Ohio State-Michigan is considered one of the greatest rivalries in sports. The hockey edition of this rivalry continues to stay one-sided, however, as the third ranked Michigan Wolverines defeated the No.
\n16 Ohio State Buckeyes, 4-1, in front of 9,267 in Value City Arena. <\/p>\n
Michigan has now won the first three games of the four game season series. The Wolverines have won nine of their last 10 and remain and have moved into a tie for second in the CCHA standings. Ohio State continues to struggle with only one point in the last three games. <\/p>\n
The first two periods were simply dominated by Michigan. With a 4-0 lead through two periods, the Wolverines were able to coast through the final 20 minutes of the game. <\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Give Michigan credit, they came to play,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Ohio State coach John Markell said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153They outskated us, they out competed us, they won the 50\/50 battles, they won the goaltending duel, they won the specialty teams, and everything that you need to do to win a game of this magnitude.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I thought we were fortunate on the first two goals, we got a couple bounces,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Michigan coach Red Berenson said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153There were times we had our way and then there were times that they had their way and they missed a couple golden opportunities where the score could have been different.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n
Michigan dominated early and did not let up in the first two periods. Michigan forward Louie Caporusso had a cross crease pass to feed teammate David Wohlberg who scored his 13th of the season just 1:15 into the first period. Chad Langlais scored his first of two goals 12 minutes into the first.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I thought the first goal was key to get that and get a good start on the road,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Langlais said.<\/p>\n
Michigan wore down Ohio State early in the second period and that momentum led to a second goal by Langlais 10:59 into the period on the power play with a slapper from the blue line to give Michigan a 3-0 lead. Tim Miller gave the Wolverines a 4-0 lead and Caporusso his third assist of the game with 5:20 left in the second. Ohio State started creating chances and were more physical later in the second but was unable to convert. Michigan went on to outshoot Ohio State 23-16 through two periods.<\/p>\n
The Wolverines resulted in more of a dump-and-chase game in the third period. The two teams combined for only eight shots. Ohio State’s Corey Toy scored a goal with 29 seconds left in the game shorthanded to break up Michigan goaltender Bryan Hogan’s shutout bid. <\/p>\n
Earlier in the period, Toy and Wolverines forward Travis Turnbull got into a scrum 5:29 into the period. Toy and Turnbull both got offsetting penalties, and Toy got an extra two minutes for cross checking. <\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153They was a little altercation between him and (goalie) Dusty (Carlson) and my job as a defenseman was to protect him and I did,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Toy said.<\/p>\n
The Buckeyes went 0-7 on the power play during the game. Ohio State is zero out of their last 17 in power-play opportunities. They have not scored a power-play goal since Feb. 8 against Notre Dame. <\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Well I think the penalty killing had to be good,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Berenson said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We put ourselves in a tough spot too many times. We killed three penalties in the first period, six big minutes and we go away with it. If we didn’t, it was a different game.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Ohio State played in front of their largest home crowd in two years. The opponent then was, Michigan.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I feel that is just an excuse, just a crutch for guys to fall on,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Toy said of being nervous in front of a large crowd. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It is the number three team in the country in front of our fans with a packed house, maybe they could have been nervous but they have to fight through that.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Carlson finished the night with 22 saves with 26 shots against. Hogan allowed just one goal and had 20 saves. <\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I thought Hogan kept us in the game when he had to and made a couple key saves when he had to,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Berenson said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153And then he got a couple of bounces that every goalie needs to get.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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