Mason Jobst tallied a three-point night in helping Ohio State step on the gas late as the second-seeded Buckeyes exploded for four third period goals against Michigan State for a 6-2 game one win in a Big Ten quarterfinal series at Value City Arena.
Tanner Laczynski and Matthew Weis netted power play goals for the Buckeyes that sandwiched a Patrick Khodorenko tally for the Spartans to make the score 2-1 after two, but Jobst scored his 17th at 1:54 of the third and the Buckeyes took on running from there getting even strength goals from Sasha Larocque and John Wiitala with a late power play goal by Christian Lampasso at 19:59.
Michigan State’s Damian Chrcek scored an even strength marker at 18:38, but the Spartans never got within less than three goals after Jobst lit the lamp early in the last period.
Sean Romeo took the win in net for Ohio State with 18 saves. John Lethemon made 25 in the losing effort for Michigan State. The Buckeyes went 2-5 with the man advantage in the triumph.
Wyatt Ege, Laczynski, and Brendon Kearney all each tallied two-point games for the Buckeyes.
