2010-2011 Ohio State Men's Hockey Season

[Mike80]

Big series starting today against MSU. Here is a video that my contact at the OSU Athletic Department sent me...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvxpUSvKx6c"]YouTube - MSU Viral.wmv[/ame]

 

[buckeyeintn]

Ohio State Buckeyes

Postseason positioning on the line as Bucks skate vs. Sparty on Teddy Bear Toss Night at the Schott. Puck drops at 7:30 Friday & 7 Saturday. Not in Cbus, watch live tonight on Big Ten Network. O-H-Ice-O.

:gobucks4:

 

[buckeyeintn]

No score at the end of the first period. Unfortunately the good guys begin the second period down a man for the first 2 minutes.

 

[LitlBuck]

Bucks lose to Sparty

:(

COLUMBUS, Ohio ? The Ohio State men?s hockey team dropped a 2-0 game to Michigan State Friday in Value City Arena. The Spartans scored in the second period and the lead held, with MSU adding a late shorthanded, empty-net goal. Buckeye goalie Cal Heeter made 23 saves in the effort.


The Buckeyes (13-13-2, 8-11-2-2 CCHA) and Spartans (12-13-4, 8-11-2-0 CCHA) will close out the series at 7:05 p.m. Saturday in Value City Arena. It is the Buckeyes? inaugural Teddy Bear Toss. Fans are encouraged to bring teddy bears to throw on the ice after Ohio State?s first goal. Members of the team will bring the bears to Ronald McDonald House for Valentine?s Day.


The teams were scoreless after the first period. Heeter made nine saves in the Buckeye net, with Will Yanakeff stopping eight Buckeye attempts. The Spartans had the only power play in the stanza.


Michigan State got on the board at 6:04 of the second. Daultan Leveille won the faceoff to the left of the Buckeye net back to Tim Buttery. His shot got through traffic and in for his first goal of the year. Each team had 11 shots on net in the period. Ohio State?s best chance came when John Albert hit the post around the 8 minute mark. Michigan State had two power-play chances, with all but one second of a penalty in the first period carrying into the second stanza. Ohio State had one chance with the man advantage.


The Buckeyes had chances in the third, outshooting the Spartans, 13-5, and going on two power plays, but were unable to tie the game. With time winding down and Ohio State on the power play, Michigan State blocked a shot in the MSU zone. Dustin Gazley led Derek Grant into the Buckeye zone and he scored into the net. Michigan State had one early power-play chance.

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[LitlBuck]

Buckeyes beat Sparty to earn split

COLUMBUS, Ohio - With two goals from Sergio Somma and four primary assists from John Albert, the Ohio State men's hockey team defeated Michigan State, 4-2, Saturday night in Value City Arena. The win gives the Buckeyes, now 14-13-2 on the year (9-11-2-2 CCHA) a series split with the Spartans (12-14-4, 8-12-2-0).

The game marked the inaugural Teddy Bear Toss for the Ohio State hockey program and Buckeye fans threw more than 500 bears onto the ice after Somma's early second-period goal. All bears collected will be delivered by the Buckeye players to Ronald McDonald House.

The Buckeyes were down 1-0 after the first period but scored twice in the second for a 2-1 lead. The Buckeyes extended the lead to 3-1 early in the third period but Michigan State scored to draw within one. An empty-net goal with just 2.2 seconds remaining sealed the win for the Buckeyes.

Michigan State scored the only goal of the first period. Dean Chelios scored from a sharp angle at 5:55 with Heeter out of position. Shots were 13-9 in favor of Ohio State in the stanza and the Buckeyes had the only power-play chance.

Ohio State scored twice in the second to lead 2-1 after 40 minutes. Somma scored just 1:50 into the period - bringing hundreds of teddy bears raining onto the ice - as he tallied from the slot. Albert and Danny Dries assisted on the goal, his team-high ninth power-play tally of the year. At 4:30 with the Buckeyes killing a penalty C.J. Severyn intercepted the puck and started the rush up ice. He left the puck for Albert who skated down the right side and was able to beat the defender's stick with a pass and hit Severyn who was crashing the net and directed it in. The teams combined for 26 shots in the period, with Heeter stopping all 12 Spartan attempts. Each team had two power-play chances in the period - MSU was 0-for-2 and OSU was 1-for-2.

Just 4:05 into the third period Ohio State took a 3-1 lead when Somma scored on a delayed penalty. Hard work down low from the line of Somma, Albert and Boyd created the scoring chance, with Somma finishing from the side of the net. At 7:29 the Spartans again cut the lead to one (3-2) when Dustin Gazely picked up a loose puck and skated in alone on Heeter, converting the breakaway. The final goal came at 19:57 when Albert got the puck near the Buckeye blueline and led Cory Schneider into the Spartan zone where he scored into the empty net. He was pulled down on the play, drawing a penalty as well. The Buckeyes outshot Michigan State, 12-7, in the period. The Buckeye PK was perfect in the stanza, including stopping a chance with less than five minutes remaining after a too many men on the ice call.

Ohio State outshot Michigan State, 39-28, in the game. Heeter ended the contest with 26 saves while playing 59:56. Will Yanakeff had 35 stops in 58:57 for the Spartans.

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[ORD_Buckeye]

Tonight and tomorrow's matches games against Michigan will be on BTN at 7:30 est.

 

[Mike80]

A few more games coming up...

Friday, February 18th ? Men?s Hockey vs. Lake Superior State
Script Ohio on Ice
Value City Arena ? 7 p.m.

[FONT=&quot]Friday's game will feature the Script Ohio on ice.
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Saturday, February 19th ? Men?s Hockey vs. Lake Superior State
Senior Night
Value City Arena ? 7 p.m.

video coming shortly...

 

[Mike80]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPs2oBDUygg"]YouTube - Lake Superior State viral video[/ame]

 

[LitlBuck]

Buckeyes miss bye

The Ohio State men?s hockey team opened the final regular-season series with a 2-2 overtime tie against Ferris State Thursday night in Value City Arena. The Bulldogs won the shootout, 1-0 in three rounds, to take the extra point in the league standings.


Ohio State (15-15-4, 10-13-4-2) and Ferris State (16-14-5, 11-12-4-3) will wrap up the series at 7:05 p.m. Friday in VCA. The Thursday night game will be rebroadcast at 4 p.m. Friday on Big Ten Network as part of its StudentU programming. The Friday game will be streamed live on BigTenNetwork.com and televised on BTN at 4 p.m. Tuesday.


Thursday against the Bulldogs, the Buckeyes led 1-0 after the first period on a Shane Sims goal. The Bulldogs tied the game on Eric Alexander?s goal in the second period. In the third Aaron Schmit put FSU ahead with a power-play goal at 2:38 but Sergio Somma converted a turnover just over a minute later to deadlock the score. Buckeye goalie Cal Heeter had 34 saves in the game.


The Buckeyes opened the scoring at 10:39 of the first. Freshman Chris Crane blocked a shot and raced up the ice. He waited and was able to hit a trailing Sims with a pass, who shot into an empty net with FSU goalie Pat Nagle covering for a Crane shot. Heeter stopped all seven shots he saw in the period as the Buckeyes outshot the Bulldogs, 10-7. Each team had one power-play chance.

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The Ohio State men?s hockey team was defeated by Ferris State, 3-1, Friday night in Value City Arena in its final regular-season game. The Buckeyes tied the game at 1-all on a goal by senior Sergio Somma at 10:33 of the third but Kyle Bonis put Ferris State back on top with 1:58 remaining in regulation and Mike Fillinger sealed the win with an empty-net tally with 52 seconds left.

Ohio State (15-16-4, 10-14-4-2 CCHA) will travel to Lake Superior State or Alaska for a best-of-three series to open the CCHA tournament next weekend. The final standings will be set following league action Saturday night.


There were no goals in the opening 20 minutes. Cal Heeter made 15 saves in the Buckeye net, with Ohio State putting six shots on Ferris State goalie Pat Nagle. The Bulldogs had the one power play in the period.


The second period saw the Bulldogs go ahead 1-0 with a power-play tally. A Buckeye was assessed a major for hitting from behind at 8:23 and Travis Ouellette converted at 9:36, scoring from in close off assists from Brett Wysopal and Derek Graham. Ohio State outshot Ferris State, 10-5, in the period.


In the third, Chris Reed carried the puck into the zone and it found Somma at the top of the crease. He was able to tally his team-best 19th goal of the year to deadlock the score at one. With time winding down, and after some big saves from Heeter kept the game tied, Bonis was able to come down the left side and score short-side to put the Bulldogs back in the lead at 18:02. Ohio State pulled Heeter for the extra attacker soon after and Ferris State was able to seal the win with a goal from Fillinger at 19:08.

The Buckeyes end the year ninth in the CCHA standings. A regulation or overtime win or overtime tie/shootout win by Lake Superior State over Miami Saturday night would send Ohio State to Alaska for the first round. If the Lakers tie through overtime but lose a shootout, Ohio State will travel to Sault Ste. Marie for the opening round.


Heeter continues to lead the nation in minutes played (2074:39) and rank in the Top 3 in saves (942). He is five saves shy of tying for 10th in Buckeye history for saves in a single season. He now has a 2.28 goals-against average and .923 save percentage.


Heeter was the winner of the Perani Cup for Ohio State, given to the player on each team who accumulates the most three star of the game honors in conference play. He was a star of the game in 10 contests.

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[LitlBuck]

Season over

Just wait until next year

The Ohio State men?s hockey team fell to Lake Superior State, 3-2, Saturday night in Taffy Abel Arena in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. The win gives the Lakers a two-game sweep of the CCHA tournament first-round series and a spot in the conference quarterfinals, ending the season for the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes (15-18-4) trailed 3-0 after the second period but scored two early third-period goals to draw within one. They were unable to get the equalizer and suffered their 10th one-goal loss of the season.


?Hats off to Lake Superior State,? Mark Osiecki, Ohio State?s first-year head coach, said. ?They played a great series and defended well throughout the weekend. We played well both nights and gave up just 19 scoring chances in the two games combined. We wish our senior class the best of luck. In a tough situation, they did everything we?ve asked of them since we got here.?


Saturday night, the Lakers took a 1-0 lead at 11:15 of the first period on Ben Power?s power-play tally, assisted by Chad Nehring and Fred Cassiani. Each team put nine shots on net in the stanza and had one power-play chance.


Lake Superior State added two goals in the second to take a 3-0 lead. Will Acton scored five-hole at 6:14, with an assist to Rick Schofield. Schofield added a goal of his own with just 28 seconds left in the period, tallying on the power play with Power and Acton assisting. Ohio State was outshot, 14-13, in the period. Ohio State had two power-play chances in the stanza, with the Lakers converting their one chance.

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[starBUCKS]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=6664080

CLEVELAND -- Ohio State and Michigan plan to drop the puck outdoors next season.
Bitter rivals in football -- and just about anything else for that matter -- the schools are finalizing details to play each other in hockey at Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Indians. A person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press that the Buckeyes and Wolverines will skate in January at the 43,000-seat ballpark.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because negotiations were ongoing and any announcement on the first major outdoor hockey game in Ohio is still days away.
Ohio State and Michigan are members of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, and the matchup would be a home game for the Buckeyes.
Michigan has already played wildly successful outdoor games, hosting rival Michigan State last December in "The Big Chill at the Big House," which drew more than 100,000 fans to the Wolverines' colossal football stadium. In 2001, the Spartans hosted Michigan in a hockey game at their football stadium.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=6664080

Don't like it one bit. The Schott is a mausoleum for far too many games every year, and now you're going to move the one weekend of the year that gets 10K plus in the building--not to mention a great deal of student interest--to Cleveland.

It's not like Cleveland is some great recruiting hotbed for hockey talent. There's not a thing to be gained in this. And since when is Cleveland such a great hockey town that they're going to sell out a 40K stadium for an outdoor hockey game. This could turn into a fucking fiasco.

 

[Pyro Kinesis]

Don't like it one bit. The Schott is a mausoleum for far too many games every year, and now you're going to move the one weekend of the year that gets 10K plus in the building--not to mention a great deal of student interest--to Cleveland.

It's not like Cleveland is some great recruiting hotbed for hockey talent. There's not a thing to be gained in this. And since when is Cleveland such a great hockey town that they're going to sell out a 40K stadium for an outdoor hockey game. This could turn into a [censored]ing fiasco.

Please hate on Cleveland some more.

For the record, two NCAA tournament games that Ohio State was in this past postseason were in Cleveland, and they SOLD OUT. This game will sell out in seconds, and imagine the sounds of 45K cheering as OSU kicks the ass of Michigan.

There is not a single problem with this, and anyone who does have a problem with it is obviously complaining because they are too poor to afford tickets.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Please hate on Cleveland some more.

For the record, two NCAA tournament games that Ohio State was in this past postseason were in Cleveland, and they SOLD OUT. This game will sell out in seconds, and imagine the sounds of 45K cheering as OSU kicks the ass of Michigan.

There is not a single problem with this, and anyone who does have a problem with it is obviously complaining because they are too poor to afford tickets.

A) Why is it hating on Cleveland to have a problem with moving the biggest hockey weekend of the year for Ohio State off campus and out of the city? This isn't about Cleveland. It's about what's best for a program struggling to get some fan recognition in Columbus and on campus. I'd feel the same way if they were moving it to Cincy. Saying that Cleveland is neither a hockey town nor a recruiting hotbed for college hockey is not "hating on Cleveland. It's a simple truth.

B) Those two games were in the ncaa basketball tournament. They have zero relevance for hockey. It's about the most absurd apples to oranges comparison that I've heard in some time. Of course, a #1 seeded Ohio State is going to sell out its opening round games for men's basketball--in Cleveland...or in Cincinnati...or in [censored]ing Albuquerque . Now, please detail your explanation as to how that easily translates into 45K tickets for an outdoor college hockey game, when Ohio State hockey has attendance problems even in Columbus.

C) As for not being able to afford tickets....while the streets of Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood aren't paved with gold like those in Youngstown, we do somehow manage to keep the lights on and the trash picked up every week.

 

[jimotis4heisman]

Don't like it one bit. The Schott is a mausoleum for far too many games every year, and now you're going to move the one weekend of the year that gets 10K plus in the building--not to mention a great deal of student interest--to Cleveland.

It's not like Cleveland is some great recruiting hotbed for hockey talent. There's not a thing to be gained in this. And since when is Cleveland such a great hockey town that they're going to sell out a 40K stadium for an outdoor hockey game. This could turn into a fucking fiasco.

cleveland is probably the best recruiting grounds in the state. in fact id say if you used 80, (or certainly us30) that the northern most part of the state would whoop up on the rest of the state...

http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&SPID=10406&SPSID=87732
(team roster).

furthermore, this maybe/mightbe another good chance to pry away some kids from pitt/nwpa, along with forcing some kids from se michigan (including us developmental team) into an osu game. furthermore, usdntp kids go to school at ann arbor pioneer (the one you can see from the big house, naturally most of those kids come to hate michigan, and all things wolverine from it being forcefully shoved down their throats (well those who dont come to love it).

overall its a meh idea. it will be what the program makes of it. it could be really "cool" or it could be a dud. moreover, cleveland is usually 3-5 degrees cooler than columbus and once the first of the year comes around is much, much less likely to have a 60 degree weekend (aka outdoor hockey disaster) do to being further north, and the giant block of ice called lake erie frozen nearly solid...