{"id":88860,"date":"2018-11-03T22:32:45","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T03:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=88860"},"modified":"2020-08-24T14:08:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T19:08:21","slug":"game-of-the-week-wegwerths-late-tally-gives-no-5-notre-dame-2-1-victory-over-no-7-ohio-state-to-give-jackson-300th-win-with-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2018\/11\/03\/game-of-the-week-wegwerths-late-tally-gives-no-5-notre-dame-2-1-victory-over-no-7-ohio-state-to-give-jackson-300th-win-with-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"GAME OF THE WEEK: Wegwerth’s late tally gives No. 5 Notre Dame 2-1 victory over No. 7 Ohio State to give Jackson 300th win with Irish"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Notre Dame defenseman Matt Hellickson exhales with goaltender Cale Morris as the No. 5 Fighting Irish hold off No. 7 Ohio State, 2-1, to earn a weekend split. (Fighting Irish Media\/Jeff Myers)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SOUTH BEND, Ind.<\/strong> \u2014 Joe Wegwerth stood in the slot for what seemed like an eternity.<\/p>\n

Moments before, the puck slipped away from Ohio State and onto Wegwerth\u2019s stick. The only thing that stood between Notre Dame\u2019s senior winger and his fifth goal of the season was Buckeyes goalie Tommy Nappier.<\/p>\n

Nappier squared to the potential shooter quickly. But Wegwerth had too much time. He sized up Nappier, then popped a wrist shot into the net at with just 6:12 left in the third period.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did my best not to rush it,\u201d Wegwerth said. \u201cI kinda read the play and that\u2019s kinda how it developed, where I knew the other guys went to Dylan [Malmquist] and Cal [Burke]. I could kind of walk in as much as I wanted. I took a quick look at the net and kinda knew where I wanted to go with it. You never know with something like that. I was kind of fortunate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wegwerth\u2019s goal gave the fifth-ranked Irish a 2-1 lead that turned final by the same score. No. 5 Notre Dame salvaged a split with No. 7 Ohio State in each team\u2019s first series of the Big Ten campaign.<\/p>\n

Ohio State (4-3-1, 1-1-0 Big Ten) won Friday\u2019s game 1-0 behind 23 saves from goalie Sean Romeo and a goal from Mason Jobst in the first period.<\/p>\n

It looked like the Buckeyes might be poised to sweep after Jobst opened the scoring in Saturday\u2019s game with a goal at 3:25 of the second period. Colin Theisen made it a 1-1 game, however, with his third goal of the season about eight and a half minutes later.<\/p>\n

Wegwerth then stepped in with the game-winner in the third period.<\/p>\n

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Joe Wegwerth was named the first \u2b50\ufe0f of tonight’s game after scoring the game-winner with 6:12 to play. #GoIrish<\/a>\u2618\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/9W6TACth5S<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Notre Dame Hockey (@NDHockey) November 4, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n