Ohio State knew its regional final in Bridgeport, Conn., vs. Quinnipiac on Sunday would be nothing like the Buckeyes’ 8-1 pounding of Harvard on Friday in a first-round game of the NCAA tournament.
But when Joe Dunlap scored within the opening two minutes of the first period for a 1-0 Read More
The most remarkable numbers from the NCAA tournament first-round matchup in the Bridgeport (Conn.) regional were the eight posted by Harvard and seven for Ohio State on Friday.
Those digits represented the number of shots on goal by No. 2 seed Harvard and the goals scored by the No. 3 Read More
Exactly one year after all the conference tournament finals had been completed and the numbers crunched in the PairWise rankings showed that Ohio State had missed the NCAA tournament by the slimmest of margins, the Buckeyes on Sunday were selected for their first NCAA appearance since 2019.
The Buckeyes (20-15-3) Read More
Michigan stepped on the gas from the opening faceoff and never let up to defeat Ohio State 7-3 in a Big Ten semifinal at Yost Ice Arena in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Saturday.
The Wolverines (23-11-3) will play at Minnesota on March 18 in the title game for the automatic Read More
Defenseman Scooter Brickey, a senior transfer from Western Michigan, wasn’t in the Ohio State program at this time last season but he heard the stories and could feel the anguish of his current teammates when discussing the emptiness when the Buckeyes were upset by Penn State in the 2022 Big Read More
Resilient Penn State got a superb 55-save effort from Liam Souliere, excellent penalty killing and the benefit of a controversial call to stave elimination with a 2-1 overtime victory against Ohio State before 2,921 fans at Value City Arena on Saturday.
Kevin Wall scored the winner at 10:35 for the Read More
Ohio State is in the same position as a year ago after game one but hopes for a different outcome this time in its Big Ten best-of-three quarterfinal series.
The No. 9 Buckeyes used a four-point game from freshman Stephen Halliday to defeat No. 10 Penn State 5-1 at Value Read More
Losing twice on the road against the best team in the country that features more than a half dozen future NHLers is no disgrace, but the 4-0 and 5-2 losses at Minnesota on Friday and Saturday to end the regular season puts Ohio State on a collision course with playoff Read More
The ice wasn’t perfect but the result was when Ohio State took to the great outdoors Saturday to beat its archrival on a football field to cap a near-prefect two-game series against Michigan.
By winning 4-2 at FirstEnergy Stadium, home of the Cleveland Browns, and a 3-3 tie/shootout victory on Read More
Ohio State earned just one point in the two games at Notre Dame on Feb. 10-11, putting the Buckeyes’ quest for home-ice in the playoffs in peril.
The Fighting Irish won 2-1 in the opener before a 2-2 tie the next night, but Notre Dame received an extra conference point Read More
