Paula C. WestonPeter Boyd scored two third-period goals to push Ohio State past the Bowling Green Falcons, 4-2, giving OSU just their second home win of the season and a weekend split with their instate rivals. While Scott Paluch and John Markell disagreed in their assessment of Friday’s 5-2 Falcon win, the two head coaches used the … Read more
With two goal performances from Jacob Cepis and Derek Whitmore, the Bowling Green Falcons beat the Ohio State Buckeyes, 5-2, to lift themselves one game above .500 in CCHA and overall play. Cepis’ goals came 2:12 apart in game time, the first in the final two minutes of the second period and the second in … Read more
“Although Thy Breath Be Rude” For much of the geographic area of the CCHA, Tuesday and Wednesday were extraordinarily windy days. Many folks throughout Michigan and Ohio were left without power, nearly 60,000 in Detroit alone. A rare January tornado ripped through Indiana. There are several theories to explain what happened midweek throughout the Midwest. … Read more
How to Announce Your Presence with Authority in One Easy Step So, you’re playing in a league that some people call fluffy because the conference name doesn’t begin with a “W” and you rarely play regular-season games in New England. Even though your fourth-place team from a year ago took the national championship. Even though … Read more
After two close periods of hockey, the No. 7 Michigan State Spartans broke it open with three third-period goals to defeat the Ohio State Buckeyes, 4-0, and earn their first sweep in Columbus since January of 2004. Junior goaltender Jeff Lerg stopped all 23 shots he faced for his first shutout of the season. Matt … Read more
Nick Sucharski’s second-period goal knocked the life out of Ohio State, and Jeff Lerg’s third-period save on a Buckeyes’ breakaway prevented resurrection as No. 7 Michigan State beat Ohio State, 4-1, in Columbus. “I thought it was a pretty good game,” said MSU coach Rick Comley. “I thought a key point in the hockey game … Read more
First Congratulations to Lake Superior State. With an uncharacteristic offensive output, the Lakers beat the visiting Bowling Green Falcons, 4-1, Saturday night, to claim their first CCHA victory of the season. Saturday night’s hero was Simon Gysbers, a sophomore defenseman who had the offensive game of his life. Gysbers had a goal and three assists … Read more
With 13 freshmen in the game, the Ohio State Buckeyes scored two early and held on to outlast the U.S. National Under-18 Team, 3-2, in exhibition play. Senior John Dingle, freshman Sergio Somma and junior Nick Biondo had the OSU goals with freshman netminder Dustin Carlson stopping 23 shots. Jeremy Morin and Ryan Bourque had … Read more
Zero Lake Superior has three points to show for 12 CCHA games, but the last-place Lakers have yet to beat a conference opponent. On the road last weekend, the Lakers lost spectacularly to No. 10 Michigan State, 8-2, before earning — and I mean earning — a 3-3 tie the following night. After the loss, … Read more
For the Ohio State Buckeyes, Christmas came a little late — but it did arrive, finally. With a sustained, physical effort and a dominating presence in the neutral zone, the Buckeyes beat the Alaska Nanooks, 5-2, for OSU’s first home CCHA win of the season. “I think we played a good game,” said head coach … Read more
With balanced scoring and a 31-save performance from senior goaltender Wylie Rogers, the Alaska Nanooks defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes, 4-2, for their first win in Columbus since Feb. 22, 2003, and the first UA road win over OSU for this year’s Nanook seniors. The victory was also the second for UA over OSU in … Read more
The Good Congratulations Ferris State, Miami and Michigan for midseason championship titles! And thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. The CCHA had much on the line at midseason, even if no one wanted to admit it. Many people still think that Michigan State somehow stole the national championship from far superior competitors; these … Read more
The power play, the penalty kill and a little luck; that’s what it took for the No. 1 Miami RedHawks to beat Ohio State, 3-2, for the championship title of the fourth annual Ohio Hockey Classic. After exchanging goals with the Buckeyes through the first 32:08 minutes of the game, scoring one on a power … Read more
With sophomore Ryan Lasch’s first career hat trick and Dan Dunn’s second career victory, the No. 16 St. Cloud State Huskies defeated the No. 15 Harvard Crimson, 4-1, to capture third place in the fourth annual Ohio Hockey Classic in Value City Arena. Lasch netted a pair of nearly identical power-play goals, assisted by Andreas … Read more
Ohio State’s two-goal second period gave the unranked Buckeyes the lead and eventual come-from-behind 4-2 win over the No. 15 Harvard Crimson, as well as a chance to defend their 2006 Ohio Hockey Classic title in a rematch of last year’s game against the No. 1 Miami RedHawks. Four different Buckeyes scored and freshman goaltender … Read more
If Jarod Palmer weren’t psychic, Miami might be playing for third place rather than a title in this year’s Ohio Hockey Classic. As the No. 1 RedHawks headed into overtime after Justin Mercier’s late third-period goal tied their game with the No. 16 St. Cloud State Huskies, 1-1, Palmer told head coach Enrico Blasi that … Read more
For St. Lawrence, Christmas came a little early. After trailing 2-1 at the end of the first, the Saints scored two goals in the second to take the lead over the Ohio State Buckeyes and held on through a back-and-forth, up-and-down game that ended in a 5-4 SLU win, only the sixth of the season … Read more
It took two months, seven games and nearly 426 minutes of hockey, but somebody finally scored a game-winning goal at home for the Ohio State Buckeyes. That somebody was a freshman from New Brunswick named Peter Boyd, whose goal at :56 in overtime gave Ohio State a come-from-behind, 3-2 win over visiting St. Lawrence for … Read more
Another Year Over, and What Have You Done? As 2007 winds down and we’re almost to the point at which we can take stock of the first half of the CCHA season, I am haunted by the ghosts of seasons past. In fact, I can’t shake the memory of what I wrote a year ago … Read more
Hail the Conquering Heroes With a 2-0-2 record against the WCHA, Notre Dame’s capture of the Rensselaer Tournament crown and Miami’s home-ice domination of Canisius, perhaps “conquering” is a bit of a stretch. But don’t it feel good? With Miami and Michigan at the top of the national rankings and Michigan State and Notre Dame … Read more