2020–21 Ohio State Buckeyes men's ice hockey season

2020–21 Ohio State Buckeyes
men's ice hockey season
Conference6th Big Ten
Home iceValue City Arena
Rankings
USCHONR
USA TodayNR
Record
Overall7–19–1
Conference6–16–0–0–2–0
Home5–10–1
Road2–8–0
Neutral0–1–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachSteve Rohlik
Assistant coachesSteve Miller
J. B. Bittner
Dustin Carlson
Captain(s)Austin Pooley
Alternate captain(s)Grant Gabriele
Quinn Preston
Gustaf Westlund
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The 2020–21 Ohio State Buckeyes men's ice hockey season was the 58th season of play for the program and the 8th season in the Big Ten Conference. The Buckeyes represented the Ohio State University and were coached by Steve Rohlik, in his 8th season.

Season

As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the entire college ice hockey season was delayed. Because the NCAA had previously announced that all winter sports athletes would retain whatever eligibility they possessed through at least the following year, none of Ohio State's players would lose a season of play.[1] However, the NCAA also approved a change in its transfer regulations that would allow players to transfer and play immediately rather than having to sit out a season, as the rules previously required.[2]

Ohio State had a rather bad season. The team started with middling performances and got progressively worse as the season went along. The Buckeyes' offense was hampered by the loss of their top two scorers from the year before (through graduation) but their defense was just as poor if not worse. OSU was shut out 8 times during the season and, despite some impressive performances, averaged less than two goals per game. The team allowed an average of 3.72 goals against (only three teams averaged worse) nearly a goal and a half more than they had the year before. With both their offense and defense heading in the wrong direction, Ohio State finished with its worst record in 26 years. The team somehow managed not to finish last in the Big Ten but, after being shutout by Michigan in the conference quarterfinals, that was little consolation.

Departures

Player Position Nationality Cause
Wyatt Ege Defenseman  United States Graduation (signed with HK Nitra)
Miguel Fidler Forward  United States Graduation
Ronnie Hein Forward  United States Graduation
Tanner Laczynski Forward  United States Graduation (signed with Philadelphia Flyers)
Sam McCormick Forward  United States Graduation (signed with Jokers de Cergy)
Carson Meyer Forward  United States Graduation (signed with Cleveland Monsters)
Matt Miller Defenseman  United States Graduation (signed with Wheeling Nailers)
Gordi Myer Defenseman  United States Graduation (signed with Greenville Swamp Rabbits)

Recruiting

Player Position Nationality Age Notes
Matt Cassidy Forward  United States 21 Medford, NJ; transfer from Quinnipiac
Mark Cheremeta Forward  United States 21 Parkland, FL; transfer from Boston University
Ryan Dickinson Defenseman  United States 21 Brighton, MI
Joe Dunlap Forward  United States 20 Windham, NH
Patrick Guzzo Forward  United States 18 Marysville, MI
Evan McIntyre Defenseman  Canada 19 Oakville, ON
Travis Treloar Forward  Sweden 19 Kalmar, SWE
Dominic Vidoli Defenseman  United States 21 Strongsville, OH; transfer from Boston University

Roster

As of September 17, 2020.[3]

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
2 Minnesota James Marooney Sophomore D 5' 9" (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1999-08-16 Chaska, Minnesota Waterloo (USHL) —
3 Wisconsin Collin Peters Senior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1997-02-05 Sheboygan, Wisconsin Lincoln (USHL) —
4 British Columbia Layton Ahac Sophomore D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2001-02-22 North Vancouver, British Columbia Prince George (BCHL) VGK, 86th overall 2019
7 Ontario Evan McIntyre Freshman D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 174 lb (79 kg) 2000-10-17 Oakville, Ontario Penticton (BCHL) —
8 Ukraine Eugene Fadyeyev Senior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1997-10-08 Kyiv, Ukraine Madison (USHL) —
9 North Carolina Dominic Vidoli Sophomore D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1999-06-23 Wake Forest, North Carolina Sioux City (USHL) —
11 Illinois Kamil Sadlocha Sophomore (RS) F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-04-12 Carpentersville, Illinois Madison (USHL) —
12 Ohio Austin Pooley (C) Senior F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1996-07-31 Dublin, Ohio Youngstown (USHL) —
13 New Hampshire Tate Singleton Sophomore F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 177 lb (80 kg) 1998-09-05 West Lebanon, New Hampshire Central Illinois (USHL) —
14 Michigan Dalton Messina Sophomore F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1998-03-29 Macomb, Michigan Youngstown (USHL) —
16 Michigan Quinn Preston (A) Junior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 1997-10-21 Trenton, Michigan Dubuque (USHL) —
17 Florida Mark Cheremeta Sophomore F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-07-12 Parkland, Florida Dubuque (USHL) —
18 Texas Michael Gildon Freshman (RS) F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 2001-06-21 Plano, Texas USNTDP (USHL) —
19 Georgia (U.S. state) Matthew Jennings Junior F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 173 lb (78 kg) 1997-06-07 Buford, Georgia Green Bay (USHL) —
20 New Jersey Matt Cassidy Sophomore F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 1999-07-31 Medford, New Jersey Youngstown (USHL) —
21 New Hampshire Joe Dunlap Freshman F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-11-30 Windham, New Hampshire Fargo (USHL) —
24 Ontario Ryan O'Connell Junior D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-04-25 Manotick, Ontario Penticton (BCHL) TOR, 203rd overall 2017
26 Alberta Jaedon Leslie Sophomore F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 1998-08-04 St. Albert, Alberta Fort McMurray (AJHL) —
29 Sweden Gustaf Westlund (A) Junior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1997-12-12 Stockholm, Sweden Lincoln (USHL) —
30 Pennsylvania Ryan Snowden Sophomore G 6' 3" (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1998-03-06 Lincoln University, Pennsylvania Central Illinois (USHL) —
31 Ohio Evan Moyse Senior G 6' 2" (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1996-06-18 Olmsted Falls, Ohio Wichita Falls (NAHL) —
37 Missouri Tommy Nappier Senior G 6' 3" (1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1998-06-22 St. Louis, Missouri Omaha (USHL) —
61 Michigan Grant Gabriele (A) Senior D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 197 lb (89 kg) 1997-04-17 Brighton, Michigan Waterloo (USHL) —
65 Michigan C. J. Regula Sophomore D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1998-05-29 Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Shreveport (NAHL) —
71 Michigan Patrick Guzzo Freshman F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 2001-11-27 Marysville, Michigan Waterloo (USHL) —
74 Michigan Ryan Dickinson Freshman D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1999-09-29 Brighton, Michigan Shreveport (NAHL) —
94 Sweden Travis Treloar Freshman F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 177 lb (80 kg) 2001-05-12 Kalmar, Sweden Lincoln (USHL) —

Standings

2020–21 Big Ten ice hockey Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL 3/SW PTS PT% GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#8 Wisconsin † 24 17 6 1 1 1 0 52 .722 92 52 31 20 10 1 118 80
#7 Minnesota * 22 16 6 0 0 0 0 48 .727 69 44 31 24 7 0 117 64
#9 Michigan 20 11 9 0 1 0 0 32 .550 69 45 26 15 10 1 91 51
#17 Notre Dame 24 12 10 2 1 2 2 41 .542 65 53 29 14 13 2 84 78
Penn State 18 7 11 0 2 1 0 20 .389 48 68 22 10 12 0 65 81
Ohio State 22 6 16 0 0 2 0 20 .273 39 82 27 7 19 1 53 101
Michigan State 22 5 16 1 2 0 0 15 .250 32 70 27 7 18 2 40 77
Championship: March 16, 2021
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Schedule and Results

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Decision Result Attendance Record
Regular Season
November 23 8:34 PM at #8 Minnesota #10 3M Arena at Mariucci • Minneapolis, Minnesota BTN Nappier L 1–4  0 0–1–0 (0–1–0)
November 24 8:34 PM at #8 Minnesota #10 3M Arena at Mariucci • Minneapolis, Minnesota BTN Nappier L 0–2  0 0–2–0 (0–2–0)
November 28 5:30 PM vs. Michigan State #10 Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio   Nappier L 2–3 OT 0 0–3–0 (0–3–0)
November 29 5:30 PM vs. Michigan State #10 Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio   Nappier W 4–2  0 1–3–0 (1–3–0)
December 3 5:30 PM vs. #14 Wisconsin #13 Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio   Nappier W 4–2  0 2–3–0 (2–3–0)
December 4 5:32 PM vs. #14 Wisconsin #13 Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio ESPNU Nappier L 1–3  0 2–4–0 (2–4–0)
December 12 7:06 PM at #15 Notre Dame #14 Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana NBCSN Nappier L 0–3  0 2–5–0 (2–5–0)
December 13 5:06 PM at #15 Notre Dame #14 Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana NBCSN Nappier W 3–2  0 3–5–0 (3–5–0)
December 17 5:30 PM vs. Arizona State* #18 Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio   Nappier T 4–4 OT 0 3–5–1
December 18 5:30 PM vs. Arizona State* #18 Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio   Nappier L 2–3  0 3–6–1
January 8 5:30 PM vs. Penn State Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio   Nappier W 6–3  0 4–6–1 (4–5–0)
January 9 5:30 PM vs. Penn State Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio   Nappier L 2–5  0 4–7–1 (4–6–0)
January 15 5:30 PM at #9 Michigan Yost Ice Arena • Ann Arbor, Michigan   Nappier L 2–4  69 4–8–1 (4–7–0)
January 16 7:04 PM at #9 Michigan Yost Ice Arena • Ann Arbor, Michigan   Nappier L 0–5  70 4–9–1 (4–8–0)
January 23 4:00 PM at Michigan State Munn Ice Arena • East Lansing, Michigan BTN Nappier W 5–1  123 5–9–1 (5–8–0)
January 24 4:00 PM at Michigan State Munn Ice Arena • East Lansing, Michigan   Nappier L 0–2  101 5–10–1 (5–9–0)
January 29 6:04 PM vs. #4 Minnesota Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio BTN Nappier L 1–5  0 5–11–1 (5–10–0)
January 30 5:04 PM vs. #4 Minnesota Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio BTN Moyse L 2–5  0 5–12–1 (5–11–0)
February 5 4:34 PM vs. Notre Dame Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio   Nappier L 1–6  0 5–13–1 (5–12–0)
February 6 1:34 PM vs. Notre Dame Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio   Snowden L 1–8  0 5–14–1 (5–13–0)
February 19 5:30 PM vs. #7 Michigan Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio   Nappier W 3–2  0 6–14–1 (6–13–0)
February 20 5:30 PM vs. #7 Michigan Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio   Nappier L 0–6  0 6–15–1 (6–14–0)
February 26 8:04 PM at #5 Wisconsin Kohl Center • Madison, Wisconsin   Nappier L 1–2 OT 0 6–16–1 (6–15–0)
February 27 5:04 PM at #5 Wisconsin Kohl Center • Madison, Wisconsin   Nappier L 0–7  0 6–17–1 (6–16–0)
March 4 5:30 PM vs. Arizona State* Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio   Nappier W 8–3  60 7–17–1
March 5 5:30 PM vs. Arizona State* Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio   Moyse L 0–5  74 7–18–1
Big Ten Tournament
March 14 8:35 PM vs. #6 Michigan* Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana (Big Ten Quarterfinals) BTN Nappier L 0–4  119 7–19–1
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Scoring statistics

Name Position Games Goals Assists Points PIM
Travis Treloar C 25 8 12 20 4
Mark Cheremeta LW 27 5 14 19 4
Quinn Preston F 27 6 7 13 12
Grant Gabriele D 27 3 10 13 0
Tate Singleton F 27 6 5 11 10
Gustaf Westlund C 23 6 3 9 50
Layton Ahac D 27 1 8 9 21
Kamil Sadlocha C 26 4 3 7 14
Jaedon Leslie F 21 3 3 6 6
C. J. Regula D 23 2 4 6 10
Ryan O'Connell D 27 0 6 6 10
Austin Pooley C 27 3 2 5 6
Collin Peters F 22 2 3 5 63
Matt Cassidy RW 19 1 2 3 20
Evan McIntyre D 21 0 3 3 19
Patrick Guzzo C/LW 26 2 0 2 4
Michael Gildon LW 20 0 2 2 6
Joe Dunlap F 17 1 0 1 16
Ryan Dickinson D 14 0 1 1 29
Dominic Vidoli D 16 0 1 1 4
Evan Moyse G 5 0 0 0 0
Ryan Snowden G 5 0 0 0 0
Matthew Jennings C 7 0 0 0 2
James Marooney D 10 0 0 0 10
Dalton Messina F 10 0 0 0 19
Eugene Fadyeyev F 21 0 0 0 4
Tommy Nappier G 24 0 0 0 2
Bench - - - - - 12
Total 53 89 142 357

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Goaltending statistics

Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
Tommy Nappier 24 1334 7 16 1 73 700 0 .906 3.28
Evan Moyse 5 185 0 2 0 13 81 0 .862 4.21
Ryan Snowden 5 88 0 1 0 9 58 0 .866 6.14
Empty Net - 27 - - - 6 - - - -
Total 27 1629 7 19 1 101 839 0 .893 3.72

Rankings

Main article: 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings
Poll Week
Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 (Final)
USCHO.com 10 9 10 13 14 18 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR
USA Today 10 10 10 14 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

USCHO did not release a poll in week 20.[6]

References

  1. ^ "NCAA approves blanket waiver for 2020 fall sports athletes to retain year of eligibility". CBS Sports. August 21, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  2. ^ "DI Council grants waiver to allow transfer student-athletes to compete immediately". NCAA. December 16, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  3. ^ "2020–21 Roster". Ohio State Buckeyes. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
  4. ^ "Ohio State Buckeyes (Men) 2020-2021 Schedule and Results". College Hockey Stats. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  5. ^ "Ohio State Univ. 2020-2021 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  6. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.