Ohio State Women's Hockey 2025-26

[Lindsay]

FWIW one thing that is still missing from the women’s hockey landscape is a book about or by the best women’s hockey coaches. Hint hint universe

 

[robertearle]

Good points, and I can't remember the UW timeout status from 2025 either. I tried to sort through the "math" of Johnson's decision last year in my head. On the one hand, because the clock had wound down under 20 seconds, it tilts in favor of rolling the dice on the challenge. On the other, because UW was on the PP and would have still been able to use the EA advantage, the chance of scoring on a 6-on-4 with 18+ seconds left is better than negligible. Assuming UW didn't still have the TO, then what shifts the situation to "challenge" is the certainty that Edwards had that an infraction had been committed in real time.

I looked at the play-by-play box score for last year's game. It lists Ohio State as having used their timeout with five minutes remaining in the third period, but does NOT show Wisconsin as having called their timeout. So UW would still have been six-on-four for the last 19 seconds. No-brainer decision to challenge.