The Ohio State males’s hockey staff stared down an elimination recreation on Sunday and took care of enterprise to advance to the semifinals of the Massive Ten Hockey Match. The No. 3 seed Buckeyes beat No. 6 seed Penn State 3-1 and can now transfer on to the semifinals in opposition to No. 2 seed Michigan.
Oh, how enjoyable.
Penn State truly began the scoring, but it surely took some time. The Nittany Lions drew first blood on the facility play with 13:32 left within the second interval to place the Buckeyes on their heels at 1-0.
OSU evened issues not lengthy after nonetheless. On the 7:52 mark of the interval, Cam McWard lasered a one-timer from the slot into the again of the online. Stephen Halliday and Jake Clever have been credited with the assists.
🎯 Cole McWard tied the sport together with his seventh objective of the season.
Assists to Stephen Halliday (his thirtieth) and Jake Clever (his twenty first). #GoBucks @Mcward_Cole12 @S_Halliday77 @wisey871 pic.twitter.com/3CQ2gm9cw3
— Ohio State Males’s Hockey (@OhioStateMHKY) March 5, 2023
The Buckeyes would strike once more to take the lead just a bit over three minutes in a while an odd-man rush when Scooter Brickey was in a position to roof one over the shoulder of Penn State goaltender Liam Souliere. Out of the blue, Ohio State was in place to advance if it may simply seal the deal on protection.
🚨 Blueliner objective put the Buckeyes within the lead, Vidoli to Brickey. #GoBucks @ScooterBrickey @dominicvido63 pic.twitter.com/e5SCP6UzIg
— Ohio State Males’s Hockey (@OhioStateMHKY) March 5, 2023
Penn State began the third interval on the facility play however couldn’t convert and issues stayed that method with back-and-forth play till the Nittany Lions pulled the goalie to get a bonus late within the recreation. The OSU protection stood tall and the Buckeyes have been in a position to tack on an empty internet objective to complete off the 3-1 victory.
✔️ Recreation three win
➡️Movin’ on to the B1G Match semis! #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/b9tXt7aJXe
— Ohio State Males’s Hockey (@OhioStateMHKY) March 6, 2023
Ohio State will now head into the single-elimination rounds and journey to Ann Arbor to tackle the ugliest shade mixture in all of school sports activities — maize and blue. That recreation is about for six:30 p.m. on Saturday.
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