Men’s Ice Hockey: Minnesota sweeps Ohio State 4-1, 6-3 in Minneapolis

Liv Rinaldi
Sun, 23 Feb 2025 22:58:32 +0000
Ice Hockey, Instagram Page, Men's hockey, News, Sports, Aiden Hansen-Bukata, Brent Johnson, Buckeyes, Caden Brown, Carter Krier, Chris Able, Christopher Romaine, Damien Carfagna, Davis Burnside, Dylan Godbout, Gunnarwolfe Fontaine, hockey, Jake Dunlap, Jake Rozzi, James Hong, Jason Rule, JB Bittner, Joe Dunlap, John Larkin, Kristoffer Eberly, Layne LeBel, Logan Terness, Max Montes, men's hockey, Men's ice hockey, Nathan Lewis, Nathan McBrayer [and 16 more]

The Ohio State men’s hockey team huddles prior to their 6-3 loss to No. 5 Minnesota Saturday in Minneapolis, MN. Credit: Ohio State Athletics

It was a series sweep in Minneapolis, but it wasn’t the sweep that the Buckeyes had hoped for.

No. 7 Ohio State fell to No. 4 Minnesota 4-1 on Friday and 6-3 on Saturday in the Buckeyes’ final road series of the year.

Game 1

The Gophers got on the board 12 minutes into the game with a goal from forward Brody Lamb.

Seven minutes later Ohio State found the equalizer thanks to forward Davis Burnside.?

It was all Gophers from there.

A second-period goal from defenseman Ryan Chelsey, followed by Lamb’s second goal of the night in the third that sealed the win for Minnesota.

Minnesota forward Oliver Moore’s late empty-net goal made the final score 4-1.

Game 2

Minnesota dominated the first two periods of game two.

Forwards Connor Kurth scored in the first and Matthew Wood tallied a goal 19 seconds into the second period. At 13:41, Moore picked up his second goal of the series — this one on a power play advantage — and gave the Gophers a 3-0 lead.

The Buckeyes responded and drew within one thanks to two goals from defenseman Aiden Hansen-Bukata and forward Max Montes.

But Kurth found the back of the net and extended the Gophers’ lead to 4-2.

Ohio State drew within one — again — at 13:22 but two empty-net goals at the end cost the Buckeyes a 6-3 loss.

Ohio State (20-10-2, 13-8-1 Big Ten) will face off against No. 10 Michigan (17-12-3, 11-9-2 Big Ten) at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus Thursday and Friday in its last regular season series before postseason play.