Men's Hockey Drops CSCHL Weekend Series to 13th Ranked Ohio University
BENSENVILLE, Ill. – The Roosevelt University ACHA Division I men's hockey team dropped a weekend series to 13th ranked Ohio University, losing 4-2 on Friday, November 19 and 8-4 on Saturday, November 20 at The Edge Ice Arena. The losses dropped the Lakers overall record to 3-11 and their CSCHL record to 0-8 this season.
In the first game of the weekend, Ohio scored the lone goal of the first period despite the Lakers holding a slight 9-8 advantage in shots. Roosevelt tied the game at the 6:17 mark of the second period on Quinn Haller's sixth goal of the season with John Vandervalk earning his fourth assist of the year. However, the Bobcats regained the lead just 15 seconds later and added another goal at 16:21 to lead 3-1 after two periods.
Ohio extended its lead to 4-1 with a goal at 1:17 of the third period and held the Lakers off the board for the majority of the stanza. RU cut the deficit to 4-2 on a Tanner Hallett goal, his fourth of the year, on an assist from Zach Brumm at the 17:43 mark, but the home team was unable to complete the late comeback for the loss.
Ohio scored the first two goals to begin the second game of the series, scoring both goals 10 seconds apart and just over seven minutes into the contest. The Lakers cut the lead in half on a Josef Martancik goal, his fifth of the year, at 15:23 on assists from Vandervalk and Haller, and the score remained 2-1 at the end of the period.
The second period was all Bobcats, with the visitors outshooting the Lakers 17-5 and finding the back of the net at 14:29 and 19:59 to lead 4-1 at the second intermission.
Roosevelt pulled to within 4-2 just over two minutes into the third period on Martancik's second goal of the game and sixth of the year with Haller and AJ Bailey picking up the assists on the power play goal. However, Ohio scored three unanswered goals in a three and a half minute span to regain control of the game and lead 7-2. The Lakers did get goals later in the period from Tim Laskowski and Vandervalk with Bowie Slarks, Martancik, and Cade Swygert earning assists.
GAME 1 DETAILS
Score: Ohio 1 2 1 4
Roosevelt 0 1 1 2
Records: Roosevelt 3-10, 0-7 (CSCHL) // Ohio 12-6, 4-3 (CSCHL)
Location: The Edge | Bensenville, Ill.
Date: November 19, 2021
KEY STATS
- Quinn Haller scored his sixth goal of the year
- Tanner Hallett tallied his fourth goal of the season
- John Vandervalk picked up his fourth assist this season
- Zach Brumm registered his first assist this year
- Josh Brown made 30 saves in net for the Lakers
- RU outshot OU 43 to 34 in the loss
GAME 2 DETAILS
Score: Ohio 2 2 4 8
Roosevelt 1 0 3 4
Records: Roosevelt 3-11, 0-8 (CSCHL) // Ohio 13-6, 5-3 (CSCHL)
Location: The Edge | Bensenville, Ill.
Date: November 20, 2021
KEY STATS
- Josef Martancik registered two goals & an assist to give him six goals & five assists on the year
- John Vandervalk tallied his third goal & fifth assist of the season
- Tim Laskowski scored his first goal this year
- Quinn Haller collected to two assists to give him four this season
- Cade Swygert earned his sixth assist
- Bowie Slarks had an assist, his second of the year
- AJ Bailey picked up his first assist of the season
- Josh Brown played 50 minutes in net, making 41 saves
- Timothy Darche made four saves while playing 9:16 in goal for RU
- The Lakers were outshot 53-28 by the Bobcats
NEWS & NOTES
- Josef Martancik leads the Lakers in scoring with 11 points on six goals & five assists
- Quinn Haller is the team's second leading scorer with 10 points on six goals & four assists
NEXT UP
The Lakers are off until after the Thanksgiving weekend when they travel to Ames, Iowa to take on Iowa State University in CSCHL action on Friday, December 3 and Saturday, December 4. Puck drop is set for 7:30pm on both nights at ISU Ice Arena.