COLUMBUS, OHIO – The top-ranked Gophers women's hockey team made it an all-weekend rout, breezing to an 11-2 victory and road series sweep over Ohio State at OSU Ice Rink on Saturday afternoon.
The Gophers outscored the Buckeyes 18-4 in the series, including a 7-2 win Friday.
Hannah Brandt led the Gophers with six points on three goals and three assists. She and linemates Dani Cameranesi (two goals, three assists) and Sarah Potomak (four assists) combined for 15 points. Fifteen Gophers had at least one point, and eight recorded multipoint games.
"It was just an awesome effort right from the drop of the puck here tonight," coach Brad Frost said. "We wanted to prove that we were better than what we played yesterday, particularly in that first period, and I thought right from the get-go tonight our players had great jump, applied a lot of pressure and were able to get that lead early."
The Gophers (6-0-0, 4-0-0 WCHA) took a 3-1 lead into the first intermission before erupting for six goals in the second period. They have scored 23 second-period goals this season, compared to 10 goals each in the first and third periods.
Caitlin Reilly scored her first two goals for the Gophers.
For Brandt it was the second hat trick of the season, and she has 99 career goals. Her eight-point series this weekend moved her up in the Gophers' all-time ranks; she stands second in assists (137), third in points (236), and fourth in goals.
Potomak recorded eight assists in the series. Anna Barlow had an assist for her first point for the Gophers.
