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Ohio State Buckeyes 2023-24 The Muzzinator Gonna Muzzinate!!

Final Score From Saturday, January 20th
Ohio State 1
Minnesota-Duluth 0
Buckeyes Win Cliffhanger​

Just who were those Women we were playing? Elite Hockey Players? Or La Quebrada Cliff Divers? Obviously the answer is the former. But the 'dogs gave us some of the drama and intensity normally reserved for those tall cliffs.

Now it's a long way from Duluth to Acapulco. But the Bulldogs sure looked comfortable on that cliff. The Buckeyes? Not so much. We hadn't been anticipating any extraordinary climbs or dives on Saturday. In the end, the Buckeyes eked out the win. But credit Head Coach Maura Crowell for a fine game plan, and the Bulldog players for almost pulling off the upset. They were a bounce or two away from doing just that.

Yes, it was a defense first approach. If the Bulldogs were stubborn Friday, they were even stingier Saturday.

But it was more than defense. UMD aggressively challenged OSU over the full 200 feet. It did result in some turnovers. Also Duluth regularly attempted stretch passes designed to create odd man rushes and breakaways. Were chances created by these tactics? Most definitely. Breakthrough goals? Nope. For the second night in a row, the stellar Buckeye Goalie Corps produced a shutout.

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


Minnesota-Duluth Honorable Mention: (tie) Hanna Baskin & Ida Karlsson
Can't say enough about how well the UMD Defenders played. For Saturday, I'll recognize the 1st D-Pair. Hanna & Ida led all shot blockers. Baskin snuffed out 5 Buckeye Shots; Karlsson was just behind with 4 Blocks.


Ohio State Honorable Mention: (tie) Jenn Gardiner & Cayla Barnes
Assists on the GWG. See the Hannah Bilka #2 Star write-up.



#3 Star: Eve Gascon, Minnesota-Duluth
Eve gave her team every chance to win. The GWG was essentially unstoppable. Even so, Gascon could have just as easily presided over a 2-1 win. Again, see below.


#2 Star: Hannah Bilka, Ohio State
Hannah scores a lot; but Saturday's GWG has to be one my favorite Bilka Goals.

The stubborn Bulldog PK almost kept Buckeye PP at bay for the whole weekend. In fact, the UMD killers held the fort for 115 minutes and 42 seconds of hockey action. But the Bucks finally found a way to break through.

The OSU Power Play began by working the perimeter, with Cayla Barnes up high. The crucial sequence began with a crisp pass from Cayla to Jenn Gardiner. Then, an authoritative diagonal pass from Jenn to Hannah. It couldn't have been more perfect: strong pace; right in Bilka's wheelhouse. I remember thinking to myself "This could be heaven." Relax, said the Buckeyes. We are programmed to score. We may keep you in suspense, but we will never bore!"

Hannah's one-timer? Sheer awesomeness. The play? Tick-Tac-Toe. Buckeye Goal. BUCKEYE GOAL! (copyright Rick Bannister)


#1 Star: Amanda Thiele, Ohio State
Perfect day for Amanda, stopping all 18 shots. Not a large quantity of shots; but definitely some quality saves. Remember the Bulldogs created some great chances, including breakaways. As the last line of defense, Amanda held firm on all of those scoring opportunities. Good thing; every one of Thiele's saves were necessary for the win.

And thus Amanda completed her half of the back-to-back shutouts. A remarkable team accomplishment against a quality opponent.

Gotta love the Buckeye Goalie Corps. The excellent chemistry within the position group is obvious. At the end of every period and during every media timeout, the goalies can be seen giving each other advice and encouragement. That kind of unity pays dividends. As it did Saturday.



Confidential To Quinn K: Can't claim that every one of the 105,000 is paying attention; but every time I see you on the Football Scoreboard I'm filled with Buckeye Hockey Pride.



Up Next: Road Trip To St. Cloud. Go Bucks!
 
It's going to be amazing when all 25 players are on full rides. So, who cares about a rink ... the current rink is embraced by the players, staff and fans. Coach Muz brings in players that want to be the best at their craft and move on to play professionally. You win with players not a cute facility. Didn't Rocky 3 teach us that. Just saw a group of girls opening the new packs of cards. BUCKS taking over the world !!!
 
Sierra said:
It's going to be amazing when all 25 players are on full rides. So, who cares about a rink ... the current rink is embraced by the players, staff and fans. Coach Muz brings in players that want to be the best at their craft and move on to play professionally. You win with players not a cute facility. Didn't Rocky 3 teach us that. Just saw a group of girls opening the new packs of cards. BUCKS taking over the world !!!
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I was only kidding about them not getting into the rink. I was just trying to cause little havoc lol.
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For the OSU fans with a little time on your hands, I have one for you. If you watched the U18 USA team two weeks ago, you're probably all excited about Josie St. Martin coming your way next year. Rightfully so, she's a really talented player with a heavy shot and played really well during the U18 World Championships. For as heralded as she is you'd think she'd be leading her talented Stillwater HS team to a MN state championship or two, but they've never come close. Often disappearing against tough competition and displaying undisciplined penalty riddled play.

I figured eventually this team would mature, but it never has. In fact it's probably gotten worse. Hopefully a change of scenery helps her out and elevates her game and leadership skills at OSU. I watched her game last night, as it was spotlighted vs Woodbury a talented but young and also undisciplined team: https://www.kare11.com/video/sports/...e-39718da3c86c

It's funny how a player can look totally different based on surroundings affecting attitude and play. I was impressed how she helped rally her team, but wasn't impressed with her antics on the ice. IMO, she also wasn't the best player on the ice last night contrary to what you'd expect, it was a fun one to watch! There's a theme there, but I'll leave that alone.
 
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JDHack51 said:
For the OSU fans with a little time on your hands, I have one for you. If you watched the U18 USA team two weeks ago, you're probably all excited about Josie St. Martin coming your way next year. Rightfully so, she's a really talented player with a heavy shot and played really well during the U18 World Championships. For as heralded as she is you'd think she'd be leading her talented Stillwater HS team to a MN state championship or two, but they've never come close. Often disappearing against tough competition and displaying undisciplined penalty riddled play.

I figured eventually this team would mature, but it never has. In fact it's probably gotten worse. Hopefully a change of scenery helps her out and elevates her game and leadership skills at OSU. I watched her game last night, as it was spotlighted vs Woodbury a talented but young and also undisciplined team: https://www.kare11.com/video/sports/...e-39718da3c86c

It's funny how a player can look totally different based on surroundings affecting attitude and play. I was impressed how she helped rally her team, but wasn't impressed with her antics on the ice. IMO, she also wasn't the best player on the ice last night contrary to what you'd expect, it was a fun one to watch! There's a theme there, but I'll leave that alone.
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You don't understand how this thread works. It's 100% hype and positivity 110% percent of the time. It's perfection exemplified and nothing less. There's not room for objective analysis. The thought of a Muzzinated player not being perfect is completely bonkers. I personally appreciate it though.
 
3-0 after first period. Barnes scored 47 seconds in and we never looked back. St.Cloud just can't keep up and unless something goes horribly wrong for Ohio State this game is in the bag.
 
JDHack51 said:
For the OSU fans with a little time on your hands, I have one for you. If you watched the U18 USA team two weeks ago, you're probably all excited about Josie St. Martin coming your way next year. Rightfully so, she's a really talented player with a heavy shot and played really well during the U18 World Championships.
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I appreciate you posting your opinion about Josie on our thread.
I watched every one of USA's games live even though it meant setting my alarm for 5:30am and was very excited watching St.Martin. It was my opinion on forum she should have been tournament MVP and was criticized by some here but I don't need to go into all kind of details about Josie's game to prove them wrong, I just know they are. Josie will be a perfect fit at Ohio State and will definitely reach her maximum potential under the instruction of the Muzzinator and her staff.
If I could give Josie one piece of advice it would be to keep hitting the weight room for that upper body strength because she'll be hoisting a lot of Championship trophy's at Ohio State and some of them are heavy!
 
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Timothy A said:
You don't understand how this thread works. It's 100% hype and positivity 110% percent of the time. It's perfection exemplified and nothing less. There's not room for objective analysis. The thought of a Muzzinated player not being perfect is completely bonkers. I personally appreciate it though.
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We don't think our players are perfect, we just don't think they are as astronomically inferior to Wisconsin's players as you and others imply week in and week out. Based on our roster, maybe the WCHA should just hand the coach of the year trophy to the Muzzinator now. #LOL :-)
 
Hockeybuckeye said:
I appreciate you posting your opinion about Josie on our thread!
I watched every one of USA's games live even though it meant setting my alarm for 5:30am and was very excited watching St.Martin. It was my opinion on forum she should have been tournament MVP and was criticized by some here but I don't need to go into all kind of details about Josie's game to prove them wrong, I just know they are. Josie will be a perfect fit at Ohio State and will definitely reach her maximum potential under the instruction of the Muzzinator and her staff.
If I could give Josie one piece of advice it would be to keep hitting the weight room for that upper body strength because she'll be hoisting a lot of Championship trophy's at Ohio State and some of them are heavy!
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If she was going to Minnesota or Wisconsin, people would be singing a different tune about her, but since she is coming to Ohio State, she is automatically vastly inferior to the God-almighty Badgers and God-almighty Gophers. They should rename the WCHA coach of the year trophy the Nadine K. Muzerall Trophy since she wins championships with our talent (or lack thereof if you believe the Wisconsin posters). No one on here has ever said our kids are perfect, but we think they are pretty damn talented, talented enough to win a couple WCHA Tournaments, a National Title, and a WCHA Regular Season Title. But hey, let them all continue to disparage our team. That bullshit will get back to Coach and she'll use it to motivate our girls. I love our team, wouldn't trade our kids for anyone else! Can't wait until they get back home next weekend so I can cheer them on in person.
 
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Ohio State had an afternoon game at St. Cloud earlier today and defeated the 10th-ranked Huskies by a final score of 4-2. The Buckeyes took a 3-0 lead into the first intermission on goals from Cayla Barnes, Sloane Matthews, and Jenna Buglioni. Neither team scored in the second frame and the teams went into the final intermission with the Buckeyes leading 3-0. St. Cloud's Emma Gentry scored early in the third period to cut Ohio State's lead to 3-1. Ohio State's Makenna Webster answered to restore Ohio State's three-goal lead. Gentry scored her second goal of the game later in the period to make it 4-2 and that is how the game ended. Ohio State outshot the Huskies in this one 35-17. Buckeye netminder Raygan Kirk stopped 15 of the 17 shots she faced to get the win. JoJo Chobak got the start in net for St. Cloud and stopped 31 of the 35 shots she faced. The two teams are back at it tomorrow with game time at 2:00 pm EST (1:00 pm CST).
 
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If she was going to Minnesota or Wisconsin, people would be singing a different tune about her, but since she is coming to Ohio State, she is automatically vastly inferior to the God-almighty Badgers and God-almighty Gophers. They should rename the WCHA coach of the year trophy the Nadine K. Muzerall Trophy since she wins championships with our talent (or lack thereof if you believe the Wisconsin posters). No one on here has ever said our kids are perfect, but we think they are pretty damn talented, talented enough to win a couple WCHA Tournaments, a National Title, and a WCHA Regular Season Title. But hey, let them all continue to disparage our team. That bull**** will get back to Coach and she'll use it to motivate our girls. I love our team, wouldn't trade our kids for anyone else! Can't wait until they get back home next weekend so I can cheer them on in person.
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This is a remarkable rant. A couple of things:

"I watched every one of USA's games live even though it meant setting my alarm for 5:30am and was very excited watching St.Martin. It was my opinion on forum she should have been tournament MVP and was criticized by some here but I don't need to go into all kind of details about Josie's game to prove them wrong"

First, I've seen St. Martin in person mutliple times including at the 2022 U18s at LaBahn. She's a great player and a good get. But if you're judging the MVP by ONLY watching the US games, you do not have a complete data set. I VPN'd into all kinds of weird country networks to get the other games, and the idea that we're being anti-St. Martin by pointing out the tremendous play of Sapovalivova or the admitted deserved huge point total of Primerano is ridiculous. (If you only watched the US games, you literally never saw Canada, and only saw a gassed Czechia at the very end of the tournament.)

Second, every time this comes out "But hey, let them all continue to disparage our team. That bull**** will get back to Coach and she'll use it to motivate our girls." I laugh audibly out loud. No way is Coach Muzerall dumb enough to come into practice and say "hey gals, I heard two internet assholes thought a couple of other players were better than you" and think that she found the motivation that was going to push the team over the top. We're USCHO posters: embrace your complete and utter irrelevance. I know I have.
 
I think it's funny that Wisconsin posters get accused of downplaying the quality of Ohio state's roster. That is not the case. What wrinkles the feather of Wisconsin and Minnesota fans is the fact that Tosu posters are constantly asserting that the Ohio State players are all the best that everybody else is just an annoying fly on the screen. I appreciate your enthusiasm but a little less bravado would go a long way towards a peaceful coexistence amongst WCHA fans. But I get your perspective, you went from being total garbage to national champs, and it appears it's a sustainable level of quality and not a flash in the pan.
 
Love the passion in these threads. Waiting for the PW to get to that level and for 6 unhinged (in a good way) fans to start threads on this board.

We all have our biases. The one i can’t get over at Wisco is the head in the sand about Mark Johnson retiring one day and how that will apparently have zero impact on recruiting and on ice success.
 
Hockeybuckeye said:
I appreciate you posting your opinion about Josie on our thread.
I watched every one of USA's games live even though it meant setting my alarm for 5:30am and was very excited watching St.Martin. It was my opinion on forum she should have been tournament MVP and was criticized by some here but I don't need to go into all kind of details about Josie's game to prove them wrong, I just know they are. Josie will be a perfect fit at Ohio State and will definitely reach her maximum potential under the instruction of the Muzzinator and her staff.
If I could give Josie one piece of advice it would be to keep hitting the weight room for that upper body strength because she'll be hoisting a lot of Championship trophy's at Ohio State and some of them are heavy!
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I hope it does elevate her game to new levels, I wish her nothing but the best at OSU. She is highly skilled, with great vision and an accurate bomb of a shot. My rip if there is one, she has a lack of high end speed in which teams can easily challenge her ability to create on her own. At OSU this won't be a huge factor, she'll have plenty of skill around her and will be able to help in many ways. Her high school team remains a dumpster fire, which may not totally be her fault but they've continually underachieved which is enough said.

I thought the game was entertaining, a back and forth battle that show cased the best and worse of her on her current team. Her running of the power play was awesome, helping to create 3 goals and got them back in the game. It wasn't all bad, just an interesting watch.
 
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