Ohio State Women's Hockey 2025-26

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The scoring spread was impressive, I must say. I keep hoping for a drop-off, but it looks like it's not happening.

Having now seen them in person at tonight's home opener, our first-years are amazing. Coach has had some great recruiting classes, but this one might be her best recruiting class ever here at tOSU.

 

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Ohio State scored three goals in the first five minutes of tonight's game against the Bemidji State Beavers and never looked back. Scoring early for the Bucks were Sanni Vanhanen, Jocelyn Amos, and Sloane Matthews. Jocelyn Amos would get her second goal of the night later in the first period to send the home team into the first intermission with a 4-0 lead. Ohio State would get goals from Jordyn Petrie and Sara Swiderski to give the Buckeyes a 6-0 lead heading into the final intermission. Neither team found the back of the net in the final frame. Ohio State was dominant in the D-zone, holding the Beavers to 9 shots on goal for the game. The Buckeyes had 42 shots on goal. Buckeye backstop Hailey MacLeod stopped all nine shots she faced to get the win. Kaitlin Groess and Ava Hills combined to stop 36 of the 42 shots they faced for Bemidji. One other thing of note, the Buckeyes were without Joy Dunne and Emma Peschel in this one as they just returned from Team USA camp earlier tonight. The two teams will be back at it tomorrow with game time at 3:00 pm EST.

 

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Final Score From Friday, October 10th
Ohio State 6
Bemidji State 0

Buckeye Women Were Great; Fan Forum Not So Much​

Chrissie Hynde wasn't Pretending. OK, My City of Columbus isn't "gone." But two full seasons of Buckeye Women's Hockey Posts Are Gone. No '24 Title; No '25 Run. Ay, Oh, Way To Go Ohio.

I know this old news. Took a normal Summer Break. Learned of this development about a month ago. Had intended to resume posting. Instead, I've been gone from the Forum until now. Just very discouraged.

Don't get me wrong. I'm all for civility in posting. And I was, in fact, getting pretty disgusted with how low the posts on USCHO were sinking. So I suppose something had to be done. But everyone's guilty, meat-axe everyone?

I do realize that USCHO never intended to permanently archive posts. After a period of years pass, you anticipate that your posts will be deleted. If you have some favorite posts, print hard copies for yourself. All understood. But you should be able to revisit posts from recent seasons. With that material now vaporized, I'm left with a strong feeling of "Why Bother."

For now, my only positive answer is the players and coaches have been so great, they deserve whatever small kudos I can give them. So I carry on.

Three Stars of the Game:
Opinions? Yes.
Fun? Not So Much.​

Bemidji Honorable Mention: Senja Leeper
Strong, determined play by the Freshman from Chaska, MN. The Buckeyes never scored when Senja was on the ice.

Ohio State Honorable Mention: Hilda Svennson
Hilda's 9 Shots on Goal led all players.


#3 Star: (tie) Maxine Cimorani, Ohio State; Brooke Disher, Ohio State; and Sanni VanHanen, Ohio State
All were +3 for the game; the top +/- number posted Friday.

#2 Star: (tie) Sara Swiderski, Ohio State; and Mira Jungaker, Ohio State
The Dazzling 'D' Pair Delivered the best goal of the evening. Fine passing ultimately led to the successful Swiderski shot.

#1 Star: Jocelyn Amos
The four goal first period went a long way toward winning the game for OSU. Jocelyn bagged two of those goals, including the breakaway off a Bemidji turnover.


Next Stargazing: 3:00 PM Saturday for the Rematch.