Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey
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The Ohio State Buckeyes women’s ice hockey team represents Ohio State University
in NCAA Division I competition in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association
. The team plays homegames at OSU Ice Rink, located on the Ohio State campus in Columbus, Ohio
.
The 2001-02 season had a breakthrough season by defeating several nationally-ranked teams. OSU upset No. 3 New Hampshire and No. 4 St. Lawrence and also tied No. 6 Dartmouth. Five players received postseason honors. Jeni Creary was named the WCHA Rookie of the Year and All-WCHA First Team selection after leading the nation in scoring for the first half of the season. Emma Laaksonen earned JOFA/AHCA Second Team All-America accolades and All-WCHA Second Team honors despite missing 10 games while representing her native Finland at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.
In 2006-07 season, Ohio State reached the 20-win mark for the first time in program history. The team finished with a 20-13-4 mark. In addition, the team set the record for the Buckeyes’ longest unbeaten streak at 10 games (9-0-1, Oct. 28-Dec. 8). Ohio State also posted a team-best 30 points in the WCHA with a 13-11-4 conference mark. The Buckeyes had a 12-5-3 home record at OSU Ice Rink. The Buckeyes finished fourth in the league standings. OSU swept Minnesota State in the best-of-three series and advanced to the WCHA semifinals against eventual national champion Wisconsin. The Buckeyes completed the season as the 10th-ranked team in both the USCHO.com and USA Hockey national polls.
Jackie Barto recorded her 200th career win November 24, 2007 with a 4-1 victory against St. Cloud State at the OSU Ice Rink. In 2008, Tessa Bonhomme was Ohio State's first two-time Top 10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given to the top Division I women's hockey student-athlete in the nation. She was also the team captain of the 2007-08 Buckeyes. Bonhomme also made Ohio State history when she was named both WCHA Player of the Year and WCHA Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first Buckeye to receive either award. Last spring, Liana Bonanno became the program's first ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America at-large selection, earning a place on the third team. Jody Heywood also was a two-time finalist for the Hockey Humanitarian Award in 2007 and '08, the first Buckeye on either men's or women's teams to be a finalist for the award.
Natalie Spooner scored 21 goals in 2009 to lead the Buckeyes and rank seventh in the OSU single-season records. She had a six-game point streak, Nov. 15-Jan. 9, that included a five-game goal streak to tie for the second-longest in Buckeye history. On December 12, 2008, Natalie Spooner set the Ohio State record for goals in a game with four in a 6-5 win at Minnesota State. She scored a natural hat trick in the second period of that game with three goals in a span of 1 minute, 56 seconds. The opening game of the 2009-10 season was Jackie Barto's 500th career game behind the bench.
Laura McIntosh was recognized as WCHA Offensive player of the week for October 19, 2011. She had a record-breaking weekend in the Buckeyes’ conference series sweep over St. Cloud State. During the series, she produced four scoring points, seven shots on goal and a +5 plus/minus rating. On October 14, she notched her first goal of the season to give the Buckeyes a 2-1 lead. Said goal would stand as the game-winner. In addition, she picked up an assist on a Hokey Langan goal. The assist made McIntosh Ohio State’s all-time leader in career points against WCHA opponents. She surpassed Jana Harrigan’s 110 league points set in 2006. The following day, she would accumulate another pair of points. She assisted on Ally Tarr’s shorthanded, game-winning goal at 10:45 in the first. At 12:10 in the first period, she scored the Buckeyes third goal of the game.
Natalie Spooner
was a member of the Canadian National Women’s Team for the 2008 4 Nations Cup
in November. Spooner also competed for the 2009-10 Canada Under 22 Hockey team. On January 8, 2010, Spooner scored 4:59 into overtime, giving Canada’s National Women’s Under-22 Team a 4-3 victory over Sweden on Friday and sent Canada to the gold medal game at the 2010 MLP Cup. Canada would win the gold medal.
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
in NCAA Division I competition in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association
Western Collegiate Hockey Association
The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates over a wide area of the Midwestern and Western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as an ice hockey-only conference....
. The team plays homegames at OSU Ice Rink, located on the Ohio State campus in Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
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History
The Buckeyes competed in the WCHA championship in March 2001. Ohio State defeated St. Cloud State in the first round. In the next round, the Buckeyes blanked No. 1 Minnesota to advance to the championship final. The Buckeyes were defeated by eventual national champion Minnesota Duluth. The Buckeyes had an 18-16-3 overall record, including 11-10-3 in the WCHA. The Buckeyes finished No. 8 in the national polls. During the regular season, the Buckeyes were 12-5-1 in their last 18 contests and finished 7-1-0.The 2001-02 season had a breakthrough season by defeating several nationally-ranked teams. OSU upset No. 3 New Hampshire and No. 4 St. Lawrence and also tied No. 6 Dartmouth. Five players received postseason honors. Jeni Creary was named the WCHA Rookie of the Year and All-WCHA First Team selection after leading the nation in scoring for the first half of the season. Emma Laaksonen earned JOFA/AHCA Second Team All-America accolades and All-WCHA Second Team honors despite missing 10 games while representing her native Finland at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.
In 2006-07 season, Ohio State reached the 20-win mark for the first time in program history. The team finished with a 20-13-4 mark. In addition, the team set the record for the Buckeyes’ longest unbeaten streak at 10 games (9-0-1, Oct. 28-Dec. 8). Ohio State also posted a team-best 30 points in the WCHA with a 13-11-4 conference mark. The Buckeyes had a 12-5-3 home record at OSU Ice Rink. The Buckeyes finished fourth in the league standings. OSU swept Minnesota State in the best-of-three series and advanced to the WCHA semifinals against eventual national champion Wisconsin. The Buckeyes completed the season as the 10th-ranked team in both the USCHO.com and USA Hockey national polls.
Jackie Barto recorded her 200th career win November 24, 2007 with a 4-1 victory against St. Cloud State at the OSU Ice Rink. In 2008, Tessa Bonhomme was Ohio State's first two-time Top 10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given to the top Division I women's hockey student-athlete in the nation. She was also the team captain of the 2007-08 Buckeyes. Bonhomme also made Ohio State history when she was named both WCHA Player of the Year and WCHA Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first Buckeye to receive either award. Last spring, Liana Bonanno became the program's first ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America at-large selection, earning a place on the third team. Jody Heywood also was a two-time finalist for the Hockey Humanitarian Award in 2007 and '08, the first Buckeye on either men's or women's teams to be a finalist for the award.
Natalie Spooner scored 21 goals in 2009 to lead the Buckeyes and rank seventh in the OSU single-season records. She had a six-game point streak, Nov. 15-Jan. 9, that included a five-game goal streak to tie for the second-longest in Buckeye history. On December 12, 2008, Natalie Spooner set the Ohio State record for goals in a game with four in a 6-5 win at Minnesota State. She scored a natural hat trick in the second period of that game with three goals in a span of 1 minute, 56 seconds. The opening game of the 2009-10 season was Jackie Barto's 500th career game behind the bench.
Laura McIntosh was recognized as WCHA Offensive player of the week for October 19, 2011. She had a record-breaking weekend in the Buckeyes’ conference series sweep over St. Cloud State. During the series, she produced four scoring points, seven shots on goal and a +5 plus/minus rating. On October 14, she notched her first goal of the season to give the Buckeyes a 2-1 lead. Said goal would stand as the game-winner. In addition, she picked up an assist on a Hokey Langan goal. The assist made McIntosh Ohio State’s all-time leader in career points against WCHA opponents. She surpassed Jana Harrigan’s 110 league points set in 2006. The following day, she would accumulate another pair of points. She assisted on Ally Tarr’s shorthanded, game-winning goal at 10:45 in the first. At 12:10 in the first period, she scored the Buckeyes third goal of the game.
Season by season results
| Season | Wins | Losses | Ties | Coach | Postseason |
| 2011-12 | - | - | - | Nate Handrahan | TBD |
| 2010-11 2010–11 Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey season The Ohio State Buckeyes attempted to qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history.-Offseason:* May 19: Chelsea Knapp was included in the list of invitees to USA Hockey's Warren Strelow National Team Goaltending Camp. Four Buckeyes were among Hockey Canada's recently released... |
14 | 19 | 3 | Jackie Barto | Did not qualify |
| 2009-10 2009–10 Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey season -Offseason:* July 16: Lisa Chesson, a former defenseman for Ohio State, has been invited to the 2009 USA Hockey Women’s National Festival, Aug. 18-24 in Blaine, Minn. The National Team will compete in the Qwest Tour, a 10-game domestic tour that begins Sept... |
17 | 15 | 5 | Jackie Barto | Did not qualify |
| 2008-09 2008–09 Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey season -Exhibition:-Regular season:*Freshman goaltender Barbara Bilko appeared in two games. Both games were against nationally-ranked Minnesota on January 9 and 10. In her first career appearance in net, she played over 33 minutes and made 26 saves... |
8 | 25 | 3 | Jackie Barto | Did not qualify |
| 2007-08 | 17 | 17 | 3 | Jackie Barto | Did not qualify |
| 2006-07 | 20 | 13 | 4 | Jackie Barto | Did not qualify |
| 2005-06 | 13 | 18 | 5 | Jackie Barto | Did not qualify |
| 2004-05 | 17 | 17 | 3 | Jackie Barto | Did not qualify |
| 2003-04 | 16 | 16 | 3 | Jackie Barto | Did not qualify |
| 2002-03 | 12 | 22 | 3 | Jackie Barto | Did not qualify |
| 2001-02 | 18 | 15 | 4 | Jackie Barto | Did not qualify |
| 2000-01 | 18 | 6 | 3 | Jackie Barto | Did not qualify |
| 1999-2000 | 8 | 26 | 3 | Jackie Barto | Did not qualify |
Coaches
Nate Handrahan is the current head coach of the Buckeyes women's ice hockey team. Handrahan became the second coach in program history in May 2011, replacing Jackie Barto who served as the first head coach of the Ohio State women's ice hockey team from 1999-2011. Barto has led Ohio State to a program record of 178 209 42 (.464). During Barto’s first 10 years as coach, Ohio State has received a total of 14 All-WCHA honors. Barto served on the NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Championship Committee from2000 to 2006 and also is a member of the American Women's Hockey Coaches Association. She retired in April 2011 after 12 seasons as head coach of OSU and 27 seasons of coaching in total.Current roster
| Number | Name | Position | Height | Class |
| 33 | Bilko, Barbara | G | 5-5 | So. |
| 6 | Bishop, Teal | D | 5-7 | Jr. |
| 18 | Boskovich, Amanda | F | 5-4 | Fr. |
| 3 | Carlson, Brittany | D | 5-3 | So. |
| 27 | Davis, Rachel | D | 5-6 | Sr. |
| 34 | Facklis, Deidre | G | 5-8 | Jr. |
| 10 | Feste, Melissa | F | 5-3 | So. |
| 23 | Hollowell, Tina | F | 5-5 | Fr. |
| 7 | Kilpatrick, Jenna | F | 5-7 | Jr. |
| 31 | Knapp, Chelsea | G | 5-9 | Fr. |
| 12 | Langan, Hokey | F | 5-4 | Fr. |
| 28 | LaRocque, Raelyn | F | 5-6 | Sr. |
| 19 | Mancuso, Christina | F | 5-7 | Jr. |
| 11 | McIntosh, Laura | F | 5-4 | So. |
| 24 | Nelson, Sandy | D | 5-4 | Jr. |
| 9 | Reilly, Shannon | D | 5-5 | Jr. |
| 17 | Rizzo, Liz | F | 5-5 | Fr. |
| 25 | Semenza, Paige | F | 5-4 | Fr. |
| 5 | Spooner, Natalie | F | 5-10 | So. |
| 21 | Theut, Kim | F | 5-6 | So. |
| 14 | Tonnessen, Michele | F | 5-7 | Sr. |
| 15 | Tuominen, Minttu | F | 5-5 | Fr. |
| 8 | Wild, Kelly | D | 5-3 | So. |
Buckeyes in professional hockey
| Player | Team | League |
| Amber Bowman | Mississauga Chiefs Mississauga Chiefs The Mississauga Chiefs was a professional women's ice hockey team that plays in Mississauga , Ontario. The team has played in the National Women's Hockey League and after in the Canadian Women's Hockey League... |
CWHL Canadian Women's Hockey League The Canadian Women's Hockey League is one of two major women's ice hockey leagues in Canada. The league was founded in 2007. The league currently has six ice hockey teams: three in Ontario, one in Quebec, one in Alberta and one in Boston, Massachusetts.... |
International
On the international level, Jackie Barto led the U.S. Women's National Team to the gold medal at the 2008 IIHF World Women's Championship in Harbin, China. Barto also guided the U.S. Women's Select Team to a silver medal at the Four Nations Cup in November 2007. She was named head coach of the U.S. Women's Under-22 Team for 2008-09, after serving as head coach of the U.S. Women's National and Select teams in 2007-08. She was a member of the selection committee for the 2006 Winter Olympic U.S. National Women's Hockey team. She was also an assistant coach for the 2003 U.S. Women's Under-22 Select Team. In August 1999, she was one of four head coaches at the USA Hockey Women's Festival in Lake Placid, N.Y. and was an assistant coach there in 1998.Natalie Spooner
Natalie Spooner
Natalie Spooner played for the Canadian National women's ice hockey team from 2007 to 2008, and rejoined the program in 2010. Currently, she competes for the Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey program...
was a member of the Canadian National Women’s Team for the 2008 4 Nations Cup
2008 4 Nations Cup
The 2008 4 Nations Cup was the 13th playing of the annual women's ice hockey tournament. It was held in Lake Placid, New York, from November 4-9, 2008.-Results:-Final Table:-Final:-3rd place:-External links:* on hockeyarchives.info...
in November. Spooner also competed for the 2009-10 Canada Under 22 Hockey team. On January 8, 2010, Spooner scored 4:59 into overtime, giving Canada’s National Women’s Under-22 Team a 4-3 victory over Sweden on Friday and sent Canada to the gold medal game at the 2010 MLP Cup. Canada would win the gold medal.
Olympians
| Player | Position | Nationality | Event |
| Emma Laaksonen Emma Laaksonen Emma Laaksonen is a Finnish female ice hockey defenseman. She played on the women's ice hockey team for Finland at the 1998 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal. She was the youngest woman on the team . Laaksonen played for the Ohio State women's ice hockey team from the 2000-01 to 2003-04... |
Defense | 1998, 2002, 2006 Winter Olympics | |
| Tessa Bonhomme Tessa Bonhomme Tessa Bonhomme is an Olympic Gold Medalist and member of the Canadian national women's hockey team. She was also a member and co-captain of the Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey team in the NCAA.... |
Defense | 2010 Winter Olympics | |
| Lisa Chesson Lisa Chesson Lisa Chesson is an American ice hockey defenseman. She was named to the United States women’s ice hockey team for the 2010 Winter Olympics.... |
Defense | 2010 Winter Olympics | |
Awards and honors
- Tessa Bonhomme, AHCA All-America honors (2008)
- Tessa Bonhomme, AHCA Second Team All-America pick (2007)
- Tessa Bonhomme, Top 10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award (2007)
- Tessa Bonhomme, Top 10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award (2008)
- Tessa Bonhomme, WCHA Player of the Year
- Tessa Bonhomme, WCHA Defensive Player of the Year
- Tessa Bonhomme, Third Team All-USCHO (2006-07)
- Tessa Bonhomme, First Team All-WCHA (2006-07)
- Tessa Bonhomme, WCHA All-Tournament Team (2006-07)
- Tessa Bonhomme, Buckeyes Most Valuable Defensive Player (2004-05)
- Tessa Bonhomme, Buckeyes Most Valuable Freshman (2003-04).
- Liana Bonanno, ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America at-large selection, earning a place on the third team.
- Jeni Creary Top 10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award (2002)
- Jeni Creary was named the WCHA Rookie of the Year (2002)
- Jeni Creary, All-WCHA First Team selection (2002)
- Rachel Davis, 2010 Frozen Four Skills Competition participant
- Jana Harrigan AHCA Second Team All-America pick (2006)
- Jana Harrigan Top 10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award (2006)
- Jody Heywood, finalist, Hockey Humanitarian Award in 2007
- Jody Heywood, finalist, Hockey Humanitarian Award in 2008
- Emma Laaksonen WCHA Student-Athlete of the Year (2004)
- Emma Laaksonen AHCA Second Team All-America pick (2002)
- Emma Laaksonen Top 10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award (2002)
- Emma Laaksonen, JOFA/AHCA Second Team All-America accolades (2002)
- Emma Laaksonen, All-WCHA Second Team honors (2002)
- Hokey Langan, 2010 Patty Kazmaier Award nominee
- Corinne Rosen, WCHA all-tournament team (2001)
- Natalie Spooner, 2010 Patty Kazmaier Award nominee
- April Stojak, WCHA all-tournament team (2001)
See also
- Ohio State Buckeyes men's ice hockeyOhio State Buckeyes men's ice hockeyThe Ohio State Buckeyes men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Ohio State University. The Buckeyes are a member of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association...
- List of college women's ice hockey coaches with 250 wins