Ohio State
14-7-1, 7-5-0
Michigan State
12-11-1, 6-7-1
No. 12 Buckeyes Wrap Up Sweep of No. 14/13 Spartans with 6-0 Win
1/7/2023 9:23:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Led by Jakub Dobes with 32 saves and Joe Dunlap with two goals, the No. 12 Ohio State men's hockey skated to a 6-0 win over No. 14/13 Michigan State Saturday in Value City Arena. The win gave the Buckeyes a sweep of the weekend series, after a 3-1 victory Friday.
The Buckeyes led 3-0 after the first period, added two goals in the second and scored once in the third for the final. Along with the standout days from Dobes and Dunlap, Stephen Halliday had a team-best three assists and points, while Davis Burnside and Tate Singleton each had a goal and an assist and Patrick Guzzo had two helpers.
Ohio State, winner of five games in a row, is now 14-7-1 on the year and 7-5-0-0-0-0 in Big Ten play. The Spartans are 12-11-1 and 6-7-1-0-0-1 in the B1G.
Next Up
Ohio State will hit the road for its next four games. Next weekend, the Buckeyes will face Michigan in Ann Arbor, with puck drop at 6:30 p.m. Friday and 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Game one will be streamed by Big Ten Plus, with game two on BTN. The next week, Ohio State will play at Wisconsin Jan. 20-21, with puck drop at 8 p.m. ET each night. Bally Sports Wisconsin will televise the games, with Bally Sports Great Lakes picking up the broadcasts. Ohio State Radio will carry all four games. The Buckeyes' next games in Columbus will be vs. Penn State Feb. 3-4.
The Short Story
- Michael Gildon knocked a puck in from the right post on the power play at 7:41 to open the scoring, assisted by Travis Treloar and Stephen Halliday. The goal came shortly after the Buckeyes had killed a Spartan power play chance.
- The lead moved to 2-0 at 14:48 when Tate Singleton one-timed a Davis Burnside pass in the high slot. Halliday also assisted on the goal.
- With just 19 seconds left in the opening period Joe Dunlap put the Buckeyes up by three, as he scored on the rush, taking a pass from Cole McWard. Patrick Guzzo started the play and had the second helper.
- The Buckeyes doubled the Spartans in shots in the first, 16-8.
- With Ohio State on the penalty kill to start the second, Cam Thiesing intercepted a pass near the blue line, evaded the closest Spartan and raced in on a breakaway, scoring on a backhand at 1:22.
- Dunlap finished a 2-on-1 with Matt Cassidy at 9:28 and Guzzo picked up the second assist for a 5-0 lead.
- Buckeye goalie Jakub Dobes made 12 saves in the second, with Ohio State putting eight shots on net.
- The only goal of the third came from Davis Burnside at 13:15, completing an odd-man rush with Tate Singleton. Halliday notched his third assist on the goal.
- Shots were 14-12 in favor of Ohio State in the third.
- For the game, the Buckeyes outshot the Spartans, 38-32. Dobes played 59:59 for his second shutout of the year. Two Spartan goalies combined for 32 saves and MSU blocked 18 Ohio State shot attempts. The Buckeyes had 11 shot blocks, led by Mason Lohrei, Gildon and Guzzo with two each.
- Ohio State was 2-for-2 on the penalty kill and converted one of seven power play chances.
Buckeye This and That
- The shutout was the fifth for Dobes in his career and his second this season. This year he has a 2.12 goals-against average and .923 save percentage. In the two-game sweep of the Spartans, he had a .50 goal-against and .983 save percentage.
- Halliday had his third three-assist game of the season and his sixth multiple-point outing. He shares the team point lead with Jake Wise with 21 each, ranking second with 15 assists.
- Dunlap has seven goals in his last five games combined, with at least one tally in each game. It was his second career two-goal outing.
- Burnside, Dunlap and Thiesing share the team goal lead with 10 tallies each. Burnside had his third two-point game in the Scarlet and Gray.
- Guzzo marked the first two-assist game of his collegiate career and his fourth career two-point outing.
- Singleton now has nine multiple-point games as a Buckeye.
- On the penalty kill, Ohio State is 80-for-88 (.909), among the nation's best.
- The Buckeyes are 20-for-95 (.211) on the power play this season.
- Ohio State is averaging 3.64 goals a game, with six games with five or more goals (including three in the last four games). The squad is allowing 2.32 goals a night.
- The game wrapped up the regular season series between the Buckeyes and Spartans, with each team posting a sweep at home.
