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n Michigan rallied twice, but its third
comeback fell short against Iowa on
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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

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