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Gophers Take Down No. 2/3 Ohio State
2/15/2019 8:43:00 PM | Men's Hockey
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A 4-3 win on Friday night for the Gophers at Value City Arena snapped No. 2/3 Ohio State's seven-game winning streak as Minnesota handed the Buckeyes just their second loss in the last 15 games. The Maroon & Gold remain unbeaten against the Big Ten frontrunners (1-0-2) heading into tomorrow's series finale.
Minnesota (12-14-4 overall, 9-9-3-0 Big Ten) snapped a four-game road skid with the win behind goals from Jack Sadek, Nathan Burke, Ryan Zuhlsdorf and Scott Reedy.
The Gophers jumped out to a two-goal lead on Friday night and never trailed in the win over the Buckeyes. Sadek opened things up with his fourth goal of the year at 16:44 of the first period when he put home a shot from the point after being set up by Sam Rossini and Burke. Burke added to the lead with his fourth goal of the year at 11:56 of the second period, set up with some nifty passing by BMW Line partners Blake McLaughlin and Sammy Walker.
Ohio State (19-6-4, 12-4-3-2) snuck onto the board late in the second period when John Wiittala scored at 19:44 on the Buckeyes' second shot on goal of the period.
Zuhlsdorf reclaimed the two-goal lead at 6:10 of the third period when he snapped a 99-game goal drought dating back to Oct. 9, 2016 (his first series as a freshman with the Gophers). The junior defenseman snuck a shot from the blue line into the corner of the net with assists going to McLaughlin and Burke. Burke ended the night with a game-high three points (one goal, two assists) for his first career three-point performance.
Eric Schierhorn picked up the win for Minnesota in his first start since Dec. 29, making 21 saves to improve to 3-4-0 on the year. The senior earned his 58th career win on Friday. Sean Romeo made 19 saves in net for Ohio State, falling to 8-5-2 on the year.
The Big Ten's best special teams units were successful again on Friday night as Minnesota's power-play ended the game 1-for-4 while the penalty kill was 1-for-1. Ohio State outshot the Gophers 24-23 in the series opener.
Minnesota returns to action on Saturday against Ohio State on Big Ten Network. Puck drop is set for 5 p.m. CT. Tickets for the Maroon & Gold's remaining two home series against Notre Dame (Feb. 22-23) and Arizona State (March 1-2) are available at GopherSports.com.
Notes: Minnesota improved to 3-0-0 when Burke records a multi-point game…the Gophers are also 3-0-0 all-time when Ryan Zuhlsdorf scores a goal…Pitlick extended his career-long point streak to 12 games on Friday and has now picked up points in 20 of the last 21 games…Pitlick's assist on Friday gave him 99 career points (43 goals, 55 assists) as the junior forward now needs one point to become the 84th Gopher Hockey player to reach 100-career points…Schierhorn improved to 8-3-0 all-time against Ohio State…Sadek's fourth goal of the season matches his single-season career high from 2015-16 (his 14 points this year are already a single-season career high)…the BMW Line factored into three of Minnesota's four goals on Friday and recorded six of the team's 12 points in the victory.
Minnesota (12-14-4 overall, 9-9-3-0 Big Ten) snapped a four-game road skid with the win behind goals from Jack Sadek, Nathan Burke, Ryan Zuhlsdorf and Scott Reedy.
The Gophers jumped out to a two-goal lead on Friday night and never trailed in the win over the Buckeyes. Sadek opened things up with his fourth goal of the year at 16:44 of the first period when he put home a shot from the point after being set up by Sam Rossini and Burke. Burke added to the lead with his fourth goal of the year at 11:56 of the second period, set up with some nifty passing by BMW Line partners Blake McLaughlin and Sammy Walker.
Ohio State (19-6-4, 12-4-3-2) snuck onto the board late in the second period when John Wiittala scored at 19:44 on the Buckeyes' second shot on goal of the period.
Zuhlsdorf reclaimed the two-goal lead at 6:10 of the third period when he snapped a 99-game goal drought dating back to Oct. 9, 2016 (his first series as a freshman with the Gophers). The junior defenseman snuck a shot from the blue line into the corner of the net with assists going to McLaughlin and Burke. Burke ended the night with a game-high three points (one goal, two assists) for his first career three-point performance.
Sam McCormick's first goal of the year at 8:41 brought it to 3-2 in favor of the visitors, but Scott Reedy's power-play goal at 10:44 put the game away for good. The sophomore forward snapped a 13-game goal drought for the eventual game winner as Tommy Novak and Rem Pitlick set up Reedy for his first goal of 2019. Quinn Preston brought the game back to within one with an extra-attacker goal for Ohio State at 16:25, but the Buckeyes couldn't find the equalizer at the end of the night.The top plays from @GopherHockey's 4-3 victory over Ohio State on Friday night. pic.twitter.com/sfAqIMfX6W
— Minnesota on BTN (@MinnesotaOnBTN) February 16, 2019
Eric Schierhorn picked up the win for Minnesota in his first start since Dec. 29, making 21 saves to improve to 3-4-0 on the year. The senior earned his 58th career win on Friday. Sean Romeo made 19 saves in net for Ohio State, falling to 8-5-2 on the year.
The Big Ten's best special teams units were successful again on Friday night as Minnesota's power-play ended the game 1-for-4 while the penalty kill was 1-for-1. Ohio State outshot the Gophers 24-23 in the series opener.
Minnesota returns to action on Saturday against Ohio State on Big Ten Network. Puck drop is set for 5 p.m. CT. Tickets for the Maroon & Gold's remaining two home series against Notre Dame (Feb. 22-23) and Arizona State (March 1-2) are available at GopherSports.com.
Notes: Minnesota improved to 3-0-0 when Burke records a multi-point game…the Gophers are also 3-0-0 all-time when Ryan Zuhlsdorf scores a goal…Pitlick extended his career-long point streak to 12 games on Friday and has now picked up points in 20 of the last 21 games…Pitlick's assist on Friday gave him 99 career points (43 goals, 55 assists) as the junior forward now needs one point to become the 84th Gopher Hockey player to reach 100-career points…Schierhorn improved to 8-3-0 all-time against Ohio State…Sadek's fourth goal of the season matches his single-season career high from 2015-16 (his 14 points this year are already a single-season career high)…the BMW Line factored into three of Minnesota's four goals on Friday and recorded six of the team's 12 points in the victory.
Team Stats
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23
24
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SHG
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Penalties
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4
Penalty Mins
2
8
Faceoffs Won
25
22
Game Leaders
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+3
Goals
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2
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+2
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0
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2
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-2
Goals
1
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2
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0
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+1
Goals
1
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1
A
0
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