Another season ended with a conference tournament loss to Minnesota, but there's more hope this time around.
Just two seasons ago, Ohio State hockey was within an overtime goal of winning the Big Ten Tournament and heading to the NCAA tournament. They haven't gotten nearly that close since and lost current NHL players Ryan Dzingel and Max McCormick along the way. There hasn't been an influx of NHL caliber talent to replace them, so you'd think things were getting dire for Coach Steve Rohlik. You'd be wrong, however.
During the 2014-15 season, the team looked like a slightly emptier shell of the prior season's team, as they couldn't score well enough without Dzingel and McCormick.