2022–23 Ohio State Buckeyes men's ice hockey season

2022–23 Ohio State Buckeyes
men's ice hockey season
2022–23 Ohio State Buckeyes; men's ice hockey season
Conference	Big Ten
Home ice	Value City Arena
Rankings
USCHO	#17
USA Today	#17
Record
Overall	9–6–1
Conference	4–4–0
Home	6–2–0
Road	3–4–1
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Steve Rohlik
Assistant coaches	J. B. Bittner; Luke Strand; Dustin Carlson
Captain(s)	Gustaf Westlund
Alternate captain(s)	Jaedon Leslie
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The 2022–23 Ohio State Buckeyes men's ice hockey season is the 60th season of play for the program. They will represent the Ohio State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. This season will mark the 10th in the Big Ten Conference. The Buckeyes are coached by Steve Rohlik, in his 10th season, and play their home games at Value City Arena.

Season

During the game against Michigan State on November 11, Kamil Sadlocha was given a game misconduct for yelling a racial slur at Jagger Joshua.^[1] The Big Ten supported the match penalty but, due to a lack of incontrovertible evidence, would not add any additional punishment. Because of the lack of action from either Ohio State or the Big Ten, Joshua went public with the incident a week later. Though Jagger did not name the offending player, Sadlocha was the only one to receive a match penalty in the game. After the full account of the incident was reported, the Ohio State athletic department sent Sadlocha home for an indeterminate time.^[2]

Departures

Player	Position	Nationality	Cause
Eric Cooley	Forward	United States	Graduation (signed with Chicago Wolves)
Grant Gabriele	Defenseman	United States	Graduation (signed with Providence Bruins)
Georgii Merkulov	Forward	Russia	Signed professional contract (Boston Bruins)
Ryan O'Connell	bgcolor	Canada	Graduate transfer to Michigan Tech
Quinn Preston	Forward	United States	Graduation (signed with Toledo Walleye)
Will Riedell	Defenseman	United States	Graduation (signed with Lehigh Valley Phantoms)

Recruiting

Player	Position	Nationality	Age	Notes
Scooter Brickey	Defenseman	United States	23	Mt. Clemens, MI; transfer from Western Michigan
Davis Burnside	Forward	United States	18	La Grange, IL
Tyler Duke	Defenseman	United States	18	Strongsville, OH
John Larkin	Forward/Defenseman	United States	21	Detroit, MI

Roster

As of July 21, 2022.^[3]

No.	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
2	James Marooney	Senior	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1999-08-16	Chaska, Minnesota	Waterloo (USHL)	—
3	Cole McWard	Sophomore	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2001-06-09	Fenton, Missouri	Tri-City (USHL)	—
4	John Larkin	Freshman	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2001-01-26	Northville, Michigan	Austin (NAHL)	—
5	Tyler Duke	Freshman	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2004-07-19	Strongsville, Ohio	NTDP (USHL)	—
6	Mason Lohrei	Sophomore	D	6' 4" (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	2001-01-07	Madison, Wisconsin	Green Bay (USHL)	BOS, 58th overall 2020
7	Evan McIntyre	Junior	D	5' 10" (1.78 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	2000-10-17	Oakville, Ontario	Penticton (BCHL)	—
8	Scooter Brickey	Senior	D	6' 4" (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1999-05-27	North Lakeport, Michigan	Western Michigan (NCHC)	—
9	Dominic Vidoli	Senior	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1999-06-23	Wake Forest, North Carolina	Sioux City (USHL)	—
11	Kamil Sadlocha	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1999-04-12	Carpentersville, Illinois	Madison (USHL)	—
13	Tate Singleton	Senior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	177 lb (80 kg)	1998-09-05	West Lebanon, New Hampshire	Central Illinois (USHL)	—
14	Dalton Messina	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1998-03-29	Macomb, Michigan	Youngstown (USHL)	—
15	Cam Thiesing	Sophomore	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	2001-03-26	Nashville, Tennessee	Green Bay (USHL)	—
17	Mark Cheremeta	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1999-07-12	Parkland, Florida	Dubuque (USHL)	—
18	Michael Gildon	Junior	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	2001-06-21	Plano, Texas	NTDP (USHL)	—
19	Stephen Halliday	Freshman	F	6' 4" (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	2002-07-02	Glenwood, Maryland	Dubuque (USHL)	OTT, 104th overall 2022
20	Matt Cassidy	Senior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	1999-07-31	Medford, New Jersey	Youngstown (USHL)	—
21	Joe Dunlap	Junior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1999-11-30	Windham, New Hampshire	Fargo (USHL)	—
23	Davis Burnside	Freshman	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	2003-09-22	Scottsdale, Arizona	Dubuque (USHL)	—
26	Jaedon Leslie (A)	Senior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	1998-08-04	St. Albert, Alberta	Fort McMurray (AJHL)	—
28	Jake Wise	Graduate	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2000-02-28	Reading, Massachusetts	Boston University (HEA)	CHI, 69th overall 2018
29	Gustaf Westlund (C)	Graduate	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1997-12-12	Stockholm, Sweden	Lincoln (USHL)	—
30	Ryan Snowden	Senior	G	6' 3" (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1998-03-06	Lincoln University, Pennsylvania	Central Illinois (USHL)	—
34	Reilly Herbst	Sophomore	G	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2000-02-17	Niwot, Colorado	Omaha (USHL)	—
44	Jakub Dobeš	Sophomore	G	6' 4" (1.93 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	2001-05-27	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Omaha (USHL)	MTL, 136th overall 2020
65	C. J. Regula	Senior	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1998-05-29	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan	Shreveport (NAHL)	—
71	Patrick Guzzo	Junior	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	2001-11-27	Marysville, Michigan	Waterloo (USHL)	—
94	Travis Treloar	Junior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	177 lb (80 kg)	2001-05-12	Kalmar, Sweden	Lincoln (USHL)	—

Standings

2022–23 Big Ten ice hockey Standings v t e
	Conference record										Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	3/SW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#2 Minnesota †	24	19	4	1	2	1	0	57	106	50	40	29	10	1	168	90
#3 Michigan *	24	12	10	2	3	3	0	38	82	79	41	26	12	3	171	128
#7 Ohio State	24	11	11	2	0	0	1	36	69	63	40	21	16	3	131	101
Notre Dame	24	10	10	4	2	0	3	35	52	60	37	16	16	5	85	97
#19 Michigan State	24	10	12	2	1	1	2	34	65	80	38	18	18	2	107	115
#8 Penn State	24	10	13	1	0	3	0	34	71	75	39	22	16	1	129	106
Wisconsin	24	6	18	0	0	0	0	18	54	92	36	13	23	0	94	126
Championship: March 18, 2023 † 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
October 1	7:00 PM	at Mercyhurst*	#16	Mercyhurst Ice Center • Erie, Pennsylvania	FloHockey	Dobeš	W 4–2	1,500	1–0–0
October 2	4:00 PM	at Mercyhurst*	#16	Mercyhurst Ice Center • Erie, Pennsylvania	FloHockey	Dobeš	W 4–2	716	2–0–0
October 7	7:00 PM	Wisconsin	#14	Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio		Dobeš	W 3–1	3,519	3–0–0 (1–0–0)
October 8	5:00 PM	Wisconsin	#14	Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio		Dobeš	W 4–3	3,041	4–0–0 (2–0–0)
October 14	7:05 PM	at #17 Connecticut*	#11	XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut	ESPN+	Dobeš	T 0–0 ^OT	2,850	4–0–1
October 15	4:05 PM	at #17 Connecticut*	#11	XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut	ESPN+	Dobeš	L 1–6	2,735	4–1–1
October 20	7:00 PM	Bentley*	#16	Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio		Dobeš	W 9–2	2,611	5–1–1
October 21	7:00 PM	Bentley*	#16	Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio		Dobeš	W 3–1	3,005	6–1–1
October 28	6:30 PM	#1 Minnesota	#11	Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio	BTN	Dobeš	W 6–4	3,242	7–1–1 (3–0–0)
October 29	5:00 PM	#1 Minnesota	#11	Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio	BTN+	Dobeš	L 2–4	3,336	7–2–1 (3–1–0)
November 10	7:00 PM	at Michigan State	#10	Munn Ice Arena • East Lansing, Michigan	BTN+	Dobeš	L 2–4	4,609	7–3–1 (3–2–0)
November 11	7:00 PM	at Michigan State	#10	Munn Ice Arena • East Lansing, Michigan	BTN+	Dobeš	L 3–4	6,387	7–4–1 (3–3–0)
November 18	7:00 PM	#20 Notre Dame	#12	Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio	BTN+	Dobeš	W 5–2	6,019	8–4–1 (4–3–0)
November 19	5:00 PM	#20 Notre Dame	#12	Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio	BTN+	Dobeš	L 0–1	4,381	8–5–1 (4–4–0)
November 25	7:45 PM	at Long Island*	#12	Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York	ESPN+	Dobeš	L 2–3	526	8–6–1
November 26	8:00 PM	at Long Island*	#12	Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York	ESPN+	Dobeš	W 4–1	516	9–6–1
December 2	7:00 PM	at #6 Penn State	#17	Pegula Ice Arena • University Park, Pennsylvania	BTN+
December 3	TBA	at #6 Penn State	#17	Pegula Ice Arena • University Park, Pennsylvania	BTN+
December 16	7:07 PM	at Bowling Green*		Slater Family Ice Arena • Bowling Green, Ohio	FloHockey
December 17	7:00 PM	Bowling Green*		Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio	BTN
January 6	7:00 PM	Michigan State		Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio	BTN+
January 7	4:00 PM	Michigan State		Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio	BTN
January 13	6:30 PM	at Michigan		Yost Ice Arena • Ann Arbor, Michigan	BTN+
January 14	4:30 PM	at Michigan		Yost Ice Arena • Ann Arbor, Michigan	BTN
January 20	8:00 PM	at Wisconsin		Kohl Center • Madison, Wisconsin	BSGL, BSW
January 21	8:00 PM	at Wisconsin		Kohl Center • Madison, Wisconsin	BSGL, BSW+
February 3	7:00 PM	Penn State		Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio	BTN+
February 4	6:30 PM	Penn State		Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio	BTN
February 10	7:30 PM	at Notre Dame		Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana	Peacock
February 11	6:00 PM	at Notre Dame		Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana	Peacock
February 16	TBA	Michigan		Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio	BTN+
February 18	4:00 PM	vs. Michigan		FirstEnergy Stadium • Cleveland, Ohio (Faceoff on the Lake)	BTN
February 24	9:00 PM	at Minnesota		3M Arena at Mariucci • Minneapolis, Minnesota	ESPNU
February 25	5:30 PM	at Minnesota		3M Arena at Mariucci • Minneapolis, Minnesota	BTN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. Source:^[4]

Scoring statistics

Goaltending statistics

Rankings

Poll	Week
Poll	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 (Final)
USCHO.com	16	14	11	16	11	9	10	12	12	17
USA Today	18	14	11	16	11	9	11	13	12	17

References

^ "Michigan State's Joshua accuses Ohio State player of racial slur; Big Ten, MSU issue statements". USCHO. November 22, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
^ "Ohio State's Kamil Sadlocha 'Returning Home' After Alleged Racist Slur". The Hockey News. November 23, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
^ "2022–23 Roster". Ohio State Buckeyes. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
^ "Men's Ice Hockey SCHEDULE". Ohio State Buckeyes. Retrieved September 15, 2022.

External links

[1] "Michigan State's Joshua accuses Ohio State player of racial slur; Big Ten, MSU issue statements". USCHO. November 22, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.

[2] "Ohio State's Kamil Sadlocha 'Returning Home' After Alleged Racist Slur". The Hockey News. November 23, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.

[3] "2022–23 Roster". Ohio State Buckeyes. Retrieved August 18, 2017.

[4] "Men's Ice Hockey SCHEDULE". Ohio State Buckeyes. Retrieved September 15, 2022.

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Playing venues	OSU Ice Rink (1963–1998) Value City Arena (1998–present)
Head coaches	Tom Bedecki (1963–1965) Glen Sonmor (1965–1966) Harry Neale (1966–1970) Dave Chambers (1970–1972) Gerald Walford (1972–1975) Jerry Welsh (1975–1995) John Markell (1995–2010) Mark Osiecki (2010–2013) Steve Rohlik (2013–present)
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Conference affiliations	CCHA (1971–1973, 1975–2013) Big Ten (2013–present)
Culture & lore	Frozen Tundra Hockey Classic Ohio Hockey Classic Faceoff on the Lake
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Paul Pooley (270 Points) Paul Pooley (114 Goals) Mike Betz (73 Wins)
Frozen Four appearances	1998 2018
NCAA Tournament appearances	1998 1999 2003 2004 2005 2009 2017 2018 2023
Conference Tournament titles	CCHA: 1972 2004
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