Columbus, Ohio – Graduate school transfer jack buco (South Windsor, Conn.) had one goal and one assist to lead Penn State to a 5-2 victory over Ohio State on Friday night in Big Ten Conference action inside Value City Arena. Ta.
With this win, the Nittany Lions improved their record to 14-16-3 on the year and 6-14-3, 0-1-2 in conference play, but the Buckeyes improved to 12-17-4 overall, with 4 wins overall. They fell to 17 losses, 2 draws, and 1 loss. -0-2 loss.
Penn State won each of the first three games between the teams this season, scoring all nine points and securing the series victory. This is the first series win against the Buckeyes since the 2019-20 season.
how did it happen
- Penn State took advantage of a big five-minute power play to take the lead at 11:41 of the first period when Buco hit the net with a sharp pass to take a 1-0 lead.
- The Buckeyes countered with a short-handed goal just 32 ticks later, with Dalton Messina scoring past the Nittany Lions' senior netminder's blocker. Liam Soulier (Brampton, Ontario) During an odd man rush to make the score 1-1 at the 12:12 mark.
- The visitors responded as graduates themselves. tanner parosic (Aliquippa, Pa.) took a 2-1 advantage with a shot from the point through traffic and into the back of the net at the 13:32 mark of the opening frame.
- Penn State increased its lead early in the second period when Buco sent a goalie, tape-to-tape, cross-crease pass to the junior. Danny Janiev (Brooklyn, New York) He scored at the near post to make the score 3-1 at the 2:51 mark.
- As a freshman, the Nittany Lions kept the pressure on in a 4-on-4 game midway through the second period, pushing the lead to 4-1. Reese Laubach (San Jose, California) Found a senior tyler puckett (Collegeville, Pa.) in the slot, he wired one under Buckeye goaltender Logan Turnes' glove at the 10:50 mark.
- new student Casey Ammann (Johnstown, Pennsylvania) Scored his first career goal on a beautiful feed from a classmate late in the third period off Rush. Dane Dwiak (Pittsburgh, PA) Leading 5-1 at 15:58.
- Scooter Brickey scored a late power play goal for the Buckeyes with 29.2 seconds left in the game, making it 5-2.
goaltending
- After making 24 saves in the win, Soulier improved his record to 11-12-1 on the year, while his opponent, Turnes, took 26 shots in the loss and had nine wins this season. There were 11 losses and 3 draws.
Note
- Penn State held a 31-26 edge in shots on goal, but went 1-for-2 on the power play and 4-for-3 on the penalty kill, including a major in the final five minutes. It also included killing the whole thing. From the second period to the third period.
- The win ended Penn State's longest road losing streak in history at six games.
- Palosik's first-period goal was his second of the year, breaking a 28-game scoreless drought, while Buco's goal was his first in the last seven games.
- Buco had one goal and one assist, his fifth multi-point game of the season and 13th of his career.
- Laubach had two key assists in his fifth multi-point game of the season.
- The Nittany Lions are 10-6-0 on the year when scoring first and are currently 106-2-2 when scoring five or more points.
to the next
Both teams will return to the shots tomorrow evening to conclude the 2023-24 regular season with puck drop at 5 p.m.
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