The Frozen Confines: Ohio State and Notre Dame Prevail On Day 1

The Chicago Cubs and the Big Ten Conference partnered for The Frozen Confines: a Big Ten Hockey Series at Wrigley Field, the site of the 2025 NHL Winter Classic.

With two days of doubleheaders, Wrigley Field hosts three Big Ten men's hockey games and one WCHA women's game.

Here's a recap of the action.

Ohio State 4, Michigan 3

The Wolverines jumped out to a two-goal lead. Michael Hage potted his 10th goal of the season late in the opening frame, and T.J. Hughes scored on the power play early in the second period.

The Buckeyes clawed back to knot the scoreline at 2-2 after 40 minutes, courtesy of goals from Sam Deckhut and Noah Powell.

Michigan retook the lead at 9:15 of the third period when Will Horcoff scored his first collegiate goal. Ohio State's Riley Thompson netted two power play goals in the final period to lift the Buckeyes over the Wolverines.

Kristoffer Eberly stopped 31 of 34 shots in goal for Ohio State in the win. Michigan's Cameron Korpi stopped 30 of 34 in the loss.

Notre Dame 3 (2), Penn State 3 (1)

Grant Silianoff opened the scoring for the Fighting Irish at 7:29 of the first period. The Nittany Lions responded at 8:25 courtesy of a Tyler Paquette tally, but Notre Dame took a one-goal lead into the first intermission after Justin Janicke found the back of the net.

At 19:28 of the middle frame, Matt DiMarsico equalized for Penn State. Both sides added another tally in the third period. Aiden Fink scored for Nittany Lions and Carter Slaggert scored for the Fighting Irish.

After a scoreless overtime period, Notre Dame won the shootout in eight rounds by a score of 2-1. Ryan Helliwell scored the winning shootout goal.

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