The Dunne's are from O'Fallon, MO (St. Louis area). We will be without Joy Dunne (USA), Mira Jungaker (Sweden), Jenna Raunio (Sweden), Hilda Svensson (Sweden), and Sanni Vanhanen (Finland). When you recruit well, as your program does, too, it's to be expected. Hopefully, we still have enough firepower and D to win some games next month. It would be nice if the NCAA could just take a break like the professionals do (PWHL and NHL), but that's probably never going to happen. Several WCHA teams will be without key players next month so we will find out how deep our teams are. We will still have some girls who can score goals, and as much as it has been tough without Emma Peschel, it was probably a blessing in disguise as she had a legit shot at making Team USA's roster before she got hurt. Hopefully we get her back soon.
Onto today's game ... the Buckeyes completed a sweep on the road at St. Cloud, winning today's game by a final score of 5-1. St. Cloud struck first on a goal from Sofianna Sundelin to make it 1-0. Ohio State was not able to answer in the initial frame, so the teams went into the first intermission with the Huskies leading 1-0. The final periods were all Ohio State as the Bucks scored three goals in the second period to take a 3-1 lead into the final intermission. The Ohio State goals were scored by Mira Jungaker, Kaia Malachino, and Maxine Cimoroni. Sloane Matthews scored for Ohio State in the third period to give the Buckeyes a 4-1 lead. Joy Dunne would add an empty-netter to make the final score 5-1. The Buckeyes outshot the Huskies 49-23 in this one. Nice to see Genny Klein get the start in net for Ohio State. Genny had a solid game, stopping 22 of the 23 shots she faced in the win. JoJo Chobak got the start in net for St. Cloud and stopped 44 of the 48 shots she faced. Ohio State will be on the road again next weekend, traveling to Mankato to take on Minnesota State. St. Cloud will travel to Duluth to take on Minnesota-Duluth.