Minnesota Routs Top-Ranked Ohio State

Minnesota needed 14 seconds to seize the biggest series of the young women's college hockey season. Adrianna Milani scored unassisted off the opening shift, and #3 Minnesota beat #1 Ohio State 6-2 Friday night before 2,934 at Ridder Arena, handing the Buckeyes their first loss. Madison Kaiser made it 2-0 at 3:49 after Ashley Allard won a faceoff and dove to feed her, and Chloe Primerano scored on the power play with five seconds left in the first period. Milani added another power-play goal 2:43 into the second for a 4-0 lead.

Ohio State answered late in the second. Joy Dunne scored on the power play at 17:28 during a Minnesota major penalty, and Jenna Raunio cut it to 4-2 at 19:31, just after the major expired. Allard settled the third with her first goal as a Gopher at 15:36, and Kaiser added a power-play backhand at 17:52. Milani finished with two goals and two assists, a career-high four points, Kaiser had the first multi-goal game of her career, and five Gophers had multi-point nights. Hannah Clark made 26 saves, and Rowan Houweling stopped a career-high 31 of 37 shots. Minnesota is 5-0-0 (3-0-0 WCHA); Ohio State is 6-1-0 (4-1-0).