That went about as well as it possibly could’ve. The No. 1-seed Ohio State Buckeyes came out slowly against No. 4 Princeton, but eventually woke up and dominated a team that only received a tournament bid due to a conference tournament win. Princeton came in with the nation’s No. 1 ranked power play and No. 3 scoring offense, but could barely generate anything against the Buckeyes until the last minute of regulation. The Buckeyes ultimately took the game 4-2 after Princeton put in two in the last minute.
Freddy Gerard, Tanner Laczynski and Dakota Joshua especially took it to the Tigers, with the former two using speed to break the Princeton trap and Joshua singlehandedly destroying the nation’s top-ranked power play, which came in converting at 28.