Friday, October 30
Columbus, Ohio
6 p.m.
Ohio State
vs
Bemidji State
10/29/2026 10:22:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 1 Ohio State women's hockey team returns to Western Collegiate Hockey Association play this weekend with a two-game series against Bemidji State. The Buckeyes (9-1-0, 5-1-0 WCHA) and Beavers (1-7-0, 0-6-0) 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 is on a bye week next weekend and returns to play against No. 13 Minnesota Duluth Nov. 13-14 in Columbus. First faceoff between the Buckeyes and Bulldogs is set for 6 p.m. in game one and 2 p.m. in game two. 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 Halloweekend at the OSU Ice Rink.
- Friday, be among the first fans at the game to receive a "The Captains" t-shirt. On Saturday, celebrate Halloween with pregame trick-or-treating at the OSU Ice Rink with a Brutus trick-or-treat giveaway (while supplies last).
- Tickets for Ohio State women's hockey games can be purchased by clicking the link: HERE.
- Ohio State enters this weekend against Bemidji State 9-1-0 on the year. The team earned a series shut out over No. 8 Colgate last weekend on home ice to improve to 5-1-0 against top 10 teams this season.
- Jocelyn Amos was named the WCHA Forward of the Week award for the first time this season after a three-goal weekend against the Raiders. She scored twice on the penalty kill and added a power play goal. Her shorthanded goal and power play goal in game two marked the second time in her career that she tallied both in a game.
- The Buckeyes have three double-digit point scorers on the year. Mira Jungåker leads the team with 19 points and 17 assists. Joy Dunne has 16 points on the year and is followed by Hilda Svensson with 15. Svensson has scored a team-high nine goals, including a nation-best five game-winning goals.
- Ohio State's special teams rank among the best nationally as the program leads the country in power play goals (12) and shorthanded goals (2). The team's power play is converting at .364, good for fourth in the country.
- Ohio State is the unanimous No. 1 team in the country this week, receiving all 20 first-place votes in the USCHO poll and all 19 in the USA Hockey poll.
- All three netminders for the Buckeyes – Genny Klein, Taylor Kressin and Rowan Houweling – have seen playing time this season. Kressin posted both shutouts last weekend against Colgate, putting her second in the country in season shutouts. She is second in the conference with a .901 goals-against average and is third with a .944 save percentage.
- The Buckeyes are 343-308-66 all-time in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and head coach Nadine Muzerall is 175-66-20 in conference games.
- Muzerall is in her 11th season at the helm with a career record of 269-87-22. 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.
- This week, six current Buckeyes are competing with their respective national teams ahead of the 2026 IIHF Women's World Championships set for Nov. 6-16 in Denmark.
- Four Buckeyes – Mira Jungåker, Jenna Raunio, Hilda Svensson and Sanni Vanhanen – are competing in the final leg of the Euro Hockey Tour, the Lidl Hockey Games, in Sodertalje, Sweden. Jungåker scored Sweden's first goal in the 2-0 win over Czechia Wednesday to open the tournament with an assist from Svensson.
- The United States and Canada are playing in a pair of exhibition games ahead of the world championships this week. While the United States has not named a worlds roster yet, Joy Dunne is play for the team on the training camp roster. Hayley McDonald made her senior national team debut in Canada's win over the United States on Thursday and is set to play in her first Women's Worlds next month.
- Ohio State is 70-29-13 all-time against Bemidji State and 40-12-6 in Columbus.
- Last season in Columbus, the Buckeyes opened their WCHA schedule against the Beavers. The team earned the series sweep with 6-0 and 2-1 wins over Bemidji State at the OSU Ice Rink.
- In the last meeting between the teams, Ohio State swept the Beavers with a 7-1 game one win and 6-3 game two victoriy.
Ohio State is on a bye week next weekend and returns to play against No. 13 Minnesota Duluth Nov. 13-14 in Columbus. First faceoff between the Buckeyes and Bulldogs is set for 6 p.m. in game one and 2 p.m. in game two. Tickets can be purchased HERE.
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