After defeating No. 2 seed Denver 5-1, the No. 1 seed Ohio State Buckeyes have won the Midwest Regional of the NCAA hockey tournament—advancing to the 2018 Frozen Four.
The most impressive part of this one was that Ohio State didn’t just win because Sean Romeo played as well as he has all year. They didn’t just win because Dakota Joshua exerted himself physically again tonight. They didn’t just win because of a Tanner Laczynski offensive performance. They didn’t just win on Mason Jobst’s playmaking. Everything came together and honest, Ohio State would have won if one of those had failed (except maybe Romeo.