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

2020–21 Ohio State Buckeyes
men's ice hockey season
2020–21 Ohio State Buckeyes; men's ice hockey season
Conference	6th Big Ten
Home ice	Value City Arena
Rankings
USCHO	NR
USA Today	NR
Record
Overall	7–19–1
Conference	6–16–0–0–2–0
Home	5–10–1
Road	2–8–0
Neutral	0–1–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Steve Rohlik
Assistant coaches	Steve 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.	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
2	James Marooney	Sophomore	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1999-08-16	Chaska, Minnesota	Waterloo (USHL)	—
3	Collin Peters	Senior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1997-02-05	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	Lincoln (USHL)	—
4	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	Evan McIntyre	Freshman	D	5' 10" (1.78 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	2000-10-17	Oakville, Ontario	Penticton (BCHL)	—
8	Eugene Fadyeyev	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1997-10-08	Kyiv, Ukraine	Madison (USHL)	—
9	Dominic Vidoli	Sophomore	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1999-06-23	Wake Forest, North Carolina	Sioux City (USHL)	—
11	Kamil Sadlocha	Sophomore (RS)	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1999-04-12	Carpentersville, Illinois	Madison (USHL)	—
12	Austin Pooley (C)	Senior	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1996-07-31	Dublin, Ohio	Youngstown (USHL)	—
13	Tate Singleton	Sophomore	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	177 lb (80 kg)	1998-09-05	West Lebanon, New Hampshire	Central Illinois (USHL)	—
14	Dalton Messina	Sophomore	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1998-03-29	Macomb, Michigan	Youngstown (USHL)	—
16	Quinn Preston (A)	Junior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1997-10-21	Trenton, Michigan	Dubuque (USHL)	—
17	Mark Cheremeta	Sophomore	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1999-07-12	Parkland, Florida	Dubuque (USHL)	—
18	Michael Gildon	Freshman (RS)	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	2001-06-21	Plano, Texas	USNTDP (USHL)	—
19	Matthew Jennings	Junior	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	173 lb (78 kg)	1997-06-07	Buford, Georgia	Green Bay (USHL)	—
20	Matt Cassidy	Sophomore	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	1999-07-31	Medford, New Jersey	Youngstown (USHL)	—
21	Joe Dunlap	Freshman	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1999-11-30	Windham, New Hampshire	Fargo (USHL)	—
24	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	Jaedon Leslie	Sophomore	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	1998-08-04	St. Albert, Alberta	Fort McMurray (AJHL)	—
29	Gustaf Westlund (A)	Junior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1997-12-12	Stockholm, Sweden	Lincoln (USHL)	—
30	Ryan Snowden	Sophomore	G	6' 3" (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1998-03-06	Lincoln University, Pennsylvania	Central Illinois (USHL)	—
31	Evan Moyse	Senior	G	6' 2" (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1996-06-18	Olmsted Falls, Ohio	Wichita Falls (NAHL)	—
37	Tommy Nappier	Senior	G	6' 3" (1.91 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1998-06-22	St. Louis, Missouri	Omaha (USHL)	—
61	Grant Gabriele (A)	Senior	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	1997-04-17	Brighton, Michigan	Waterloo (USHL)	—
65	C. J. Regula	Sophomore	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1998-05-29	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan	Shreveport (NAHL)	—
71	Patrick Guzzo	Freshman	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	2001-11-27	Marysville, Michigan	Waterloo (USHL)	—
74	Ryan Dickinson	Freshman	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1999-09-29	Brighton, Michigan	Shreveport (NAHL)	—
94	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 v t e
	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

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 (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

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

External links

[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.

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v t e Ohio State Buckeyes men's ice hockey
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)
Seasons	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
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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