No. 2 Buckeyes, No. 1 Badgers Close Season Series in Wisconsin This Weekend

No. 2 Ohio State at No. 1 Wisconsin
Date: Feb. 7/8, 2026
Time: 4 p.m./3 p.m.
Venue: LaBahn Arena – Madison, Wis.
Watch: BTN (Saturday) | B1G+ (Sunday)
Live Stats: OhioStateBuckeyes.com

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The top two teams in the country face off this weekend as the No. 2 Ohio State women's hockey team travels to No. 1 Wisconsin for a two-game WCHA series Feb. 7-8 in Madison, Wis. The Buckeyes (25-3-0, 19-3-0 WCHA) and Badgers (24-2-2, 18-2-2 WCHA) face off at 4 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday from LaBahn Arena.

Saturday's game will be televised on the Big Ten Network with Jason Ross Jr. and Julie Friend on the call. Sunday's game will be streamed on B1G+ (subscription required).

Buckeyes in a Nutshell

This weekend's series against the top-ranked Badgers is Ohio State's second of three straight top 10 WCHA series. The Buckeyes swept No. 9 Minnesota Duluth last weekend and host No. 3 Minnesota net weekend. Ohio State is 19-3-0 against ranked teams this season.
Ohio State is ranked second in the country for the eighth straight week and is second in the WCHA standings with 55 points, two points shy of Wisconsin.
Hailey MacLeod was named the national and conference goaltender of the month after going 6-0-0 in January for the Buckeyes. She earned five of her six wins against ranked opponents and recorded two shutouts. The senior is second in the conference this season with a 1.50 goals against average and a .882 win percentage in goal for Ohio State.
Junior captain Joceyln Amos has a goal in five of the last six games for the Buckeyes and seven goals in the last four games. She is the highest scoring player in the country over the last two weeks. Amos is the third Buckeye to hit the 30-point mark this season with 16 goals and 14 assists on the year. The Ailsa Craig, Ont. native is a key piece to Ohio State's nation-leading faceoff performance this season, winning 344 faceoffs for a .662 win percentage at the dot.
Senior alternate captain Sloane Matthews is on a five-game point streak with seven points in the stretch.
Both Ohio State and Wisconsin are without five players on their 2025-26 rosters because of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. For the Buckeyes, Joy Dunne, Mira Jungåker, Jenna Raunio, Hilda Svensson and Sanni Vanhanen will play for their respective countries. There are 12 Buckeyes competing at the games, including seven alumnae. The total is tied with Wisconsin for the most representatives in women's hockey by an NCAA program at this year's Olympic games. Women's hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan will be contested Feb. 5-17.
The Buckeyes are led by head coach Nadine Muzerall, who is in her 10th season at the helm. She is the program's winningest head coach with a 249-84-22 record at Ohio State.

Series History – Buckeyes vs. Badgers

This weekend's series will be the 14th and 15th straight meetings between the teams as the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams in the country.
In recent years, the series between the Buckeyes and Badgers is no stranger to high stakes matchups with the last three national title games coming down to the two teams.
Ohio State looks to earn its first conference points against the Badgers this season after falling 1-2 and 1-6 in the meetings between the teams in Columbus in December.

Last Time Out

In its first series playing with just 13 skaters, Ohio State swept then-ranked No. 9 Minnesota Duluth at home.
The Buckeyes earned a 6-2 win in game one, scoring four goals in the first period. Jocelyn Amos scored a hat trick and recorded a career-high four points.
In game two, Ohio State won 3-1 with goals from Amos, Jordan Baxter and Kaia Malachino.
Hailey MacLeod posted a season-best 32 saves in each game.
The Buckeyes finished 3-8 on the power play and 11-12 on the penalty kill.

#MilanoCortina2026 Buckeye Update

Women's hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics officially started on Thursday, with five Buckeyes playing on the opening day of the tournament.
In the first game, Jungåker, Raunio and Svensson helped Sweden to a 4-1 win over Germany in Group B. Raunio tied for the team lead with two assists and Svensson also added a helper. Jungåker tallied her first Olympic goal in the game.
The Team USA trio of Buckeyes - Cayla Barnes, Hannah Bilka and Joy Dunne - helped the team to a 5-1 win over Czechia. Dunne also scored in her Olympic debut while Bilka recorded an assist for her first Olympic point.

Up Next
Ohio State hosts its final home series of the 2025-26 regular season against No. 3 Minnesota Feb. 13-14. The Buckeyes and Gophers face off at 6 p.m. in game one and 3 p.m. in game two. The games will be streamed on B1G+ (subscription required), FOX9+ and locally on ESYX-DT2 6.2 The Nest.

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