No. 11 Men’s Hockey Falls to Michigan State, 4-2 – Ohio State Buckeyes
1/23/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Jan. 23, 2004
Box Score
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 11 Ohio State men’s hockey team was defeated by Central Collegiate Hockey Association foe Michigan State, 4-2, Friday. The Buckeyes fall to 15-11-0 on the year and 10-8-0 in the league, while the Spartans improve to 14-12-1 and 11-6-1 in conference play.
The teams will complete the two-game series at 7:05 p.m. Saturday in Value City Arena.
Ohio State opened the scoring at the 14:50 mark, as Chris Olsgard (Sr., Seattle, Wash.) converted a Bryce Anderson (Fr., Waterloo, Iowa) pass for his second goal of the year. The Spartans tied the game with a goal by Drew Miller with 40 seconds remaining in the period. OSU was 0-for-2 on the power play in the period and held the Spartans scoreless on their one chance. Each team hit the post while skating with the man advantage. OSU held a 19-8 advantage on shots in the period.
The Spartans scored twice in the second period to head into the final stanza with a two-goal lead. Jim Slater tallied the eventual gamewinner 3:42 into the period, while David Booth beat OSU goalie Mike Betz (Sr., Elizabeth, Pa.) with a wrist shot at the 15:08 mark. Ohio State was scoreless on the only power play of the period. The Buckeyes put 12 shots on goal in the period, MSU 10.
The Buckeyes pulled their goalie late in the third down by two. Rod Pelley drew the Buckeyes within one with a goal, assisted by Doug Andress (Sr., Iroquois Falls, Ontario) and Andrew Schembri (Fr., Mississauga, Ontario), at the 18:32 mark. The Buckeyes had another chance, but Dave Steckel’s (Sr., West Bend, Wis.) shot hit the cross-bar with less than a minute remaining. Slater ended the scoring with an empty-net goal with 34 seconds remaining. OSU had 13 shots in the period, the Spartans eight. Each team was 0-for-1 on the power play.
In 40 minutes of action, Betz made 15 saves for Ohio State. He was replaced by Dave Caruso (So., Roswell, Ga.) at the start of the third. Caruso played 18:22, stopping seven shots. For the Spartans, Dominic Vicari played the first 38:55, making 30 saves on 31 Buckeye shots, before he was injured and had to be replaced by Matt Migliaccio. Migliaccio made 12 saves on 13 shots in 21:05.
Each team was scoreless on the power play; Ohio State was 0-for-2 and MSU was 0-for-4.
The Spartans’ win stops a six-game unbeaten and four-game winning streak for the Buckeyes vs. MSU.
Pelley extended his scoring streak to a team-best five games (3-2-5). Schembri moved his point-streak to four (2-2-4), while Anderson’s increased to three (1-3-4).
Postgame Quotes
Ohio State head coach John Markell
On the game
“I think we played a good game. We had some missed opportunities; unfortunately the game turned out the way it did. It is disappointing to lose, but you have to give credit where credit is due. I do think our guys played hard. We need to give the same effort tomorrow, but play smarter.”
On pulling Mike Betz
“I pulled Mike because I thought it was an opportunity to change the momentum. All that matters is tying the series now and getting two points.”
Ohio State senior forward Chris Olsgard
On the game
“I think we played hard most of the game, but Michigan State did what they had to do to win. We had a solid first period, out-shooting them, but that goal at the end of the first period had us going into the locker room thinking about the goal.”
Ohio State sophomore Rod Pelley
On the game
“We definitely worked hard during most of the game. We played hard with a lot of effort. I felt like Michigan State was holding on to its 3-1 lead and did not want to take chances. We took it to them in the third period, but we had some mental lapses.”
Michigan State head coach Rick Comley
On the win
“This was obviously a very good win for us. We’ve struggled the last four times against Ohio State and it was great to come out with a ‘W’ tonight.”
On Michigan State’s good fortune in the game
“We had good luck and bad luck in this game. The bad luck is that we had a major injury. The good luck is that we were able to get a cross-bar when we needed it. Ohio State is a very good team, but we were able to get the maximum out of our team tonight.”
Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Ohio State Men’s Hockey 2003-04 Michigan State vs #11 Ohio State (Jan 23, 2004 at Columbus, Ohio)
Michigan State (14-12-1, 10-6-1) vs. Ohio State (15-11-0, 10-8-0) Date: Jan 23, 2004 Location: Columbus, Ohio Arena: Value City Arena Attendance:5251 Start time:8:05 pm End time:10:18 pm Total time:2:13
Goals by Period 1 2 3 Tot ———————————- Michigan State…… 1 2 1 – 4 Ohio State………. 1 0 1 – 2
1st period – 1, OSU, Chris Olsgard/2 (Bryce Anderson/5) 12:50. 2, MSU, Drew Miller/2 (Lee Falardeau/3, Ethan Graham/8) 19:21. Penalties – David Booth, MSU (obstruction-hooking) 2:56; Scott May, OSU (obstruction-hooking) 14:04; Joe Markusen, MSU (cross-checking) 16:13.
2nd period – 3, MSU, Jim Slater/14 (Mike Lalonde/13, A.J. Thelen/13) 3:42. 4, MSU, David Booth/4 (Ash Goldie/10, A.J. Thelen/13) 15:08. Penalties – Colton Fretter, MSU (boarding) 4:33; Chris Olsgard, OSU (cross-checking atw) 14:11; Chris Snavely, MSU (cross-checking atw) 14:11.
3rd period – 5, OSU, Rod Pelley/7 (Doug Andress/15, Andrew Schembri/7) 18:32. 6, MSU, Jim Slater/14 19:26 (empty net). Penalties – Paul Caponigri, OSU (high sticking) 8:31; Jim Slater, MSU (obstruction-holding) 10:21; Andrew Schembri, OSU (roughing after the whistle) 13:39; Chris Snavely, MSU (roughing after the whistle) 13:39; Rod Pelley, OSU (ht) 19:58; Tommy Goebel, MSU (ht) 19:58; Rod Pelley, OSU (roughing after the whistle) 19:58; Tommy Goebel, MSU (roughing after the whistle) 19:58; Andrew Schembri, OSU (10-minute misconduct) 19:58.
Shots on goal – MSU 8-10-8 26; OSU 19-12-13 44.
Power plays – MSU 0 of 2; OSU 0 of 4.
Penalties – MSU 8 (16 min); OSU 7 (22 min).
Goalies – MSU, Matt Migliaccio (21:05 minutes, 13 shots-12 saves) , Dominic Vicari 8-8 (38:55, 31-30); OSU, Dave Caruso (18:22, 7-7) , Mike Betz 13-10 (40:00, 18-15) , EMPTY NET (01:38, 0-0).
A-5251 T-2:13 Three stars: 1. Jim Slater 2. Dominic Vicari 3. Chris Olsgard Referee:Steve Piotrowski Assistant Referee:Keith Sergott; Pat Bracco Win-Dominic Vicari (8-8). Loss-Mike Betz (13-10).
