Ohio State 2024-25 Domination of the Portal Queen!

[Hockeybuckeye]

WOW! Buckeyes going to Sweden this summer. That's HUGE! Talk about great for recruiting.

The Nordic countries have long since turned out many of the top hockey players in the world both men and women.
THE Muzzinator going after that talent is just par for the course but I think she scored an eagle with signing Mira Jungaker who will be most likely not only the top defenseman in the WCHA but the country as well!
That's where having an associate head coach like Peter Elander pays HUGE dividends and though I'm sad to see him go his influence on our program will resonate for years to come.

[BackyardIce]

The NCAA allows for teams to go on international trips once every four years. Such trips have become fairly common in the volleyball world - on a trip in 2019, the Wisconsin coaches noticed a player playing against them in Poland named Julia Orzol, recruited her, she came in 2021 when she was a starting 'left' on the national championship team and is this year's team captain. I don't remember hearing about a women's hockey team going on such a trip before, but that doesn't mean it hasn't happened; maybe it's harder to find teams to play in the middle of summer in hockey than in volleyball.

Mercyhurst did this last summer. I guess Muzzy didn't invent it. So sad.

[Hockeybuckeye]

Mercyhurst did this last summer. I guess Muzzy didn't invent it. So sad.

How do you know she didn't invent it when at Minnesota?

[Sierra]

The NCAA allows for teams to go on international trips once every four years. Such trips have become fairly common in the volleyball world - on a trip in 2019, the Wisconsin coaches noticed a player playing against them in Poland named Julia Orzol, recruited her, she came in 2021 when she was a starting 'left' on the national championship team and is this year's team captain. I don't remember hearing about a women's hockey team going on such a trip before, but that doesn't mean it hasn't happened; maybe it's harder to find teams to play in the middle of summer in hockey than in volleyball.

Interesting that the NCAA only allows a trip every 4 years. I wonder why? It would be nice if each class could experience playing international.

[Lindsay]

Mercyhurst did this last summer. I guess Muzzy didn't invent it. So sad.

Yes. Coach Sisti had been aspiring to take his team international as far back as the early 2000’s. Wonderful they were able to make it happen, with the support of the university and others. Following Mercyhurst social media some of the players quote it as their favorite memory. Other programs have gone to Belfast in recent years.

i hope the buckeyes have a great time.

Don’t forget that for non Americans every game is an international one!

[Hockeybuckeye]

Here's a story on our incoming freshman from Sweden.
I especially like the last paragraph!

https://thehockeynews.com/womens/col...or-her-to-grow

[Hockeybuckeye]

To show my confidence and faith in our program and coach I just made my Frozen Four reservations at The Graduate Hotel in Minneapolis.

[Sierra]

Natilie Spooner wins MVP!! Maltais and Jaques all rookie team. Maltais was also runner up to Spooner. OSU the GOLD standard. Love it!

[nobody72924]

Non conference games from Mercyhurst Athletic Site - Ohio State vs Mercyhurst

October 22 Tuesday @ Ohio State

December 2 Monday @ Mercyhurst

[Hockeybuckeye]

Non conference games from Mercyhurst Athletic Site - Ohio State vs Mercyhurst

October 22 Tuesday @ Ohio State

December 2 Monday @ Mercyhurst

I'd like to see more non conference games against top teams like we did with Colgate last season but not for the first games of the season. I do like we have Penn
State in the Ice Breaker.

[pgb-ohio]

I'd like to see more non conference games against top teams like we did with Colgate last season but not for the first games of the season. I do like we have Penn
State in the Ice Breaker.

Are we actually guaranteed a game with Penn State? I hadn't heard anything about the tournament format.

[Hockeybuckeye]

Are we actually guaranteed a game with Penn State? I hadn't heard anything about the tournament format.

You are correct, I was speaking optimistically although I wish we could play Penn State yearly as part of our non conference schedule.

[Hockeybuckeye]

Here's a story on Ohio State's plan to pay its student athletes.

https://www.dispatch.com/story/sport...k/74154753007/

[Timothy A]

Here's a story on Ohio State's plan to pay its student athletes.

https://www.dispatch.com/story/sport...k/74154753007/

A very interesting article, thanks for sharing. I was a little surprised to read that the payouts won't be equal to the genders and the sports. It reads that the big revenue sports athletes will get more money than the little revenue sports athletes. That makes sense in a capitalistic sense but in today's hypersensitive world of equity I wasn't sure how universities were actually going to do it.

[Hockeybuckeye]

A very interesting article, thanks for sharing. I was a little surprised to read that the payouts won't be equal to the genders and the sports. It reads that the big revenue sports athletes will get more money than the little revenue sports athletes. That makes sense in a capitalistic sense but in today's hypersensitive world of equity I wasn't sure how universities were actually going to do it.

I'm not one hundred percent certain it's going to be exactly like the story said, there may be some twerking yet, after all these are uncharted waters.
It's no surprise that football will get the lions share because it's critical they stay a top program because their revenue funds all the other sports.