{"id":18545,"date":"2014-01-24T23:59:26","date_gmt":"2014-01-25T05:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/recaps\/?p=18545"},"modified":"2020-08-24T22:19:38","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T03:19:38","slug":"penalty-kill-rebound-sparks-barnes-no-9-wisconsin-past-ohio-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/recaps\/2014\/01\/24\/penalty-kill-rebound-sparks-barnes-no-9-wisconsin-past-ohio-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Penalty kill rebound sparks Barnes, No. 9 Wisconsin past Ohio State"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ohio State’s Anthony Greco and Wisconsin goalie Joel Rumpel eye a loose puck in the Badgers’ win Friday (photo: Rachel Lewis).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MADISON, Wis.<\/b> — There was not much to be proud of in terms of special teams for No. 9 Wisconsin in the first 34 minutes of its Big Ten game Friday against Ohio State.<\/p>\n

The Buckeyes foiled the Badgers on a five-minute power play and later scored two power-play goals of their own to lead at the Kohl Center.<\/p>\n

A three-minute stretch changed the landscape in a big way.<\/p>\n

Wisconsin got a successful penalty kill around a pair of goals late in the second period and secured a 5-3 victory to improve to 13-1-1 at home this season.<\/p>\n

Tyler Barnes scored the go-ahead goal and added a pair of assists for the Badgers, who won for the 11th time in 12 meetings against their new conference rival.<\/p>\n

But Barnes’ goal wouldn’t have happened had the Badgers not clamped down on the penalty kill after allowing Ryan Dzingel and Nick Schilkey power-play goals in the first and second periods, respectively.<\/p>\n

Wisconsin’s Michael Mersch went to the box for holding 15:10 into the second period, giving the Buckeyes a chance to build on a 2-for-2 start with the power play.<\/p>\n

The Badgers allowed only one shot on goal over the two minutes, and just after the penalty expired, center Mark Zengerle forced a turnover by Ohio State’s Sam Jardine and fed Barnes for a 3-2 lead.<\/p>\n

“Getting one back right off the penalty kill was big for us,” Barnes said.<\/p>\n

The stretch, which started when Morgan Zulinick tied the game 40 seconds before the Mersch penalty, was just as damaging for the Buckeyes.<\/p>\n

“It really changed everything, to be honest with you,” Buckeyes coach Steve Rohlik said. “When you’re up on the road, you’re in a good position. And all of a sudden the momentum changes, you get a little lazy back on pucks. These teams are too good. When you make breakdowns like that they’re going to make you pay, and Wisconsin made us pay.”<\/p>\n

Opening its first two-game series against Ohio State (11-9-1, 1-5-1 Big Ten) in program history, Wisconsin (14-6-1, 5-2) added to the lead early in the third period when Joe Faust snapped a shot past Buckeyes goalie Matt Tomkins (24 saves).<\/p>\n

Ohio State’s David Gust cut the lead to one with a short-handed goal with 2:27 remaining, but the Badgers answered later on the same power play when Joseph LaBate scored to seal the game.<\/p>\n

The Buckeyes lost second-line center Nick Oddo for the game after just 7:49 when he was given a major for checking from behind and a game misconduct.<\/p>\n

Wisconsin got four shots on goal during the ensuing power play but Tomkins kept the Badgers from extending a 1-0 lead they built on Jake McCabe’s goal 2:20 into the game.<\/p>\n

Each team then got the benefit of a fortunate bounce.<\/p>\n

Ohio State tied the game 1-1 in the first period when Dzingel let loose with a slap shot that was headed wide of the net until it hit McCabe in front and redirected past Joel Rumpel (23 saves).<\/p>\n

Zulinick started the game-changing stretch when his shot rebounded off Tomkins’ pad, hit Ohio State winger Anthony Greco’s skate and crawled back over the goal line.<\/p>\n

Wisconsin’s top line of Zulinick, Zengerle and Barnes combined for two goals and five assists, and each was plus-2.<\/p>\n

“They were a good force tonight,” Badgers coach Mike Eaves said. “They need to be consistent with that. If they can do that they’ll be a force to be reckoned with.”<\/p>\n

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