BSportsTuesday

FOOL ME TWICE

n Michigan rallied twice, but its third 
comeback fell short against Iowa on 
Sunday. Page 4B

FIRST LINE FURY

The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | January 19, 2016

n JT Compher, Tyler Motte and Kyle 
Connor are powering the Michigan 
hockey team. Page 3B

Ohio State 6 (SO), Michigan 5

Michigan comeback, 

postgame fight 
culminate series 

split with Buckeyes

By MINH DOAN

Daily Sports Editor

If an opposing team gives the 

Michigan hockey team’s offense 
opportunities to score, chances 
are the Wolverines will make 
them pay.

And 
that’s 
exactly 
what 

Michigan did Sunday evening.

With just 52 seconds gone in the 

third period and the Wolverines on 
a two-man advantage and down by 
two goals, freshman forward Kyle 
Connor received a cross-ice pass 
from junior forward Tyler Motte 
and buried the puck past Ohio 
State goaltender Matt Tomkins.

Just 50 seconds later, Motte 

was on the receiving end of a big 
rebound from Tomkins and slid 
it under the netminder to even 
the game.

Less than two minutes after 

that, Motte scored again for his 
third goal of the game, and the 
Wolverines 
didn’t 
look 
back, 

cruising to an 8-6 win Sunday at 
Yost Ice Arena that saw 84 penalty 
minutes handed out after the final 
buzzer sounded.

As soon as the game ended, 

a brawl broke out in front of 
Michigan goaltender Steve Racine 
that saw sophomore defenseman 
Cutler Martin sucker punch Ohio 
State forward Brendon Kearney.

Martin 
was 
handed 
a 

disqualification, which means 

he will be suspended at least 
one game.

Sophomore forward Dexter 

Dancs 
was 
also 
given 
a 

disqualification 
while 
junior 

forward Alex Kile was given a 
game misconduct for leaving the 
bench.

The brawl ended what was an 

exciting game from start to finish. 

Unlike Friday’s game, when 

Michigan went down 3-0 before 
mounting 
a 
comeback, 
the 

Wolverines came out of the gate 
strong.

It paid off just 1:45 into the 

game, when sophomore forward 
Tony Calderone found freshman 
forward Brendan Warren all 
alone in the slot. Warren took 
Calderone’s pass and one-timed 
the puck past Tomkins for his fifth 
goal of the year.

“It was good to see Brendan 

Warren score a goal tonight,” 
Berenson said.

Ohio State tied the game up 

when Buckeye forward Dakota 
Joshua grabbed his own rebound 
and put the puck past senior 
goaltender Steve Racine.

But as they have done all 

season, the Wolverines answered 
quickly.

Just 36 seconds after the 

Buckeyes’ equalizer, freshman 
forward Kyle Connor found junior 
forward Tyler Motte on an odd-
man rush. Motte’s first attempt 
was saved, but Tomkins could not 
deny Motte and he roofed it over 
the netminder’s left shoulder.

Ohio State responded, though, 

winning another scrum in front 
of Racine. This time, Racine was 
on his back without his stick as 
trailing Buckeye forward Tyler 

Lundey chipped the puck over the 
sprawling netminder to knot the 
game at two going into the first 
intermission.

But as well as Michigan came 

out in the first period, Ohio State 
came out even faster in the second.

Just three seconds after the 

puck was dropped to start the 
beginning of the second period, 
senior forward Justin Selman went 
to the penalty box for high sticking 
and the Buckeyes capitalized.

After some nice passing down 

low, Ohio State forward Matthew 
Weis found David Gust across the 
crease, where Gust tapped home 
his sixth goal of the year.

But it didn’t stop there for the 

Buckeyes. Two minutes later, Ohio 
State defenseman Sasha Larocque 
found himself wide open in the 
slot and buried a shot past Racine.

Michigan got a goal back when 

Connor collected his own rebound, 
rounded the net and beat Tomkins 
glove side, but the Buckeyes 
answered with another power-
play goal from forward Mason 
Jobst to restore the two-goal lead.

“(Ohio State) skated well,” 

Berenson said. “I thought they 
played really well. They attacked 
well with the puck. They’re a good 
hockey team, and they’re a fast 
hockey team. They had us on our 
heels for half of the game.”

After the Wolverines’ scoring 

spree to start the third period, 
sophomore forward Dexter Dancs 
added his fifth goal of the year and 
Compher scored on an empty net, 
while Ohio State forward Kevin 
Miller tacked one on late to round 
out the scoring.

While Racine allowed six goals, 

Michigan 8, Ohio State 6

BLOW FOR BLOW

See HOCKEY, Page 3B

GRANT HARDY/Daily

GRANT HARDY/Daily

GRANT HARDY/Daily
JAMES COLLER/Daily

