Ohio State Buckeyes 2022-2023 ... The Drive For Duluth

[osualum86]

Fantastic bracket, and yea Heminger playing either her final games or one of her last games back in her home town is a very cool story. To my knowledge she was one of the first if not the first Columbus girl to go D1.

I was joking with Hockeybuckeye that we should go Thursday and root against Penn State like they did in the Frozen Four last season (their fans rooted against us in both games). Joking aside, I am just going to go watch some good hockey and see who we end up playing Saturday. I don't have a preference regarding who we play. Plus, our team will probably be there watching. I actually drug Mrs. 86 down to the ice rink last night to see if we could welcome the girls home and from what I was told, we missed them by 20 minutes. Anyway, should be fun. I guess some people were not able to get tickets to Saturday's game (sold out already). They were told to check with the fans of the team that loses Thursday's game and try to get tickets from them.

[osualum86]

Barry retired a little over a year ago. Chris McIntosh, an offensive lineman on the back-to-back Rose Bowl winning teams who has been one of Barry's assistants over the last number of years is the 'new' AD.

(My niece's husband was a walk-on defensive lineman in their common freshman year; the description has been expanded to include McIntosh's name now, but he describes his job on the scout team as "get off a Chris McIntosh block and go tackle Ron Dayne." After a year, he decided to go play rugby instead. :-)

Thanks for the update on that. Kinda figured Barry was not still the AD, but was not sure who the new AD was. When I was a student at OSU (gonna date myself on this one), Elroy Hirsch was the AD for Wisconsin.

[robertearle]

Thanks for the update on that. Kinda figured Barry was not still the AD, but was not sure who the new AD was. When I was a student at OSU (gonna date myself on this one), Elroy Hirsch was the AD for Wisconsin.

Me, too.

[Hockeybuckeye]

Our game Saturday according to Ticketmaster is sold out!

[Lindsay]

I was joking with Hockeybuckeye that we should go Thursday and root against Penn State like they did in the Frozen Four last season (their fans rooted against us in both games). Joking aside, I am just going to go watch some good hockey and see who we end up playing Saturday. I don't have a preference regarding who we play. Plus, our team will probably be there watching. I actually drug Mrs. 86 down to the ice rink last night to see if we could welcome the girls home and from what I was told, we missed them by 20 minutes. Anyway, should be fun. I guess some people were not able to get tickets to Saturday's game (sold out already). They were told to check with the fans of the team that loses Thursday's game and try to get tickets from them.

Yes I’m curious to see if Buckeye fans root against Penn State too!

[Lindsay]

Where did you hear that? I would be surprised at that considering Nadine is Canadian and has coached for Hockey Canada in the recent past. Coach Muzerall coaching Team USA? Yeah, I would totally like that! Funny statement, some guys were interviewing her recently and one of them asked her if she could get Marie Philip-Poulin to retire. (laugh emoji)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas...=1000601281419

Buckeye Talk Podcast. Context of the question was when are you going to coach Canada at the Olympics, and she was like well they have a pretty good coach already. (And he’s under contract through the next Olympics). She added her life is here so why not team USA?

l don’t think Team USA will go for it, hahahah.

I noticed that OSU announced more tickets are now available. Gonna cram the people in. Can’t wait to hear what you guys have to say about that atmosphere.

[pgb-ohio]

I noticed that OSU announced more tickets are now available. Gonna cram the people in.

Just guessing here. But I imagine these are tickets returned by Quinnipiac and/or Penn State from Visitor Allotments. If so, there can't be that many tickets involved. Considering going? Buy now, don't wait.

EDIT: It's Wednesday Afternoon, & Ticketmaster is still showing tickets available. Again, I recommend purchasing without delay.

Please don't be deceived by the premature "Sold Out" notice Ticketmaster put up on Monday. And remember that all tickets are General Admission. Tickets you buy today are just as good as the tickets that were sold back on Monday.

ADDITIONAL EDIT: It's Wednesday Evening, and now Ticketmaster is once again displaying a "Sold Out" notice for the Saturday game. Hope everyone on the thread got the tickets they needed.

Can’t wait to hear what you guys have to say about that atmosphere.

Well, me too. I just hope that all sales were made to actual hockey people. As opposed to bots and scalpers.

Now I'm guessing that our event is simply too small to attract professional scalpers. (read: not enough money to be made) But it would be a terrible lose-lose situation if tickets went unclaimed in the secondary market.

[Hockeybuckeye]

Great write up's on Sophie & Jen!

https://www.pattykaz.com/news_article/show/1263509

https://www.pattykaz.com/news_article/show/1263642

[pgb-ohio]

Both of the NCAA Regional Games @ The Ice Rink will be streaming for Free on Big Ten Plus:

https://www.bigtenplus.com/en-int/sc...ate=2023-03-09

https://www.bigtenplus.com/en-int/sc...ate=2023-03-11

[osualum86]

Yes I’m curious to see if Buckeye fans root against Penn State too!

We were not rooting for either team. I did see a couple of Knucklebucks (student cheering section) rooting for Quinnipiac, so I guess some people remembered the experience in Hockey Valley last season. Mrs 86 and I and Hockeybuckeye and his wife sat together and we just enjoyed the game. We were not cheering for or against either team.

[pgb-ohio]

Final Score From Thursday, March 9th
Quinnipiac 3
Penn State 2
(3 Overtimes)

We'll Leave The Light On For You

We came to the Ice Rink expecting to see three fine periods of NCAA Tournament Hockey. The teams exceeded those expectations. A two game, total goals series broke out. With the games played consecutively. In the end, we received 109 minutes and 37 seconds of high quality heroism.

Now this wasn't the longest Women's Playoff game ever. Research on another thread indicates that we came in at #18 on the all-time list. Top 20? We'll take it. Quite honestly I don't think anyone involved was begging for more.

This was a test of perseverance, courage, and endurance. Both teams passed with flying colors. Quinnipiac made the last play.

Now just who was that South End Goal Judge, calling the GWG? Apparently Tom Bodett, of Motel 6 & NPR fame. It's customary for the goal light to shine for a short while, then be switched off. But possibly in deference to the epic struggle he had just witnessed, the Goal Judge left his post with the light still glowing. In other words, he left the light on for them. Now I don't know if any of the out-of-town fans stayed at a Motel 6. But if so, I imagine the light was left on for them as well.

Three Stars Of The Game: Decidedly Unofficial & Just For Fun: BONUS COVERAGE

2nd Honorable Mention: 2 Penn State Defenders: Kendall Butze and Izzy Heminger
Truth be told, all of the Nittany Lion Defenders were outstanding. But the 1st 'D' Pair stood out, if only a little. It just seemed that Kendall & Izzy always anticipated the play, and were constantly winning battles in the slot and along the boards. In terms of Endurance, they never let up.

Yes, I'll acknowledge a little bias here in favor of Dublin native Heminger. Still, so cool to see her play so well. It was sad, happy and a little weird to see her Nittany Lion career end during a Columbus homecoming. But mostly I felt proud of her. I hope both Izzy and her family also take great pride in her performance and her whole career.

1st Honorable Honorable Mention: 3 Quinnipiac Defenders: Maddy Samoskevich; Kendall Cooper; and Kate Reilly
Defense rarely gets enough credit. That's one reason why I made a special effort to use both the Honorable Mentions to honor Defenders. As with PSU, the whole Q 'D' Corps was great. I felt like Maddy was the quarterback of the group. In the Courage Department, Kendall had 4 blocks and Kate had 3 blocks.

Yes, it's no coincidence that I chose 3 players from Quinnipiac and 2 from Penn State.


#3 Star: (tie)Logan Angers, Quinnipiac; and Josie Bothun, Penn State
Perseverance? Both goalies stood out. Logan had 50 saves; Josie had 55. Granted, both had lots of defensive support. But many difficult saves were required for each team to stay alive. Then, there were a few isolated occasions when the defenses broke down and breakaways resulted. Both goalies were equal to that challenge as well.

In the end, Logan had the happier experience.

#2 Star: 2 Penn State Forwards: Kiara Zanon; and Olivia Wallin
Kiara and Olivia generated the Nittany Lion scoring. Taking a cross-slot feed from her Co-Star, Kiara executed a patient and brilliant backhand tap-in.

Olivia converted on the Power Play. Re-directing a Courtney Correia shot, Wallin's tip had impressive elevation and pace. The puck slammed into the goalie's shoulder, and darted into the upper right hand corner of the net.


#1 Star: 3 Quinnipiac Forwards: Olivia Mobley; Shay Maloney and Madison Chantler
The Quinnipiac 3rd Line certainly came to play. Olivia had assists on both the Game-Tying and Game-Winning Goal. Shay opened the scoring with sheer determination; first stealing possession, then positively willing the puck into the net.

104 Hockey minutes later, the whole line attacked the Penn State End with a Big Time Rush. Thank goodness the GWG was a clean play. Madison's solid shot ended the marathon.

By random chance, I the good fortune to briefly congratulate Chantler's Mom on her Daughter's accomplishment. Mom was taking a picture of the scoreboard -- and the light that had been left on for Madison.



Up Next: On To The NCAA Quarterfinals. Ohio State Hosts Quinnipiac Saturday At 5:01 PM. Note The Unusual Start Time. Obviously This Is A Rematch Of The 2022 Quarterfinal. More Great Hockey Expected!

[osualum86]

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas...=1000601281419

Buckeye Talk Podcast. Context of the question was when are you going to coach Canada at the Olympics, and she was like well they have a pretty good coach already. (And he’s under contract through the next Olympics). She added her life is here so why not team USA?

l don’t think Team USA will go for it, hahahah.

I noticed that OSU announced more tickets are now available. Gonna cram the people in. Can’t wait to hear what you guys have to say about that atmosphere.

Thanks for that link. I will have the check that out.

[ARM]

The Quinnipiac 3rd Line certainly came to play.

I'm thinking that there was some trickiness going on with the line chart, listing the 3rd line first and the first line 3rd.

[pgb-ohio]

I'm thinking that there was some trickiness going on with the line chart, listing the 3rd line first and the first line 3rd.

I actually wondered the same. But not knowing for sure, I decided to take the Line Chart at face value. At least for purposes of the my 3 Stars Post.

[ARM]

But not knowing for sure, I decided to take the Line Chart at face value.

Don't blame you. Most women's teams can't afford to stash their top two scores on the third line. Thanks for giving us the bonus coverage!