Friday, January 2
Columbus, Ohio
6:30 p.m.
Ohio State
vs
Bowling Green
Buckeyes Back in Action with Series vs Bowling Green
12/30/2025 3:34:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
Teams will meet in Columbus Friday
The Basics
Promos, Tickets and Parking
Buckeye This and That
- The Ohio State men's hockey team begins its 2026 slate with a home-and-home series vs. instate foe Bowling Green this weekend.
- Friday, the  Buckeyes and Falcons will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Schottenstein Center in Columbus. The game will be streamed through B1G+.Â
- Saturday, the teams will face off in Slater Family Ice Arena in Bowling Green, Ohio, at 6:07 p.m. The contest will be streamed by Midco Sports Plus.
- Live stats can be linked from the schedule page on OhioStateBuckeyes.com for both games.
- Ohio State is 6-10 on the year (2-6 Big Ten) and last played Dec. 4-5, splitting a series vs. Minnesota in Columbus (L 3-6, W OT 6-5). Bowling Green is 8-5-3, with a 6-3-3 CCHA ledger. The Falcons, who faced the USA Hockey NTDP Monday in an exhibition game, hosted Northern Michigan Dec. 5-6 to close their first half slate, with a 3-2 loss and 4-3 OT win.
Promos, Tickets and Parking
- Friday is the Buckeyes' Our Honor Defend Military Appreciation game. Veterans and active duty members of the military at the game can enjoy a 20 percent discount at the Team Shop and concession stands throughout the arena when presenting their military badge or ID. Proceeds from purchases of Our Honor Defend gear helps support military-connected scholarships for Ohio State students.
Holideals, a 2-for-1 ticket promotion (online only), are available through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday (Dec. 31) for select games, including Friday's game vs. Bowling Green, Jan. 9 vs. Michigan State and March 5 vs. Notre Dame. Purchase Holideals - Parking is free for Ohio State men's hockey home games in the Schottenstein Center.
- The Buckeyes are scoring 3.13 goals per game this season, allowing 3.44 a contest.Â
- The power play is 14th nationally, converting 24 percent of its chances. The penalty kill has stopped 80.6 percent of its opponents' opportunities. Ohio State averages 10.81 penalty minutes a game.Â
- The Buckeyes are 10th nationally in faceoff winning percentage (.530).
- Felix Caron and Jake Karabela share the team lead with 14 points each, with six Buckeyes in total posting double-digit points.Â
- Adam Eisele is first with eight goals, followed by Caron and Max Montes with seven each.
- Karabela has a team-high 11 assists and Ryan Gordon is second with nine helpers.Â
- Kristoffer Eberly has started 14 games in goal to lead the team.
- Ohio State and Bowling Green have met 192 times, with the series beginning in 1966.
- The Falcons lead the overall series between Ohio State and Bowling Green, 98-84-10. In Columbus, the Buckeyes have the edge, 48-38-3 and on their home ice the Falcons lead 58-33-7.
- 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
- As nonconference foes since 2013-14, Ohio State is 12-5-1 vs. BGSU.
- Last season, Ohio State swept a home-and-home series against Bowling Green, with a 3-1 win Oct. 24, 2024 at home and 2-0 road shutout win Oct. 26, 2024.
- Davis Burnside leads the current Buckeyes with six games played vs. Bowling Green in the Scarlet and Gray, ranking first with four goals, five assists and nine points.
- Bowling Green is scoring 3.31 goals a game this season, allowing 2.94 a contest. The power play has converted 21.8 percent of its opportunities and the penalty kill is 12th nationally (.847). The team averages 11.63 penalty minutes a game. The squad is second nationally, winning 55.4 percent of its faceoffs. Â
Buckeye This and That
- Ohio State has played five overtime games this season, including in four of the last seven outings. The Buckeyes dropped their first four OT contests before defeating Minnesota in the last time out.
- Seven of the Buckeyes' 10 losses this year have been by one goal, with the lone exceptions two defeats at Michigan and a 6-3 loss to Minnesota that included two empty net goals by the Gophers. Ohio State is 1-7 in one-goal games this campaign.
- Ohio State is averaging 3.13 goals a game, with three or more goals in 10 games. The squad had a season-high six goals in its last contest and has three games with five goals this year.
- The Buckeyes are allowing 3.44 goals per contest, giving up three or more in each of the last seven games.Â
- The Buckeyes are 12-for-50 (.240) with the man advantage through 14 games, ranking 14th in the NCAA. Last time out against Minnesota, the Buckeyes did not have a power play in the first game and then were 2-for-3 in game two.
- Felix Caron has a team-best four power play goals. Davis Burnside and Riley Thompson each have two power play goals this year, with Nathan Lewis, Ryan Gordon and Thomas Weis also tallying with the man advantage.
- Ohio State is 50-for-62 (.806) on the penalty kill this season. The squad was 2-for-4 vs. Minnesota Dec. 4-5, with a 2-for-3 outing on the PK in game one.
- Ohio State has a .530 faceoff winning percentage (533-473) to rank 10th in the nation. Max Montes leads the Buckeye squad with 146 wins, while Riley Thompson has 124, Â Jake Karabela has 111 and Ryan Gordon has 105. Among Buckeyes with more than 25 faceoffs, Montes is first with a .564 winning percentage.Â
- Twenty-one Buckeyes have posted at least one point this year, with 15 scoring a goal and 21 notching at least one assist. Â
- Ohio State will be back in Big Ten play next weekend, hosting Michigan State Jan. 9-10. Game one features the $5 Power Play Special ($5 domestic beers, $5.50 premium/import beers, $5.99 craft beers; chips included with purchase). Game two is  First Responder Night and postgame there will be a meet and greet with the Buckeyes on the concourse.Â
- Following a road trip to Notre Dame Jan. 23-24, the Buckeyes will host Michigan Jan. 30-31. Fans are encouraged to Wear Scarlet to each game vs. the Wolverines.
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