It seemed like a routine, early January day for Tanner Fritz. He had just finished another morning practice with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, the AHL affiliate of the NHL’s New York Islanders. He skated, went through drills and discussed strategies with his coaches and linemates. ...

Senior weekend for the No. 6 Ohio State women’s hockey ended with a loss. The Buckeyes fell 2-1 in their last regular-season game Saturday against Bemidji State. The two goals for the Beavers were scored by senior defender Alexis Joyce, who lit the lamp in ...

Senior weekend for the Ohio State women’s hockey team started with a bang. No. 6 Ohio State (21-8-4, 14-5-4 WCHA) took the ice Friday against Bemidji State (13-17-3, 8-13-2 WCHA) at the OSU Ice Rink, where it dominated the Beavers, 4-0. The women’s hockey team ...

The No. 6 Ohio State men’s hockey team (15-5-4, 8-5-1-0 Big Ten) split its weekend series against No. 13 Penn State (13-8-3, 6-5-3-2 Big Ten) in State College, Pennsylvania, dropping Friday’s game 5-2 , then rebounding with a 5-1 win the next day. Game One ...

The No. 8 Ohio State women’s hockey team (15-5-4, 8-2-4 WCHA) closed a weekend series against No. 9 Robert Morris (12-6-3, 6-2-2 CHA) with a 5-2 win Saturday afternoon at the OSU Ice Rink. This was Ohio State’s first series sweep since its beat Minnesota ...

Nadine Muzerall left her interview for the women’s hockey head coaching position with Ohio State bothered. It wasn’t from anything that was said during the August 2016 meeting. She just couldn’t believe the sadness and dejection coated on the faces of two of the most ...

After losing a pair of games to then-unranked Penn State in early December, Ohio State sat in the bottom half of the Big Ten, far from the NCAA tournament. However, Ohio State responded to the defeats with red-hot play and now sits second in the ...

Numerous times throughout the season, Ohio State head coach Steve Rohlik has said his hockey team played with a “bend, don’t break” mentality. Saturday night, in the men’s hockey team’s first-ever sweep of Minnesota, that mentality led the Buckeyes to a crucial in-conference victory. “Our ...

The No. 15 Ohio State men’s hockey team (8-4-4, 3-4-1-0 in Big Ten) will continue its streak of conference play with a weekend series against No. 7 Minnesota (10-7-1, 4-5-1-1 in Big Ten) on Friday and Saturday. The Golden Gophers enter the series losing three ...

Ohio State junior forward Freddy Gerard didn’t come from a hockey-crazed town. That didn’t stop him from chasing his dream. Gerard grew up in Rocky River, Ohio, a small town in the Cleveland area. “It’s a good crowd of kids that grew up playing in ...