2026-27 Men's Ice Hockey Roster
Jersey Number 78
Sascha Boumedienne
- Year:
- Junior
- Position:
- Defenseman
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 195
- Hometown:
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Junior Team:
- Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
- Prev School:
- Boston University (Hockey East)
- NHL:
- Winnipeg (2025, First Round, No. 28)
NHL
Prior to Ohio State
at Boston University
- Selected by the Winnipeg Jets in the first round of the 2025 NHL Draft (No. 28 overall)
- Spent two seasons at Boston University, playing 75 games and posting 23 points on five goals and 18 assists, along with 75 shot blocks
- Hockey East Defender of the Week Feb. 9, 2026
- 2025 Hockey East All-Academic Team
- Won gold medal with Sweden at 2026 World Junior Championship; notched gamewinner in gold medal game
Prior to Ohio State
at Boston University
- Saw action in 35 games in 2025-26 and had 10 points, with two goals and eight assists, along with 51 shot blocks
- Hockey East Defender of the Week Feb. 9, 2026 after blocking nine shots and assist on overtime gamewinner in win against Maine
- Skated in all 40 games in 2024-25, with 3-10-13 line; youngest player in Division I hockey that season
- Spent 2023-24 with Youngstown in the USHL, with 37 points on three goals and 24 assists in 49 regular season games; skated in two postseason contests
- Played for Ohio Blue Jackets AAA program
- Graduated from Olentangy Liberty High School in 2024
- Played soccer until he was 12
- Parents are Josef, who played professional hockey and is the senior vice president of hockey operations for the Florida Panthers, and Petra
- Two brothers, Sami, who is a member of the Ohio State fencing team, and Wilson
- Has lived in in six countries
- Played junior hockey with Buckeye teammates Nathan Lewis, Ryan Rucinski and Evan Jardine
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