Buckeye Hockey Notebook – Notre Dame Week
10/29/2018 12:54:48 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
The No. 7/9-ranked Ohio State men’s hockey team opens Big Ten play this week with a series at No. 5 Notre Dame. The Buckeyes (3-2-1) and Fighting Irish (3-2-1) will meet at 7:30 p.m. ET Friday and Saturday in Compton Family Ice Arena in South Bend, Ind.
The Friday game will be streamed online through NBCSports.com. NBCSN will televise Saturday’s contest.
Ohio State radio will carry both games. The broadcast can be heard on 1460 AM in Columbus, on the Ohio State Buckeyes mobile app and online through OhioStateBuckeyes.com.
Video, radio and live stats links can be found HERE.
In the Rankings
In the new USCHO.com poll, Ohio State is No. 7, with Notre Dame, this week’s opponent, No. 5.
In all, six of the seven Big Ten teams are ranked, with all seven receiving votes. Joining the Buckeyes and the Irish in the Top 10 are No. 6 Penn State and No. 10 Minnesota, while Michigan is No. 12 and Wisconsin is No. 16. Michigan State is receiving votes.
In the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll released Monday, the Buckeyes are No. 9 and the Irish are No. 5. No. 6 Penn State, No. 8 Minnesota and No. 13 Michigan join Ohio State and Notre Dame in the Top 15 poll, with Wisconsin and Michigan State receiving votes.
Of the three teams Ohio State has played this season, Bowling Green is now ranked ninth, UMass is 11th and Arizona State is receiving votes in the USCHO poll. In the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine rankings, the Falcons are 10th, Minutemen are 11th and Sun Devils are in the others receiving votes.
Buckeyes vs. Irish
Ohio State and Notre Dame, both 2018 Frozen Four teams, met five times in 2017-18 during the first campaign for the Irish as an affiliate member of the Big Ten.
In the regular season, Notre Dame swept the Buckeyes in Columbus Nov. 3-4 (4-1, 3-2). Those marked the first Big Ten games of the year for both squads. In South Bend Feb. 9-10, the Irish won the opener 2-1 before a 5-1 Buckeye victory.
The squads last met in the Big Ten Tournament championship game hosted by Notre Dame March 17. The Buckeyes rallied from a 2-0 deficit, but the Irish, who also won the regular season title, prevailed in overtime, 3-2, for the tourney crown.
All-time, the series between the Buckeyes and Irish is tied, 36-36-10, with the first game Feb. 13, 1965. In South Bend, Notre Dame leads, 19-14-4.
Ohio State and Notre Dame skated as members of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association until 2012-13 when the league was disbanded. Ohio State was a founding member of the conference in 1971-72 and played for two years before leaving for three seasons (1973-74, `74-75, `75-76) and skating as an independent. Ohio State then rejoined the CCHA for the 1975-1976 campaign and remained until 2013. The Irish were in the league in 1981-82 and `82-83 and then rejoined in 1992-93. The Buckeyes and Irish last met as CCHA foes March 23, 2013 in the CCHA Tournament
semifinals, a 3-1 win for Notre Dame at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.
Gametime Updates
The final times have been filled on the Buckeyes’ 2018-19 schedule. The Jan. 4 game at Michigan State has been set for 7 p.m., while the Feb. 15 home game vs. Minnesota will be a 6 p.m. contest. BTN will televise both games.
Kearney’s Corner
With Halloween just days away, tune in to Kearney’s Corner for some holiday jokes and fun.
Last Time Out
The Buckeyes faced Bowling Green last weekend in a home-and-home nonconference series. The Falcons won 8-2 in the opener in Columbus Friday. Saturday, Ohio State used a late goal for a 2-2 overtime tie on the road.
Mason Jobst with the pass, Freddy Gerard with the finish for the game-tying goal with 2:58 left at BG tonight. Carson Meyer with the second assist on the goal.#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/2SQSvegj3A
— Ohio State Men's Hockey (@OhioStateMHKY) October 28, 2018
In the series, Freddy Gerard and Carson Meyer led the Buckeyes with three points each, on a goal and two assists, and Mason Jobst had two points with a goal and a helper.
