Ohio State
12-7-6, 3-5-1-1
Michigan
9-12-2, 2-6-1-1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Michigan | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Rally Falls Short for No. 11 Buckeyes at Michigan
2/4/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Feb. 4, 2017
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The No. 11-ranked Ohio State men’s hockey team scored three goals in the third period but the comeback fell short, as the Buckeyes lost to Michigan, 5-4, Friday in Yost Ice Arena. The Buckeyes (12-7-6, 3-5-1-1 B1G) and Wolverines (9-12-2, 2-6-1-1 B1G) will close the weekend series at 7:35 p.m. Saturday in Ann Arbor.
Michigan 5, Ohio State 4
The Wolverines led 2-0 after the first period, including a goal with 37 seconds left in the stanza. Michigan took a 3-0 lead 6:47 into the second before Tanner Laczynski put the Buckeyes on the board with a power play goal. Michigan’s Cooper Marody scored the next two, pushing the lead to four (5-1).
The Buckeyes scored the next three goals to draw within one. Nick Schilkey and Miguel Fidler tallied in the first minute of the third, followed by a Dakota Joshua goal at 8:58. The Buckeyes could get no closer, despite a power play chance in the final five minutes. The Buckeyes skated with the net empty in the final minute, but a penalty took away the advantage.
Schilkey had two assists in the game for a three-point night, while Mason Jobst picked up two helpers to extend his point streak to 11.
Quoting head coach Steve Rohlik
“You can’t win a hockey game when you only play 20 minutes. We will regoup and look for a better effort tomorrow. We have to continue to try and get better.”
Quoting senior captain Nick Schilkey
“It was a tough game for us. They took it to us the first period but we have to look at the end of the game and realize how we can really play. That just has to be more consistent in our game and the challenge now is to come back tomorrow with the same jump we ended the game with tonight.”
Laczynski, Schilkey, Fidler & Joshua all scored in game 1 at UM, with Schilkey and Jobst each posting two assists. https://t.co/3jDndldKAC
— Ohio State M Hockey (@OhioState_MHKY) February 4, 2017
In the First …
Michigan scored twice in the first period, with Evan Allen tallying at 8:21 and Adam Winborg scoring with just 37 seconds left in the stanza. The Wolverines controlled play for much of the period, outshooting the Buckeyes, 19-7.
In the Second …
At 6:47 of the period the Wolverines’ Cooper Marody made it a 3-0 lead. Buckeye freshman Tanner Laczynski notched his eighth goal of the year at 10:08, scoring from the right side with the UM goalie out of position after a shot by Matt Miller. Redshirt junior Matt Joyaux also assisted on the goal, Laczynski’s eighth of the year.
Marody scored the next two goals to put the Wolverines up by four (5-1), with his tallies on the power play at 10:51 and 16:04.
Michigan had 14 shots in the period, with the Buckeyes putting eight on net.
In the Third …
Ohio State scored twice in the first 17 seconds of the third period and drew within one at 8:58. Off the opening faceoff win by Mason Jobst, Nick Schilkey picked up the puck in the neutral zone and scored far side from the faceoff circle six seconds into the stanza. It was his 18th goal of the year and his 10th on the power play. Miguel Fidler followed with a goal at 17 seconds. The puck was dumped in and Schilkey pushed it toward the net. Jobst followed with a shot on net and Fidler was in front of the crease for the goal, his third of the year.
At 8:58 Dakota Joshua redirected a shot by Gordi Myer on the power play to make it a one-goal game. Nick Schilkey had the second assist on the tally.
Ohio State had a power play at 14:05 but was unable to convert. Toward the end of the game the Buckeyes pulled their goalie for the extra attacker, but a penalty with 43 seconds remaining ended the advantage.
Shots were 14-5 in favor of the Buckeyes in the period.
Blocking the Puck
The Buckeyes were outshot in the game, 38-29. Senior Christian Frey made 28 saves, allowing five goals, in 40 minutes. Classmate Matt Tomkins played the third and had five saves.
Special Teams
The Buckeyes were 3-for-6 on the power play in the game and are first nationally, converting 26.9 percent (28-for-104) of their chances.
The Buckeye penalty kill was 3-for-5 in the game, allowing a power play goal for the first time in five games.
Jobst Extends Streak
Sophomore Mason Jobst extended his point streak to 11 with two assists in the game. During the streak he has 21 points, on seven goals and 14 assists. He leads the Buckeyes with 23 assists and 33 points, ranking 11th in the NCAA in points per game and second in the Big Ten in points overall and in conference games only (5-11-16).
