By JESSICA SCHIEBER
Big things are happening for hockey in Oklahoma.
I wish I could announce something as huge as an NHL team coming here but unfortunately, we are not on that point yet.
Oklahoma State University has plans to add NCAA D1 hockey to their sports roster and they have plans to build a new arena by 2030.
This traction is huge for Oklahoma; it steps into the direction of if Oklahoma can bring in hockey.
With the plans of Oklahoma City building a new arena for Thunder there could be a conversation about adding a hockey team.
Now this is not guaranteed, and Oklahoma already has an ECHL team that plays in Tulsa. That team is called the Tulsa Oilers, and they are affiliated with the Anaheim Ducks.
It is also important that I stress that there have been no conversations about NHL coming to Oklahoma, that is just a dream that I would love to see come true.
The chance of this happening is not a high probability at all considering there are no current plans to add another team to the 32 hockey teams there already are.
This is also with the recent change from the Arizona Coyotes to the Utah Mammoth.
Things could certainly change with this addition of D1 hockey to OSU.
Oklahoma State University has a hockey club that has been active since 2021, but it dates to the 1990s.
The hockey club itself is sponsored by the Tulsa Oilers and the Oilers Ice Center with many other brands.
This team is part of the American Collegiate Hockey Association.
On the cowboy hockey team shop they say, “Let’s build the future of hockey in Oklahoma-one goal, one game and one supporter at a time.”
It appears that OSU hockey has big plans for Oklahoma and hockey all together.
With the building of an arena and the addition of D1 hockey OSU will start to make a name for itself and the state of Oklahoma in the coming years.
This will lead to a state that will have more interest in ice sport and will bring in the attention of major hockey states.
How long will it be until an Oklahoma player joins the ranks as a legend?
Even if you have no care in the ice, skates, pucks, sticks or fights this is exciting news for Oklahoma.
OSU hockey will have a bedlam on ice game versus OU hockey at the BOK center in Tulsa.
The tickets bought for this game will also allow those who purchase them to get into the Tulsa Oilers game later that night. The event is set to happen February 28.
This week OSU will be playing at Tennessee on Friday and Saturday. On Feb. 13 and 14 they play at home versus Nebraska.
January 31 they played in Beaver Stadium at Pennsylvania State University.
The team went on a trip last in 2025 and had to opportunity to meet Sidney Crosby, a huge name in the hockey world.
Crosby plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins and is the captain of the team.
Crosby will be playing for team Canada in the Winter Olympics.
This team has been on the up since they started the hockey club.
Right now the team has to travel to play and practice since Stillwater does not have any ice facility.
If the plan to build a stadium for them goes through at OSU this team will have one less problem.
The team is built from players all over the nation.
Patrick Sexton is a junior who wears the number 10 and is from Cashion, Max Williams is a freshman who wears number 12 and is from Clinton, Joel Gilstrap is a senior who wears number 13 and is from Broken Arrow, Connor Wehmuller afreshman who wears number 19 and is from Edmond and Nathan Hill is a senior who wears number 55 and is from Leedey. There are other players who also call Oklahoma home.