Friday, January 24
University Park, Pa.
7 pm
Ohio State
at
Penn State
No. 9/8 Buckeyes Back to B1G Play at Penn State
1/23/2025 10:32:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Teams face off Friday and Saturday in University Park
The Basics
- The No. 9/8 Ohio State men's hockey team is back in action with two Big Ten games at Penn State this weekend.Â
- The teams will meet at 7 p.m. Friday and 5 p.m. Saturday in Pegula Ice Arena in University Park, Pa.
- The games will be streamed through B1G+. Ohio State Radio will carry both games (1460 AM, Ohio State Buckeyes app and website) and live stats will be available through OhioStateBuckeyes.com.
- Ohio State, 15-6-1 this season with an 8-4-0 2-1-0 (23 points) B1G ledger, is coming off a bye week and last played Jan. 10-11, splitting a series with Minnesota in Columbus. Penn State is 10-10-2 overall this year and has a 1-9-2 0-1-1 (7 points) B1G mark. Penn State swept Canisius at home last weekend.
- Ohio State leads the all-time series with Penn State, 25-22-4, including a 10-8-2 record in University Park.Â
- The last matchup on Nittany Lion home ice was Jan. 26-27, 2024, with Penn State winning both games, 4-3
- Earlier this season, the squads faced off in Columbus Dec. 5-6, with Ohio State posting a sweep (4-0, 4-2).
- Among current Buckeyes, Patrick Guzzo is first with 20 games played against Penn State, recording a 2-3-5 line.Â
- Joe Dunlap has skated in 19 games vs. the Nittany Lions, leading the current Buckeyes with five goals and nine points vs. PSU.Â
- Davis Burnside has a 3-5-8 line in 13 games against Penn State.Â
- Max Montes (6 games played) and Gunnarwolfe Fontaine (2 gp) each have a 2-1-3 line against Penn State and Aiden Hansen-Bukata has four assists in two games.
- Ohio State is No. 9 in the USCHO poll and No. 8 USA Hockey/The Rink Live rankings this week, its 13th-consecutive poll in the Top 20.
- The Buckeyes are in the Top 10 in the NCAA in scoring defense (2.18 goals allowed per game), scoring margin (+1.00) and winning percentage (.705).
- Goalie Kristoffer Eberly is in the Top 15 in the NCAA in goals-against average (1.80), save percentage (.929) and goalie winning percentage (.846). Aiden Hansen-Bukata is tied for fifth nationally in assists per game (.90) and Max Montes and Jake Rozzi each have three gamewinning goals to tie for 14th in the NCAA, while Gunnarwolfe Fontaine is tied for seventh with six power play goals.
- Seven Buckeyes have double-digit points, led by Fontaine with 24. Fontaine is first with 11 goals and Hansen-Bukata has a team-best 18 assists.Â
- The series at Penn State starts a stretch of 12 consecutive Big Ten games for the Buckeyes over the next six weeks to close out the regular season.
- The Buckeyes will return home for a Thursday-Friday series vs. No. 1-ranked Michigan State next week.Â
- The teams will meet at 8 p.m. Jan. 30 and at 7 p.m. Jan. 31 in Value City Arena.Â
- Single game, miniplan and group tickets are all available now. Ticket information and purchasing options are online and 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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