Men’s hockey: Nittany Lions fall short to Ohio State in OT
Fifth-seeded and No. 11 Penn State dropped an overtime heartbreaker to third-seeded and No. 10 Ohio State, 4-3, in the Big Ten Semifinals at Value City Arena on Saturday evening.
Penn State drops to 20-13-4 following the loss while the Buckeyes improve to 24-12-2 overall with the victory.
Ohio State will travel to East Lansing next Saturday to battle top-seeded and No. 2 Michigan State in the Big Ten Championship game while Penn State will spend the next week scoreboard watching for its chance at an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament and a trip to Allentown, Pa. for the regional on March 28-30 at the PPL Center.
The Buckeyes opened the scoring midway through the opening period as Gunnarwolfe Fontaine redirected a point shot from Aiden Hansen-Bukata that slipped through Nittany Lion junior goaltender Arsenii Sergeev for the 1-0 edge at the 10:37 mark.
Penn State evened the score early in the second period with a gritty goal against the run of play as senior Ben Schoen jammed one in at the near post for the 1-1 score at the 2:08 mark.
The Nittany Lions would take their first lead of the game near the midway point of the second stanza with a powerplay goal as sophomore Aiden Fink one-touched the puck across the crease and freshman JJWiebusch had a yawning net and didn’t miss for the 2-1 advantage at the 9:05 mark.
Ohio State pulled the game even near the midpoint of the third period as Nathan Lewis batted a puck out of the air in the net mouth and into the back of the net, originally ruled no-goal on the ice, but after a Buckeye challenge the officials awarded the goal and the 2-2 tie at the 9:19 mark. The hosts then regained the lead off an odd-man rush as Patrick Guzzo one-touched a pass from Jake Dunlap past Sergeev for the 3-2 lead at 11:36 of the third period.
Penn State dug deep and found the equalizer as sophomore Matt DiMarsico slipped a rebound into a yawning net after junior Carter Schade sent the puck toward the net from the blueline for the 3-3 score at 14:05 of the final frame. A neutral zone turnover led to a breakaway for Fontaine and he buried the biscuit through the five-hole of Sergeev for the overtime winner at 14:31 of the extra session.
Sergeev drops to 17-8-4 on the year after making 38 saves in the loss while his counterpart, Logan Terness, moves to 12-8-1 after stopping 31 shots in the victory.
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5:24 am - 03.16.2025Columbus, OhioMen’s hockey: Nittany Lions fall short to Ohio State in OT
Fifth-seeded and No. 11 Penn State dropped an overtime heartbreaker to third-seeded and No. 10 Ohio State, 4-3, in the Big Ten Semifinals at Value City Arena on Saturday evening.
Penn State drops to 20-13-4 following the loss while the Buckeyes improve to 24-12-2 overall with the victory.
Ohio State will travel to East Lansing next Saturday to battle top-seeded and No. 2 Michigan State in the Big Ten Championship game while Penn State will spend the next week scoreboard watching for its chance at an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament and a trip to Allentown, Pa. for the regional on March 28-30 at the PPL Center.
The Buckeyes opened the scoring midway through the opening period as Gunnarwolfe Fontaine redirected a point shot from Aiden Hansen-Bukata that slipped through Nittany Lion junior goaltender Arsenii Sergeev for the 1-0 edge at the 10:37 mark.
Penn State evened the score early in the second period with a gritty goal against the run of play as senior Ben Schoen jammed one in at the near post for the 1-1 score at the 2:08 mark.
The Nittany Lions would take their first lead of the game near the midway point of the second stanza with a powerplay goal as sophomore Aiden Fink one-touched the puck across the crease and freshman JJ Wiebusch had a yawning net and didn’t miss for the 2-1 advantage at the 9:05 mark.
Ohio State pulled the game even near the midpoint of the third period as Nathan Lewis batted a puck out of the air in the net mouth and into the back of the net, originally ruled no-goal on the ice, but after a Buckeye challenge the officials awarded the goal and the 2-2 tie at the 9:19 mark. The hosts then regained the lead off an odd-man rush as Patrick Guzzo one-touched a pass from Jake Dunlap past Sergeev for the 3-2 lead at 11:36 of the third period.
Penn State dug deep and found the equalizer as sophomore Matt DiMarsico slipped a rebound into a yawning net after junior Carter Schade sent the puck toward the net from the blueline for the 3-3 score at 14:05 of the final frame. A neutral zone turnover led to a breakaway for Fontaine and he buried the biscuit through the five-hole of Sergeev for the overtime winner at 14:31 of the extra session.
Sergeev drops to 17-8-4 on the year after making 38 saves in the loss while his counterpart, Logan Terness, moves to 12-8-1 after stopping 31 shots in the victory.
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