By Danielle Daniels
Nadine Muzerall OSU Women’s Hockey Head Coach On 2024-25 Season Outlook Part 2 9 17 2024.mp3
GAMES 1 AND 2 GAME NOTES
No. 1/2 Ohio State vs. No. 7 Minnesota Duluth
Date: Sept. 21/22, 2024
Time: 3 p.m. ET/1 p.m. ET
Venue: OSU Ice Rink
Watch: B1G+
Live Stats: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Game Notes: Ohio State | Minnesota Duluth
Rosters: Ohio State | Minnesota Duluth
Tickets: Ticketmaster
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The 26th season of Ohio State women’s hockey starts this weekend as the No. 1/2 Buckeyes face off against No. 7 Minnesota Duluth. The series is set for 3 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday at the OSU Ice Rink.
The matchup between the Buckeyes and Bulldogs is also the first Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) series of the 2024-25 season. Both games will be streamed on B1G+ (subscription required).
Tickets for Ohio State women’s hockey games can be purchased HERE. Fans are encouraged to purchase tickets ahead of time.
Parking and Promotions
- With both women’s hockey and football playing on Saturday, fan parking will not be available in the surface lot adjacent to the OSU Ice Rink.
- Fans are advised to park in the Lane Avenue Garage and self-identify as attending the women’s hockey game. Fans can also park in other day-of-game lots on a first-come, first-serve basis. For a map of parking locations on football game days, click HERE.
- Saturday, the first 500 fans in attendance will receive pom poms. Sunday’s giveaway is a 2024-25 schedule poster and following the game a select group of student-athletes will be available for a poster signing in the ice rink lobby.
Buckeyes in a Nutshell
- Ohio State’s journey to defend their 2024 national championship begins this weekend. The Buckeyes won their second title, and second in three seasons, last March with a 1-0 win over WCHA rival Wisconsin. The team will play a 34-game regular season schedule, including the Women’s Ice Breaker Tournament held in Columbus and an outdoor matchup against the Badgers in the Big Ten’s Frozen Confines being played at Wrigley Field in January.
- Ohio State’s 2024-25 roster features 22 student-athletes, including four goaltenders, eight defenders and 10 forwards. The team returns 11 players from last season and welcomes six freshmen and five transfers to the roster.
- Captaining the Buckeyes this season are Jenna Buglioni, Riley Brengman, Amanda Thiele and Makenna Webster. Buglioni, a graduate forward, will wear the “C” after serving as an assistant captain last season. Brengman, Thiele and Webster serve as alternate captains.
- Dunne was voted the Buckeyes’ representative on the Preseason All-WCHA team. Dunne was named the league’s Rookie of the Year for 2023-24 and became the first Buckeye to earn the national rookie of the year nod.
- The Buckeyes return three of their top five scorers from last season’s national championship team. Dunne led the team with 24 goals in her rookie season and finished the year with 42 points. Kiara Zanon tied for the team-high assists with 27 on the year. She recorded 41 points in her first season at Ohio State. Buglioni added 38 points for the team on 15 goals and 23 assists. She led the team with three shorthanded goals.
- Thiele, who is entering her fifth season as a member of the Buckeyes’ goaltending unit, returns as the Buckeyes most veteran at the position. The Milford, Mich. native owns a .924 save percentage and a 1.57 goals-against average for her career.
- Nadine Muzerall starts her ninth season at the helm of the Buckeyes and enters the weekend with a 195-73-19 record. She became the program’s winningest coach last season.
Series History – Buckeyes vs. Bulldogs
- Ohio State has won the last seven matchups against Minnesota Duluth and only allowed two goals to the Bulldogs in six meetings last season. Under Muzerall, the Buckeyes are 20-14-1 against the Bulldogs.
- The last time the teams met, the Buckeyes defeated the Bulldogs, 9-0, in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament at the OSU Ice Rink.
- The series marks the first games for the Bulldogs’ head coach Laura Schuler. Ohio State alumna and two-time captain Olivia Soares (’20) is in her first season as an assistant coach for the Bulldogs. She was a member of the Buckeyes’ first Final Faceoff Championship team.
Up Next
Ohio State continues its conference slate with a road series at Bemidji State Sept. 27-28. The Buckeyes and Beavers face off at 7 p.m. Friday and 4 p.m. Saturday. Both games will be streamed on B1G+.
How it Happened
- It took less than two minutes for Ohio State to score its first goal of the season, with freshman Jordan Petrie lighting the lamp 1:39 into the game.
- The next 37 minutes were scoreless, but the Buckeyes were not short of chances. The team outshot Minnesota Duluth 22-9 in the first two periods. Ohio State held its opponent without a shot on goal for the first 13 minutes.
- The Bulldogs tied the game with 1:11 to play in the second period off a goal from Olivia Wallin.
- The eventual game-winner was tallied by Minnesota Duluth’s Ida Karlsson with 23 seconds to play in the third period.
- The Buckeyes pulled goaltender Amanda Thiele with 21 seconds to play in the third and went on the power play with just over two seconds to play but were not able to net the equalizer.
Game Notes
- Jordyn Petrie’s goal marked the first of her career. She is the first Buckeye freshman to score in the team’s season opener since Tatum Skaggs began her Buckeye career with a goal in the team’s 4-1 win at RPI Sept. 29, 2017.
- The goal is the team’s quickest goal to start the season since Tessa Bonhomme lit the lamp at 1:14 into Ohio State’s 2006-07 season-opener against Northeastern.
Statistically Speaking
Shots on Goal: Ohio State 40, Minnesota Duluth 14
Saves: Minnesota Duluth (Gascon) 39, Ohio State (Thiele) 12
Power Play: Ohio State 0-3, Minnesota Duluth 0-4
Faceoffs: Ohio State 41, Minnesota Duluth 26
Ohio State Scoring: Petrie (1-0-1), Buglioni (0-1-1)
Up Next
Ohio State looks to even the series with Minnesota Duluth 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22 from the OSU Ice Rink. The game will be streamed on B1G+ (subscription required). Tickets can be purchased HERE.
