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2023–24 Ohio State Buckeyes men's ice hockey season

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2023–24 Ohio State Buckeyes
men's ice hockey season
Conference7th Big Ten
Home iceValue City Arena
Rankings
USCHONR
USA HockeyNR
Record
Overall14–20–4
Conference4–18–2
Home8–8–2
Road6–12–2
Coaches and captains
Head coachSteve Rohlik
Assistant coachesJ. B. Bittner
Paul Kirtland
Nate Guenin
Captain(s)Scooter Brickley
Patrick Guzzo
Alternate captain(s)Matt Cassidy
Cam Theising
Ohio State Buckeyes men's ice hockey seasons
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The 2023–24 Ohio State Buckeyes men's ice hockey season was the 61st season for the program and 11th season in the Big Ten Conference. The Buckeyes represented the Ohio State University in the 2023-24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, played their home games at Value City Arena and were coached by Steve Rohlik in his 11th season.

Season

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After falling to the Quinnipiac Bobcats in the second round of the 2023 NCAA Division tournament, the Buckeyes looked to build upon the success they had in previous seasons.

Although the Buckeyes brought in 16 new players through either the transfer portal or out of high school, they still went into the season losing some big names. Among these were goaltender Jakub Dobeš, who had served as the starter for the previous two seasons, and captain Gustaf Westlund. They also lost defensemen Cole McWard and Mason Lohrei to professional contracts. The departures highlighted a successful period in Buckeye hockey in terms of recruitment and regular season success. Among notable additions to the team was transfer Jake Dunlap, who joined his brother Joe Dunlap on the Buckeyes.

As expected, the Buckeyes started off in the middle of the pack in the rankings, being ranked 13th and 15th by USCHO.com and USA Hockey, respectively. Although a 3-1-3 start would allow them be ranked as high as 13th in both polls in Week 4, things would quickly get worse for the Buckeyes from there. Between November 3rd and December 9th, the Buckeyes would only win two games - non-conference games against Princeton. This would drop their record 5-8-4, including a 0-8-2 record in Big Ten play. This slide would knock them out of both USCHO.com and USA Hockey rankings by Week 6.

The Buckeyes would finally register their first season win against a Big Ten opponent on January 12, 2024 against Notre Dame. Unfortunately, this wouldn't spark anything for the team, as they would lose seven straight afterwards, all against Big Ten teams. However, after the losing streak, the Buckeyes would be rattle off three straight upset wins against the #4 ranked team, the first two against the Wisconsin Badgers, and one against the Michigan State Spartans. They would lose the final three games of the season, bringing their regular season record to 12-18-4, and an abysmal 4-18-2 in inter-conference play. It was their worst conference record since they joined the conference and worst since 1994–95.

The Buckeyes, unsurprisingly, entered the 2024 Big Ten tournament as the worst-seeded #7 team, and would face off against #2 seeded Wisconsin, who was ranked #5 overall. The Buckeyes would stun the Badgers and they won the series 2-1, moving on to face the top seeded Spartans. Despite a good effort against the top-seeded Spartans, the Buckeyes would fall 2-1, ending their season.

Departures

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Player Position Nationality Cause
Mark Cheremeta Forward  United States Transferred to Sacred Heart
Jakub Dobeš Goaltender  Czech Republic Signed professional contract (Montreal Canadiens)
Tyler Duke Defenseman  United States Transferred to Michigan
Jaedon Leslie Forward  Canada Graduate transfer to Niagara
Mason Lohrei Defenseman  United States Signed professional contract (Boston Bruins)
James Marooney Defenseman  United States Graduate transfer to St. Thomas
Cole McWard Defenseman  United States Signed professional contract (Vancouver Canucks)
Evan McIntyre Defenseman  Canada Transferred to Augustana
C. J. Regula Defenseman  United States Graduate transfer to Rensselaer
Kamil Sadlocha Forward  United States Graduation (signed with TH Unia Oświęcim)
Tate Singleton Forward  Canada Graduation (signed with Toronto Marlies)
Ryan Snowden Goaltender  United States Graduation (retired)
Travis Treloar Forward  Sweden Transferred to Quinnipiac
Dom Vidoli Defenseman  United States Graduate transfer to Omaha
Gustaf Westlund Forward  Sweden Graduation (signed with IK Oskarshamn)
Jake Wise Forward  United States Graduation (signed with Charlotte Checkers)

Recruiting

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Player Position Nationality Age Notes
Caden Brown Forward  United States 20 St. Louis, MO; transfer from Wisconsin
Damien Carfagna Defenseman  United States 20 Wood Ridge, NJ; transfer from New Hampshire
Samuel Deckhut Forward  United States 21 San Diego, CA
Jake Dunlap Forward  United States 21 Windham, NH; transfer from New Hampshire
Kristoffer Eberly Goaltender  United States 20 Pinckney, MI
Ryan Gordon Forward  United States 21 Duluth, GA
Riley Hughes Forward  United States 23 Westwood, MA; graduate transfer from Northeastern; selected 216th overall in 2018
Brent Johnson Defenseman  United States 20 Dallas, TX; transfer from North Dakota; selected 80th overall in 2021
Mason Klee Defenseman  United States 23 Morrison, CO; graduate transfer from Rensselaer
Nathan McBrayer Defenseman  United States 19 Columbus, OH
Max Montes Forward  United States 20 Waukesha, WI
William Smith Defenseman  Canada 20 Toronto, ON
Logan Terness Goaltender  Canada 21 Burnaby, BC; transfer from Connecticut
Theo Wallberg Defenseman  Sweden 19 Stockholm, SWE; selected 168th overall in 2022
Thomas Weis Forward  United States 21 Madison, WI

Roster

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As of July 6, 2023.[1]

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
1 British Columbia Logan Terness Junior G 6' 0" (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2002-09-01 North Vancouver, British Columbia UConn (HEA)
2 Ohio Nathan McBrayer Freshman D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 173 lb (78 kg) 2004-05-11 Columbus, Ohio Muskegon (USHL)
4 Michigan John Larkin Sophomore D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2001-01-26 Northville, Michigan Austin (NAHL)
6 Colorado Mason Klee Graduate D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1999-10-04 Morrison, Colorado RPI (ECAC)
7 Texas Brent Johnson Junior D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2003-03-20 Dallas, Texas North Dakota (NCHC) WSH, 80th overall 2021
8 Michigan Scooter Brickey (C) Graduate D 6' 4" (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1999-05-27 Burtchville, Michigan Western Michigan (NCHC)
9 Massachusetts Riley Hughes Graduate F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2000-06-27 Westwood, Massachusetts Northeastern (ECAC) NYR, 216th overall 2018
10 Wisconsin Thomas Weis Freshman F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 2002-02-08 Madison, Wisconsin Madison (USHL)
12 Missouri Caden Brown Junior D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2003-06-22 St. Louis, Missouri Waterloo (USHL)
14 Michigan Dalton Messina Graduate F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1998-03-29 Macomb, Michigan Youngstown (USHL)
15 Tennessee Cam Thiesing (A) Junior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 184 lb (83 kg) 2001-03-26 Nashville, Tennessee Green Bay (USHL)
16 Wisconsin Max Montes Freshman F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 2003-09-01 Waukesha, Wisconsin Dubuque (USHL)
18 Texas Michael Gildon Senior F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 2001-06-21 Plano, Texas NTDP (USHL)
19 Maryland Stephen Halliday Sophomore F 6' 4" (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 2002-07-02 Glenwood, Maryland Dubuque (USHL) OTT, 104th overall 2022
20 New Jersey Matt Cassidy (A) Graduate F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 1999-07-31 Medford, New Jersey Youngstown (USHL)
21 New Hampshire Joe Dunlap Senior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-11-30 Windham, New Hampshire Fargo (USHL)
23 Arizona Davis Burnside Sophomore F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 176 lb (80 kg) 2003-09-22 Scottsdale, Arizona Dubuque (USHL)
25 California Sam Deckhut Freshman F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 2002-04-02 San Diego, California Sioux City (USHL)
28 Ontario William Smith Freshman D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 2003-03-29 Toronto, Ontario Omaha (USHL)
29 Georgia (U.S. state) Ryan Gordon Freshman F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2002-05-05 Duluth, Georgia Sioux Falls (USHL)
34 Colorado Reilly Herbst Junior G 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2000-02-17 Niwot, Colorado Omaha (USHL)
44 Sweden Theo Wallberg Freshman D 6' 5" (1.96 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 2003-12-04 Stockholm, Sweden Dubuque (USHL) OTT, 168th overall 2022
60 Michigan Kristoffer Eberly Freshman G 6' 4" (1.93 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 2002-12-10 Pinckney, Michigan Green Bay (USHL)
71 Michigan Patrick Guzzo (C) Senior F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 2001-11-27 Marysville, Michigan Waterloo (USHL)
91 New Hampshire Jake Dunlap Sophomore F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2001-12-05 Windham, New Hampshire New Hampshire (HEA)
93 New Jersey Damien Carfagna Sophomore D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2002-12-12 Wood-Ridge, New Jersey New Hampshire (HEA)

Standings

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Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL 3/SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#5 Michigan State †* 24 16 6 2 0 1 1 52 92 69 38 25 10 3 147 117
#11 Wisconsin 24 16 7 1 2 2 1 50 81 57 40 26 12 2 128 81
#7 Minnesota 24 13 7 4 3 1 0 41 80 65 39 23 11 5 135 100
#4 Michigan 24 11 11 2 1 1 1 36 85 77 41 23 15 3 169 125
Notre Dame 24 9 13 2 0 1 1 31 66 62 36 15 19 2 101 98
Penn State 24 7 14 3 0 1 2 27 62 92 36 15 18 3 113 130
Ohio State 24 4 18 2 1 0 2 15 50 94 38 14 20 4 100 124
Championship: March 23, 2024
† indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated April 11, 2024

Schedule and results

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Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Decision Result Attendance Record
Regular Season
October 7 7:00 pm at Mercyhurst* #13 Mercyhurst Ice CenterErie, Pennsylvania FloHockey Terness W 4–3  2,050 1–0–0
October 13 7:00 pm Lindenwood* #14 Value City ArenaColumbus, Ohio   Terness W 4–2  2,853 2–0–0
October 14 7:00 pm Lindenwood* #14 Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio   Terness T 2–2 OT 2,901 2–0–1
October 20 6:00 pm at #7 Michigan #13 Yost Ice ArenaAnn Arbor, Michigan BTN Terness L 1–7  5,800 2–1–1 (0–1–0)
October 21 7:00 pm at #7 Michigan #13 Yost Ice Arena • Ann Arbor, Michigan BTN+ Terness T 2–2 SOW 5,800 2–1–2 (0–1–1)
October 27 8:07 pm at #20 Omaha* #16 Baxter ArenaOmaha, Nebraska   Terness T 2–2 OT 6,402 2–1–3
October 28 8:07 pm at #20 Omaha* #16 Baxter Arena • Omaha, Nebraska   Terness W 4–0 OT 6,254 3–1–3
November 3 7:00 pm #12 Michigan State #13 Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio BTN+ Terness L 0–6  4,407 3–2–3 (0–2–1)
November 4 5:00 pm #12 Michigan State #13 Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio BTN+ Terness L 4–6  5,121 3–3–3 (0–3–1)
November 10 7:30 pm at Notre Dame #19 Compton Family Ice ArenaNotre Dame, Indiana Peacock Terness L 1–4  5,120 3–4–3 (0–4–1)
November 11 6:00 pm at Notre Dame #19 Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana Peacock Terness L 0–3  5,183 3–5–3 (0–5–1)
November 24 5:00 pm Princeton* Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio   Terness W 6–3  4,355 4–5–3
November 25 5:00 pm Princeton* Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio   Terness W 4–3  3,010 5–5–3
December 1 8:00 pm at #6 Wisconsin Kohl CenterMadison, Wisconsin BTN+ Terness L 0–3  9,859 5–6–3 (0–6–1)
December 2 9:00 pm at #6 Wisconsin Kohl Center • Madison, Wisconsin BTN+ Terness L 1–6  9,720 5–7–3 (0–7–1)
December 8 6:30 pm #10 Minnesota Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio BTN Eberly L 4–5  4,376 5–8–3 (0–8–1)
December 9 8:00 pm #10 Minnesota Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio BTN Eberly T 1–1 SOW 4,140 5–8–4 (0–8–2)
December 30 5:00 pm Mercyhurst* Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio   Eberly W 5–3  5,096 6–8–4
January 5 7:00 pm Bowling Green* Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio   Eberly W 6–2  5,050 7–8–4
January 6 7:07 pm at Bowling Green* Slater Family Ice ArenaBowling Green, Ohio FloHockey Terness W 4–2  5,000 8–8–4
January 12 7:00 pm Notre Dame Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio BTN Terness W 3–2  5,762 9–8–4 (1–8–2)
January 13 7:00 pm Notre Dame Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio BTN Eberly L 2–5  6,566 9–9–4 (1–9–2)
January 19 8:00 pm at #10 Minnesota 3M Arena at MariucciMinneapolis, Minnesota Fox 9, BTN+ Terness L 2–5  10,037 9–10–4 (1–10–2)
January 20 8:00 pm at #10 Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci • Minneapolis, Minnesota BTN Terness L 3–6  9,594 9–11–4 (1–11–2)
January 26 7:00 pm at Penn State Pegula Ice ArenaUniversity Park, Pennsylvania BTN+ Eberly L 3–4  6,533 9–12–4 (1–12–2)
January 27 6:00 pm at Penn State Pegula Ice Arena • University Park, Pennsylvania BTN+ Eberly L 3–4  6,578 9–13–4 (1–13–2)
February 2 7:00 pm #12 Michigan Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio BTN+ Terness L 2–4  8,131 9–14–4 (1–14–2)
February 3 8:00 pm #12 Michigan Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio BTN Eberly L 1–4  8,789 9–15–4 (1–15–2)
February 16 7:00 pm #4 Wisconsin Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio BTN+ Terness W 3–2 OT 6,353 10–15–4 (2–15–2)
February 17 4:30 pm #4 Wisconsin Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio BTN Eberly W 3–1  6,764 11–15–4 (3–15–2)
February 23 7:00 pm at #4т Michigan State Munn Ice ArenaEast Lansing, Michigan BTN+ Terness W 6–2  6,555 12–15–4 (4–15–2)
February 24 6:00 pm at #4т Michigan State Munn Ice Arena • East Lansing, Michigan BTN+ Eberly L 2–5  6,555 12–16–4 (4–16–2)
March 1 6:00 pm Penn State Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio BTN Terness L 2–5  6,275 12–17–4 (4–17–2)
March 2 5:00 pm Penn State Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio BTN+ Terness L 1–2  5,821 12–18–4 (4–18–2)
Big Ten Tournament
March 8 8:00 pm at #5 Wisconsin* Kohl CenterMadison, Wisconsin (Quarterfinal Game 1) BTN+ Terness W 3–1  8,873 13–18–4
March 9 7:00 pm at #5 Wisconsin* Kohl CenterMadison, Wisconsin (Quarterfinal Game 2) BTN+ Eberly L 2–4  10,837 13–19–4
March 10 6:00 pm at #5 Wisconsin* Kohl CenterMadison, Wisconsin (Quarterfinal Game 3) BTN+ Terness W 3–1  7,994 14–19–4
March 16 6:30 pm at #4 Michigan State* Munn Ice Arena • East Lansing, Michigan (Semifinal) BTN Terness L 1–2  6,555 14–20–4
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.
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Scoring statistics

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Name Position Games Goals Assists Points PIM
Stephen Halliday C 38 10 26 36 30
Scooter Brickey D 37 13 13 26 32
Davis Burnside F 38 9 17 26 32
Theo Wallberg D 38 2 19 21 16
Max Montes F 37 9 9 18 17
Cam Thiesing C 31 9 7 16 55
Patrick Guzzo C 38 8 7 15 15
Dalton Messina F 38 6 8 14 20
Brent Johnson D 37 5 8 13 8
Thomas Weis C 37 4 7 11 33
Michael Gildon LW 34 5 5 10 27
Cade Brown C 24 4 6 10 6
Joseph Dunlap F 13 3 5 8 40
Jake Dunlap F 33 3 5 8 40
Nathan McBrayer D 34 0 7 7 8
Sam Deckhut C 29 3 3 6 2
Damien Carfagna D 34 2 4 6 10
Riley Hughes RW 23 1 4 5 19
William Smith D 32 1 4 5 22
Mason Klee D 38 1 4 5 25
Ryan Gordon C 30 1 2 3 4
John Larkin D 3 1 0 1 6
Reilly Herbst G 2 0 0 0 0
Kristoffer Eberly G 14 0 0 0 0
Matt Cassidy RW 24 0 0 0 24
Logan Terness G 27 0 0 0 0
Total 100 170 270 464

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Goaltending statistics

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Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
Kristoffer Eberly 15 725:25 3 8 1 36 368 0 .911 2.98
Logan Terness 27 1529:14 11 12 3 79 741 1 .904 3.10
Reilly Herbst 3 24:27 0 0 0 3 13 0 .813 7.36
Empty Net - 25:32 - - - 6 - - - -
Total 38 2304:38 14 20 4 124 1122 1 .900 3.23

Rankings

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Poll Week
Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 (Final)
USCHO.com 13 14 13 16 13 19 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
USA Hockey 15 14 13 15 13 19 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 11 and 25.[4]
Note: USA Hockey did not release a poll in week 12.

Awards and honors

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Player Award Ref
Scooter Brickey Big Ten Second Team [5]
Round Pick Player NHL team
5 148 Noah Powell Detroit Red Wings

† incoming freshman [6]

References

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  1. ^ "2023–24 Roster". Ohio State Buckeyes. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
  2. ^ "Men's Ice Hockey SCHEDULE". Ohio State Buckeyes. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  3. ^ "Ohio State Univ. 2023-2024 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  4. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  5. ^ "Big Ten Conference Announces Hockey Postseason Awards". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 19, 2024. Archived from the original on March 19, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  6. ^ "NCAA player rankings, selections in 2024 NHL Draft". USCHO.com. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
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