Joey Resch scored the game-winning goal in the 11th round of a sudden death shootout as the Illinois Hockey club beat Ohio 2-1 in front of a massive crowd at the Ice Arena.

Early, the Illini appeared to be cruising to a sweep, with Tim Gilbert scoring just over two minutes into the first period. A shorthanded goal from Ohio’s Jeff Jepson, however, would tie the game midway through the second period.

Neither team found the net for the remainder of regulation, forcing a sudden-death overtime period which also went goalless.

A best-of-five shootout was then played, with the Illini falling behind 0-2 early. Mike Burda made two crucial saves and the Illini scored two must-make goals to force a sudden death shootout. In the 11th round, Joey Resch put the decisive goal past Paul Marshall, clearing the Illini bench in celebration as the crowd erupted.

Illinois improves its perfect record to 25-0-0 with the victory, and closes in on conference points leader Lindenwood. The Illini begin a four-game roadtrip next weekend against conference foe Iowa State.