Friday, October 23
Columbus, Ohio
6 p.m.
Ohio State
vs
Colgate
10/22/2026 8:59:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 1 Ohio State women's hockey team begins its six-game homestand this weekend with a two-game nonconference series against No. 8 Colgate. The Buckeyes (7-1-0, 5-1-0 WCHA) and Raiders (6-0-0, 0-0-0 ECAC) face off at 6 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday from the OSU Ice Rink.
Both games of the series will be streamed on B1G+ (subscription required). Live stats are available through OhioStateBuckeyes.com.
Game Promotions
Ohio State returns to WCHA play next weekend against Bemidji State. The Buckeyes and Beavers meet Oct. 30-31 at the OSU Ice Rink. Tickets can be purchased HERE.
Both games of the series will be streamed on B1G+ (subscription required). Live stats are available through OhioStateBuckeyes.com.
Game Promotions
- It's Youth Weekend at the OSU Ice Rink. Friday, there will be an Ohio State women's hockey player trading card giveaway and Saturday is a hat giveaway.
- The team hosts its first postgame skate of the season following Saturday's game.
- For more information on Ohio State women's hockey game promotions, click HERE.
- Tickets for this weekend's games can be purchased HERE.
- The Buckeyes are the No. 1 team in the country for the second straight week. The team earned 18 of 20 first-place votes in this week's USCHO poll and was the unanimous top ranked team with 19 first-place votes.
- Ohio State is coming off a series split against No. 3 Minnesota. After falling in game one, 6-2, the Buckeyes responded with a 6-5 win in game two.
- This weekend marks the team's third straight top 10 matchup and fourth of the season.
- Junior defender Mira Jungåker leads the team with 16 points and 14 assists in eight games played this season. She is second in the country in points and leads defenders nationally in the category.
- Seven of Jungåker's points have come on the power play. She has recorded a point on all but two of the team's power play goals this year and has been on the ice for eight of the team's nine power play goals. Jungåker is second in the country with 1.75 assists per game.
- Senior forward Joy Dunne has scored a team-high eight goals. In last weekend's 6-5 win over Minnesota, she recorded the team's first hat trick of the season. Dunne is tied with Hilda Svensson for the team lead in power play goals with three on the year. The duo is tied for the most power play goals in the country.
- Svensson has the game-winning goal in four of the team's seven wins this year. She paces the country in the category.
- Ohio State is outshooting its opponents 299-189 and is averaging 37.38 shots per game and limiting opponents to 23.63.
- Head coach Nadine Muzerall is in her 11th season at the helm with a career record of 267-87-22. 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.
- Roster for the 2026 IIHF Women's World Championships set for Nov. 6-16 in Denmark have started to be announced and four current Buckeyes will play for their respective countries in the tournament.
- Hayley McDonald will make her senior national team debut for Canada at the upcoming worlds, joining Ohio State alumnae Sophie Jaques and Emma Maltais on the roster.
- Jungåker, Jenna Raunio and Svensson have been named to Sweden's roster. The trio all played for Sweden at the 2026 Winter Olympics and
- USA Hockey is holding its October training camp from Oct. 23-30 ahead of naming its worlds roster. Dunne joins former teammates Cayla Barnes, Hannah Bilka, Sloane Matthews and Emma Peschel on the training camp roster.
- Ohio State is 7-2-2 all-time against Colgate.
- The teams first met during the 2018-19 season in Columbus, with the Buckeyes splitting the series. This weekend's series marks the first time since the 2022-23 season the teams will play at the OSU Ice Rink.
- The Buckeyes have won five of the last six meetings. Last year, the teams faced off in the D1 in DC Tournament, with Ohio State earning the 5-0 shutout.
Ohio State returns to WCHA play next weekend against Bemidji State. The Buckeyes and Beavers meet Oct. 30-31 at the OSU Ice Rink. Tickets can be purchased HERE.
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