Ferris started the week­end right with a win over Ohio State University but ulti­mately could not hold on to its three-game win streak.

The Bulldogs won their first game in a two-game series against the Buckeyes on Oct. 22. Ferris took con­trol of the gamein the sec­ond period by scor­ing back-to-back goals. Senior cen­ter Nate Hennig scored his fourth goal to start the night off for Ferris. Hennig increased his goal scor­ing streak to four games.

“I put in some effort this sum­mer and I have to give all the credit to God, I guess,” said Hennig. “We’ve been putting some pres­sure on the teams that we’ve been play­ing and the pucks have been squirt­ing out to me and I’ve been able to take advantage.”

Two and a half min­utes later, the Bulldogs found them­selves advan­ta­geous in the Buckeyes zone. Sophomore left wing Kyle Bonis got the puck past Ohio State to increase the Bulldogs’ lead to 2–0, though the Bulldogs’ aggres­sive offen­sive assault would only be spoiled by a late sec­ond period goal that got past senior goal­tender Pat Nagle. Nagle ended the game with 26 saves and one goal allowed.

The Bulldogs went on to main­tain a 2–1 lead through the entire third period. Both teams stopped each other dur­ing power play sit­u­a­tions, each killing four penal­ties. Ferris defended its lead against three extra-man advan­tage sit­u­a­tions in the third period and even held an 8–7 shot advan­tage over Ohio State. The Buckeyes ended the game with a 26–24 shots on goal advan­tage, but the Bulldogs defense prevailed.

“In each period there were oppor­tu­ni­ties for improve­ment, but I was happy with the over­all effort of the guys tonight,” said head coach Bob Daniels.

In the sec­ond game of the week­end series the Bulldogs fell short in the third period to Ohio State. The Buckeyes scored three times in the third period to snatch a 5–3 vic­tory. Just before enter­ing the third period, the Bulldogs ral­lied for a 3–2 lead at the end of the sec­ond period. But Ohio State fought relent­lessly, out­shoot­ing the Bulldogs 16–3 in the third period alone. Ohio State went on to have a 31–24 shot advan­tage over the Bulldogs.

Scoring for the Bulldogs were senior defense­man and cap­tain Zach Redmond, sopho­more left wing Kyle Bonis, and senior left wing Matt Embach. Embach nudged the puck past the OSU goal­keeper to start the Bulldogs early. Bonis scored in the sec­ond with a go ahead tap in and Redmond fol­lowed Bonis’ goal up with one of his own on a 5–3 man advantage.

Ferris State is now 4−2−0 over­all and 1−1−0 in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. The Bulldogs will next face the University of Michigan Oct. 29–30. First the Bulldogs will take the Wolverines on at home inside the Ewigleben Ice Arena before trav­el­ing to Ann Arbor on Oct. 30 for the week­end series finale. Ferris State’s game at Michigan’s Yost Ice Arena will com­mence at 7:35 p.m. and be tele­vised live on Comcast Television. n