No. 15 Buckeyes Topple Lake Superior State, 9-3

Friday, November 1

Columbus, Ohio

7 pm

Ohio State

6-0-1

Lake Superior State

1-4-0

Lake Superior State

Ohio State

No. 15 Buckeyes Topple Lake Superior State, 9-3

11/1/2024 10:55:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

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Ohio State moves to 6-0-1 on the year

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Eight Buckeyes found the back of the net and in all 16 picked up a point, as the No. 15-ranked Ohio State men's hockey team defeated Lake Superior State 9-3 in the series opener between the teams Friday in Value City Arena. Ohio State led 4-0 after the first period and 4-2 after the second. The Lakers cut the Buckeye lead to one early in the third, but the Buckeyes answered with five straight goals – including three in a 1:39 span – to pull away for the victory.

Sam Deckhut led Ohio State with two goals and added an assist for three points, while Nathan Lewis had a goal and two helpers for a three-point outing. Gunnarwolfe Fontaine, James Hong and Joe Dunlap each had a goal and an assist and Riley Thompson and Damien Carfagna posted two assists each.

Ohio State is now 6-0-1 on the year, with the Lakers 1-4-0. The teams will close the series at 5 p.m. Saturday in Columbus. The game will be streamed through B1G+ (subscription required) and live stats will be available through OhioStateBuckeyes.com. As part of Youth Weekend, free tickets are available for kids 12 and under through go.osu.edu/24mhyouthweekend. The Buckeyes are recognizing active and retired members of the military by celebrating Our Honor Defend Military Appreciation Weekend as well. Veterans and currently serving members of the military can claim complimentary tickets to this weekend's series through VetTix. Saturday, Script Ohio on Ice will be performed during the first intermission and a free postgame skate will be held (fans must bring their own skates).

How it Happened

Ohio State led 3-0 before the game was six minutes old.
Just 23 seconds into the contest Gunnarwolfe Fontaine put the Buckeyes on the board, set up by Riley Thompson and Damien Carfagna.
James Hong tallied at 4:23, putting in the rebound of a Joe Dunlap shot with Max Montes also assisting, and 1:10 later Dunlap added a goal of his own, assisted by Carfagna.
Caden Brown's sharp angle shot went off the goalie and in at 15:12 for a 4-0 Ohio State lead. Noah Powell and Chris Able assisted on Brown's tally.
Ohio State outshot Lake Superior State 18-4 in the first period and 12-6 in the second.
The only goals in the second were scored by Lake Superior State, as the Lakers tallied at 6:30 and at 17:49 on the power play.
Just 24 seconds into the third period the Lakers made it a one-goal game (4-3) on a Sasha Teleguine goal.
Ohio State was quick to respond and put the game out of reach, tallying three times in a 1:39 span.
Nathan Lewis tallied 58 seconds after the Laker goal, Montes scored on the rush at 2:41 and Davis Burnside tallied 20 seconds after that. Jake Dunlap and Sam Deckhut had the helpers on the Lewis goal, Ryan Gordon and Nathan McBrayer set up Montes' tally and Fontaine and Thompson notched the assists on the Burnside score.
Deckhut had the final two goals of the game, scoring at 5:49 off assists from Lewis and Brent Johnson, and converting a backhand at 15:04, with Lewis and Hong picking up the assists.
The Buckeyes outshot the Lakers 19-7 in the third and ended the game ahead, 49-17.
Buckeye goalie Logan Terness played all 60 minutes and had 14 saves. LSSU starter Rorke Applebee played 45:33, coming out after the third Buckeye goal of the first but returning to start the second, and made 31 saves, allowing eight goals. Grant Riley had nine saves on 10 shots in 14:27. LSSU blocked 15 Ohio State shot attempts.
The Buckeyes were unable to score on six power play chances and the penalty kill was 2-for-3.

Buckeye This and That

The Buckeyes last scored nine goals in a game in a 9-4 win over Bowling Green Dec. 12, 2022. The squad also downed Bentley 9-2 that season (Oct. 20, 2022).
Carfagna leads Ohio State with nine points on three goals and six assists. He has a point in all but one game (Oct. 18 at Wisconsin) and is on a four-game scoring streak. It was his fourth career two-assist game and his second this year.
Nathan Lewis tallied his first collegiate goal in the win, while Noah Powell had an assist for his first collegiate point.
Sam Deckhut had his second two-goal game, with the first Feb. 23 at Michigan State. He added an assist for a career-high three points.
Lewis had his first two-assist outing and three-point night and Hong had his first collegiate multiple-point game with a goal and an assist for two points.
Riley Thompson marked his first two-assist game as a Buckeye and the fourth of his career.
Gunnarwolfe Fontaine notched his first multiple-point game as a Buckeye, with his first goal at Ohio State and an assist. He is on a three-game point streak.
Max Montes leads the Buckeyes with six goals on the year.
Davis Burnside has a goal in back-to-back games and points in three straight contests.
Ohio State is allowing 1.57 goals per game this season and has not yet allowed more than three in a game.