Friday, October 18
Madison, Wis.
8 pm ET
Ohio State
at
Wisconsin
Photo by: Ohio State Athletics
Buckeyes Open B1G Slate against No. 16/15 Badgers
10/17/2024 10:56:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Teams will meet Friday and Saturday in Madison
The Basics
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- The Ohio State men's hockey team starts Big Ten Conference play this weekend with two games at No. 16/15 Wisconsin.Â
- The teams will face off at 8 p.m. ET Friday and at 7 p.m. ET Saturday in the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis.
- Both games will be streamed through B1G+ (subscription required) and broadcast on Ohio State Radio (1460 AM, Ohio State Buckeyes app and website). Live stats will be available through OhioStateBuckeyes.com.
- Ohio State enters the series 1-0-1 after a tie and victory at home vs. American International last weekend to begin the year. Wisconsin is 1-1-0 after a loss and overtime win at home against Lindenwood to open its regular season.Â
- Ohio State and Wisconsin met seven times last season. In the regular season, each team posted a sweep at home. The Buckeyes prevailed in a Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal series in Madison, two games to one.Â
- The series this weekend is the first B1G series across the conference for the season. Ohio State and Wisconsin also kicked off the B1G slate in 2022-23, with the Buckeyes posting a sweep Oct. 7-8, 2022 in Columbus with 3-1 and 4-3 wins.
- In the season-opening series against American International, defensemen Damien Carfagna (1g, 3a) and Aiden Hansen-Bukata (4a) led the Buckeyes with four points each. Max Montes had a goal in each game.Â
- Ohio State returned 18 players from last season, adding 10 newcomers (three transfers and seven freshmen).Â
- Three of the Buckeyes' next four games will be at home. The squad will take on Bowling Green in a home-and-home series Oct. 25-26 and then host former CCHA foe Lake Superior State Nov. 2-3. Six straight road games follow (at Michigan State, at Lindenwood, at Princeton).Â
- Blueliner Damien Carfagna had four points in the Buckeyes' 1-0-1 weekend vs. AIC. After an assist in game one, he had a career-high three points, with his first career shorthanded goal (an empty net tally) and two assists, in game two. He also led the Buckeyes with five shot blocks.
- Defenseman Aiden Hansen Bukata had two assists in each game.Â
- Graduate transfer Gunnarwolfe Fontaine notched an assist, moving to 98 career collegiate points.Â
- Freshman James Hong tallied his first collegiate goal, and the Buckeyes' first score of the season, in game one.
- Sophomore defenseman Nathan McBrayer tallied his first collegiate score in the season opener.Â
- Max Montes, a sophomore forward, had a goal each night.Â
- The Buckeyes put 50 shots on goal in the first game.
- Buckeye goalies Logan Terness (game one) and Kristoffer Eberly (game two) split the starts vs. the Yellow Jackets.Â
- Ohio State is 30-27-5 all-time vs. Wisconsin and leads the regular season series since the start of Big Ten play, 25-14-5, with a 29-16-6 mark overall since 2013-14 (including postseason play). In Madison, the series is tied, 13-13-3.
- Last year, the Badgers posted a home sweep with 3-0 and 6-1 wins Dec. 1-2, 2023. The teams met in Columbus Feb. 16-17, when Ohio State notched 3-2 OT and 3-1 victories.
- The teams then met in a Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal series, with Ohio State, the No. 7 seed, upsetting the No. 2 seed Badgers, two games to one. The Buckeyes took game one, 3-1, before the Badgers forced game three with a 4-2 victory. The Buckeyes clinched the series with a 3-1 game three win.
- Patrick Guzzo leads current Buckeyes with 17 games played vs. Wisconsin
- Ohio State head coach Steve Rohlik is a 1990 graduate of Wisconsin, where he was a captain on the Badgers' national championship team.
- Assistant coach JB Bittner spent a season on the Badger coaching staff in 2015-16.Â
- Buckeye sophomore forward Thomas Weis is a native of Madison, Wis., and his classmate Max Montes is from Hartland, Wis.Â
- BTN announced its broadcast schedule, with eight Ohio State games included.
- Seven of the eight are home games - Dec. 5 vs. Penn State, Dec. 14 vs. Notre Dame, Jan. 11 vs. Minnesota, Jan. 30 vs. Michigan State and Feb. 27-28 vs. Michigan.Â
- The other BTN game for the Buckeyes is The Friendly Confines outdoor game at Wrigley Field in Chicago vs. Michigan Jan. 3.
- Ohio State will take on Bowling Green in a home-and-home series, with game one in Columbus Oct. 25 and game two in Bowling Green Oct. 26.
- Season tickets, which start as low as $167, are on sale now, as are single game, miniplan and group tickets. Ticket information and purchasing options are online HERE. Fans can also contact the Ohio State Athletics Ticket Office at 1-800-GOBUCKS (select Option 2, then Option 2) or Athletic.tix@osu.edu. Customer service representatives are available via phone Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Parking is free for all men's hockey home games.
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