Jan. 7, 2017
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OT --> Final #2 Penn State 0 1 3 0 -->
4
#11 Ohio State 0 0 2
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Jan. 7, 2017 | Value City Arena | 4,755 Box Score --> (PDF) | Box Score (HTML) |
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| #2 Penn State | 12 | 20 | 11 |
43 |
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| #11 Ohio State |
5 | 13 | 8 |
26 |
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| #2 Penn State |
0-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 |
1-3 |
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| #11 Ohio State | 0-1 | 0-3 | 2-2 |
2-6 |
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| PSU | Erik Autio (2) Unassisted |
3 | 3:10 | |||||||||
| PSU |
Ricky DeRosa (3) - SH Pavlychev (6) |
3 | 7:57 | |||||||||
| OSU |
Nick Schilkey (13) Jobst (14) |
3 | 9:42 | |||||||||
OSU
Nick Schilkey (14)
Fidler (4), Jobst (15)
3
10:25
PSU
Berger (7) - PP/EN
Smirnov (18), Biro (4)
3
19:59
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Freshman Brandon Biro (Sherwood Park, Alberta) scored the opening goal of the game and added an assist to help lift No. 2 Penn State past No. 11 Ohio State in Big Ten Conference action from Value City Arena.
With the victory the Nittany Lions improve to 14-2-1 overall and collect three crucial road points to move to 3-1-0-0 in conference action. The Buckeyes drop to 10-3-5 on the year and 2-2-0-0 in the Big Ten.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Penn State had the majority of the scoring chances during the opening 20 minutes of play, but Buckeye senior net-minder Christian Frey continued to stand tall and stopped them all.
- The Nittany Lions finally broke their scoreless drought as junior Trevor Hamilton (Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.) sent a great pass up ahead to senior David Goodwin (Des Peres, Mo.). Goodwin entered the zone on a 2-on-1 rush and fired a shot off the chest of Frey, but the rebound came right to Biro below the right dot and the rookie deposited his fourth of the season into the open net for the 1-0 lead at 4:16 of the second period.
- PSU then came up huge on the other end of the ice as freshman goaltender Peyton Jones (Langhorne, Pa.) and company stopped three consecutive power plays from Ohio State including a full two-minute 5-on-3 chance.
- The Buckeyes gave the Lions a taste of their own medicine; however, as midway through the middle frame they proceeded to kill off a five-minute major penalty in its entirety keeping things a one-goal game heading into the second intermission.
- Penn State kept the pressure on early in the third period and a neutral ice turnover by Ohio State sent junior defenseman Erik Autio (Espoo, Finland) in on an odd-man rush. The Finn stayed calm and turned down the pass and instead fired a quick wrist shot beating Frey on the far side, over the glove, off the post and in for the 2-0 lead at 3:10 of the final stanza.
- Senior Ricky DeRosa (Aston, Pa.) extended the lead with the fifth short-handed tally of the year for PSU at 7:57 of the third period for the 3-0 edge.
- The Lions then found themselves in another 5-on-3 hole and Buckeye senior Nick Schilkey scored a pair of goals just 43 seconds apart to cut the deficit to a single goal at 3-2 with 9:35 remaining in the third period.
- Sophomore Chase Berger (St. Louis, Mo.) would eventually seal the deal with an empty net goal as time expired with assists to Biro and freshman Denis Smirnov (Moscow, Russia) for the final score.
GOALTENDING
Both goalies were sensational as Jones collected 24 saves to improve to 12-1-1 on the year while Frey stopped 39 pucks while falling to 4-2-1 overall.
NOTES
- Penn State improves to 13-0-1 when leading after two periods of play.
- Smirnov sets a new single-season freshman point record with his 28th point on the primary assist on Berger's empty net goal in the third period.
- The Nittany Lions earn just their second victory ever at Value City Arena (2-6).
- The Lions outshot the hosts 42-26 while going 1-for-3 with the man-advantage. Ohio State was 2-for-6 on the power-play.
- The first Buckeye power play goal snapped a streak of 21 consecutive kills for the Nittany Lions.
NEXT UP
Penn State returns home to battle Michigan State in a two game set next weekend January 13-14 with both contests scheduled for 7 p.m.