2023–24 Ohio State Buckeyes men's ice hockey season
Ice hockey team season
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
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
Recruiting
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
As of July 6, 2023.[ 1]
No. S/P/C
Player
Class
Pos
Height
Weight
DoB
Hometown
Previous team
NHL rights
1
Logan Terness Junior
G 6' 0" (1.83 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
2002-09-01
North Vancouver, British Columbia UConn (HEA —
2
Nathan McBrayer Freshman
D 6' 0" (1.83 m)
173 lb (78 kg)
2004-05-11
Columbus, Ohio Muskegon (USHL —
4
John Larkin Sophomore
D 6' 2" (1.88 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
2001-01-26
Northville, Michigan Austin (NAHL —
6
Mason Klee Graduate
D 6' 2" (1.88 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
1999-10-04
Morrison, Colorado RPI (ECAC —
7
Brent Johnson Junior
D 6' 0" (1.83 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
2003-03-20
Dallas, Texas North Dakota (NCHC WSH 2021
8
Scooter Brickey C Graduate
D 6' 4" (1.93 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
1999-05-27
Burtchville, Michigan Western Michigan (NCHC —
9
Riley Hughes Graduate
F 6' 2" (1.88 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
2000-06-27
Westwood, Massachusetts Northeastern (ECAC NYR 2018
10
Thomas Weis Freshman
F 5' 9" (1.75 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
2002-02-08
Madison, Wisconsin Madison (USHL —
12
Caden Brown Junior
D 5' 11" (1.8 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
2003-06-22
St. Louis, Missouri Waterloo (USHL —
14
Dalton Messina Graduate
F 5' 11" (1.8 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
1998-03-29
Macomb, Michigan Youngstown (USHL —
15
Cam Thiesing A Junior
F 6' 0" (1.83 m)
184 lb (83 kg)
2001-03-26
Nashville, Tennessee Green Bay (USHL —
16
Max Montes Freshman
F 5' 8" (1.73 m)
165 lb (75 kg)
2003-09-01
Waukesha, Wisconsin Dubuque (USHL —
18
Michael Gildon Senior
F 6' 2" (1.88 m)
196 lb (89 kg)
2001-06-21
Plano, Texas NTDP (USHL —
19
Stephen Halliday Sophomore
F 6' 4" (1.93 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
2002-07-02
Glenwood, Maryland Dubuque (USHL OTT 2022
20
Matt Cassidy A Graduate
F 6' 0" (1.83 m)
187 lb (85 kg)
1999-07-31
Medford, New Jersey Youngstown (USHL —
21
Joe Dunlap Senior
F 6' 0" (1.83 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1999-11-30
Windham, New Hampshire Fargo (USHL —
23
Davis Burnside Sophomore
F 6' 0" (1.83 m)
176 lb (80 kg)
2003-09-22
Scottsdale, Arizona Dubuque (USHL —
25
Sam Deckhut Freshman
F 5' 11" (1.8 m)
186 lb (84 kg)
2002-04-02
San Diego, California Sioux City (USHL —
28
William Smith Freshman
D 6' 1" (1.85 m)
193 lb (88 kg)
2003-03-29
Toronto, Ontario Omaha (USHL —
29
Ryan Gordon Freshman
F 6' 0" (1.83 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
2002-05-05
Duluth, Georgia Sioux Falls (USHL —
34
Reilly Herbst Junior
G 6' 0" (1.83 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
2000-02-17
Niwot, Colorado Omaha (USHL —
44
Theo Wallberg Freshman
D 6' 5" (1.96 m)
203 lb (92 kg)
2003-12-04
Stockholm, Sweden Dubuque (USHL OTT 2022
60
Kristoffer Eberly Freshman
G 6' 4" (1.93 m)
208 lb (94 kg)
2002-12-10
Pinckney, Michigan Green Bay (USHL —
71
Patrick Guzzo C Senior
F 6' 3" (1.91 m)
198 lb (90 kg)
2001-11-27
Marysville, Michigan Waterloo (USHL —
91
Jake Dunlap Sophomore
F 5' 9" (1.75 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
2001-12-05
Windham, New Hampshire New Hampshire (HEA —
93
Damien Carfagna Sophomore
D 6' 0" (1.83 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
2002-12-12
Wood-Ridge, New Jersey New Hampshire (HEA —
Standings
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 championUSCHO.com Top 20 Poll ; updated April 11, 2024
Schedule and results
Date
Time
Opponent#
Rank#
Site
TV
Decision
Result
Attendance
Record
Regular Season
October 7
7:00 pm
at Mercyhurst *
#13
Mercyhurst Ice Center • Erie, Pennsylvania FloHockey
Terness
W 4–3 2,050
1–0–0
October 13
7:00 pm
Lindenwood *
#14
Value City Arena • Columbus, 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 Arena • Ann 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 Arena • Omaha, 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 Arena • Notre 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 Center • Madison, 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 Arena • Bowling 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 Mariucci • Minneapolis, 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 Arena • University 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 Arena • East 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 Center • Madison, Wisconsin (Quarterfinal Game 1)BTN+
Terness
W 3–1 8,873
13–18–4
March 9
7:00 pm
at #5 Wisconsin *
Kohl Center • Madison, Wisconsin (Quarterfinal Game 2)BTN+
Eberly
L 2–4 10,837
13–19–4
March 10
6:00 pm
at #5 Wisconsin *
Kohl Center • Madison, 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 . [ 2]
Scoring statistics
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
[ 3]
Goaltending statistics
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
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
† incoming freshman
[ 6]
References
External links
Playing venues Head coaches Seasons Conference affiliations Culture & lore All-time leaders Frozen Four appearances NCAA Tournament appearances Conference Tournament titles
