2023–24 Ohio State Buckeyes men's ice hockey season

The 2023–24 Ohio State Buckeyes men's ice hockey season is the 61st season for the program and 11th season in the Big Ten Conference. The Buckeyes represent the Ohio State University in the 2023-24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, playing their home games at Value City Arena and are 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 Today, 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 Today 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==
Mark Cheremeta 	Forward 		Transferred to Sacred Heart
Jakub Dobeš 	Goaltender		Signed professional contract (Montreal Canadiens)
Tyler Duke 	Defenseman		Transferred to Michigan
Jaedon Leslie 	Forward 		Graduate transfer to Niagara
Mason Lohrei 	Defenseman		Signed professional contract (Boston Bruins)
James Marooney 	Defenseman		Graduate transfer to St. Thomas
Cole McWard 	Defenseman		Signed professional contract (Vancouver Canucks)
Evan McIntyre 	Defenseman		Transferred to Augustana
C. J. Regula 	Defenseman		Graduate transfer to Rensselaer
Kamil Sadlocha 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with TH Unia Oświęcim)
Tate Singleton 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Toronto Marlies)
Ryan Snowden 	Goaltender		Graduation (retired)
Travis Treloar 	Forward 		Transferred to Quinnipiac
Dom Vidoli 	Defenseman		Graduate transfer to Omaha
Gustaf Westlund	Forward 		Graduation (signed with IK Oskarshamn)
Jake Wise 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Charlotte Checkers)
==Recruiting==
Caden Brown 	Forward 		20	St. Louis, MO; transfer from Wisconsin
Damien Carfagna 	Defenseman		20	Wood Ridge, NJ; transfer from New Hampshire
Samuel Deckhut 	Forward 		21	San Diego, CA
Jake Dunlap 	Forward 		21	Windham, NH; transfer from New Hampshire
Kristoffer Eberly	Goaltender		20	Pinckney, MI
Ryan Gordon 	Forward 		21	Duluth, GA
Riley Hughes 	Forward 		23	Westwood, MA; graduate transfer from Northeastern; selected 216th overall in 2018
Brent Johnson 	Defenseman		20	Dallas, TX; transfer from North Dakota; selected 80th overall in 2021
Mason Klee 	Defenseman		23	Morrison, CO; graduate transfer from Rensselaer
Nathan McBrayer 	Defenseman		19	Columbus, OH
Max Montes 	Forward 		20	Waukesha, WI
William Smith 	Defenseman		20	Toronto, ON
Logan Terness 	Goaltender		21	Burnaby, BC; transfer from Connecticut
Theo Wallberg 	Defenseman		19	Stockholm, SWE; selected 168th overall in 2022
Thomas Weis 	Forward 		21	Madison, WI
== Roster ==
As of July 6, 2023.
== Standings ==
== Schedule and results ==
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== Scoring statistics ==
== Goaltending statistics ==
==Rankings==
Poll 	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	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 	26 	27 (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 	 	 	
USA Today	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 	 	 	
Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 11.^USA Today did not release a poll in week 12.
==References==
==External links==
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