Friday, October 16
Fairfield, Conn.
7 p.m.
Ohio State
at
Sacred Heart
Photo by: Ohio State Athletics
10/14/2026 5:37:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
Buckeyes and Pioneers will face off Friday and Saturday
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State men's hockey team will head east for two games at Sacred Heart this weekend. The teams will meet at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in Martire Family Arena in Fairfield, Conn. FloHockey will stream the contests, with live stats available through OhioStateBuckeyes.com.
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Both the Buckeyes and Pioneers enter the series 1-1 on the year.
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Buckeyes vs. Pioneers
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Both the Buckeyes and Pioneers enter the series 1-1 on the year.
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Buckeyes vs. Pioneers
- Ohio State is 3-1 vs. Sacred Heart all-time, with the first four games in Columbus.
- The teams faced off Nov. 5-6, 2003, and Ohio State posted a sweep with 5-1 and 7-1 victories.
- Last season, the Pioneers won in overtime, 2-1, Oct. 24, 2025, before a 3-0 Ohio State win in game two the next day.
- Sacred Heart is 1-1 this season. The squad hosted the Ice Breaker Tournament last weekend, falling to eventual champion Bowling Green 3-2 and downing Penn State 6-3. The Pioneers also played two exhibition contests at home to begin the season, dropping a game to Merrimack 3-1 and beating Carleton 3-0.
- In 2025-26, SHU was 23-14-3 and reached the Atlantic Hockey Association tournament championship game.
- The Big Ten Conference announced times and television information for the 2026-27 men's hockey slate Wednesday. At least nine Ohio State games will be televised by BTN.
- Ohio State Radio will carry 26 Buckeye matchups, starting with the home series against Augustana Oct. 23-24.
- For Big Ten games not on BTN, all home games and all road games with the exception of the series at Notre Dame will be streamed by B1G+. The series vs. the Irish in South Bend, Ind., will be carried by Peacock.
- The Buckeyes' nonconference home series against Augustana and UConn will also be on B1G+. The remaining road series will be on FloHockey this weekend at Sacred Heart and ESPN+ at Union in November.
- BTN will televise the Buckeyes' home game vs. Michigan Nov. 1 and a road game against the Wolverines Jan. 23. The network will carry both games of a series against Michigan State in Columbus Dec. 3-4 and two games at Penn State Jan. 8-9. Against Minnesota, BTN will show the game in Columbus Jan. 16 and a game in Minneapolis Feb. 19. BTN will carry the Feb. 26 matchup vs. Penn State in Columbus, with the finale of that series either on BTN or B1G+ (coverage determined by Feb. 21).
- Ohio State began its year with two games at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) last weekend in Troy, N.Y, splitting the series.
- In game one, the Engineers scored once in each period, with an empty netter in the third, for the win. Ohio State was unable to score on four power play chances, including a major, and the penalty kill was 1-for-1.
- In game two, Ohio State rallied with two third period goals for a 3-2 victory. Ohio State led 1-0 after the first period on a Jake Karabela score, but RPI scored twice in the second. The Buckeyes shut out the Engineers for the final 29:55, including holding RPI scoreless on a late five-minute power play, to secure the victory. Sam Deckhut tied the game and Max Montes notched the gamewinner. The Buckeyes were 3-for-4 on the penalty kill and scoreless on two power play chances.
- Freshmen Ryan Rucinski and Benjamin Wilmott both picked up an assist in game two at RPI for their first collegiate point.
- Senior Sam McGinley had a career-high five shot blocks in the Saturday victory.
- Game one against RPI was the first time the Buckeyes were shut out since Dec. 1, 2023.
- Ohio State was 71-57 (.555) on faceoffs in the series against the Engineers. Jake Karabela was 21-13 in the two games combined, with Max Montes 20-9 and Ryan Gordon 19-17.
- Montes notched the seventh gamewinning goal of his Buckeye career in game two. He is tied for 10th among current NCAA skaters in gwg. Montes is tied for ninth among current NCAA players in games played with 116.
- For the series last week at RPI, the Buckeyes outshot the Engineers, 69-38 (36-20 in game one; 33-18 in game two).
- Sophomore Jake Karabela had a four-game goal streak (4g) and seven-game point streak (6g, 6a, 12p) end in game one at RPI, but tallied in game two.
- A four-game homestand is up next for the Buckeyes, beginning with a series against Augustana Oct. 23 (6:30 p.m.) and Oct. 24 (5 p.m.).
- The Big Ten season starts in Columbus vs. Michigan Oct. 31-Nov. 1. Game one is set for 6 p.m. and game two will be at 7:30 p.m.
- Season tickets, six-game mini plans, group tickets and single game tickets are all on sale now.
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- Parking is free for all men's hockey games in the arena.
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