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Ohio State Buckeyes 2022-2023 ... The Drive For Duluth
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Hockeybuckeye
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I'm a little ticked off at USCHO at the moment. UW had a write up on them this weekend but not Ohio State.
We're only 4-0, defending National Champions, ranked #1 and honored the National Champion team at Saturday's team and that's not worth a story? Where's the love?
We're only 4-0, defending National Champions, ranked #1 and honored the National Champion team at Saturday's team and that's not worth a story? Where's the love?
ARM
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It isn't about love; it's about staff and access. USCHO's women's editor lives in Wisconsin and has covered the Badgers for years. Almost 20 years ago when David DeRemer was the women's D-I editor and Brian Schulz was doing a USCHO Game of the Week, the site was better positioned to cover the East, as both were Harvard students. At that time, DeRemer sought out rink reporters for local coverage, and USCHO employed editors to receive and post game recaps. Over the years, that editing staff has been downsized, so there are far fewer writers and recaps, other than those that Nicole does as a bonus.
For that reason, anything that those who view games can add to the forum is a help to those of us who are trying to follow one or more teams.
It was great finally meeting you in person!! Totally agree with you on the cheap shot on Emma Maltais. That was a deliberate elbow to the head and the officials should have called it accordingly.
Hockeybuckeye
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It was great to meet you too!
It was well worth hopping over to the men's game after the women's. Coming back from down 3-0 to win 4-3 completed the sweep to make both our teams undefeated so far!
I saw that. Good home-opening weekend for the men and women!
ARM covered most of this, but I am literally one person who does all the women's DI writing and I don't have an editor. I would LOVE to be able to travel and cover more, but the very frank answer is I do not make enough money for that to be possible. I try to travel to at least one or two out-of-state series a year, but because of where I am, that's not super feasible. Also, I drive to keep costs down and because this is a winter sport, that means making judgement calls about snow and ice. It's an hour drive each way for me to go to games in Madison, which I happily do very frequently, but even that sometimes just isn't possible.
The short of it is, if I'm in house for a game, I'll do a recap, regardless of the opponent. That's because I have access to line charts and go to the post-game to talk to coaches and players. I do not write gamers when I don't have those things. Generally, I try to stay home and watch a bunch of streams at least one weekend day. If Wisconsin is playing a ranked opponent, I'll make the trip to Madison for both games. I personally feel like I learn a lot more about a team and get more information seeing teams in person. Streams are much harder to glean things from.
I do not write up games I just watch on streams because anything I write would be inferior to what the teams put up on their own sites as recaps. I also usually have 2-3 games on at any given time. It's hard to do any of them justice. None of this is ideal, but it is the system I've come up with. I used to feel like I had to be at every Wisconsin home game, but that was really difficult and meant I didn't get to watch as many teams, so I stay home more often with my multi-screen set up.
I know I don't get over here to post as often as folks would probably like, but I do try to come over and read through stuff and add in my two cents or any info I have. As one person trying to cover 42 teams, it's impossible to do it all. But also, feel free to Tweet (@nicolehaase) at me. I'm pretty open and accessible and am so appreciative of you all.
The Buckeye Women opened their road series at Bemidji State with a 4-0 win over the Beavers. Ohio State opened the scoring in the first period on a goal from Kenzie Hauswirth and the teams would go into the first intermission with the Buckeyes up 1-0. Neither team scored in the second period so the teams went into the final intermission with the Buckeyes clinging to a 1-0 lead. The Buckeyes erupted for three third-period goals, two from Sophie Jaques, and the final goal was scored by Jenna Buglioni. The Buckeyes outshot the Beavers 38-14 with Buckeye backstop Raygan Kirk stopping all 14 shots she faced to get the shutout. Bemidji netminder Hannah Hogenson stopped 34 of the 38 shots she faced. The teams are back at it tomorrow with game time being 3:00 pm EST.
Hockeybuckeye
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We came alive in the 3rd but I hope we have strong first periods next weekend against Duluth.
You do a ton of good stuff and I greatly appreciate you.
Amen. A Gigantic Amen!
You do far more for USCHO than I do as one poster. But this is analogous to why I only do my "3 Stars" Posts for Home Games I attend in person.
It's great that you posted this. I'm sure that those who are critical are simply unaware of how few people actively serve as USCHO Staff. When you think about it, it's actually quite a compliment to you. You and ARM pull off the illusion of a larger staff with more resources. And not just on Wednesdays. (winking emoticon here.)
I'm going to respectfully disagree with "came alive." I thought we played hard all game. The Buckeyes had a territorial advantage and a shots advantage throughout. But the stingy Bemidji defense prevented most Grade 'A' scoring chances. And the Beavers generated some truly dangerous opportunities on the counter. Of course all of that is just Bemidji being Bemidji. 1-0 after two periods wasn't a bad result.
Sophie's goal to open the 3rd was enormous. Now down by two goals with less than a period to play, Bemidji had no choice but to open things up, and go more on the attack. It's no coincidence that the Buckeyes were able to create more high quality chances on offense. Thankfully we cashed in on a couple.
Offsides Guy
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Apologize if this has been covered elsewhere but why hasn’t Webster been in the line up for OSU?
She played in the Saturday St. Cloud Game, back on October 8th. Bagged 1 Assist.
Otherwise I presume she's been with the Field Hockey team. But the latter is me presuming, not knowing.
Offsides Guy
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Ah, I forgot about the field hockey piece. Thanks!
Totally agree with this. It's Alumni Weekend, so there will be big crowds! Looking forward to it!
Bemidji State put up a good fight earlier today, but the Buckeye Women completed the sweep earlier by a final score of 5-2. The Buckeyes opened the scoring on a goal by Emma Maltais and that was the only scoring in the first period. Ohio State's Riley Brengman lit the lamp in the second period to put the Buckeyes up 2-0. The Beavers answered on a goal from Genevieve Hendrickson and the teams went into the final intermission with the Buckeyes clinging to a 2-1 lead. Kendra Fortin would score for the Beavers to tie things up at 2-2 in the third period. From that point on, it was all Buckeyes when it comes to goals scored. Ohio State got a goal from Sydney Morrow and two goals from Sophie Jaques, the latter being an empty-netter to make the final score 5-2. The Buckeyes outshot the Beavers by a wide margin in this one, 50-10. Buckeye netminder Amanda Thiele stopped 8 of the 10 shots she faced to get the win. Beaver goaltender Hannah Hogenson stopped 45 of the 49 shots she faced in a valiant effort for Bemidji. The Buckeyes will return home next weekend for a big series against the UMD Bulldogs. It doesn't get any easier for the Beavers as they will travel to Madison to take on the Wisconsin Badgers.
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ARM
Fan of chipmunk-like mascots.
Other than the column with Nicole, I haven't written for USCHO for more than two years. Over the years, teams have gotten better about making streams and highlights available. Fans have less need to read about what happened when they can watch it themselves. We can add quotes from the postgame, but a number of the coaches of the higher profile teams are so careful about what they say that those quotes don't add a lot. Many of the players are so selfless, that their quotes are sometimes not much better in terms of being informative.
Q: "Can you talk about the play where you stole the puck on the PK and scored an unassisted, breakaway goal?"
A: "I have to give all the credit to my teammates; they were setting me up all game."
I applaud all that Nicole has taken on to write about the sport. She's covered both D-I and D-III simultaneously, and just doing D-I only, I used to feel like there was something that I was supposed to be writing just about every day. It has to be a labor of love, because parking and gas more than offsets the compensation, and that was when gas was more affordable than it is now.
After a while, you start to feel like no matter what you write, you've written it before and it's time for a new voice. Writing with Nicole was fun, because at least she was constantly adding new ideas and directions, and it wasn't like talking to yourself. I've written enough recaps of 8-0 type games that I have no fresh way of telling those stories. Hopefully, new writers will emerge.
Hockeybuckeye
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Today's game had me a bit nervous, especially when the Beavers tied it at 2-2. Yes, we got the win and the sweep but I thought we should have been more dominate but there again Minnesota's last win against the Beavers was by 3 goals as well which to me speaks well of the Beavers not being a pushover.
With Duluth coming to town with no doubt a very large chip on their shoulders it's going to be a very intense series! I have no doubt Coach Nadine will have the team well prepared.
With Duluth coming to town with no doubt a very large chip on their shoulders it's going to be a very intense series! I have no doubt Coach Nadine will have the team well prepared.
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