Friday, January 5
Columbus, Ohio
7:00 PM
Ohio State
vs
Bowling Green
Photo by: Ohio State Athletics
Buckeyes Set for Matchup with Instate Foe Bowling Green
1/3/2024 4:11:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
The Basics
- The Ohio State men's hockey team takes on nonconference foe Bowling Green in a home-and-home series this weekend.Â
- The teams will meet in Value City Arena in Columbus at 7 p.m. Friday, with the game streamed through Big Ten Plus.Â
- Friday is the program's annual Teddy Bear Toss. Fans are encouraged to bring a teddy bear or other stuffed animal to throw on the ice after the first period. All stuffed animals collected will be delivered to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio.
- Tickets for the game in Columbus can be purchased online HERE. Parking is free for all home games in Value City Arena.Â
- The squads will face off in Bowling Green at 7:07 p.m. Saturday. FloHockey will stream the game.
- Live statistics for both contests can be linked from OhioStateBuckeyes.com.Â
- Ohio State is 6-8-4 on the year and returned from its December break with a 5-3 win over Mercyhurst Saturday. Bowling Green is 7-9-2 and fell to Windsor in an exhibition game Saturday.Â
- The series this weekend wraps up nonconference play for the Buckeyes. The regular season ends with seven straight Big Ten series, with four of the seven at home.Â
- Ohio State is 6-0-2 in nonconference games so far this season, with a 4-0-1 ledger in Columbus.Â
- So far this season, 20 Buckeyes have gotten on the scoresheet, including 16 goal scorers.Â
- Four Buckeyes - Stephen Halliday (14), Davis Burnside (13), Scooter Brickey (12) and Theo Wallberg (10) - have hit double-digit points this year.
- Since becoming nonconference foes starting in 2013-14, the Buckeyes and Falcons have met in seven of 10 seasons. Ohio State leads in those contests, 8-5-1.
- Ohio State and Bowling Green have met 188 times, with the series beginning in 1966.
- The Falcons lead the overall series between Ohio State and Bowling Green, 98-80-10. In Columbus, the Buckeyes have the edge, 46-38-3 and on their home ice the Falcons laed 58-31-7.
- Ohio State and Bowling Green were founding members of the CCHA in 1971-72. The Buckeyes left and skated as an independent in 1973-74 and 1974-75, but rejoined the Falcons in the CCHA in 1975-76 and remained in the league until it disbanded in that form in 2012-13.Â
- Since becoming nonconference foes starting in 2013-14, the Buckeyes and Falcons have met in seven of 10 seasons. Ohio State leads in those contests, 8-5-1.Â
- The teams faced off to close out the first half each of the last two years. Last season, the Buckeyes posted a sweep with a 5-2 road win and 9-4 home victory.Â
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