University of Minnesota Athletics
Saturday, October 2
3:00 PM
University of Minnesota
0-2-0, 0-2-0
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Ohio State
4-0-0, 4-0-0
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Ohio St.
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Minnesota
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Gophers Fall in Series Finale
10/2/2021 5:55:00 PM | Women's Hockey
Minnesota falls to Ohio State 4-1 at Ridder Arena on Saturday.
Minneapolis — The No. 4 ranked University of Minnesota women's hockey team dropped a 4-1 decision to No. 3 ranked Ohio State on Saturday at Ridder Arena.
Minnesota (0-2-0) fell behind early as Ohio State (4-0-0) scored two first period goals. The Buckeyes added another with 0:21 left in the second to bring the score to 3-0. Amy Potomak's highlight-reel goal in the third, which mirrored her between-the-legs goal two years ago, brought the Gophers to within two. A fourth Buckeye goal ended the hopes of a comeback.
Ohio State's Sophie Jaques tallied two goals and an assist while the Buckeyes' Jennifer Gardiner also tallied a three point night (1g-2a). The only Gopher goal from Potomak was unassisted. Freshman goaltender Skylar Vetter stopped 27 shots in her collegiate debut, while OSU's Braendli tallied 28 saves.
Quotable
"Some good things here tonight, but the score obviously doesn't make us feel good", said head coach Brad Frost. "We're trying to find our identity in the first two games here. It allows us to see what we need to work on and what we need to get better at. We're looking forward to doing that this week and getting up to Duluth."
Up Next
The Gophers travel to Duluth to take on UMD on Oct. 8-9 at AMSOIL Arena.
Minnesota (0-2-0) fell behind early as Ohio State (4-0-0) scored two first period goals. The Buckeyes added another with 0:21 left in the second to bring the score to 3-0. Amy Potomak's highlight-reel goal in the third, which mirrored her between-the-legs goal two years ago, brought the Gophers to within two. A fourth Buckeye goal ended the hopes of a comeback.
AMY POTOMAK, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!
— Minnesota Women's Hockey (@GopherWHockey) October 2, 2021
First goal of the night for the #Gophers goes between the legs in a goal that @Buccigross would be proud of!
That'll be on the top of the list on #SCTOP10! pic.twitter.com/LobfbxW7Pf
Ohio State's Sophie Jaques tallied two goals and an assist while the Buckeyes' Jennifer Gardiner also tallied a three point night (1g-2a). The only Gopher goal from Potomak was unassisted. Freshman goaltender Skylar Vetter stopped 27 shots in her collegiate debut, while OSU's Braendli tallied 28 saves.
Quotable
"Some good things here tonight, but the score obviously doesn't make us feel good", said head coach Brad Frost. "We're trying to find our identity in the first two games here. It allows us to see what we need to work on and what we need to get better at. We're looking forward to doing that this week and getting up to Duluth."
Up Next
The Gophers travel to Duluth to take on UMD on Oct. 8-9 at AMSOIL Arena.
Team Stats
OSU
MIN
Shots
31
29
PPG
2
0
SHG
0
0
Penalties
2
2
Penalty Mins
4
4
Faceoffs Won
32
37
Game Leaders
+/-
1
Goals
1
Sh
4
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
10
A
0
+/-
1
Goals
0
Sh
2
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
2
A
0
Players Mentioned
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