Top-Two Matchup Set For Columbus Between No. 1 Buckeyes and No. 2 Minnesota
10/26/2022 7:39:03 PM | Women's Ice Hockey
No. 1/1 Ohio State vs. No. 2/2 Minnesota
Date: Oct. 28/29, 2022
Time: 6 p.m. ET/ 3 p.m. ET
Venue: OSU Ice Rink
Watch on B1G+: Friday | Sunday
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Game Notes: Ohio State | Minnesota
Rosters: Ohio State | Minnesota
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The top-two rated programs in NCAA women’s hockey will meet in Columbus this weekend as No. 1 Ohio State hosts No. 2 Minnesota Oct. 28-29 at the OSU Ice Rink. The matchup is the first meeting between the two programs since the Buckeyes defeated the Gophers in overtime, 3-2, to win the 2022 WCHA Final Faceoff title.
Puck drop is set for 6 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday. Both games will be streamed on B1G+ (subscription required). Saturday’s game will also be carried on FOX9+ in Minnesota.
Parking and admission for Ohio State women’s hockey games are free.
Buckeyes in a Nutshell
- Leading the team in points through eight games this season are Jenn Gardiner and Sophie Jaques with 12 points each. Jaques paces the Buckeyes with seven goals while Gardiner is tied with Emma Maltais for the most assists on the team with eight.
- Ohio State is currently rated third nationally and first in the WCHA with a .333 power play percentage. The Buckeyes have converted on five of 15 power play opportunities this season. Jaques leads the Buckeyes with three power play goals.
- Gardiner owns the team’s longest point streak, recording a point in every game this season for Ohio State. Her season high is three points on a career high three assists against St. Cloud State on Oct. 7.
- With seven regulation wins and one overtime win, Ohio State sits at first in the conference with 23 points. In second is Minnesota with 18 points.
- The Buckeyes’ program-record win streak is now at 18 games with the sweep of Minnesota Duluth last weekend. Ohio State won its final 10 games of the 2021-22 season, starting with an 8-1 win over Bemidji State on Feb. 12 and is currently 8-0-0 this season.
- Seventeen student-athletes have recorded a point for Ohio State this season, with 12 scoring at least one goal.
- Goaltender Amanda Thiele is now one of nine undefeated netminders in the country who have played in at least 33 percent of their team’s minutes. Among that group, she is the only one with six wins on the year.
- In both of this week’s national polls, Ohio State was unanimously voted No. 1. The Buckeyes received 300 overall votes in the USCHO.com poll and 28 votes in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll.
- Ohio State is one of five undefeated programs remaining in the country. Minnesota is also undefeated in six games this season.
- This weekend’s series will be the first time first-year Ohio State assistant coach Kelsey Cline will coach against her alma mater. Cline played for Minnesota from 2013-17, winning two national titles with the Gophers. Head coach Nadine Muzerall, who is also a Minnesota alum, coached Cline while she was an assistant coach for the Gophers.
Series History – Buckeyes vs. Gophers
- The last meeting between Ohio State and Minnesota was in the 2022 WCHA Final Faceoff Championship game.
- The then-ranked No. 2 Buckeyes defeated the No. 1 Gophers, 3-2, in overtime thanks to two consecutive goals from Sophie Jaques. Jaques scored the game-winner just 23 seconds into the overtime period to earn Ohio State its second WCHA Final Faceoff title.
- Under seventh-year head coach Nadine Muzerall, the Buckeyes are 17-9-2 against the Gophers. Minnesota leads the all-time series 79-23-5.
- This weekend marks just the second time in the all-time series that the teams will meet as the top-two programs in the country. It is also the second consecutive meeting between the Buckeyes and Gophers in which the teams are rated the top-two teams nationally.
2022-23 Rivalry Series
- USA Hockey announced Tuesday its roster for the November Rivalry Series games, which features four Buckeyes.
- Current student-athletes on the roster are junior Riley Brengman and graduate Gabby Rosenthal.
- Clair DeGeorge, who played her final year of eligibility with the Buckeyes in 2021-22, and 2022 Olympic silver medalist Jincy Dunne join the roster as Ohio State women’s hockey alumni.
- Rosenthal and Brengman will be making their USA Hockey debut in the series.
- The Rivalry Series between the United States and Canada will be played Nov. 15 and 17 in British Columbia and the second two games of the series will be held in Seattle. Wash. and Henderson, Nev.
Up Next
This weekend closes the Buckeyes’ four game homestand and Ohio State will hit the road next weekend to play St. Thomas. The Buckeyes and Tommies will play Saturday, Nov. 5 and Sunday Nov. 6 from the St. Thomas Ice Arena in Mendota Heights, Minn.
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