Ohio State’s Jackie Barto Selected as Head Coach of U.S. National Women’s Hockey Teams – Ohio State Buckeyes
6/7/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey
COLUMBUS, Ohio Ohio State women’s hockey head coach Jackie Barto has been named head coach of the U.S. Women’s Select and National Teams for two international events, USA Hockey announced Wednesday. Barto will guide the U.S. teams in the Four Nations Cup, Nov. 7-11 in Leksand, Sweden, and the IIHF World Women’s Championship, April 4-13, 2008 in Harbin, China.
“It is an honor to represent the USA and women’s hockey at the international level,” Barto said. “I am excited to work with everyone involved. This is a great opportunity.”
Barto, the first and only women’s hockey coach at Ohio State, is beginning her ninth season at the helm of the Buckeyes after guiding the team to a program-best record of 20-13-4 in 2006-07. Ohio State finished the season fourth in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings with a team-record 30 league points and hosted the opening round of the league championship playoffs for the first time under the new postseason format. The Buckeyes advanced to the WCHA semifinals and four student-athletes, also a team record, were seleted to All-WCHA teams. Junior defenseman Tessa Bonhomme (Sudbury, Ontario) was a Top 10 Finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, the fourth finalist in OSU history, and earned Second Team All-America honors by the American Hockey Coaches Association, the third Buckeye to receive the award.
Over her eight seasons, Barto has led the Buckeyes to a 122-143-28 overall record while competing in the toughest league in the nation in the WCHA, which holds all seven NCAA championship crowns. Prior to Ohio State, Barto was the head coach at Providence College for five seasons and has an overall career record of 192-196-38 (.495) in her 13 years behind the bench.
Barto has been extensively involved with ice hockey on the national level. She recently was a member of the selection committee for the 2006 Winter Olympic U.S. National Women’s Hockey team. Barto also was an assistant coach for the 2003 U.S. Women’s Under-22 Select Team who played a three-game exhibition series against Canada and also competed at the 2003 USA Hockey Women’s National Festival in Lake Placid, N.Y. In August 1999, she was one of four head coaches at the USA Hockey Women’s Festival in Lake Placid, N.Y. and was an assistant coach there in 1998.
Barto served on the NCAA Women’s Ice Hockey Championship Committee from 2000-06 and also is a member of the American Women’s Hockey Coaches Association. From 2000-03, she served on the board of governors for the American Hockey Coaches Association and was the president of the American Women’s Hockey Coaches Association from 2000-02.
