Friday, October 16
Minneapolis, Minn.
7 p.m. (6 p.m. CT)
Ohio State
at
Minnesota
10/15/2026 9:43:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 1 Ohio State women's hockey team makes the trip to Minneapolis this week to play at No. 3 Minnesota Oct. 16-17. The Buckeyes (6-0-0, 4-0-0 WCHA) and Gophers (4-0-0, 2-0-0 WCHA) meet at 7 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday from Ridder Arena.
Both games of the series will be streamed on B1G+ (subscription required). Live stats are available through OhioStateBuckeyes.com.
Buckeyes in a Nutshell
Ohio State begins a six-game homestand with a two-game series against No. 9 Colgate next weekend at the OSU Ice Rink. The Buckeyes and Raiders meet at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23 and 3 p.m. Saturday, October 24. Tickets for Ohio State women's hockey home games can be purchased HERE.
Both games of the series will be streamed on B1G+ (subscription required). Live stats are available through OhioStateBuckeyes.com.
Buckeyes in a Nutshell
- Ohio State is the top-ranked team in the country after sweeping Wisconsin last weekend in Columbus. The Buckeyes are back at the top of the rankings after falling to the No. 2 spot in the final poll of the 2025-26 season. The team's first place ranking this week is the first for the Buckeyes in the regular season since the 2023-24 season. The Buckeyes earned all 20 first-place votes in the USCHO poll and received 18 of 19 first-place ballots in the USA Hockey poll.
- Ohio State heads to Minneapolis top of the conference with a 4-0-0 record and a league-best 12 points on the year. Minnesota and St. Cloud State are also undefeated in the conference with a 2-0-0 record.
- Mira Jungåker and Hilda Svensson are tied for a team-high 11 points on the year. Svensson leads the team with six goals this season and Jungåker has a team-high 10 assists. The duo ranks fifth in the country with 1.83 points per game. Jungåker's 1.67 helpers per game leads the country while Svensson's 1.00 goals per game rank fourth nationally.
- The Buckeyes are tied for first nationally with six power play goals on the year and rank second with a .375 power play percentage. Svensson has scored three of the team's goals on the player advantage and leads the country in the category. Jungåker leads the team with five points on the power play.
- Finland announced its roster for the next leg of the Women's Euro Hockey Tour this week and Sanni Vanhanen will play for her country Oct. 28-31 in Södertälje, Sweden. The tournament is Finland's last ahead of the 2026 IIHF Women's World Championships in November.
- In goal for the Buckeyes, freshman netminder Rowan Houweling leads the team with a 4-0-0 record. She earned WCHA Rookie of the Week honors for her performance against the Badgers, becoming just the second Ohio State rookie to earn a sweep of Wisconsin. The Edmonton, Alberta native has a .910 save percentage and a 1.76 goals-against average. Three of her four games played this year have been against top five ranked teams.
- Twenty-eight Buckeyes earned PWHL training camp invites ahead of the 2026-27 season. Of the contingent of Buckeyes, twenty-three are already signed for the 2026-27 season. Ohio State was the most represented team in the league last season, with 22 players rostered when the season began. The Buckeyes had six players selected in the 2026 draft, including a program-best four picked in the first two rounds.
- The Buckeyes are 342-307-66 all-time in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and head coach Nadine Muzerall is 174-65-20 in conference games. Ohio State finished second in the league in 2025-26, finishing just two points shy of first-place Wisconsin.
- Muzerall is in her 11th season at the helm with a career record of 266-86-22. She is assisted by first-year associate head coach Jack Johnson and assistant coaches Kelsey Cline (fifth season) and Logan Davis (fourth season). Entering the 2026-27 season, Muzerall was tied for second among active Division I women's hockey head coaches with a .736 career win percentage.
- While the Gophers hold the lead in the all-time series between the teams, Ohio State is 26-18-4 against Minnesota in Muzerall's tenure. All but eight of the Buckeyes' wins in the series have been earned since Muzerall took over in 2016-17.
- Ohio State has won four of its last five meetings against the Gophers. The teams last met in the WCHA Final Faceoff semifinals, with the Buckeyes earning a 4-0 shutout on their way to the conference tournament championship.
Ohio State begins a six-game homestand with a two-game series against No. 9 Colgate next weekend at the OSU Ice Rink. The Buckeyes and Raiders meet at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23 and 3 p.m. Saturday, October 24. Tickets for Ohio State women's hockey home games can be purchased HERE.
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