No. 1 Buckeyes Earn 6-5 Win at No. 3 Minnesota

Saturday, October 17

Minneapolis, Minn.

3 p.m. (2 p.m. CT)

Ohio State

7-1-0, 5-1-0

Minnesota

5-1-0, 3-1-0

Team	1	2	3	F
Ohio St.	2	2	2	6
Minnesota	0	4	1	5

10/17/2026 5:47:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 1 Ohio State women's hockey team earned a 6-5 win over No. 3 Minnesota Saturday at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis. With the win, the Buckeyes (7-1-0, 5-1-0 WCHA) earn the series split against the Gophers (5-1-0, 3-1-0 WCHA).

How it Happened

Ohio State took the first lead of the game, scoring twice in the opening period. Mira Jungåker was first on the board followed by Joy Dunne four minutes later.
Kaia Malachino sent a pass from down low against the boards to a wide open Jungåker at the top of the slot. Jungåker put the puck over the blocker of Minnesota netminder Hannah Clark for the 1-0 Buckeye lead at 6:56.
The Buckeyes capitalized on their first power play opportunity of the game with Dunne's goal at 10:21. Sanni Vanhanen put a shot on net and the rebound was put away by Dunne for her second goal of the weekend.
Buckeye goaltender Genny Klein stopped 14 shots from the Gophers and Ohio State killed two penalties in the opening period to keep Minnesota off the board.
Dunne gave herself three power play goals on the weekend with another on the player advantage 16 seconds into the second period. She took a shot from the goal line that went through the legs of Clark for the 3-0 Buckeye lead.
Minnesota responded to Ohio State's three-goal scoring run with three goals of its own, tying the game at 15:16 in the second. The Buckeyes immediately struck back as Rylee Bartz tapped one in at 16:06.
Minnesota's Sarah Paul tied the game with 24 seconds to play in the second as the teams went into the second intermission knotted at 4-4. Paul put Minnesota in the lead 5:27 into the third and it would be the team's final goal of the game.
Ohio State scored twice within a minute of the media timeout taken with 9:13 on the clock. Dunne tallied Ohio State's first hat trick of the season with the game-tying goal just 11 seconds after the break. After her initial shot just missed the Gopher net, she had a second chance on a rebounded shot from Jocelyn Amos and buried puck for Ohio State's fifth goal of the day.
The game-winning goal was put in motion by Dunne, who chased down the puck in Ohio State's zone. She found Jungåker to skate the puck up the ice and into the Minnesota zone. Jungåker dropped the puck back for Vanhanen, who then dropped it off to Hilda Svensson. Svensson's shot from the top of the faceoff circle beat Clark at 11:40.
In the final nine minutes of the game, Ohio State held Minnesota to just two shots with both stopped by Taylor Kressin, who played the third period in net for the Buckeyes. Both teams took 11 shots on goal in the final frame, but Ohio State outscored the Gophers, 2-1, for the win.

Buckeye Notables

Dunne recorded her sixth career hat trick with three goals against the Gophers on Saturday. She is now second in the Ohio State record book for career goals with 87.
Jungåker led the team with four points in the win, including a team-high three assists. She assisted both of the Buckeyes' third period goals.
Taylor Kressin made 10 saves in the third period to come away with her second win of the season.

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