.
Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Ohio State Hockey 2001-02 Ohio State vs Miami (Mar 01, 2002 at Oxford, Ohio)
Ohio State (17-15-4 (12-12-4)) vs. Miami (12-20-2 (9-17-2)) Date: Mar 01, 2002 Location: Oxford, Ohio Arena: Goggin Ice Arena Attendance:2536 Start time:7:35 End time:9:51 Total time:2:16
Goals by Period 1 2 3 Total Ohio State 1 0 0 1 Miami 0 2 1 3
1st period – 1, OSU, JB Bittner/8 (Paul Caponigri, Scott Titus) 17:14 (sh). Penalties – Danny Stewart, MIA (interference) 4:48, Scott May, OSU (interference) 10:29, Chris Knupp, MIA (cross-checking) 13:41, Dave Steckel, OSU (slashing) 15:24, Dave Steckel, OSU (slashing) 17:39.
2nd period – 2, MIA, Jason Deskins/9 (Ken Marsch, Danny Stewart) 2:33 (pp). 3, MIA, Matt Chandler/1 17:47. Penalties – Scott May, OSU (interference) 1:04, Nick Jardine, MIA (interference) 13:51.
3rd period – 4, MIA, Derek Edwardson/5 (Danny Stewart, Jake Ortmeyer) 19:44 (empty net). Penalties – Clarke Walford, MIA (elbowing) 1:35.
Shots on goal – OSU 12-4-5 21, MIA 7-11-9 27.
Power plays – OSU 0 of 4, MIA 1 of 4.
Penalties – OSU 4 (8 min), MIA 4 (8 min).
Goalies – OSU, Mike Betz 17-14-4 (59:04 minutes, 26 shots-24 saves) , EMPTY NET (00:56, 0-0), MIA, David Burleigh 11-18-2 (60:00, 21-20).
A-2536 T-2:16 Three stars: 1. Matt Chandler 2. Danny Stewart 3. JB Bittner Referee:Kevin Mallin Assistant Referee:Dave Kronenberg, Brian Wisner Win-David Burleigh (11-18-2). Loss-Mike Betz (17-14-4).
