The 2023–24 Ohio State Buckeyes men's ice hockey season was the 61st season for the program and 11th season in the Big Ten Conference. The Buckeyes represented the Ohio State University in the 2023-24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, played their home games at Value City Arena and were coached by Steve Rohlik in his 11th 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 Hockey, 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 Hockey 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.
| Mark Cheremeta | Forward | Transferred to Sacred Heart | ||
| Goaltender | Signed professional contract (Montreal Canadiens) | |||
| Tyler Duke | Defenseman | Transferred to Michigan | ||
| Jaedon Leslie | Forward | Graduate transfer to Niagara | ||
| Defenseman | Signed professional contract (Boston Bruins) | |||
| James Marooney | Defenseman | Graduate transfer to St. Thomas | ||
| 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 | ||
| Forward | Graduation (signed with IK Oskarshamn) | |||
| Jake Wise | Forward | Graduation (signed with Charlotte Checkers) |
| Caden Brown | Forward | 20 | St. Louis, MO
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| Damien Carfagna | Defenseman | 20 | Wood Ridge, NJ
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| Samuel Deckhut | Forward | 21 | San Diego, CA | ||
| Jake Dunlap | Forward | 21 | Windham, NH
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| Kristoffer Eberly | Goaltender | 20 | Pinckney, MI | ||
| Ryan Gordon | Forward | 21 | Duluth, GA | ||
| Riley Hughes | Forward | 23 | Westwood, MA
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| Brent Johnson | Defenseman | 20 | Dallas, TX
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| Mason Klee | Defenseman | 23 | Morrison, CO
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| Nathan McBrayer | Defenseman | 19 | Columbus, OH | ||
| Max Montes | Forward | 20 | Waukesha, WI | ||
| William Smith | Defenseman | 20 | Toronto, ON | ||
| Logan Terness | Goaltender | 21 | Burnaby, BC
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| Theo Wallberg | Defenseman | 19 | Stockholm, SWE
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| Thomas Weis | Forward | 21 | Madison, WI |
As of July 6, 2023.[1]
|-!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular Season|-!colspan=12 style=";" |
| 38 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 30 | |||
| 37 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 32 | |||
| 38 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 32 | |||
| 38 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 16 | |||
| 37 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 31 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 55 | |||
| 38 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 38 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 37 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 37 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 33 | |||
| 34 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 24 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 13 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 40 | |||
| 33 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 40 | |||
| 34 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 29 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 34 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 23 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 19 | |||
| 32 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 22 | |||
| 38 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 25 | |||
| 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 100 | 170 | 270 | 464 |
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| 15 | 725:25 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 36 | 368 | 0 | .911 | 2.98 | ||
| 27 | 1529:14 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 79 | 741 | 1 | .904 | 3.10 | ||
| 3 | 24:27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | .813 | 7.36 | ||
| Empty Net | - | 25:32 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 38 | 2304:38 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 124 | 1122 | 1 | .900 | 3.23 |
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See main article: 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings.
| Poll | Week | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 (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 | – | NR | |
| USA Hockey | 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 | NR | |
See main article: 2024 NHL Entry Draft.
| 5 | 148 | † | Detroit Red Wings |