NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame hockey team will load the buses and head to Columbus, Ohio, this weekend for a pair of contests against Ohio State University, Nov. 18-19. The tilts will mark the third-straight weekend the 20th-ranked Irish have gone head-to-head for a top-20 matchup as they are set to take on the 12th-ranked Buckeyes.
Puck drop at Value Center Arena inside the Schottenstein Center is set for 7 p.m. Friday night before a 5 p.m. start the following evening to conclude the weekend series.
QUICK HITS
- In their most recent series, the Irish split a pair of home tilts with third-ranked Michigan. After dropping night one’s contest, Note Dame bounced back to defeat the Wolverines in overtime Saturday for the weekend split.
- Ten individuals highlighted the box score for the Irish over the weekend, including Nick Leivermann and Chayse Primeau with two points off a goal and an assist.
- Niko Jovanovic made his collegiate debut in game two of the series, picking up his first career point with an assist on the team’s first goal of the night.
- Grant Silianoff net his first game-winner of the year with a goal in the overtime session to secure the split.
- The Irish are now 5-5-2 on the season and 2-3-1 in Big Ten Conference play.
NOTRE DAME vs. OHIO STATE
- Last season the Irish and Buckeyes split their season series, with both teams picking up a win on the road.
- All-time in Columbus, the Irish trail by a narrow 19-21-7 margin, looking to even the series record up this coming weekend.
- In 94 meetings between the two programs, Notre Dame sits one win above the Buckeyes, 42-41-11.
- Last season, Landon Slaggert led the team with five points (2-3-5) against the Buckeyes. His career-high three-point night (1-2-3), lifted the Irish to an overtime victory as he had a hand in each of the team’s goals that night.
- Ryder Rolston and Nick Leivermann also had success against the Buckeyes, tallying four points each in the four-game series. Rolston net two goals and two assists in his sophomore season against Ohio State while Leivermann had a goal and three assists.
- Solag Bakich net his first career goal against the Buckeyes, lighting the lamp for the first time on November 8, 2019. Rolston also scored his first collegiate point against the Buckeyes, registering an assist on December 12, 2020.