COLUMBUS, Ohio – Freshman goalie Jakub Dobeš had 51 saves and 13 Buckeyes had a point as the No. 12/11 Ohio State men’s hockey team shut out Penn State, 6-0, Saturday in University Park, Pa. Jake Wise led the Buckeyes with two goals and three points, while Joe Dunlap had a goal and an assist and Michael Gildon and Quinn Preston each had two assists to pace the Buckeye scorers, who scored two goals in each period.
Jake Wise scored twice in the first period, with Michael Gildon posting an assist on both tallies, which came at 12:10 and 17:37. Joe Dunlap tallied early in the second and Georgii Merkulov extended the lead to 4-0 at 12:03. In the third, Mason Lohrei scored 1:05 into the period on the power play and Tate Singleton notched the game’s final goal at 14:41. Jakub Dobeš had 17 stops in the first, 15 in the second and 19 in the third. Ohio State had a season-high 26 blocked shots and was 1-for-3 on the power play and 3-for-3 on the penalty kill.
Ohio State earned four Big Ten points in the weekend series with an overtime tie and shootout loss Friday and the win Saturday and won 10 of 12 points in the regular season series with the Nittany Lions (3-0-1).
The Buckeyes, 10-1-2 in their last 13 games, are now 19-7-2 on the year and 11-5-2-0-1-1 in the Big Ten. Penn State is 14-13-1 and 5-12-1-1-1-1 in league play.
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The Buckeyes return to Columbus for a four-game homestand, hosting Wisconsin Feb. 4-5 and Minnesota Feb. 11-12 in Value City Arena in the Schottenstein Center. Those games close out the regular season home slate. TICKET INFORMATION
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