COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 14-ranked Ohio State men’s hockey team scored the game’s final five goals to down UConn, 7-4, Friday in Value City Arena. The Buckeyes improve to 6-1-3 on the year, while the Huskies are now 3-3-4. The teams will close the series at 4 p.m. Saturday in Columbus.
Ohio State 7, UConn 4
The Buckeyes led 2-1 after the first period on goals from Josh Healey shorthanded and David Gust, but UConn scored twice in the first 5:15 of the second to go ahead 3-2 and then added a goal at 13:23 for a 4-2 advantage.
Ohio State went on to score the next five goals to come from behind for the win. The Buckeyes answered the fourth UConn goal less than a minute later to draw within one on a Gust tally, tied the game 19 seconds after that on Mason Jobst’s goal and took the lead just over a minute later on a tally by Nick Schilkey. Ohio State held a 5-4 lead through 40 minutes. In the third, the Buckeyes scored twice in the final five minutes, with a power play tally by Gust to complete his hat trick and a Luke Stork empty net goal.
In the Win …
• Senior David Gust notched his first career hat trick (the Buckeyes’ second of the year).
• Senior Nick Schilkey picked up his 100th career point with an assist in the first period and added a goal and another assist for a three-point night. He has 102 points as a Buckeye, with 51 goals and 51 assists.
• Junior Matthew Weis had a three-assist outing, his second of the season.
• Freshman Tanner Laczynski had two helpers for his fifth multiple-point game.
• Senior Josh Healey had a goal and an assist for his fourth two-point night in the last six games.
• Sophomore John Wiitala extended his point streak to seven with an assist.
• The Buckeyes scored five or more goals for the fifth time in the last seven games. The team is first in the NCAA with 4.70 goals per game.
Match report courtesy of OSU hockey
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