Buckeyes Host Home Opener Against St. Cloud State

No. 1/1 Ohio State vs. St. Cloud State

Date: Oct. 7/8, 2022
Time: 6 p.m. ET/ 3 p.m. ET
Venue: OSU Ice Rink
Watch on B1G+: Friday | Saturday
Reside Stats: StatBroadcast
Recreation Notes: Ohio State
Rosters: Ohio State | St. Cloud State

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 1/1 Ohio State ladies’s hockey crew hosts its residence opener this weekend because it welcomes St. Cloud State to Columbus. The Buckeyes (2-0-0, 2-0-0 WCHA) and Huskies (2-0-0, 0-0-0 WCHA) will face off at 6 p.m. Friday and three p.m. Saturday on the OSU Ice Rink.

The video games might be streamed on B1G+ ($), the official streaming companion of the WCHA. Admission to Buckeye ladies’s hockey video games is free and no ticket buy is required. Parking is free within the tons on the north aspect of the rink.

Buckeyes in a Nutshell

• Pregame recognitions will occur prior to every contest this weekend. On Friday, the Buckeyes will acknowledge 2022 Olympian and gold medalist Emma Maltais. On Saturday, a celebration of the 2022 nationwide championship victory might be held following on-ice warmups.
• Ohio State continues to be rated No. 1 in each the USCHO.com and USA Right now/USA Hockey Journal Polls. The crew has now earned the highest rating for 4 weeks this yr.
• With the season-opening sweep of Minnesota State, the Buckeyes have prolonged their program-record win streak to 12 video games. The streak dates again to Feb. 12 when the crew defeated Bemidji State, 8-1.
• Main Ohio State in factors after the primary weekend are Jenn Gardiner, Emma Maltais and Gabby Rosenthal with three factors every.
• Gardiner and Rosenthal lead the Buckeyes with two targets apiece. Gardiner tallied the game-winning aim within the 2-1 win over Minnesota State whereas Rosenthal recorded the Buckeyes’ first aim of the yr and the crew’s game-tying aim. The subsequent day, roles had been reversed with Rosenthal scoring the game-winner and Gardiner including the tying aim.
• Maltais has dished a team-high three assists on the yr. In her first sport again for the reason that 2020-21 season, she added an apple on the crew’s first aim of the season after which assisted the ultimate two targets of sport two towards Minnesota State. She is tied with 11 different gamers nationally in assists per sport with 1.50.
• In residence openers, the Buckeyes are 11-10-2 all-time. The Buckeyes have gained 5 of its six residence openers with Nadine Muzerall on the helm.
• Goaltender Amanda Thiele earned the beginning in Ohio State’s first two video games of the season. The junior completed the weekend with a .865 save proportion and made 32 stops for her crew.

UP NEXT

• Ohio State performs three of the remaining 4 weekends of October in Columbus.
• Following this weekend’s matchup towards St. Cloud State, the Buckeyes head to Bemidji State Oct. 15-16. The crew is then again residence for residence collection towards Minnesota Duluth on Oct. 21-22 and Minnesota Oct. 28-29.

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