No. 16/18 Buckeyes Win 4-1 to Complete Sweep

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 16/18 Ohio State males’s hockey group opened the marketing campaign with a highway sweep of Mercyhurst, closing out the collection with a 4-1 win Sunday afternoon in Erie, Pa. Ohio State, which received 4-2 Saturday, led the Lakers 2-0 after the primary interval and 4-0 early within the second. Mercyhurst obtained on the board shortly after the fourth Buckeye aim, however neither group scored the remainder of the way in which.

Subsequent Up

Ohio State (2-0-0) will host Wisconsin (0-0-0) at 7 p.m. Friday and 5 p.m. Saturday in Worth Metropolis Area to start Huge Ten play. Season, single-game and group tickets and mini plans are all on sale now, with extra data HERE. Parking is free for all house video games in VCA. The total schedule is offered HERE.

The Brief Story

Simply 59 seconds into the sport Cam Thiesing put the Buckeyes on the board. Travis Treloar tallied on the ability play at 16:33 of the primary and Ohio State led 2-0 after 20 minutes. The Buckeyes scored twice within the first 5 minutes of the second for a 4-0 lead, with a shorthanded aim from Tate Singleton at 2:17 (the Buckeyes’ second shorty of the weekend) and an influence play aim from Jake Sensible at 4:52. Mercyhurst broke up the shutout 13 seconds after Sensible’s aim, however that was the ultimate tally of the sport.

Ohio State outshot the Lakers, 44-19, with 15 pictures within the first, 17 within the second and 12 within the third, and didn’t enable greater than seven in a interval. Jakub Dobes made 18 saves within the Buckeye web.

On particular groups, the Buckeyes transformed 2-of-6 energy play alternatives and had been 5-for-5 on the penalty kill.

Treloar and Sensible every had a aim and an help within the recreation and Treloar ended the weekend with a team-best 4 factors.

Quoting head coach Steve Rohlik

“This was a very good group sweep on the highway. We’ll get again to work on Tuesday to begin preparing for Wisconsin and Huge Ten play. We’re trying ahead to our house opener subsequent weekend.”

Quoting junior Travis Treloar

“I assumed we performed an incredible recreation at present and had a strong weekend general. It’s good to begin the season off with a sweep. Our work ethic was nice. We clearly must maintain elevating our recreation each week and work on some particulars. However general, we ought to be pleased with the beginning we had.”