No. 10 Women’s Ice Hockey Faces No. 6 Minnesota-Duluth – Ohio State Buckeyes
11/29/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey
Nov. 29, 2000
COLUMBUS, Ohio – %^$The Ohio State women’s ice hockey team (5-6-2 overall, 3-3-2%^$in the WCHA) earned its first-ever win over an ECAC opponent, defeating%^$Northeastern, 4-3, in overtime Nov. 25. The Huskies came back strong in the%^$series finale and topped the Buckeyes, 3-0, Nov. 26 at Matthews Arena.%^$
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ON TAP THIS WEEKEND
%^$The Buckeyes return home for the first time since Nov. 11 to battle%^$returning WCHA champion Minnesota-Duluth. The puck drops at 7:05 p.m. Friday%^$and Saturday at the OSU Ice Arena.%^$
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NORTHEASTERN SERIES RECAP
%^$The Buckeyes defeated the Huskies, 4-3, in overtime Saturday.%^$Shana Frost scored the game-winning goal with 3:59 remaining in the overtime%^$period and was named the first star of the game. Jeanne Chapple scored%^$twice, including the game-tying goal in the third stanza, and Heather%^$Farrell collected two assists, with one coming on Frost’s gamewinner.%^$At 5:01 in the second period, Chapple put OSU on the board with her fourth%^$of the season, an unassisted goal. At 13:33, Emma Laaksonen converted on a%^$4-on-3 Buckeye power play. At 3:27 in the third period, Chapple slipped the%^$puck past NU goalie Chanda Gunn off a rebound from Frost and Farrell and%^$tied the game at three. Just one minute into the five minute sudden-victory%^$overtime period, Frost scored her sixth of the season, the game-winner, from%^$just outside the crease off a rebound from Farrell.%^$Despite outshooting the Huskies, 45-20, Sunday, NU shut out visiting OSU,%^$3-0.%^$
OSU goalie April Stojak played both games between the pipes and collected 35%^$saves and an .833 save percentage.%^$
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BUCKEYES IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
%^$In the Top 10 poll released Monday by U.S. College Hockey Online, the Ohio%^$State women’s ice hockey team is ranked tenth in the nation for the%^$third-consecutive week. Three other Western Collegiate Hockey Association%^$teams are among the Top 10-No. 3 Minnesota, No. 6 Minnesota-Duluth and No. 7%^$Wisconsin. The poll consists of ten voters, all coaches from Division I%^$teams.%^$
Ohio State is ranked No. 10 in the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine poll,%^$also for the third-consecutive week.%^$
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HEAD COACH JACKIE BARTO
%^$Jackie Barto enters her second season at the helm of the Ohio State women’s%^$ice hockey program. She was named the first head coach in the program’s%^$history Dec. 14, 1998. Barto led the squad to an 8-26-3 overall record and a%^$6-15-3 WCHA conference finish in its inaugural season last year. In%^$addition, she coached the Buckeyes in their first-ever postseason%^$tournament, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Championship. There,%^$the No.%^$
5-seed Buckeyes upset higher seeds No. 4 St.%^$Cloud and No. 3 Wisconsin to claim third place.Barto came to Ohio State from%^$Providence College, where she was the head coach of the Friars. Under%^$Barto’s guidance, the PC women’s hockey program flourished, compiling a%^$record of 70-53-10 in her five years at the helm.%^$
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SCOUTING MINNESOTA-DULUTH
%^$Shannon Miller returns for her second year at the helm of the Bulldogs after%^$earning 1999-2000 WCHA Coach of the Year honors. Miller led UMD to a 25-5-3%^$record and the WCHA title in its inaugural season. The Bulldogs fell to%^$Dartmouth College, 5-4, in the first round of the AWCHA national%^$championships.%^$
Nineteen returning letterwinners make up the core of the 2000-01 UMD squad,%^$which currently is third in the WCHA.%^$
Top returning scorer Maria Rooth leads the Bulldogs in scoring with 11 goals%^$and 13 assists for 24 points. Hanne Sikio follows with 21 points from nine%^$goals and 12 assists.%^$
Sophomore Tuula Puputti and junior Riana Burke will share goaltending duties%^$this season for the Bulldogs. In 10 games, Puputti has amassed a .904 save%^$percentage and a 2.01 goals against average. Burke has played in six games%^$and has an .867 save percentage and a 3.32 gaa.%^$
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THE BULLDOGS-LAST TIME OUT
%^$Minnesota-Duluth took Thanksgiving weekend off. The Bulldogs last faced St.%^$Cloud State, Nov. 17-18, and emerged with a 7-3 win and a 3-3 tie. Satu%^$Kiipeli and Erika Holst each scored two goals Friday and Hanne Sikio picked%^$up three assists Saturday.%^$
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THE BUCKEYES-BULLDOGS SERIES
%^$The Bulldogs hold a 3-0-1 series advantage over the Buckeyes.%^$OSU earned the title “Giant Killer” Jan. 28 when it skated to a 1-1 overtime%^$tie with UMD. It marked the first win or tie over a nationally-ranked team%^$in program history.%^$
The teams last met Jan. 29. UMD won, 9-0.%^$
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OSU’S FIRST WIN IN OT
%^$Ohio State’s 4-3 win in overtime over Northeastern was the Buckeyes’ first%^$overtime win this season and first in program history.%^$Prior to the win Saturday, OSU was 0-1-5 overall in overtime games. This%^$season, the Buckeyes skated to overtime ties with Wisconsin (3-3) Nov. 11%^$and MSU, Mankato (2-2) Nov. 18.%^$
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THE CURSE IS BROKEN
%^$OSU’s 4-3 victory over Northeastern Saturday also was the Buckeyes’ first%^$ever win over an ECAC team.%^$
OSU lost twice to New Hampshire earlier in the season (4-0, 3-1). The%^$Buckeyes will face St. Lawrence Dec. 30 and Cornell Dec. 31.%^$
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JUST “SHOOT” ME
%^$In their weekend series with Northeastern, the Buckeyes outshot the Huskies,%^$44-22, Saturday and 45-20 Sunday. The OSU offense has been outshot only once%^$this season, by Wisconsin, Nov. 11.%^$
Currently, OSU is outshooting its opponent, 445-250.%^$
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BUCKEYES KILLING PENALTIES
%^$The Buckeyes held the Huskies scoreless through 6-of-10 OSU penalties last%^$weekend. This week, Ohio State is second in the WCHA in penalty kills, with%^$43-of-52, or 82.7%.%^$
Last season, OSU led the nation in penalties/minutes (277/573).%^$
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ROSEN ONE POINT AWAY
%^$Corinne Rosen scored two goals against MSU, Mankato. She is second on the%^$team in scoring with six goals and four assists for ten points. Currently,%^$Rosen is tied for third in the WCHA for game-winning goals with two.%^$
Currently, the former Providence College standout is 50-49=99 in her career,%^$only one point away from 100.%^$
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“FROST” ON THE ICE
%^$Shana Frost scored one minute into the overtime period Saturday for OSU’s%^$first-ever overtime goal. Frost’s goal, for which she was named the first%^$star of the game, also was her first gamewinner of the season. Currently,%^$Frost leads the Buckeyes in scoring with six goals and five assists for 11%^$points.%^$
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GOIN’ TO THE “CHAPPLE”
%^$Jeanne Chapple is making quite an impression in her rookie season with the%^$Scarlet and Gray. The freshman center had a two-goal game against%^$Northeastern Saturday, including the game-tying goal. It was her second%^$multiple-point game in as many weeks. She was named the third star of the%^$game. Nov. 17, in OSU’s 6-0 win over MSU, Mankato, Chapple scored the%^$gamewinner and collected two assists. Chapple is tied for second in scoring%^$with five goals and five assists for ten points.%^$
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POINTS ON THE POWER-PLAY
%^$Emma Laaksonen continues to come through for Ohio State on the power-play.%^$All but one of the rookie defender’s eight points have come on the%^$power-play. Laaksonen is tied for second overall in the WCHA for power-play%^$goals with five.%^$
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HALCISAK MAKING THINGS HAPPEN
%^$Freshman Kelli Halcisak also played a pivotal role in OSU’s win over%^$Northeastern with an assist on Laaksonen’s power-play goal. Halcisak has%^$scored a point in four of OSU’s past five games, including two goals. The%^$defender is tied for second in scoring (3-7=10). Three of OSU’s top five%^$scorers are freshmen.%^$
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FARRELL’S FIRSTS
%^$After being sidelined for the first part of the season with mononucleosis,%^$Heather Farrell has come back strong for the Buckeyes. In only four games,%^$she has notched three assists, two of which have come on game-winning goals.%^$
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BUCKEYES ON A POWER [PLAY] TRIP
%^$As of Nov. 27, Ohio State is fifth in the WCHA in overall power-play%^$percentage, having converted 12-of-67 (17.9%) opportunities. Last season,%^$OSU converted 17-of-193 power-play opportunities, or 8.8%.%^$
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THE FIRST “GOAL”
%^$Scoring first has been a goal for the Buckeyes all season. “[Scoring the%^$first goal] gets you going, it gives you confidence,” Barto said. “It%^$automatically puts the pressure on the other team.” OSU is 3-1-1 after%^$scoring first and 2-5-1 when scored on first.%^$
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FOLLOW THE BUCKEYES ONLINE
%^$Information on the Ohio State women’s hockey team, was well as 34 other%^$Buckeye sports, is available online at the official website of OSU%^$athletics, ohiostatebuckeyes.com. For up-to-the minute women’s hockey%^$scores, statistics and standings around the league and the nation, check out%^$collegehockeystats.com.%^$
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WCHA CHAMPIONSHIP
%^$All seven teams in the WCHA will participate in the WCHA Championship, which%^$will be held March 8, 9 and 10, 2001 at Recreation Center in Rochester,%^$Minn.%^$
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NCAA GIVES APPROVAL
%^$The NCAA announced Jan. 18, 2000 that its membership adopted legislation to%^$establish an official championship in women’s ice hockey, effective with the%^$2000-01 season. The 2001 championship will be held March 23-24 at%^$Minnesota’s Mariucci Arena.%^$
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CAPTAINS ANNOUNCED
%^$Corinne Rosen, Lindsey Ogren, Melissa Glaser and Emily Hudak have been named%^$captains for the 2000-01 season.%^$
Rosen led the team in goals (16), assists (17) and points (33). Ogren%^$finished third on the team in scoring with 10 goals and five assists,%^$equaling 15 points. She was the lone member of the Buckeye squad to earn a%^$spot on the inaugural WCHA All-Tournament Team. Glaser appeared in 21 games%^$between the pipes last season and averaged 26.4 saves per game. She also%^$carried a 3.20 goals against average and a .895 save percentage. Hudak led%^$the Buckeye defense in goals (6) and assists (6) last season and led the%^$entire team in shots on goal with 143.%^$
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ON TAP FOR NEXT WEEKEND
%^$Ohio State returns to the OSU Ice Arena next week for the last time in 2000,%^$playing host to St. Cloud State. The Buckeyes and Huskies square off at 7:05%^$p.m. Friday, Dec. 8 and Saturday, Dec. 9. OSU’s next home contest will be%^$Jan. 12 against Bemidji State.
