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After a surprising and overachieving season, the Ohio State men's hockey team saw its season conclude on Thursday with an 8-3 loss to Boston University in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Things started out well for the Buckeyes after they got on the board first in period No. 1 when Joe Dunlap lit the lamp with 10:53 left before the first break. Things stayed that way until about midway into the second period, when Boston scored its first of many goals off a faceoff to knot things up at one.
Things would go back and forth from there throughout the period. Dunlap scored his second goal of the game on a power play to give the Scarlet and Gray the lead, but then some up and down action saw the Terriers score on a power play to even it at two, and then the two teams each scored again within the final two minutes of the period. OSU even had one taken off the board after an offside review. Things went into the second break with the two tied at three goals apiece and an entertaining game seemingly on tap.
And then the wheels fell off.
Boston scored a whopping five goals in the third period to take control of the game on a dicey effort from the defense and goaltending to send Ohio State home with the end of its 2024-2025 campaign. It sure looked like a tired Buckeye squad as the sands of the hourglass got less and less. Perhaps so many overtime games and extra games through the Big Ten Tournament were too much to overcome.
Either way, OSU now heads into the offseason and will look to see what the roster will look like and if it can put the pieces in place to make another run next season.
Contact/Follow us @BuckeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Ohio State news, notes and opinion. Follow Phil Harrison on X.
This article originally appeared on Buckeyes Wire: Ohio State hockey season comes to end in 1st round of NCAA Tournament
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Things started out well for the Buckeyes after they got on the board first in period No. 1 when Joe Dunlap lit the lamp with 10:53 left before the first break. Things stayed that way until about midway into the second period, when Boston scored its first of many goals off a faceoff to knot things up at one.
Things would go back and forth from there throughout the period. Dunlap scored his second goal of the game on a power play to give the Scarlet and Gray the lead, but then some up and down action saw the Terriers score on a power play to even it at two, and then the two teams each scored again within the final two minutes of the period. OSU even had one taken off the board after an offside review. Things went into the second break with the two tied at three goals apiece and an entertaining game seemingly on tap.
And then the wheels fell off.
Boston scored a whopping five goals in the third period to take control of the game on a dicey effort from the defense and goaltending to send Ohio State home with the end of its 2024-2025 campaign. It sure looked like a tired Buckeye squad as the sands of the hourglass got less and less. Perhaps so many overtime games and extra games through the Big Ten Tournament were too much to overcome.
Either way, OSU now heads into the offseason and will look to see what the roster will look like and if it can put the pieces in place to make another run next season.
Contact/Follow us @BuckeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Ohio State news, notes and opinion. Follow Phil Harrison on X.
This article originally appeared on Buckeyes Wire: Ohio State hockey season comes to end in 1st round of NCAA Tournament
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