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

[robertearle]

Originally posted by ARM: The Buckeyes have become the Michael Myers of the WCHA; they don't stay dead.

ARM's comment originally appeared in the Wisconsin Thread.
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We break into your regular programing with a news bulletin............Timothy A had nothing to do with this comment and does not condone or approve of any reference to tOSU program, any support staff, or coaches comparing them to an insane, deranged, sick, twisted, vile, gross movie character. Now back to your regularly scheduled programing.

I thought he was still alive and I have enjoyed his work. Game on!

So far, the analogies are Apollo Creed and Michael Myers. Who's next, Nicholson from "The Shining"?

 

[Hockeybuckeye]

I should have been more clear. Coach herself was the one who made the comment during the 97.1 The Fan interview. She didn't mention USCHO or ARM by name, but did indicate she was quoting someone else.

Actually it's coaches mother who reads the forum and reports to her. Be careful fellows, you know what they say about a mothers wrath! (Big Grin)

 

[Timothy A]

Actually it's coaches mother who reads the forum and reports to her. Be careful fellows, you know what they say about a mothers wrath! (Big Grin)

I'm outtta here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have a nice life. We never discuss tOSU anywhere but this thread, not even the wcha one.

 

[osualum86]

Actually it's coaches mother who reads the forum and reports to her. Be careful fellows, you know what they say about a mothers wrath! (Big Grin)

I told you not to blow Coach's cover on this forum! (LOL)

Now she will have to search harder to find material for us to continue to play the "disrespected underdog" role. (smile, wink)

Coach Muzerall, I tried to keep it a secret, but the word is now out that you read this forum!

Coach, go a few pages back where everyone except Hockeybuckeye, Pgb, and I (and some other OSU fans) said they would root against us (like the Penn State fans did last season) if we are in the Frozen Four or the Championship Game!

Then you can break out those OHIO AGAINST THE WORLD shirts! (big grin)

 

[Hockeybuckeye]

Like I said, she doesn't read forum personally but she is aware of what's said here. In some respects she's just like Santa Claus.
"She knows when you've been sleeping, she knows when you're awake, she knows if you've been bad or good so be good for goodness sake!"
I'll bet that song never gave you chills before, eh? LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[osualum86]

Now take it easy Hockeybuckeye. You have poor Timothy A scared to death! I met Timothy A in person. He is a good guy and I have been trying for years to get him to come to Columbus for games against his Badgers. Now you have scared him away and he will never come down. Timothy A, you ever make it down and I will introduce you to "the Muzzinator." I think you may have been the first to come up with that nickname for her, IIRC. All kidding aside, good luck this weekend vs the Mavericks! The way your team is playing, I don't think you will have much trouble with Mankato.

 

[pgb-ohio]

So far, the analogies are Apollo Creed and Michael Myers. Who's next, Nicholson from "The Shining"?

Heeeeeeer's Muzzy!

 

[Hockeybuckeye]

Heeeeeeer's Muzzy!

Boy, everybody this week has been hilarious.

 

[Hockeybuckeye]

Now take it easy Hockeybuckeye. You have poor Timothy A scared to death! I met Timothy A in person. He is a good guy and I have been trying for years to get him to come to Columbus for games against his Badgers. Now you have scared him away and he will never come down. Timothy A, you ever make it down and I will introduce you to "the Muzzinator." I think you may have been the first to come up with that nickname for her, IIRC. All kidding aside, good luck this weekend vs the Mavericks! The way your team is playing, I don't think you will have much trouble with Mankato.

But didn't the Muzzinator wonder what happened to TimothyA's helmet hat so that he was wearing a regular cap last weekend or am I mistaken?

 

[Timothy A]

But didn't the Muzzinator wonder what happened to TimothyA's helmet hat so that he was wearing a regular cap last weekend or am I mistaken?

Lies, all lies! You, er, she can't prove a thing! Let's just say for argument's sake I was wearing a regular cap, which ones were they? And no going back into the B16 broadcasts and trying to catch a glimpse of them either.

Why did I come back in here!?!!? Muzzy is stalking me. I'm never going anywhere near Ohio ever again. It will be sad not going to that great museum at Wright Patterson again. I did buy my favorite T shirt of all time there, one with a P51D flying in the clouds on it. What a beauty. Adios muchachos!

 

[pgb-ohio]

Boy, everybody this week has been hilarious.

From the spectator point of view, the end of the the regular season provides a chance to catch one's breath before the start of the conference playoffs. A bit of levity was in order.

But if you're suggesting the time has to come to get serious and focus on Bemidji, you're absolutely correct.

 

[Eddie Schorr]

Congrats to Sophie on the hat trick. Also, huge respect for the Bemidji goalie. That was one of the greatest college hockey performances that I've ever watched. Without her, that damn well could have been 10-1.

 

[osualum86]

Congrats to Sophie on the hat trick. Also, huge respect for the Bemidji goalie. That was one of the greatest college hockey performances that I've ever watched. Without her, that damn well could have been 10-1.

Totally agree, the Bemidji State tender kept her team in this game. This was one of those games that was probably closer than the final score indicated, but if it was not for the heroics of the Beavers' Hannah Hogenson in net, as you said, the score could have very well been lopsided. Ohio State opened the scoring in the first period less than two minutes into the game on a goal by Sophie Jaques to take a 1-0 lead. Neither team scored the rest of the period and the teams went into the first intermission with the Buckeyes holding onto that 1-0 lead. Bemidji State answered early in the second period on a goal from Makenna Deering to knot it at 1-1. The score stayed that way until Sophie Jaques lit the lamp with exactly .2 seconds left on the clock in the second period to regain the lead at 2-1. Ohio State added two more goals in the third period to make the final score 4-1. The Buckeye goals were scored by Sophie Jaques (hat trick) and Emma Maltais. Maltais' goal was an empty-netter as the Beavers had pulled Hogenson for an extra attacker. The Buckeyes outshot Bemidji State 45-13 with Buckeye netminder Amanda Thiele stopping 12 of the 13 shots she faced to get the win. Bemidji State's Hannah Hogenson was brilliant in net, stopping 41 of the 44 shots she faced. Game two will be tomorrow at 3:00 pm.

 

[pgb-ohio]

Final Score From Friday, February 24th
Ohio State 4
Bemidji State 1
(Ohio State Leads Best of Three Playoff Series 1-0)

Trading Storms​

The State of Minnesota experienced a major snow storm this week. Historic? No. But significant accumulations, particularly on Tuesday and Thursday. Travel was more than inconvenient. The Beavers swapped out of the blizzard by traveling on Wednesday. Presumably they enjoyed the sunny, 70 degree weather in Columbus on Thursday.

In trade, Bemidji received a major storm of shots from the Ohio State offense. Historic? No. But pretty intense pressure throughout the contest. Yet the game remained tied until 19:59 of the 2nd Period. The Beaver Defense put up an admirable resistance.

Three Stars Of The Game: Decidedly Unofficial & Just For Fun
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2nd Honorable Mention: Ella Anick, Bemidji State
Ella had 5 blocked shots. Ouch! That total easily led all players.

1st Honorable Honorable Mention: Hannah Hogenson, Bemidji State
Hannah was magnificent in the Bemidji net, turning away shot after short. In the end, Hogenson couldn't stop the Buckeye onslaught. But she finished the game with 41 Saves, many of the excellent variety.


#3 Star: Makenna Deering, Bemidji State
The Beaver goal came on a perimeter play. Adriana Van De Leest, working from the right point, tossed the puck deep. Next, Paige Anderson won a puck battle behind the Buckeye net. Paige continued the wrap around, directing the puck to Reece Hunt in the left wing corner. Finally, Reece sent the puck went back to Deering on the left point. Makenna's fine blast got through everyone, and found the net just inside the right post.

#2 Star: Emma Maltais; Ohio State
Emma was a magnificent 17 of 22 in the face-off circle, for an impressive win rate of 77.3%. Perhaps the most important win came just a minute and a half into the game. Getting a shift against Bemidji's 3rd line, Maltais cleanly won the draw back to Sophie Jaques, whose top shelf drive opened the scoring. The early tally certainly got the Buckeyes off on the right foot. Without that goal? Based on how the 1st two periods ultimately played out, who knows?

But as it happened, Emma also had the primary assist on the GWG. In the end, Maltais bagged the empty-netter to close out the game. On that one Makenna Webster forced a turnover as the Buckeyes were defending against the extra attacker. From there, Webster accompanied Maltais down the ice for the coup-de-grace.


#1 Star: Sophie Jaques, Ohio State
A pure hat trick to win a playoff game? I could almost leave it at that; top honors were pretty much inevitable. But here's a little more detail for you.

Sophie posted a +3 for the game, which led all players. Granted, she shared that +3 with her 'D' partner Madison Bizal, and with the Maltais/Levis/Webster line.

Ultimately Jaques spread out her goals evenly, with one per period. Interestingly, the second & third goals were both generated by passes from below the end line. Maltais had the feed in the 2nd; Paetyn Levis did the honors in the 3rd.


Up Next: The Saturday Rematch With Bemidji Faces Off At The Standard 3:01 PM Time. Should A Game 3 On Sunday Be Necessary, The 3:01 Start Time Also Applies.

 

[Hockeybuckeye]

I generally don't trash people on forum but I've got to say I've never seen such horrific officiating this season than on this weekends series against the Beavers. We had a player injured in each game, and in today's game the concern was serious enough she was transported to the hospital in the ambulance on a backboard!
Did we get a PP with the injuries? 5 minutes would have been warranted in either instance but no, not even a 2 minute call!! We didn't even get a review today for an elbow to the head that caused Buglioni to go down hard on the ice. Her injury could have been serious. I've seen other forum members this season posting about their disgust with WCHA officiating and boy, am I disgusted!
Our ref's this weekend were Bradshaw and Binkley and I hope coach insists we do NOT have them doing our games next weekend.

 

[osualum86]

I generally don't trash people on forum but I've got to say I've never seen such horrific officiating this season than on this weekends series against the Beavers. We had a player injured in each game, and in today's game the concern was serious enough she was transported to the hospital in the ambulance on a backboard!
Did we get a PP with the injuries? 5 minutes would have been warranted in either instance but no, not even a 2 minute call!! We didn't even get a review today for an elbow to the head that caused Buglioni to go down hard on the ice. Her injury could have been serious. I've seen other forum members this season posting about their disgust with WCHA officiating and boy, am I disgusted!
Our ref's this weekend were Bradshaw and Binkley and I hope coach insists we do NOT have them doing our games next weekend.

I usually try my best to not say anything about officiating, but it was absolutely disgusting today. I have gotten used to WCHA officials not calling much, but when a kid takes a head shot and gets injured in the process and nothing is called whatsoever, I can't keep silent about that. Not only did they not call that on the ice, they didn't even go to video and review it. I don't have a problem with officials letting the kids decide the games, but when it gets to the point where a kid takes a head shot and gets hurt, that is where it crosses the line. I am with you on that, Hockeybuckeye, if I were Coach Muzerall, I would send the film of this one to the WCHA Office and request that Bradshaw and Binkley never work an OSU game again. We should have had five or six power plays today and we got none.

Onto the game ... Woody Hayes always said "Anything easy ain't worth a damn." It has also been said by more than a few coaches that the closeout game is the hardest one to win. Bemidji State's goaltender, Hannah Hogenson, was outstanding again today and kept the Beavers in the game, but the Buckeyes eventually broke through and held on to win 2-1. Ohio State opened the scoring on a first period goal from Sloane Matthews to take a 1-0 lead. That score held until the third period when Jenn Gardiner scored with less than four minutes to go in the game to give Ohio State a 2-0 lead. Bemidji got a late power play goal to make the score 2-1, but that was as close as they would get. The Buckeyes outshot the Beavers 30-16 in this one with Buckeye netminder Amanda Thiele stopping 15 of the 16 shots she faced in the win. Beaver backstop Hannah Hogenson was brilliant again today, stopping 28 of the 30 shots she faced in the loss. The Buckeyes move onto the WCHA Final Faceoff next weekend and will play Minnesota-Duluth in the first semi-final. Minnesota will play Wisconsin in the other semi-final. Bemidji State's season comes to a close with this loss.

 

[osualum86]

Just watched the replay. I am even more pissed at Bradshaw now. It was a clear head shot to Jenna Buglioni. Bradshaw was standing right there, saw everything, and did not call a damn thing. He should never ref an Ohio State game again. I know these guys have a tough job, but they also have to be held accountable for egregious no-calls when players take head shots, get injured, and they call nothing. Should have been a five-minute major and they didn't even review it.

 

[pgb-ohio]

Watching Jenna Buglioni's injury was tough. Seeing her strapped to the immobilization board was much worse. I hope and pray that the latter was just an intelligent precaution. I take some small comfort from the fact she left the ice upright, gliding on her skates, as she was being helped along.

I was also startled by how still & quiet Jenna was. But flashing back to a long ago ski injury, maybe that part is normal and makes sense.

Perhaps ironically, I was close to Jenna's current age; maybe exactly Jenna's age. The relevant part comes after my "first responder" got me to a safe place to wait for the sled. (to get down to the base lodge)

My injury occurred at a Canadian resort. The cracked ilium meant I was lying on my back in the snow. The ski patrol guy's job was to assess my condition, and to try to lift my spirits. I'll never the guy's first words to me: "It's a bit cold on the bum, eh?" Exact words. Now on one level, that's laugh out loud funny. I managed a "yeah," and a weak nod.

What was I experiencing? Well, I was kind of in shock. Really, really disappointed to be injured. But not mad at the resort; not mad at the offending ice patch or anything else. Mostly just wanted to withdraw into myself. I hope and pray that's all that Jenna was going through, and that the "startling quiet" wasn't evidence of anything worse.

I do understand why Buckeye fans would want to "prosecute" either a ref or an opposing player. But I'm just not up for the that. Mind you I'm not telling anyone else to keep quiet.

Part of my reaction stems from how I post. The 17 regulars know I almost never criticize a ref or an opposing player. But it's more than that. Jenna's injury hit me hard.

Importantly, I'm not forgetting about Brooke Bink's injury. Though apparently less serious, that was plenty bad enough.

Tough weekend, despite two significant wins.

 

[Hockeybuckeye]

Just watched the replay. I am even more ****ed at Bradshaw now. It was a clear head shot to Jenna Buglioni. Bradshaw was standing right there, saw everything, and did not call a damn thing. He should never ref an Ohio State game again. I know these guys have a tough job, but they also have to be held accountable for egregious no-calls when players take head shots, get injured, and they call nothing. Should have been a five-minute major and they didn't even review it.

I don't like how it makes me feel to speak of someone in negative terms but I think there was a serious lack of accountability from our refs last night.
With it being hockey we all like a little rough stuff but when a player is evaluated that the injury could be serious and is taken to the hospital it is indeed the responsibility of the on ice officials to send the message not just to the team of the offending player but to show both teams that over the top aggressiveness will not be tolerated.
The proper message should have been an ejection. That sentiment was shared by every parent of our players after the game in conversation so I'm not alone in my opinion.
I'm curious that given that our player had to be taken to OSU's Medical Center's Emergency Room will the head of WCHA officiating look into this matter further?

 

[robertearle]

Wading into this with *great* trepidation....

Is there another 'incident' besides the one four minutes into the first period? All the talk about "immobilization board" etc confuses me greatly. Buglioni leaves the ice on her skates, albeit while accompanied, then sits with trainers etc in an area adjacent to the player bench for a few minutes, then disappears from camera altogether, somewhere around eight minutes gone in the period.

I hope it is obvious that if she was subsequently taken elsewhere for further evaluation some minutes later is hardly something Bradshaw can take into account at the moment of the call/no call on the ice.

As for the no call, I can only see what BTN-Plus shows me. And as has often been discussed, what one can see on the video from the OSU rink is sorely lacking. Obviously she goes into the boards hard. What causes her to go into the boards is not at all apparent. It could have been a hit from the Bemidji player, it could have been 'normal' player contact in the corners, it could have been her simply losing her balance. BTN showed no replays, either of the one main camera shot, or of the other camera(s). I simply can't say from what one can see on the BTN replay.

As best I understand it, Muzzerall could have challenged for a five minute major 'head contact' penalty, and obviously she didn't; as best one can see, neither she nor any OSU player/captain says much of anything to the refs. Had she challenged (much like the 'hand pass' challenge at LaBahn last week) the refs can only review the cameras and angles available to them. So maybe Muzzerall understood that, and realized the challenge was likely to fail based on that? I don't know.

I understand you guys were in the building, and were able to see much more. But the video available on BTN isn't at all 'definitive' or 'indisputable', etc.