Wednesday, March 11
Madison, Wis.
8 p.m. ET
Ohio State
at
Wisconsin (Quarterfinals)
B1G Tournament Quarterfinal at No. 10t/11 Wisconsin Up Next for the Buckeyes
3/9/2026 10:13:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
Teams will meet Wednesday in Madison
The Basics
Buckeyes By the Numbers
- The Ohio State men's hockey team begins postseason play with a Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal game at No. 10t/11 Wisconsin.
- The Buckeyes and Badgers will meet at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday in the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis.
- Ohio State is the tournament's No. 5 seed, with the Badgers No. 4.Â
- The game will be streamed through B1G+.
- Ohio State Radio will carry the action (1460 AM Columbus, WBNS-FM-HD2, streamed on espncolumbus.com and OhioStateBuckeyes.com and on the Ohio State Buckeyes app).Â
- Live stats can be linked from the schedule page on OhioStateBuckeyes.com.
- Ohio State is 12-20-2 on the year (8-15-1, 29 points Big Ten) and ended the regular season with two overtime losses to Notre Dame in Columbus last week (L OT 4-5, L OT 3-4). Wisconsin was 21-11-2 in the regular season (14-10, 39 points B1G). Last week, the Badgers posted a sweep at Penn State (7-3, 5-2).Â
- This is the third year in a row Ohio State and Wisconsin are meeting in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament. Ohio State posted an upset on the road in 2024 and won in Columbus last year, with both series going to three games.
- The tournament format changed this year to a single elimination quarterfinal. The first round winners will advance to the single-elimination semifinals Saturday, hosted by No. 1 seed Michigan State and at the highest seeded advancing team. The lowest advancing seed will face the Spartans, with the other advancing team playing in the other semifinal. Â
Buckeyes By the Numbers
- The Buckeyes are scoring 3.12 goals per game this season, allowing 3.65 a contest.Â
- The power play is 19th nationally, converting 22.6 percent of its chances. The penalty kill has stopped 72.1 percent of its opponents' opportunities. Ohio State averages 11.59 penalty minutes a game. The Buckeyes have won 51.2 percent of their faceoffs.
- Jake Karabela leads the team with 31 points, followed by Davis Burnside (29), Felix Caron (27), Max Montes (26) and Riley Thompson (23).
- Montes has a team-high 14 goals, with Karabela, Burnside and Caron each scoring 12 and Thompson and Adam Eisele with 11 each.
- Karabela is first with 19 helpers. Broten Sabo and Burnside are next with 17 assists each and Ryan Gordon has 16.Â
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