Buckeyes Win Regular Season Finale at Bemidji State, 6-3

Saturday, February 21

Bemidji, Minn.

4 p.m. (3 p.m. CT)

Ohio State

30-4-0, 24-4-0

Bemidji State

6-25-3, 3-24-1

Ohio St.

Bemidji St.

Buckeyes Win Regular Season Finale at Bemidji State, 6-3

2/21/2026 6:59:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 2 Ohio State women's hockey team closed its 2025-26 regular season with a 6-3 win at Bemidji State Saturday. The Buckeyes finish the regular season 30-4-0 overall and 24-4-0 in conference play with the season sweep of the Beavers (6-25-3, 3-24-1 WCHA).

Short Story
Bemidji State scored first in every period in Saturday's series finale between the Buckeyes and the Beavers. Ohio State capitalized on scoring in bunches with a pair of goals scored in the first and second periods within a minute.

Jocelyn Amos, Maxine Cimoroni and Emma Peschel each recorded three points. Kaia Malachino led the Buckeyes in scoring for the second time this weekend, tallying two goals in game two. Amos was plus-4 on the day.

Ohio State netminder Hailey MacLeod made 12 saves in her 20th win of the season. The Buckeyes held Bemidji State to just 15 shots and blocked 12 shots.

How it Happened

Bemidji State took its first lead of the weekend with a goal at 4:27 in the first period.
Ohio State needed 12 minutes to go back Ohio State tied the game and took the lead within 47 seconds. Maxine Cimoroni was rushing into the Bemidji State zone alongside Sloane Matthews and was taken down in front of the Beaver goal. Matthews knocked the loose puck into the net on the delayed penalty at 15:18.
Kaia Malachino put the Buckeyes in front at 16:05 after recovering the puck along the half boards in the offensive zone and stick handled her way through two Beavers and past Bemidji State goaltender Groess.
Ohio State took a 2-1 lead into the first intermission.
Bemidji State scored just 14 seconds into the middle frame to tie the game.
The Buckeyes went back in the lead at 8:39 in the second with a goal from Sara Swiderski. Her initial shot was saved, but the puck escaped Groess' pads and was waiting behind the goaltender to be pushed across the goal line by Swiderski.
The Ohio State lead doubled just 11 seconds later. After Ohio State won the ensuing faceoff, Emma Peschel sent the puck into the Beavers' zone and along the boards where it found Jocelyn Amos. Amos connected with Maxine Cimoroni at the top of the faceoff circle and Cimoroni sent a shot from the dot past the blocker of Groess.
Another 1:55 passed before Ohio State scored its third goal of the period. Sloane Matthews won a faceoff in the Bemidji State zone onto the stick of Brooke Disher, who gave the puck to Amos at the top of the zone. Amos sent a pass through a pair of Beavers to Peschel in stride ready to send it over the shoulder of Groess.
For the third time in the game, Bemidji State was first to score in the period, recording its third goal of the game at 1:17 in the third period. Malachino tallied the team's sixth goal on the empty net at 19:24.

Game Notes

The win over Bemidji State is Ohio State's 30th win of the season. This marks the fourth 30-win campaign in the last five seasons for the Buckeyes.
Kaia Malachino finished the series with a team-high five goals. Malachino has at least a point in six of the last seven games and a goal in four of the last five.

Statistically Speaking
Shots on Goal: Ohio State 39, Bemidji State 15
Saves: Bemidji State (Groess) 33, Ohio State (MacLeod) 12
Power Play: Bemidji State 0-1, Ohio State 0-2
Faceoffs: Ohio State 33, Bemidji State 21
Ohio State Scoring: Cimoroni (1-2-3), Peschel (1-2-3), Amos (0-3-3), Malachino (2-0-2), Matthews (1-1-2), Disher (0-2-2), Swiderski (1-0-1)

Up Next
Ohio State hosts its WCHA First Round series next weekend at the OSU Ice Rink. The best-of-three series will be contested Feb. 27-March 1. The Buckeyes' opponent will be set following the conclusion of the league schedule tomorrow. The games will be streamed on B1G+ (subscription required).

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