Trio of Buckeyes Earn Big Ten Weekly Awards
12/20/2022 11:39:22 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
COLUMBUS, Ohio – After a two-game sweep of Bowling Green, three members of the No. 14 Ohio State men’s hockey team have been recognized as Big Ten Stars of the Week. Joe Dunlap was named first star, Scooter Brickey second star and Davis Burnside third star. This is the first weekly B1G honor for all three Buckeyes. Ohio State beat the Falcons 5-2 and 9-4 to head into the winter break 12-7-1 overall.
Dunlap, a junior forward from Windham, N.H., led the Buckeyes with five points – on three goals and two assists – in the sweep of Bowling Green. On the road Friday, he scored a third-period goal to help seal a 5-2 win. Saturday in Columbus, Dunlap had a career-best four points, with his first career two-goal and first career two-assist night. He opened the scoring 1:11 into the contest, pushed the lead to 3-0 with a shorthanded goal at 10:26 and then had two assists in the second period. Dunlap had a team-high eight shots in the contest and was +3. He is on a three-game goal-scoring streak and has a 7-6-13 line this year, matching the career best totals he set in 32 games last season.
A senior defenseman from Burtchville, Mich., Brickey had a goal and an assist – his first two goals in the Scarlet and Gray – in each game vs. Bowling Green and was a team-high tying +6 in the sweep. Friday, his goal came on the power play early in the third, breaking a one-all tie, and he then had an assist on an insurance goal. Saturday, Brickey assisted on Dunlap’s goal just 1:11 into the game and scored a goal of his own late in the second. He was +4 in the win, with a career-high five shot blocks. He has two goals and eight assists for 10 points this year, with his assist and point totals career highs and the two goals matching his career best.
Burnside, a freshman forward who calls Scottsdale, Ariz., home, had three goals and four points in the sweep of the Falcons, with two points in each game. Friday, he had the first assist on Brickey’s goal that put the Buckeyes in the lead in the third and then tallied for a three-goal cushion, capping a stretch of three goals in less than a minute for Ohio State. He was +1 in the game and blocked a shot. In game two in Columbus, Burnside scored twice, his second career two-goal outing. He tallied just over two minutes into the game for an early 2-0 Buckeye advantage and also scored late in the second. The freshman shares the Buckeye lead with nine goals this season, adding two assists for 11 points, and now has four two-point outings.
The Buckeyes will return to action Jan. 6-7, when they host Michigan State in Value City Arena. Single-game and group tickets and mini plans are all on sale now, with more information on OhioStateBuckeyes.com/tickets. A buy one, get one ticket deal is available for the series vs. the Spartans HERE. Parking is free for all home games in VCA.
