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The Ohio State men’s hockey 22, 11,848 vs. Miami March 5 and team had an outstanding season in 11,570 vs. Bowling Green Feb. 12. CCHA STANDINGS Conference Games All Games 2004-05, highlighted by a second- The team’s games vs. Michigan GP W L T Pts. GF GA W L T GF GA place finish in the CCHA regular (Jan. 21-22) both sold out prior to 1. Michigan 28 23 3 2 48 128 70 31 8 3 178 103 season, a third-consecutive NCAA the weekend, marking the first time 2. OHIO STATE 28 21 5 2 44 100 62 27 11 4 142 96 tournament appearance and a fourth in program history both games in a 3. Northern Michigan 28 17 7 4 38 82 57 22 11 7 120 91 consecutive 20-win season. series were sold out. 4. Nebraska-Omaha 28 13 11 4 30 101 84 19 16 4 133 124 With a 21-5-2 record in confer- 5. Bowling Green 28 13 12 3 29 92 87 16 16 4 117 116 ence play, the Buckeyes finished BUCKEYE 2004-05 6. Michigan State 28 12 13 3 27 87 74 20 17 4 121 100 second for the first time since 1984 HONORS 7. Miami 28 11 13 4 26 80 76 15 18 5 120 104 INCH Freshman of the Year 8. Alaska Fairbanks 28 11 14 3 25 74 99 17 16 4 110 122 and posted the highest winning Tom Fritsche percentage in CCHA play in pro- INCH All-Rookie Team 9. Lake Superior 28 8 14 6 22 64 84 9 22 7 84 118 gram history (78.6). The 21 league Tom Fritsche 10. Western Michigan 28 8 18 2 18 78 112 14 21 2 105 134 wins were the most since the 1984 All-USCHO.Com Honorable Mention Ferris State 28 7 17 4 18 73 97 13 22 4 114 131 Dave Caruso 12. Notre Dame 28 3 20 5 11 48 105 5 27 6 60 138 campaign. The squad advanced to CCHA Super Six All-Tournament the CCHA Super Six championship Team All-Tournament Assists game for the second year in a row, Sean Collins Tom Fritsche Team t-1. Tom Fritsche (34) dropping a tough 4-2 loss to top- CCHA Best Defensive Defenseman Dave Caruso Points (Defensemen) seed Michigan. Finalist Tom Fritsche 4. Sean Collins (26) Ice Breaker All-Tournament Team t-8. Kyle Hood (21) The Buckeyes earned an at-large Nate Guenin CCHA Best Offensive Defenseman Sean Collins Freshman Scoring berth into the NCAA tournament Finalist Preaseason All-CCHA Honorable 2. Tom Fritsche (43) for the third consecutive season, Sean Collins Mention t-4. Domenic Maiani (33) marking a first for the program. The CCHA Best Defensive Forward Nate Guenin Power-Play Goals 1. Matt Beaudoin (14) team has qualified for the NCAA Finalist JB Bittner FINAL TEAM RANKINGS 2. Rod Pelley (13) tourney five times, all in the last CCHA Rookie of the Year Finalist USCHO.com - 9th Gamewinning Goals eight years. Tom Fritsche USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine t-6. Matt Beaudoin (4) Shorthanded Goals The team’s 27 wins tied for the All-CCHA - 9th Nate Guenin (Second Team) InsideCollegeHockey.com - 9th t-3. Matt Beaudoin (3) second most in program history. Rod Pelley (Second Team) Shots The four-consecutive 20-win sea- Dave Caruso (Honorable Mention) INDIVIDUAL CCHA 2. Rod Pelley (200) sons was a team first. OSU has had Sean Collins (Honorable Mention) Plus/Minus CCHA All-Rookie Team STATISTICS (CCHA games) t-6. Tom Fritsche (+21) six seasons with 20 or more wins Points Tom Fritsche Goals-Against Average 10. Rod Pelley (30) under head coach John Markell. Domenic Maiani (Honorable Mention) 2. Dave Caruso (2.14) Defenseman Scoring Individually, freshman Tom Frit- Kyle Hood (Honorable Mention) Saves 5. Sean Collins (18) CCHA Scholar-Athlete of the Year 6. Dave Caruso (900) sche led the Buckeyes in scoring 7. Kyle Hood (16) (OSU) Shutouts Goals with 45 points, the most for a Buck- Nate Guenin t-5. Dave Caruso (2) t-2. Rod Pelley (18) eye freshman since had Perani Cup Winner (OSU) t-4. Matt Beaudoin (17) Matt Beaudoin NATIONAL RANKINGS 55 in 1992. Fritsche was named the Power-Play Goals CCHA Player of the Month Goals Per Game InsideCollegeHockey.com Fresh- 1. Rod Pelley (12) Matt Beaudoin (January) 16. Matt Beaudoin (.57) 2. Matt Beaudoin (11) man of the Year and earned CCHA CCHA Player of the Month 25. Rod Pelley (.54) Gamewinning Goals All-Rookie Team honors. Juniors Special Mention Assists Per Game t-1. Matt Beaudoin (4) Tom Fritsche (November, March) 13. Tom Fritsche (.81) Rod Pelley and Nate Guenin earned t-7. Bryce Anderson (3) Dave Caruso (December, February) Power-Play Goals Shorthanded Goals Second Team All-CCHA honors. CCHA Rookie of the Month t-2. Matt Beaudoin (14) t-9. Matt McIlvane (1) Sophomore Matt Beaudoin had Tom Fritsche (January) t-4. Rod Pelley (13) t-9. Dan Knapp (1) INCH Player of the Week Shorthanded Goals a team-best 23 goals and led the t-9. Lee Spector (1) Rod Pelley (Oct. 26) t-9. Matt Beaudoin (3) league and was tied for second in t-9. Jason DeSantis (1) Tom Fritsche (Feb. 1) Gamewinning Goals t-9. Bryce Anderson (1) the nation with 14 power-play goals, USCHO.com Offensive Player of the t-18. Matt Beaudoin (4) t-9. Matt Beaudoin (1) followed by Pelley with 13. Junior Week Honorable Mention Points Per Game - Defensemen Shots Rod Pelley (Oct. 26) 22. Sean Collins (.65) goalie Dave Caruso set program 2. Rod Pelley (126) USCHO.com Defensive Player of the Points Per Game - Rookies Shooting Percentage records for goalie wins in a season Week Honorable Mention t-3. Tom Fritsche (1.07) 1. Matt Beaudoin (.274) (25) and single-season goals-against Sean Collins (Oct. 17) 11. Domenic Maiani (.87) Goals-Against Average Dave Caruso (Feb. 1) Goals-Against Average average (2.14). 2. Dave Caruso (2.14) CCHA Defenseman of the Week 13. Dave Caruso (2.14) Attendance figures rose dra- Saves Sean Collins (Oct. 18, Nov. 15) Save Percentage 5. Dave Caruso (646) matically from the 2003-04 season, Nate Guenin (Feb. 7) 19. Dave Caruso (.917) Shutouts as Ohio State led the CCHA in Matt Waddell (Oct. 25) Goalie Winning Percentage t-1. Dave Caruso (2) regular-season attendance with an CCHA Offensive Player of the Week 8. Dave Caruso (.711) Rod Pelley (Oct. 25) TEAM average of 6,977 actual fans a game Matt Beaudoin (Jan. 31) INDIVIDUAL CCHA 5. Penalty Killing (.870) in 2004-05. CCHA of the Week STATISTICS (ALL GAMES) 6. Winning Pct. (.690) The Buckeyes had four games Dave Caruso (Dec. 6, Jan. 31) Points 8. Scoring Offense (3.38) with over 11,000 fans - 14,777 CCHA Rookie of the Week t-6. Tom Fritsche (45) 8. Power Play (.219) Tom Fritsche (Nov. 8, Jan. 17) Goals 8. Scoring Margin (1.10) vs. Michigan Jan. 21, followed by Johann Kroll (Jan. 2) t-3. Matt Beaudoin (23) 9. Scoring Defense (2.29) 12,391 against the Wolverines Jan. 5. Rod Pelley (22)

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2004-05 OHIO STATE RESULTS Head Coach – John Markell (Bowling Green, ‘79), 10th season OSU/OPP OSU Goalie OSU OSU OSU Date Opponent Result OSU Goals (OSU GWG in bold) SOG (Saves/GA) PP PK P/PIM Att. Overall (CCHA) Oct. 9 at UNH1 L, 1-5 Bittner 18/28 Keserich (23/5) 1/8 8/12 19/52 6,015 0-1-0 (0-0-0) Oct. 10 vs. St. Cloud St.1 L, 1-3 Campbell 35/24 Caruso (21/3) 0/10 6/7 9/18 5,807 0-2-0 (0-0-0) Oct. 14 at Ferris State W, 4-2 Schembri, Pelley, Beaudoin, Bittner 20/17 Caruso (16/2) 3/12 11/11 15/41 1,529 1-2-0 (1-0-0) Oct. 15 at Ferris State Wot, 4-3 Hood, Pelley, Beaudoin, Spector 37/32 Caruso (29/3) 1/16 6/8 16/32 1,440 2-2-0 (2-0-0) Oct. 21 MIAMI W, 9-3 Maiani 2, Waddell 2, McIlvane, Knapp 28/36 Caruso (33/3) 3/9 11/11 14/39 3,662 3-2-0 (3-0-0) Pelley, Guenin, Beaudoin Oct. 22 at Miami W, 2-1 Pelley 2 29/27 Caruso (26/1) 2/9 9/9 10/20 2,850 4-2-0 (4-0-0) Oct. 29 at WMU L, 3-6 Pelley, Bittner, Kroll 28/32 Caruso (26/5) 0/9 6/8 13/34 2,012 4-3-0 (4-1-0) Oct. 30 at WMU W, 5-2 Knapp, Beaudoin, Bittner, Anderson, Dingle 26/28 Caruso (26/2) 2/8 8/9 14/28 1,837 5-3-0 (5-1-0) Nov. 5 SACRED HEART W, 5-1 Pelley, Maiani 2, Dingle, Beaudoin 48/17 Keserich (16/1) 1/5 5/6 7/25 3,485 6-3-0 (5-1-0) Nov. 6 SACRED HEART W, 7-1 Knapp 3, Dingle, Bittner 2, Pelley 36/24 Caruso (23/1) 5/6 8/9 10/20 3,508 7-3-0 (5-1-0) Nov. 13 NMU W, 2-0 Anderson, Maiani 29/24 Caruso (24/0) 1/7 7/7 10/20 4,573 8-3-0 (6-1-0) Nov. 14 NMU W, 5-1 Maiani, Campbell 2, Collins, Spector 34/32 Keserich (31/1) 2/7 9/9 12/24 3,128 9-3-0 (7-1-0) Nov. 19 at UNO L, 0-4 -- 39/30 Caruso (26/4) 0/6 7/9 21/85 6,118 9-4-0 (7-2-0) Nov. 20 at UNO TOT, 4-4 Pelley, Fritsche, Schembri, DeSantis 30/21 Caruso (17/4) 3/8 9/12 14/28 7,567 9-4-1 (7-2-1) Dec. 3 UAF W, 2-1 Bittner, Pelley 32/22 Caruso (21/1) 1/7 9/9 11/22 7,529 10-4-1 (8-2-1) Dec. 4 UAF W, 5-2 Knapp 2, Maiani, Spector, Collins 34/39 Caruso (37/2) 3/8 6/7 11/30 5,449 11-4-1 (9-2-1) Dec. 10 at Clarkson TOT, 3-3 Fritsche, Pelley, Collins 30/26 Caruso (23/3) 1/4 5/7 9/18 1,473 11-4-2 (9-2-1) Dec. 11 at Clarkson L, 1-3 Knapp 27/25 Keserich (22/3) 1/10 7/9 11/22 1,989 11-5-2 (9-2-1) Dec. 29 vs. Minn. State2 W, 5-1 Maiani, Kroll, Anderson, Fritsche, Beaudoin 34/32 Caruso (31/1) 2/6 9/9 12/24 3,339 12-5-2 (9-2-1) Dec. 30 vs. Colorado Coll.2 TOT, 2-2 Kroll, Collins 27/24 Caruso (22/2) 0/8 6/6 8/16 6,401 12-5-3 (9-2-1) Jan. 7 FERRIS STATE W, 3-1 Beaudoin 2, Bernard 29/30 Caruso (29/1) 1/4 6/6 7/14 4,502 13-5-3 (10-2-1) Jan. 8 FERRIS STATE LOT, 2-3 Anderson, Pelley 33/30 Caruso (27/3) 0/6 4/4 9/18 6,250 13-6-3 (10-3-1) Jan. 14 at Notre Dame W, 4-1 Fritsche, Guenin, Anderson, Beaudoin 26/19 Caruso (18/1) 3/6 5/6 6/12 2,433 14-6-3 (11-3-1) Jan. 15 at Notre Dame W, 3-1 Pelley, Anderson, Collins 30/18 Caruso (17/1) 1/6 6/7 7/14 2,339 15-6-3 (12-3-1) Jan. 21 MICHIGAN W, 4-1 Knapp, Beaudoin, Pelley, Hood 30/29 Caruso (28/1) 4/7 8/9 11/22 14,777 16-6-3 (13-3-1) Jan. 22 MICHIGAN L, 3-6 Beaudoin, Pelley 2 29/35 Caruso (18/5) 1/6 5/6 11/33 12,391 16-7-3 (13-4-1) Keserich (11/0) Jan. 28 WMU W, 4-3 Schembri, Barton, Beaudoin 2 33/32 Caruso (29/3) 3/5 4/4 9/34 3,764 17-7-3 (14-4-1) Jan. 29 WMU W, 7-0 Hood, Fritsche 3, Beaudoin 2, Collins 32/28 Caruso (28/0) 3/6 6/6 9/18 6,365 18-7-3 (15-4-1) Feb. 4 at Lake State W, 3-1 Pelley 2, Maiani 22/24 Caruso (23/1) 2/5 6/7 7/14 2,437 19-7-3 (16-4-1) Feb. 5 at Lake State WOT, 3-2 Hood, Knapp, Anderson 21/13 Caruso (11/2) 0/2 1/3 7/14 1,926 20-7-3 (17-4-1) Feb. 11 BOWLING GREEN W, 3-2 Anderson, Beaudoin 2 36/32 Caruso (30/2) 2/7 7/7 7/14 9,683 21-7-3 (18-4-1) Feb. 12 BOWLING GREEN W, 3-2 Beaudoin, Strachan, Hood 38/28 Caruso (26/2) 2/7 7/8 9/18 11,570 22-7-3 (19-4-1) Feb. 18 at Michigan State L, 3-6 Collins, Knapp, Bittner 37/42 Caruso (29/4) 2/7 5/8 10/20 5,966 22-8-3 (19-5-1) Keserich (7/1) Feb. 19 at Michigan State W, 5-1 Beaudoin, Barton, DeSantis, Pelley, Maiani 36/15 Caruso (14/1) 3/9 5/6 12/24 6,141 23-8-3 (20-5-1) March 4 at Miami W, 3-1 Pelley, Bittner, Collins 42/24 Caruso (23/1) 1/9 9/10 11/22 2,621 24-8-3 (21-5-1) March 5 MIAMI TOT, 2-2 Maiani, Pelley 39/17 Caruso (15/2) 0/8 6/6 8/16 11,848 24-8-4 (21-5-2) March 11 FERRIS STATE3 W, 4-2 Knapp, Beaudoin 2, Pelley 44/23 Caruso (21/2) 2/7 6/8 8/16 4,787 25-8-4 March 12 FERRIS STATE3 LOT, 0-1 -- 36/19 Caruso (18/1) 0/8 6/6 10/20 5,845 25-9-4 March 13 FERRIS STATE3 WOT, 5-4 Beaudoin 2, Fritsche, DeSantis, Dingle 35/24 Caruso (20/4) 1/6 5/7 8/16 1,999 26-9-4 March 18 Michigan State4 W, 4-1 Schembri, Collins, DeSantis, Fritsche 39/25 Caruso (24/1) 2/5 6/6 6/12 10,128 27-9-4 March 19 Michigan5 L, 2-4 Fritsche, Bittner 29/38 Caruso (24/3) 0/8 8/10 16/40 16,891 27-10-4 March 26 Cornell6 L, 2-3 Maiani, Fritsche 36/20 Caruso (17/3) 1/5 3/3 3/6 9,583 27-11-4

1Ice Breaker Tournament, Whittemore Center Arena, Durham, N.H.; 2Ohio Hockey Classic, Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio; 2CCHA Tournament First Round, Best-of-three series; 4CCHA Super Six Semifinal, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit; 5CCHA Super Six Championship, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit; 6NCAA Championship Re- gional Semifinal, Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis, Minn.

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Overall: 27-11-4 Conf: 21-5-2 Home: 15-3-1 Away: 10-5-2 Neut: 2-3-1

OVERALL CONFERENCE ## Name GP G A Pts Sh +/- Pen-Min PP SH GW GP G A Pts Sh +/- Pen-Min PP SH GW 11 Tom Fritsche 42 11 34 45 119 +21 19-38 5 0 0 28 5 19 24 83 +10 12-24 3 0 0 19 Rod Pelley 41 22 19 41 200 +4 23-54 13 0 3 28 18 12 30 126 +1 16-40 12 0 2 12 Dan Knapp 41 12 23 35 100 -4 25-50 8 1 0 28 7 16 23 65 -3 19-38 3 1 0 26 Matt Beaudoin 40 23 11 34 98 +4 21-50 14 3 4 28 17 8 25 62 +2 18-44 11 1 4 23 Domenic Maiani 39 12 22 34 86 +10 31-73 5 0 2 25 8 14 22 57 +6 23-57 4 0 1 5 Sean Collins 40 9 17 26 91 +6 20-40 3 0 1 26 6 12 18 57 +6 12-24 2 0 0 7 JB Bittner 42 10 14 24 108 +8 17-34 6 0 2 28 6 14 20 74 +8 7-14 3 0 2 10 Andrew Schembri 40 4 19 23 70 -4 36-83 4 0 0 28 3 15 18 45 -2 23-46 3 0 0 77 Kyle Hood 35 5 16 21 50 0 14-39 3 0 2 24 5 11 16 38 -1 12-35 3 0 2 13 Bryce Anderson 35 8 10 18 65 +7 20-51 3 1 3 22 7 7 14 46 +3 13-26 3 1 3 55 Matt Waddell 41 2 13 15 30 +14 34-84 0 0 0 28 2 10 12 21 +12 23-62 0 0 0 2 Nate Guenin 41 2 12 14 53 +5 49-136 0 0 1 28 2 8 10 34 +4 31-89 0 0 1 21 Jason DeSantis 42 4 5 9 35 +7 16-32 0 1 0 28 2 3 5 18 +2 10-20 0 1 0 18 John Dingle 21 4 3 7 27 +5 10-20 0 0 2 12 1 2 3 18 +1 7-14 0 0 0 27 Johann Kroll 42 3 4 7 52 +2 28-67 0 0 1 28 1 3 4 28 -2 20-51 0 0 0 24 Lee Spector 38 3 4 7 32 +4 8-16 0 1 2 26 3 4 7 18 +7 7-14 0 1 2 14 Kenny Bernard 25 1 6 7 30 +6 7-14 0 0 1 16 1 3 4 21 +3 5-10 0 0 1 20 Dave Barton 19 2 4 6 19 +3 10-20 1 0 1 11 2 3 5 11 +4 8-16 1 0 1 17 Matt McIlvane 42 1 5 6 37 +1 15-30 0 1 1 28 1 4 5 24 +2 10-20 0 1 1 25 Tyson Strachan 31 1 4 5 27 +7 12-32 0 0 0 20 1 3 4 16 +3 10-28 0 0 0 22 Sam Campbell 12 3 0 3 17 -3 5-10 1 0 1 9 2 0 2 12 -3 3-6 1 0 1 1 Dave Caruso 38 0 3 3 0 0 5-10 0 0 0 27 0 2 2 0 0 4-8 0 0 0 16 Zach Pelletier 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 8 Thomas Welsh 6 0 0 0 7 -4 5-18 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 -3 5-18 0 0 0 TM TEAM 7 0 0 0 0 0 8-16 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4-8 0 0 0 Total 42 142 248 390 1353 +99 438-1017 66 8 27 28 100 173 273 879 +60 302-712 49 6 21 Opponents 42 96 164 260 1106 -116 424-1013 41 1 11 28 62 105 167 757 -74 299-744 24 1 5

OVERALL CONFERENCE ## Name GP Minutes GA EN Avg Saves Pct W L T GP Minutes GA EN Avg Saves Pct W L T 1 Dave Caruso 38 2272:04 81 0 2.14 900 .917 25 9 4 27 1599:25 57 0 2.14 646 .919 20 5 2 37 Ian Keserich 6 272:14 11 0 2.42 110 .909 2 2 0 3 93:41 2 0 1.28 49 .961 1 0 0 TM EMPTY NET 7 8:53 0 4 0.00 0 .000 0 0 0 5 4:16 0 3 0.00 0 .000 0 0 0 Total 42 2553:11 96 4 2.26 1010 .917 27 11 4 28 1697:22 62 3 2.19 695 .922 21 5 2 Opponents 42 2553:11 142 6 3.34 1211 .899 11 27 4 28 1697:22 100 6 3.53 779 .892 5 21 2

OVERALL CONFERENCE SHOTS ON Shots Avg/G Pct SHOTS ON GOAL Shots Avg/G Pct Ohio State 1353 32.21 .105 Ohio State 879 31.39 .114 Opponents 1106 26.33 .087 Opponents 757 27.04 .082

POWER PLAYS Goals Chances Pct POWER PLAYS Goals Chances Pct Ohio State 66 301 .219 Ohio State 49 206 .238 Opponents 41 316 .130 Opponents 24 212 .113

GOALS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 OT Total GOALS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 OT Total Ohio State 40 46 53 3 142 Ohio State 30 33 35 2 100 Opponents 27 35 32 2 96 Opponents 18 24 19 1 62

TEAM STATISTICS ...... OSU ...... OPP Penalty ...... 0 ...... 0 SHOT STATISTICS Unassisted ...... 10 ...... 6 Goals-Shot attempts ...... 142-1353 ...... 96-1106 Overtime ...... 3 ...... 2 Shot pct...... 105 ...... 087 PENALTIES Goals/Game ...... 3.4 ...... 2.3 Number ...... 438 ...... 424 Shots/Game ...... 32.2 ...... 26.3 Minutes ...... 1017 ...... 1013 Assists ...... 248 ...... 164 Penalties/Game ...... 10.4 ...... 10.1 POWER PLAYS Pen minutes/Game ...... 24.2 ...... 24.1 Goals-Power Plays ...... 66-301 ...... 41-316 Minor ...... 416 ...... 399 Conversion Percent ...... 219 ...... 130 Major ...... 7 ...... 6 Shot Attempts ...... 403 ...... 390 10-minute Misconduct ...... 10 ...... 13 Shot Percent ...... 164 ...... 105 Game Misconduct ...... 2 ...... 1 SHORT-HANDED Gross Misconduct ...... 0 ...... 0 Goals-Shot attempts ...... 8-64 ...... 1-53 Match ...... 3 ...... 4 Shot Percent ...... 125 ...... 019 FACEOFFS (W-L) ...... 1613-1402 ..... 1402-1613 GOAL BREAKDOWN Faceoff W-L Pct...... 535 ...... 465 Total Goals ...... 142 ...... 96 ATTENDANCE Power Play ...... 66 ...... 41 Total ...... 124264 ...... 56693 Short-handed ...... 8 ...... 1 Dates/Avg Per Date ...... 19/6540 ...... 17/3335 Empty net ...... 6 ...... 4 Neutral Site #/Avg ...... 6/8692

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