Friday’s contest between Robert Morris and Ohio State was a brutal one. The game featured 67 minutes of penalties, as well as three players getting ejected.<\/p>\n
Despite having two players booted in the second period and having to kill off a pair of major penalties, Robert Morris improved to 3-0 in Columbus all-time with a 3-2, come-from-behind win over Ohio State. Adam Brace led the Colonials with a goal and an assist.<\/p>\n
“I think we showed a tremendous amount of heart,” Robert Morris coach Derek Schooley said. “Losing two forwards, being down to 10 forwards, killing two five-minute majors, I think we showed a lot of heart and guts. We bent but we never broke at the end.<\/p>\n
“We got the lead and got a little sloppy at times, but a lot of that was because we were tired and playing a short bench.”<\/p>\n
Friday’s contest was not the response Ohio State coach Mark Osiecki was looking for after the Buckeyes pulled off a sweep at Michigan State last weekend.<\/p>\n
“There was zero flow in the game; that is frustrating,” Osiecki said. “You have nine penalties, a major, I know they had a couple of majors, but it is tough to play the game that way.”<\/p>\n
Alex Lippincott set the tone for Friday’s contest, leading off the game with a tripping penalty 18 seconds in. Robert Morris had nine power-play opportunities, but only converted on one. The Colonials lone power-play goal came eight minutes into the third when Scott Jacklin tipped Jeff Jones’ cross-ice pass past the stick of Ohio State goalie Brady Hjelle to notch the game-winner.<\/p>\n
Despite being outscored, the Buckeyes outshot the Colonials, 45-27, for the game, a season-high in shots.<\/p>\n
“We had a lot of good looks at the net,” Osiecki said. “We are still trying to find that magic with who is going to step up and be the ultimate point getter.”<\/p>\n
The contest came with a pair of game misconducts and one game disqualification. Robert Morris’ Greg Gibson got expelled 2:10 into the second when he was whistled for contact to the head. Later in the second, teammate Brandon Denham was called for a game disqualification for roughing Ohio State defender Devon Krogh into the end boards. Denham’s penalty means he is ineligible to play in Saturday’s rematch between the two squads.<\/p>\n
Brace was up to the challenge of killing off a pair of majors by scoring a short-handed goal on the final of the two majors in the second.<\/p>\n
“It is (challenging) but it is fun,” Brace said. “Trying to kill the penalties for your teammates, it brings you closer to your teammates, especially when you are able to score a goal. Even killing the penalties off, it got our bench going and we didn’t feel tired in the third because we had momentum.”<\/p>\n
Lippincott got an early dismissal from the game 43 seconds into the third for his check to Robert Morris’ Cody Wydo, which resulted in a game misconduct.<\/p>\n
“I have been in coaching for 15 years and I don’t think I have ever seen two five-minute majors on one team,” Schooley said, “and then a third five-minute major on the other team. But I will give the referees credit, they were consistent with their calls.”<\/p>\n
Matt Johnson put the Buckeyes on the board 1:51 into the first with a wrister from the right dot that beat the glove of Robert Morris goalie Eric Levine.<\/p>\n
The Buckeyes killed off four Colonials’ power plays in the first period, as Hjelle made several sprawling saves, including one on Robert Morris forward David Friedmann.<\/p>\n
The Colonials knotted the game at one 35 seconds before the first intermission when Andrew Blazek notched his eighth goal of the season with a shot from between the circle through the legs of Hjelle.<\/p>\n
After a cross-checking penalty by Friedmann, Ohio State capitalized on the ensuing power play, as Max McCormick redirected Craig Dalrymple’s shot from the right point to beat Levine glove side 1:10 into the second. Robert Morris responded 15:27 into the period when Brace picked off a pass from Tanner Fritz and scored short-handed on a breakaway.<\/p>\n
“Just killing of a five-minute major is a momentum swing,” Schooley said. “Killing off a five-minute major with a short-handed goal really provided a lot of life.”<\/p>\n
In five games played in the Value City Arena this season, there have been nine game misconducts or disqualifications; three by the Buckeyes and six by their opponents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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