Ohio Hockey Classic Day One Photoblog

I headed out to the Schott last night to check out the first day of the Ohio Hockey Classic.

In the first game, Miami was expected to roll over Clarkson, who have been uncharacteristically bad this season. But the Redhawks came out flat and got behind very early. Despite outshooting Clarkson most of the rest of the game, they just could not take control of the game. Paul Karpowich played very well in net for Clarkson, frustrating Miami time after time. And the rest of the Golden Knights just gutted it out and took it to the Redhawks, coming out with the 4-2 upset. And even though Clarkson is my sworn enemy, I have to give them props for the performance. ECACHL represent! All in all, it was a very entertaining game.

The second game of the night, OSU-Army, was far less fun to watch. It was a mismatch from the start, with OSU rolling easily to a 6-1 win. Although I was cheering for Ohio State, it just became fairly boring in short order. And having read this article about the Army hockey team a couple years ago, it doesn’t feel right to revel in those guys getting spanked by the Buckeyes.

Tonight Miami and Army go at 5PM in the consolation game; OSU and Clarkson play at 8PM for the championship. Tickets are $12 and parking (as always) is free.

Miami-Clarkson pictures

Steffes is knocked flying by Borowiecki

Karpowich does the splits to make the save on Mercier

Eichenlaub checks a Clarkson player

Jackets draftee Trent Vogelhuber

Will Weber, also a Jackets draftee

Dan Tuttle skates in on the Miami net while being hooked

Shea Guthrie carries the puck

Tuttle and Cannone face off

Jarod Palmer reaches for the puck as Borowiecki hooks him

Cannone looks for the pass in front of Karpowich

Karpowich slams the door on Justin Vaive

Clarkson celebrates

OSU-Army pictures

Albert dekes Copeland

Boyd and Hull face off

Two Black Knights check Hunter Bishop

Duddy and Leahy in the corner

Two #17s converge

Sims and Duddy defend the OSU goal

Hull knocked down by Belanger

Most visiting teams don’t have a guy dressed like this on their bench

Ryan and Boots jostle

Warner ties up Kyle Reed

Albert skates past McKelvie

All over