No. 9/10 Buckeyes Down Badgers, Move on to B1G Semifinals

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No. 9/10 Buckeyes Down Badgers, Move on to B1G Semifinals

3/9/2025 10:44:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

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Ohio State will host Penn State Saturday for a spot in the championship game

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Two goals in the third period lifted the No. 9/10 Ohio State men's hockey team to a 3-2 victory over Wisconsin in game three of a Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal series in Nationwide Arena.

Ohio State, the No. 3 seed, advances to the semifinal, where it will host No. 5 seed Penn State in a single game at 8:30 p.m. Saturday in Value City Arena. The Nittany Lions swept No. 4 Michigan in Ann Arbor to advance. No. 1 seed Michigan State will host No. 7 Notre Dame in the other semifinal at 6 p.m. The Irish won in three games at No. 2 Minnesota. The Buckeyes are making a third consecutive appearance in the semifinal round.

The Buckeyes are now 23-12-2 on the year and the Badgers end their season 13-21-3. Ohio State was 6-1 against Wisconsin in 2024-25. This was the second year in a row Ohio State and Wisconsin met in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament; last season the No. 7 Buckeyes won the series in three games over the No. 2 seed Badgers in Madison.

The Short Story
Buckeye freshman Jake Rozzi notched his second goal of the weekend at 6:02 of the first but the Badgers tied the game 59 seconds later on a power play goal. Neither team was able to score in the second period, when Ohio State outshot Wisconsin 14-8. A power play goal from Davis Burnside broke the tie at 9:37 of the third and Max Montes scored shortly after a penalty kill ended for a 3-1 Buckeye lead at 12:43. Wisconsin made it a one-goal game at 17:18 with an extra attacker goal but Ohio State closed out the victory. Buckeye goalie Logan Terness, playing his third game in three nights, had 29 saves in 59:24.

How it Happened

The Wisconsin goalie turned the puck over behind the net and Ryan Gordon was able to get a stick on it, where it went to Jake Rozzi in front and he put it home for a 1-0 Buckeye lead at 6:02.
The Badgers took advantage of an Ohio State penalty on the next shift, scoring four seconds into the advantage and 59 seconds after the Buckeye tally to tie the game at one.
Shots were 7-5 in favor of Wisconsin in the first and each team had two power play chances.
Neither team scored nor and no penalties were called in the second and Ohio State outshot Wisconsin 14-8 in the stanza.
On their fifth power play of the game, the Buckeyes were able to break the deadlock. A Gunnarwolfe Fontaine shot was blocked, but Davis Burnside was there for the rebound at 9:37. Damien Carfagna also assisted on the goal, Burnside's 14th of the year.
On the penalty kill, Max Montes was able to break through the Badger defenders and win a race to the puck for a breakaway, scoring on his own rebound at 12:43 (three seconds after the power play expired). The goal put the Buckeyes up 3-1.
The Badgers pulled their goalie and drew within one at 17:18 on a Ryland Mosley tally.
Wisconsin had its net empty for most of the remaining time, with two saves and two blocks securing the Ohio State win.
The Badgers put 16 shots on net in third, with Ohio State getting nine on goal.
Buckeye goalie had 29 saves in 59:24 and the Badgers' Tommy Scarfone made 25 stops in 57:10. Ohio State was outshot 31-28, in the game.
In the win, the Buckeyes blocked 12 Badger shot attempts – Thomas Weis, Joe Dunlap and Damien Carfagna led the squad with two each.
Ohio State was 1-for-6 on the power play and Wisconsin was 1-for-3.

Buckeye This and That

Patrick Guzzo set the program record for career games played, with his 168th appearance in the Scarlet and Gray tonight.
In the series vs. Wisconsin, Terness made 90 saves, with a .928 save percentage and 2.27 goals-against average. On the year he had a 2.24 gaa and .926 save percentage.
Fontaine leads the Buckeyes with 37 points and shares the assist lead with Aiden Hansen-Bukata with 23 each. He led the team with three points in the series vs. the Badgers.
Burnside is second on the team with 32 points, tying with Fontaine for second with 14 goals.
The Buckeyes are 8-3 in one-goal games this season.
Carfagna has a 6-19-25 line this season and leads the team with 60 shot blocks, including six in the series.
Ohio State has outscored opponents 49-33 in the third period this season.