Friday, November 10
South Bend, Ind.
7:30 PM
Ohio State
at
University of Notre Dame
Photo by: Ohio State Athletics
No. 19 Buckeyes Set for B1G Series at Notre Dame
11/9/2023 3:19:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
The Basics
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- The No. 19-ranked Ohio State men's hockey team hits the road for a two-game Big Ten Conference series at Notre Dame this weekend.Â
- The teams will meet at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Saturday in Compton Family Ice Arena in South Bend, Ind.
- The games will be streamed on Peacock and can be heard on Ohio State Radio. Live statistics will be available.Â
- Ohio State is 3-3-3 on the year and coming off two losses at home to Michigan State last weekend. Notre Dame is 4-3-2 and tied two games at Penn State last weekend, with a shootout win and shootout loss. Â
- Including this weekend, seven of the Buckeyes' first 11 games are on the road to start this season. Four of the final six of the first half of the year will be in Columbus.
- This is the second series in a row between Notre Dame and Ohio State in South Bend. Last February, the Buckyes were 0-1-1 on Irish ice. The teams split a series in Columbus last November.Â
- In the preseason USCHO.com poll, Ohio State was 13th, while the Buckeyes were No. 15 in the USA Hockey/The Rink Live preseason rankings. The squad was No. 19 in both polls this week.Â
- Through seven games, 18 Buckeyes have gotten on the scoresheet, including 14 goal scorers.Â
- Â Â Â Eleven players returned from last year's Buckeye squad that reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament, was 21-16-3 on the year and advanced to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals after finishing third in the regular season standings.
- Â Â Â Ohio State has added 15 newcomers to the roster for 2023-24. The group, with six forwards, seven defensemen and two goalies, includes eight freshmen and seven transfers (two graduate students). The new Buckeyes hail from 11 states in the US and two Canadian provinces, along with a native of Sweden.Â
- Defenseman Scooter Brickey, a fifth-year senior and captain for the Buckeyes, is leading the squad with four goals this season.Â
- In game two vs. Michigan State last Saturday, Brickey recorded his first career two-goal game, with one on the power play.Â
- He shares the team lead in shot blocks with defenseman Brent Johnson with 12 each.Â
- Johnson is tied for second on the team with three goals this season.
- Blueliners Theo Wallberg, Damien Carfagna and Mason Klee have also found the back of the net this season, as has defenseman John Larkin (playing as a forward the game he scored).
- All-time, Notre Dame leads the series with Ohio State, 46-44-12 (according to the Buckeye record book), with the first game Feb. 13, 1965.Â
- In South Bend, Notre Dame has the edge, 24-18-4, and the Irish lead in Big Ten regular season games, 13-9-2.Â
- The Buckeyes were 1-2-1 vs. Notre Dame last season. In Columbus Nov. 18-19, 2022, Ohio State posted a 5-2 victory before a 1-0 loss. In South Bend Feb. 10-11, the Irish took game one 2-1 before a 2-2 overtime tie (and Notre Dame shootout win).Â
- 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 ND win at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.
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- Ohio State is 6-for-39 (.154) on the power play this season. After starting the year with a power play goal in four of the first five games, the squad was 0-for-10 over a three-game stretch before a 2-for-6 night in game two vs. the Spartans.Â
- The Buckeye penalty kill, which led the NCAA a season ago, is 22-for-28 (.786) so far this year.
- The Scarlet and Gray are averaging 36.44 shots a night, giving up 32.67. The squad was second nationally in shots on goal a game (36.3) in 2022-23.
- Ohio State is averaging 2.56 goals per game on the year and has been held to two or fewer tallies in five of the last seven outings.
- Fourteen Buckeyes have scored a least one goal this season. Among the scorers are freshmen Theo Wallberg, Thomas Weis and Ryan Gordon, as well as sophomore John Larkin who notched his first collegiate tally at Omaha. Transfers Brent Johnson, Jake Dunlap, Mason Klee and Damien Carfagna have also all found the back of the net.Â
- Stephen Halliday, the Buckeyes' leading scorer a season ago as a freshman, is first with seven assists this year. He has a helper in six of nine outings.Â
- The squad's power play goals have come from four players - Wallberg, Brickey (twice), Brent Johnson and Patrick Guzzo (twice). Guzzo's first power play score was the first of his career, to go with three shorthanded tallies. Dalton Messina notched the Buckeyes' first shorthanded goal this year.Â
- Three Buckeyes have seen action in more than 100 collegiate games - Riley Hughes (123), Scooter Brickey (108) and Guzzo (106). Klee (97) and Michael Gildon (92) are approaching the 100-games played mark.Â
- Ohio State blocked a season-high 27 shots at Michigan Oct. 21. On the year, Johnson and Brickey are first with 12, while Carfagna has 11 and Wallberg and Guzzo each have 10.
- After an off weekend, the Buckeye squad will host Princeton for the first time Thanksgiving weekend, with puck drop set for 5 p.m. Nov. 24 and Nov. 25. The Buckeyes' five-plus goals in their series vs. Lindenwood unlocked a $5 off deal for tickets to the series vs. the Tigers, which are available online.Â
- Season, mini-plan, group and single game tickets for all regular season home games are on sale now. More information and purchasing options are online on OhioStateBuckeyes.com.Â
- Parking is free for all men's hockey games in Value City Arena.
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