Women’s Hockey Skates Past Findlay, 4-1, In Season Opener – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/15/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey
Oct. 15, 2000
COLUMBUS, Ohio–The Ohio State women’s hockey team (1-0-0 overall, 0-0-0 WCHA) opened the 2000-01 season Sunday afternoon at the OSU Ice Arena with a 4-1 victory over Findlay (0-1-0 overall, 0-0-0 GLWHL).
Freshman defender Emma Laaksonen (Fr., Espoo, Finland/Makelanrinteen) put the Buckeyes on the board at 8:14 in the first period. She collected the puck from freshman teammate Kelli Halcisak (Fr., Grosse Isle, Mich./Shattuck-St. Mary’s) and fired it past Oiler goalie Erin Blair for a power-play goal. Center Corinne Rosen (Sr., Milwaukee, Wis./Pomfret) extended OSU’s lead to 2-0 with an unassisted goal less than three minutes later at 10:57.
Rosen struck again at 6:47 in the second period with the Buckeyes’ second power-play goal of the afternoon and Rosen’s second of the season. Assists went to Emily Hudak (So., Marblehead, Mass./Cushing Academy) and Halcisak. Findlay immediately responded, putting their first point on the board about 30 seconds later, at 7:10. Chantelle Russell scored for the Oilers and assists went to Melissa Oliver and Stasia Bakhit.
Katie Frohreich (So., Baudette, Minn./Lake of the Woods) closed out the Buckeyes’ scoring drive at 6:51 in the third period with a 5-on-3 power-play goal. Lindsey Steblen (So., Clayton, N.Y./Immaculate Heart Central) and Erin O’Grady (Fr., London, Ontario/Culver Academy) tallied assists.
Ohio State outshot Findlay, 39-17, and converted 3 of 5 power play opportunities. Findlay went 0 for 2.
The Buckeyes were led in goal by April Stojak, (So., Kent, Ohio/Shattuck-St. Mary’s) who saved 16 Oiler shots. Erin Blair recorded 35 saves for Findlay. “I was very pleased with the effort and our intensity in this game,” Jackie Barto, OSU head coach, said, “I am pleased that we scored three power-play goals and took advantage of our specialty teams. The biggest part of the game for us was the third period, how we came out and finished the game off. We were up, 3-1, and we wanted to forecheck hard and put them on the defensive. We stepped it up another notch. Overall, an outstanding effort capped off by a very solid third period.”
Ohio State travels to Minneapolis, Minn.this weekend for a two-game series. The Buckeyes battle the returning AWCHA national-champion Minnesota Golden Gophers at 2:05 p.m. Saturday and 2:05 p.m. Sunday. Both games will be played at Mariucci Arena. The Buckeyes return to the OSU Ice Arena next weekend for a two-game series against the New Hampshire Wildcats at 7:05 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27 and 7:05 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28.
Score By Period
1 2 3 F Findlay 0 1 0 1 Ohio State 2 1 1 4
Shots on Goal
1 2 3 F Findlay 4 7 6 17 Ohio State 11 17 11 39
Saves By Period
1 2 3 F Findlay-Blair (60:00) 9 16 10 35 Ohio State- Stojak (60:00) 4 6 6 16
Penalties/Minutes
1 2 3 F Findlay 2/4 1/2 2/4 5/10 Ohio State 1/2 0/0 1/2 2/4
Power Plays
Findlay – 0 of 2 (.000)
Ohio State – 3 of 5 (.600)
