Ohio State
6-0-0, 6-0-0
Bemidji State
2-5-1, 0-4-0
No. 1 Buckeyes Earn 5-2 Win Over Bemidji State
10/16/2022 6:31:46 PM | Women's Ice Hockey
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Scoring three goals in the third period, the No. 1/1 Ohio State women’s hockey team downed Bemidji State, 5-2, Sunday afternoon in Bemidji, Minn. to sweep the road series. With the win, the Buckeyes improve to 6-0-0 on the year and remain unbeaten in WCHA conference play.
How it Happened
With the game tied 2-2 at 9:34 in the third period, Ohio State found itself on the power play after a Bemidji State tripping penalty. Following an OSU timeout prior to the start of the man-up opportunity, the team managed to take a 4-2 lead within 1:24 minutes of action.
It was freshman Sydney Morrow who scored just 58 seconds into the power play for Ohio State to take back the lead. The Darien, Conn. native rushed off the bench for a change and immediately connected with Sophie Jaques to send her career power play goal into the Bemidji State goal.
Jaques followed that up with a goal of her own, scoring just 26 seconds after Morrow. Kenzie Hauswirth took a shot that landed on target, but Bemidji State’s goaltender Hannah Hogenson made the stop and knocked the loose puck out of the goal crease. Jaques was on the other end of that rebound, finishing in the top left of the Beaver net with 9:02 to play in the game. Jaques added a second goal, scoring the Buckeyes’ final tally on an empty Beaver net with :02 on the clock to give the Buckeyes the 5-2 win.
Ohio State was first on the board Sunday with Emma Maltais earning credit for a goal at 18:15 in the first period. She sent a pass from behind the Bemidji State goal line and into the goal crease, where it was knocked into the net by a Beaver defenseman. The Buckeyes held the Beavers to just one shot on goal in the first period while landing 17 on target themselves.
In the second period, Riley Brengman found the back of the net for the Buckeyes at 6:34 off assists from Jenna Buglioni and Jenn Gardiner. The junior finished top shelf in the Beavers goal to extend Ohio State’s lead to 2-0.
Bemidji State added two consecutive goals – the first by Genevieve Hendrickson at 9:56 in the second period and the next by Kendra Fortin at 6:01 in the third – but were not able to get any more past Buckeye goaltender Amanda Thiele, who made eight stops on the day.
Game Notes
- Four of Ohio State’s five goals were scored by defensemen. Riley Brengman and Sydney Morrow scored one while Sophie Jaques tallied two in the Buckeyes’ win over Bemidji State.
- Emma Maltais earned her first goal of the season for Ohio State on Sunday. The goal is her first since her two-goal performance against Minnesota Duluth on March 6, 2021. The graduate added an assist for two points on the day.
- In her fourth start of the season, Amanda Thiele improves to 4-0-0 on the year between the pipes for Ohio State and 24-3-0 for her career.
- Jaques recorded her third consecutive multi-goal game with two scores for the Buckeyes Sunday against the Beavers. She led the team with three points in the contest. The graduate student has now tallied a career-high two goals in a game eight times in her career.
- Morrow’s goal was not only her first power play goal of her career, but also her first career game-winning goal. She has now recorded three points on two goals and one assist for her career.
- Kenzie Hauswirth tallied two assists in Sunday’s matchup, a career high mark for the senior in single-game assists. She has now tied her career-high points in a game for the fifth time.
- Ohio State starts the year 6-0-0 for the second consecutive season thanks to wins over Minnesota State, St. Cloud State and now Bemidji State.
Statistically Speaking
Shots: Ohio State 91, Bemidji State 33
Saves: Bemidji State (Hogenson) 45, Ohio State (Thiele) 8
Power Play: Ohio State 1-2, Bemidji State 0-1
Faceoffs: Ohio State 34, Bemidji State 30
Ohio State Scoring: Jaques (2-1-3), Maltais (1-1-2), Hauswirth (0-2-2), Brengman (1-0-1), Morrow (1-0-1), Bizal (0-1-1), Buglioni (0-1-1), Gardiner (0-1-1), Levis (0-1-1)
Up Next
Ohio State closes out the month of October with two weekends at home against ranked opponents. Next week, the Buckeyes host No. 4/5 Minnesota Duluth 6 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday at the OSU Ice Rink. Ohio State and No. 2/2 Minnesota meet the following week on Oct. 28 and 29 in Columbus.
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