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2023–24 Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey season

The 2023–24 Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey season represented the Ohio State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. They were coached by Nadine Muzerall in her eighth season. The Buckeyes finished the season 35–4–0 and won their second national championship in program history.

2023–24 Ohio State Buckeyes
women's ice hockey season
WCHA regular season
National Championship, W, 1–0 vs Wisconsin
ConferenceWCHA
Home iceThe Ohio State University Ice Rink
Rankings
USA Today#1
USCHO.com#1
Record
Overall35–4–0
Home18–1–0
Road14–2–0
Neutral3–1–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachNadine Muzerall
Assistant coachesPeter Elander
Kelsey Cline
Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey seasons
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Offseason edit

Departing players edit

Player[1] Position Class Destintation
Brooke Bink F Graduated
Alaina Giampietro F Freshman Robert Morris
Teagan Grant D Graduated
Jamie Grinder D Sophomore Maine
Emerson Jarvis F Freshman Quinnipiac
Gali Levy F Freshman Brown
Sophie Morrow D Freshman Colgate
Ramsey Parent F Graduated

Players Drafted edit

Professional Women's Hockey League[2]
Round Player Postion Team
2 Sophie Jaques D Boston
2 Emma Maltias F Toronto
8 Madison Bizal D Montreal
10 Paetyn Levis F New York

Incoming players edit

Player[1][3] Postion Class Previous school
Jocelyn Amos F Incoming freshmen
Cayla Barnes D Graduate Boston College
Hannah Bilka F Graduate Boston College
Jordan Baxter F Incoming freshmen
Joy Dunne F Incoming freshmen
Delaney Fleming F Incoming freshmen
Kelsey King F Graduate Minnesota State
Steph Markowski D Graduate Clarkson
Olivia Mobley F Senior Quinnipiac
Kiara Zanon F Senior Penn State

Roster edit

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height DoB Hometown Previous team
1   Raygan Kirk Senior G 5' 8" (1.73 m) Ste. Anne, Manitoba Robert Morris
4   Stephanie Markowski Graduate D 5' 8" (1.73 m) Edmonton, Alberta Clarkson
5   Delaney Fleming Freshman F 5' 4" (1.63 m) Rochester, Minnesota Shattuck-Saint Mary's
6   Hadley Hartmetz Graduate D 5' 5" (1.65 m) Phoenixville, Pennsylvania Boston College
7   Emma Peschel Sophomore D 5' 10" (1.78 m) Edina, Minnesota Benilde-St. Margaret's
8   Makenna Webster Senior F 5' 3" (1.6 m) St. Louis, Missouri Wisconsin
9   Hannah Bilka Graduate D 5' 5" (1.65 m) Coppell, Texas Boston College
10   Jenna Buglioni Senior F 5' 3" (1.6 m) Port Moody, British Columbia Greater Vancouver Comets
11   Kenzie Hauswirth Graduate F 5' 5" (1.65 m) Farmington, Minnesota Quinnipiac
12   Jennifer Gardiner Graduate F 5' 6" (1.68 m) Surrey, British Columbia Greater Vancouver Comets
13   Riley Brengman Senior D 5' 5" (1.65 m) China, Michigan Detroit Belle Tire
15   Olivia Mobley Senior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) St. Louis Park, Minnesota Quinnipiac
16   Joy Dunne Freshman F 5' 11" (1.8 m) O'Fallon, Missouri St. Louis Lady Blues
17   Jocelyn Amos Freshman F 5' 7" (1.7 m) Ailsa Craig, Ontario London Devilettes
19   Lauren Bernard Senior D 5' 7" (1.7 m) Madison, Ohio Clarkson
20   Kelsey King Graduate F 5' 8" (1.73 m) Elk River, Minnesota Minnesota State
21   Kiara Zanon Senior F 5' 5" (1.65 m) Fairport, New York Penn State
22   Sloane Matthews Sophomore F 6' 6" (1.98 m) Plymouth, Minnesota Wayzata High School
23   Cayla Barnes Graduate D 5' 1" (1.55 m) Eastvale, California Boston College
27   Jordan Baxter Freshman F 5' 5" (1.65 m) Coquitlum, British Columbia Delta Hockey Academy
30   Amanda Thiele Senior G 5' 10" (1.78 m) Milford, Michigan Detroit Belle Tire
34   Lexington Secreto Sophomore G 5' 7" (1.7 m) New Windsor, New York CT Polar Bears
35   Quinn Kuntz Senior G 5' 7" (1.7 m) Warroad, Minnesota Warroad High School

Standings edit

2023–24 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T OTW OTL SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#1 Ohio State † 28 26 2 0 2 0 0 78 140 37 39 35 4 0 201 51
#2 Wisconsin * 28 23 5 0 2 1 0 69 124 43 41 35 6 0 205 62
#5 Minnesota 28 19 7 1 1 2 2 62 92 60 39 27 10 2 135 80
#7 Minnesota Duluth 28 15 11 2 0 0 0 47 64 47 39 21 14 4 89 66
#10 St. Cloud State 28 12 14 2 0 1 0 40 60 59 34 17 17 2 78 69
Minnesota State 28 6 22 0 1 2 0 19 52 94 38 13 25 0 97 120
St. Thomas 28 4 23 1 0 0 1 11 39 120 37 10 26 1 74 150
Bemidji State 28 3 24 1 0 0 0 10 33 144 36 4 30 2 42 181
Championship: March 9, 2024
† indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 24, 2023


Schedule and results edit

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site Decision Result Record
Regular Season
September 29 6:00 pm at #4 Colgate #2 Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, NY Thiele L 2–3  1,200 0–1–0
September 30 3:00 pm at #4 Colgate #2 Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, NY Kirk W 3–2 OT 750 1–1–0
October 13 4:00 pm at #6 Minnesota Duluth #2 AMSOIL Arena • Duluth, MN Thiele W 5–2  956 2–1–0 (1–0–0)
October 8 2:00 pm at #6 Minnesota Duluth #2 AMSOIL Arena • Duluth, MN Kirk W 2–0  935 3–1–0 (2–0–0)
October 20 4:00 pm at St. Thomas #2 St. Thomas Ice Arena • Mendota Heights, MN Kirk W 6–2  481 4–1–0 (3–0–0)
October 20 4:00 pm at St. Thomas #2 St. Thomas Ice Arena • Mendota Heights, MN Thiele W 7–1  710 5–1–0 (4–0–0)
October 27 6:00 pm #4 Minnesota #2 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Kirk W 4–3 OT 713 6–1–0 (5–0–0)
October 28 3:00 pm #4 Minnesota #2 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Thiele W 6–5  617 7–1–0 (6–0–0)
November 3 7:00 pm at Bemidji State #2 Sanford Center • Bemidji, MN Kirk W 9–1  371 8–1–0 (7–0–0)
November 4 3:00 pm Bemidji State #2 Sanford Center • Bemidji, MN Thiele W 5–0  351 9–1–0 (8–0–0)
November 17 6:00 pm #1 Wisconsin #2 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Kirk W 3–0  739 10–1–0 (9–0–0)
November 18 3:00 pm #1 Wisconsin #2 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Thiele W 2–1 OT 761 11–1–0 (10–0–0)
November 24 6:00 pm #6 St. Lawrence #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Kirk W 11–0  555 12–1–0
December 1 6:00 pm #10 St. Cloud State #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Kirk L 1–2  468 13–2–0 (10–1–0)
December 2 3:00 pm #10 St. Cloud State #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Thiele L 6–2  677 14–2–0 (11–1–0)
December 9 6:00 pm Minnesota State #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Kirk W 6–1  575 15–2–0 (12–1–0)
December 10 6:00 pm Minnesota State #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Kirk W 6–1  456 16–2–0 (13–1–0)
January 12 7:00 pm at #2 Minnesota #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN Kirk W 7–0  2,387 17–2–0 (14–1–0)
January 13 3:00 pm at #2 Minnesota #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN Kirk W 6–1  2,186 18–2–0 (15–1–0)
January 19 6:00 pm #7 Minnesota Duluth #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Kirk W 3–0  768 19–2–0 (16–1–0)
January 20 2:00 pm #7 Minnesota Duluth #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Thiele W 1–0  768 20–2–0 (17–1–0)
January 26 4:00 pm at #10 St. Cloud State #1 Herb Brooks National Hockey Center • St. Cloud, MN Kirk W 4–2  211 21–2–0 (18–1–0)
January 27 4:00 pm at #10 St. Cloud State #1 Herb Brooks National Hockey Center • St. Cloud, MN Thiele W 3–2  365 22–2–0 (19–1–0)
February 2 6:00 pm Bemidji State #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Kirk W 11–1  485 23–2–0 (20–1–0)
February 3 3:00 pm Bemidji State #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Thiele W 9–1  785 24–2–0 (21–1–0)
February 9 6:00 pm at Minnesota State #1 Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center • Mankato, MN Kirk W 3–0  135 25–2–0 (22–1–0)
February 10 3:00 pm at Minnesota State #1 Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center • Mankato, MN Thiele W 6–2  257 26–2–0 (23–1–0)
February 16 6:00 pm St. Thomas #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Thiele W 12–1  779 27–2–0 (24–1–0)
Feb 16 3:00 pm St. Thomas #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Kirk W 4–1  776 28–2–0 (25–1–0)
February 23 8:00 pm at #2 Wisconsin #1 LaBahn Arena • Madison, WI Kirk W 3–1  2,273 29–2–0 (26–1–0)
February 24 8:00 pm #2 Wisconsin #1 LaBahn Arena • Madison, WI Thiele L 2–4  2,273 29–3–0 (26–2–0)
WCHA Tournament
March 1 6:00 pm Bemidji State #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH (WCHA Quarterfinals) Kirk W 10–1  709 30–3–0
March 2 3:00 pm Bemidji State #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH (WCHA Quarterfinals) Kirk W 8–0  714 31–3–0
March 8 2:00 pm vs. #8 Minnesota Duluth #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN (WCHA Semifinals) Kirk W 5–0    32–3–0
March 9 2:00 pm vs. #2 Wisconsin #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN (WCHA Finals) Kirk L 3–6  1,518 32–4–0
NCAA Tournament
March 16 4:00 pm #8 Minnesota Duluth #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH (NCAA Columbus Regional) Kirk W 9–0  795 33–4–0
March 22 4:00 pm vs. #4 Clarkson #1 Whittemore Center • Durham, NH (NCAA Frozen Four Semifinals) Kirk W 4–1    34–4–0
March 24 4:00 pm vs. #2 Wisconsin #1 Whittemore Center • Durham, NH (NCAA Frozen Four National Championship) Kirk W 1–0  4,378 35–4–0
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.
Source:[4]

Rankings edit

Main article: 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey rankings
Poll Week
Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 (Final)
USCHO.com 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
USA Today 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1

Awards and honors edit

National awards edit

HCA co-Goaltender of the Month (January 2024): Raygan Kirk[5]

Julie Chu Women's National Rookie of the Year: Joy Dunne[6]

Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player: Raygan Kirk[7]

Conference awards edit

Monthly awards edit

  • Emma Peschel, Defender of the Month (October 2023)[8]
  • Joy Dunne, Rookie of the Month (November 2023)[9]
  • Hadley Hartmetz, Defender of the Month (November 2023)[9]
  • Hadley Hartmetz, Defender of the Month (January 2024)[10]
  • Raygan Kirk, Goaltender of the Month (January 2024)[10]

Weekly awards edit

Forward of the Week: Jenn Gardiner (Oct. 30, Nov. 20) Hannah Bilka (Feb. 5)[11][12][13]

Defender of the Week: Hadley Hartmetz (Oct. 16, Nov. 27), Emma Peschel (Nov. 6), Cayla Barnes (Dec. 11), Lauren Bernard (Feb. 19) [14][15][16][17][18]

Goaltender of the Week: Raygan Kirk (Oct.16, Nov. 20, Jan. 15, Feb. 26), Amanda Thiele (Jan. 22) [14][12][19][20][21]

Rookie of the Week: Jocelyn Amos (Oct. 30, Nov. 27, Feb. 5), Joy Dunne (Nov. 6, Jan. 15) [11][16][19][13]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Ohio State reloads heavily through the transfer portal". The Rink Live. September 29, 2023. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  2. ^ "A full list of every pick from the 2023 PWHL Draft". dailyfaceoff.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  3. ^ Kennedy, Ian (June 14, 2023). "Recruiting Class: Ohio State Goes Big For 2023-2024". The Hockey News. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  4. ^ "2023-24 Women's Ice Hockey Schedule". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  5. ^ "Abby Hustler and Rutger McGroarty Top HCA Monthly Honors". hockeycommissioners.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  6. ^ "Women's National Rookie of the Year". hockeycommissioners.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  7. ^ "Ohio State Wins Second NCAA Championship". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  8. ^ "Peschel Named WCHA Defender of the Month". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Dunne, Hartmetz Tabbed WCHA Players of the Month". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Hartmetz, Kirk Named WCHA Players of the Month". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Amos, Gardiner Named WCHA Weekly Award Winners". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Pair of Buckeyes Earn WCHA Weekly Awards". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  13. ^ a b "Amos, Bilka Earn WCHA Player of the Week Titles". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  14. ^ a b "Hartmetz, Kirk Awarded Weekly Conference Honors". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  15. ^ "Dunne, Peschel Pick Up Weekly Conference Awards". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  16. ^ a b "Amos, Hartmetz Named WCHA Players of the Week". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  17. ^ "Barnes Tabbed WCHA Defender of the Week". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  18. ^ "Bernard Picks Up WCHA Defender of the Week Award". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  19. ^ a b "Dunne, Kirk Pick Up WCHA Weekly Awards". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  20. ^ "Thiele Named WCHA Goaltender of the Week". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  21. ^ "Kirk Named WCHA Goaltender of the Week". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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