Ohio State
10-6-0, 6-4-0
Michigan
14-6-0, 7-5-0
No. 17 Buckeyes Down No. 3 Wolverines, 6-1
12/11/2021 11:50:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 17 Ohio State men's hockey team took a 1-0 lead 2:08 into the game vs. No. 3 Michigan and never trailed from that point on Saturday, skating to a 6-1 win over the Wolverines in front of 6,928 fans in Value City Arena in the Schottenstein Center. Ohio State led 2-0 after the first and 2-1 after the second. In the third, Ohio State tallied three times in 50 seconds and added a late goal to seal the victory.
The Buckeye are now 10-6 on the year, with a 6-4-0-0-0 mark in Big Ten play. The Wolverines are 14-6 overall and 7-5-0-0-2-0 in league action. The teams split the series after a UM win Friday.
The victory was career win No. 150 for Buckeye head coach Steve Rohlik.
The Short Story
Travis Treloar scored on the power play 2:08 into the game and Eric Cooley tallied at 9:13 for a 2-0 Buckeye lead after the first period. Michigan scored the only goal of the second, a power play tally at 18:20, for a one-goal game heading into the final period. In the third, the Buckeyes broke the game open with three goals in a 50-second span, by Quinn Preston, Mark Cheremeta and Tate Singleton. The Buckeyes killed a Michigan major power play at 10:09 to maintain the four-goal edge and Joe Dunlap closed out the game with a goal at 18:10. Each team had one power play goal, with Ohio State 1-for-6 and Michigan 1-for-7. The teams combined for 99 penalty minutes in the game.
The Buckeyes outshot the Wolverines, 42-26, and Jakub Dobes had 25 saves for Ohio State, who blocked 19 Michigan shot attempts.
In all, 13 Buckeyes had a point in the game. Cheremeta and Dunlap each had a goal and an assist in the win, with Jake Wise posting two assists to lead the way with two-point nights.
Quoting head coach Steve Rohlik
On what stands out from the victory
"That's a good win, against a very good hockey team. I thought our guys played hard start to finish. That's what we asked out of them and they got rewarded."
In the B1G
The series wrapped up Big Ten play for the Buckeyes until January. The Buckeyes are in third place with 18 points, behind Michigan (23 points) and Minnesota (19). Notre Dame is in fourth (17), with Michigan State fifth (14), Wisconsin sixth (9) and Penn State seventh (8). The other six teams have two games in hand on the Wolverines.
Up Next
Ohio State will close the home portion of the first half of its schedule when it hosts Bowling Green at 7 p.m. Thursday in Columbus, with BTN televising the matchup. The Buckeyes and Falcons will meet in BG at 7:07 p.m. Friday in Ohio State's final game before its December break. TICKET INFORMATION
How it Happened
- A Michigan penalty 1:51 into the game put the Buckeyes on the power play and Travis Treloar scored 18 seconds into the opportunity, coming around the corner and putting the puck past the goalie at 2:09. Georgii Merkulov and Mason Lohrei assisted on the goal, Treloar's team-best sixth of the year.
- At 9:13 Eric Cooley's first goal as a Buckeye put Ohio State up by two. Patrick Guzzo sent the puck up ice and Joe Dunlap raced between the two Michigan defenders, getting to the puck and passing to Cooley at the far post.
- The first period was suspended with 2:27 remaining to fix a divot in the ice.
- The period resumed after the standard 12 minute intermission, followed by a one-minute break and then the start of the second.
- Ohio State had the shot advantage, 19-8, in the first 20 minutes of the game.
- There were no goals in the second until 18:20, when Nick Blankenburg scored from right in front on a Wolverine power play to make it a one-goal game. Michigan outshot Ohio State, 11-9, in the middle stanza.
- It remained a one-goal game until the 8:21 mark, when Quinn Preston put in the rebound of a Jake Wise shot, with Mark Cheremeta also assisting.
- Just nine seconds later, Cheremeta scored a goal of his own, tallying off a pass from Wise on a rush right after a Buckeye faceoff win. Grant Gabriele had the second assist on the goal.
- The scoring spree continued, with Tate Singleton tallying from the high slot at 9:11, off a pass from Gustaf Westlund. In all, the three goals were scored in 50 seconds.
- The Buckeyes killed a five-minute power play at 10:09, allowing just two shots on net during the chance.
- The final goal came at 18:10, with Joe Dunlap scoring, assisted by Michael Gildon.
- Ohio State doubled up the Wolverines in shots on goal in the third, 14-7.
- Ohio State was 1-for-7 on the power play and 5-for-6 on the penalty kill.
- The Buckeyes outshot the Wolverines, 42-26. Jakub Dobes had 25 saves for his 10th win of the season.
- James Marooney and Dominic Vidoli led the Buckeyes with three shot blocks each, as Ohio State totaled 19 as a team. Gabriele was a team-high +4 in the victory, with Marooney +3.
No time wasted on this @travistre19 power-play goal to put @OhioStateMHKY up first. pic.twitter.com/UD30Wz8OFd
— Ohio State on BTN (@OhioStateOnBTN) December 12, 2021
First goal as a Buckeye for Eric Cooley. @OhioStateMHKY pic.twitter.com/M1Uv1R7YYo
— Ohio State on BTN (@OhioStateOnBTN) December 12, 2021
.@Quinn_Preston20 starts off the scoring spree to make it 3-1 Bucks. @OhioStateMHKY pic.twitter.com/p1Mh9ZMdbJ
— Ohio State on BTN (@OhioStateOnBTN) December 12, 2021
.@Quinn_Preston20 starts off the scoring spree to make it 3-1 Bucks. @OhioStateMHKY pic.twitter.com/p1Mh9ZMdbJ
— Ohio State on BTN (@OhioStateOnBTN) December 12, 2021
.@OhioStateMHKY scored the fourth goal just seconds after the 3rd. @mchers24 pic.twitter.com/Q3Tbs7GgOT
— Ohio State on BTN (@OhioStateOnBTN) December 12, 2021
Three goals in 50 seconds. Not too shabby, huh? @OhioStateMHKY @Tatesingleton1 pic.twitter.com/ViwnDtsV97
— Ohio State on BTN (@OhioStateOnBTN) December 12, 2021
.@JoeDunlap21 nets a sixth and @OhioStateMHKY takes home 6-1 . pic.twitter.com/s0h3XuzHA7
— Ohio State on BTN (@OhioStateOnBTN) December 12, 2021
Holy moly go Bucks!!
Most exciting game I've shot in a minute.@OhioStateMHKY pic.twitter.com/95sxh4ARkQ
— Emily Dean (@emmysuedean) December 12, 2021
