Junior Jeff Drummond scored two goals and junior Jon Foster added a goal and an assist to lead the No. 13 Denver Pioneers to a 5-2 win over No. 14 Ohio State in their season-opening game Friday at the Lefty McFadden Invitational.<\/p>\n
Junior Kevin Ulanski added two assists and senior goaltender Adam Berkhoel made 23 saves as Denver advanced to the championship game. The Pioneers will play St. Lawrence, a 3-1 winner over Miami in the second semifinal.<\/p>\n
The Pioneers took an early 1-0 lead at 7:31 of the first period. Foster scored the first Pioneer goal of the season when he took a nifty pass off the boards from senior Max Bull and beat Buckeye goaltender Mike Betz with a wrist shot for a power-play goal.<\/p>\n
Ohio State tied the game 1-1 at 16:07 of the first stanza when Paul Caponigri’s one-timer off a Dan Knapp feed from behind the net beat Berkhoel high to the glove side. In the first period, Ohio State had nine shots on goal, Denver six.<\/p>\n
Denver took a 2-1 lead at 7:22 of the second period when Drummond banged in a rebound off a shot by Ulanski. Senior Greg Keith’s breakaway goal at 11:31 gave the Pioneers a 3-1 lead. OSU answered with a Dave Steckel goal at 13:44, again assisted by Knapp, but Drummond’s second goal of the game at 15:24 gave Denver a 4-2 lead heading into the third period.<\/p>\n
Junior Luke Fulghum scored the lone goal of the third, converting a turnover by Ohio State’s Matt Waddell and scoring unassisted to make the final 5-2.<\/p>\n
Denver outshot Ohio State 29-25 and was nine-for-10 on the penalty kill as Berkhoel made multiple saves on odd-man rushes by the Buckeyes. For OSU, Mike Betz made 24 saves and the penalty kill stopped six of seven Pioneer opportunities.<\/p>\n
Faceoff for Saturday night’s championship game between Denver and St. Lawrence is scheduled for 5:35 p.m. MT. Ohio State will play Miami at 2:35 p.m. MT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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