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Ohio State Alumni Stats in NHL

A list of Ohio State Alumni playing, or have played, in the National Hockey League.

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Ohio State Alumni Stats in NHL​

Player	Years	GMs	G	A	Pts.	+/-	PIM
Ryan Kesler	2003-2019	1001	258	315	573	10	920
R.J. Umberger	2005-2016	779	180	212	392	-64	312
Ryan Dzingel	2015-2022	404	87	101	188	-22	191
Jamie Macoun	1982-1999	1128	76	282	358	175	1210
Dakota Joshua	2020-2025	241	40	38	78	-7	181
David Steckel	2005-2014	425	33	46	79	-14	129
Zac Dalpe	2010-2023	168	16	16	32	-37	38
Mason Lohrei	2023-2025	118	9	37	46	-45	34
Éric Meloche	2001-2007	74	9	11	20	-21	36
Rod Pelley	2006-2012	256	9	20	29	-22	102
Matt Bartkowski	2010-2021	256	8	40	48	-12	157
Max McCormick	2015-2024	94	8	5	13	-14	97
Nate Guenin	2006-2016	205	5	23	28	7	94
Dan Mandich	1982-1986	111	5	11	16	-10	303
Jeff Madill	1990-1991	14	4	0	4	-1	46
Tanner Fritz	2017-2019	42	3	5	8	-6	10
Tanner Laczynski	2020-2025	46	3	2	5	-6	8
Sean Collins	2008-2012	21	2	1	3	2	12
Brian Loney	1995-1996	12	2	3	5	2	6
Carson Meyer	2021-2024	41	2	4	6	-4	14
John Albert	2013-2014	9	1	0	1	-3	0
Corey Elkins	2009-2010	3	1	0	1	-2	0
Dave Gust	2022-2023	4	1	0	1	-2	2
Cole McWard	2022-2024	6	1	0	1	0	0
Tyson Strachan	2008-2016	186	1	19	20	-42	199
Tom Askey	1997-1998	7	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Bales	1992-1997	23	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Blake	1981-1984	40	0	1	1	0	6
Jakub Dobes	2024-2025	16	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Greco	2018-2022	2	0	0	0	-3	0
Cal Heeter	2013-2014	1	0	0	0	0
Bill McKenzie	1973-1980	91	0	1	1	0	12
Georgii Merkulov	2023-2025	10	0	1	1	0	2
Paul Pooley	1984-1986	15	0	3	3	3	0
Shane Sims	2010-2011	1	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Tomkins	2023-2024	6	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Witherspoon	1975-1976	2	0	0	0	-1	2

Goalie	Years	GMs	W	L	T	GAA	SV%
Tom Askey	1997-1998	7	0	1	2	2.64	.894
Mike Bales	1992-1997	23	2	15	1	4.12	.869
Mike Blake	1981-1984	40	13	15	5	4.26	.867
Jakub Dobes	2024-2025	16	7	4	3	2.74	.909
Cal Heeter	2013-2014	1	0	0	1	4.69	.868
Bill McKenzie	1973-1980	91	18	49	13	4.10	.868
Matt Tomkins	2023-2024	6	3	2	1	3.33	.892

Note: Names in BOLD are currently in the NHL

 

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Buckeye goalie Jakub Dobeš getting some playing time with Montreal:

With a year of professional hockey under his belt, Dobeš came out of the gates strong in the 2024-25 season, posting a 9-3-1 start to the season before he was called up to the NHL by Montreal on Dec. 27. Dobeš made a memorable NHL debut the next night at Florida, shutting out the defending Stanley Cup champs, becoming the fourth goaltender in Canadiens history to record a shutout in their debut.

With the victory over the Panthers, Dobeš became the seventh goaltender to defeat the defending NHL champs in their debut.

Dobeš dream start to his NHL career would continue when he became the first goalie in Montreal history to allow just one goal in his first two starts, his 3-0-0 record tied Bob Perreault as the only Canadiens goaltender to allow three goals or less in his first three starts, he joined Charlie Lindgren as the first goaltender to go on the road and win their first four career starts, and he was the 13th player in NHL history to win their first five starts between the pipes.

At the end of the regular season, Dobeš was 7-4-3 with a 2.74 goals against average and a .909 save percentage in 16 games played.

Montreal snuck into the Eastern Conference Playoffs by earning the second wild card spot, drawing the top-seeded Washington Capitals in the first round. After losing the first two games of the series to Alex Ovechkin and then Capitals, Montreal returned home on Friday night.

Midway through the game, starting goaltender Sam Montembeault was injured, resulting in Dobeš stepping in. The former Buckeye allowed just one goal in 28 minutes in the 6-3 win by the Canadiens.

Montembeault’s injury was serious enough that it didn’t allow the starter to play in Sunday’s game, which allowed Dobeš to make his first start in the NHL Playoffs. Unfortunately Dobeš wasn’t as sharp as he was on Friday night, giving up three goals on 24 shots in the 5-2 loss, which gave Washington a 3-1 lead in the series.

With Montreal’s season on the line in tonight’s game, Montembeault’s status isn’t yet known, as he is listed as day-to-day. If Montembeault isn’t cleared to play, Dobeš will get the start and will hope to channel some of his dominance on the road from the regular season as the series moves back to Washington.