Ohio State scored five first-period goals en route to a 6-2 win over visiting Colgate on Sunday at Value City Arena. Ryan Kesler scored his first collegiate goal, and goalie Dave Caruso made his first start.<\/p>\n
“Coming into league play, I had to know what he had back there,” said Ohio State coach John Markell about Caruso. “It was a non-conference game against a team we felt pretty confident we could win against. I think he played well and the team responded properly to him being in there.”<\/p>\n
OSU (4-2-1) got on the board with a power-play goal by Daymen Bencharski seven minutes into the game. Chris Olsgard redirected an Eric Skaug shot at 9:49 for the Buckeyes’ second goal, then Kesler scored, as he took a Doug Andress pass through the neutral zone and beat Colgate goalie Steve Silverthorn.<\/p>\n
JB Bittner and Knapp later scored one minute apart to put OSU up by five. Bittner’s goal was shorthanded.<\/p>\n
The Raiders (3-3-1) scored the only two goals of the second period, both coming late, from Scooter Smith and Dmitry Yashin.<\/p>\n
The final goal of the game was scored just 28 seconds into the third period, from the Buckeyes’ Miguel Lafleche on the power play.<\/p>\n
“I have to give our players credit because they played hungry and scored five goals in the first period,” said Markell. “I thought we backed off a little bit in the second period and we didn’t want them to jump back in the game. We played well and came out strong after the loss [to Cornell Friday]. We did a better job of finishing today.<\/p>\n
“Their goalie had some big saves in the third period but overall we were able to control play. It was a good experience because we learned something about ourselves and was a good comeback win for us.”<\/p>\n
Caruso made 24 stops for the win.<\/p>\n
“I was pretty excited about it and words really can’t explain it,” Caruso said. “I was jittery at first but then I settled down and felt good. The defense did a good job and kept the puck outside. That was our plan, for me to see the puck and stop it. That’s all you can ask for.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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