Women’s Hockey Downs Wayne State, 8-0 – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/2/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey
March 2, 2001%^$
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%^$COLUMBUS, Ohio-Records fell nearly as fast as the Buckeyes could score Friday night as the Ohio State women’s ice hockey team blanked the visiting Wayne State Warriors, 8-0, at the OSU Ice Arena. Not only did Ohio State record its largest margin of victory in program history (8 goals), but freshman Emma Laaksonen (Espoo, Finland/Makelanrinteen) also scored the program’s first-ever hat trick. Laaksonen added two assists for five points, a single-game record. Kelli Halcisak (Fr., Grosse Isle, Mich./Shattuck-St. Mary’s) tallied five assists, also an Ohio State individual game record. The Buckeyes went five-for-seven on the power play, again setting a single-game record for power-play goals. The non-conference victory carried Ohio State to .500 on the season, at 15-15-3 overall, and the Buckeyes remain 11-10-3 in the WCHA. Wayne State sits at 5-22-2 overall and 0-7-1 in the GLWHA.%^$
%^$Laaksonen scored her first of three power-play goals only 1:21 into the game. She took a shot, which was blocked, then picked up the rebound. Emily Hudak (So., Marblehead, Mass./Cushing Academy) and Halcisak connected for the assists. At 9:56 in the first, Shana Frost (So., Frankford, Ontario/Bayside) took a crossing pass from Laaksonen and one-timed the puck past WSU goalie Anna VanderMarliere for OSU’s second power-play goal. Laaksonen would help the Buckeyes go three-for-four on the power play when she netted her second goal of the game at 17:15 from Halcisak and Hudak.%^$
%^$At 4:50 in the second stanza, Laaksonen capped off her hat trick with another power-play goal, Halcisak connected with Frost, who set up Laaksonen’s beautiful slapshot which caught the inside corner of the net. Lindsey Steblen (So., Clayton, N.Y./Immaculate Heart Central) scored her third goal of the season and the Buckeyes’ fifth-consecutive on the power play at 7:45 from Erin O’Grady (Fr., London, Ontario/Culver Academy) and Katie Frohreich (So., Baudette, Minn./Lake of the Woods). Corinne Rosen (Sr., Milwaukee, Wis./Pomfret) put the Buckeyes up, 6-0, with the first even-strength goal of the game. She tipped Laaksonen’s shot with a quick backhand for her 14th of the season.%^$
%^$Melissa Pirie (So., Islington, Ontario/Etobicoke Collegiate) and Frohreich added two more even-strength goals, at 4:15 and 10:55, respectively, in the third period. Carrie Gill (So., Rochester, Minn./Shattuck-St. Mary’s) tallied assists on both goals.%^$
%^$The Buckeyes held the Warriors to only six shots on goal and outshot them, 52-6. April Stojak (So., Kent, Ohio/Shattuck-St. Mary’s) recorded her third-consecutive shutout, picking up only six saves. WSU split time between two goalies. VanderMarliere played 40:00 and stopped 33 shots and Stacey Bowden had 11 saves.%^$
%^$The two-game series concludes Saturday at 7:05 p.m. at the OSU Ice Arena. Rosen will play in her final Ohio State home game.%^$
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Scoring by Period%^$ 1 2 3 F%^$Wayne State 0 0 0 0%^$Ohio State 3 3 2 8%^$
%^$Shots on Goal%^$ 1 2 3 F%^$WSU 0 3 3 6%^$OSU 18 21 13 52%^$
%^$Saves by Period%^$ 1 2 3 F%^$WSU-VanderMarliere (40:00) 15 18 0 33%^$ Bowden (20:00) x x 11 11%^$OSU-Stojak (60:00) 0 3 3 6%^$
%^$Scoring Summary%^$1st Period%^$OSU- Emma Laaksonen (Emily Hudak, Kelli Halcisak), 1:21, ppg%^$OSU- Shana Frost (Laaksonen, Hudak), 9:56, ppg%^$OSU- Emma Laaksonen (Halcisak, Hudak), 17:15, ppg%^$2nd Period%^$OSU- Laaksonen (Halcisak, Frost), 4:50, ppg%^$OSU- Lindsey Steblen (Erin O’Grady, Katie Frohreich), 7:45, ppg%^$OSU- Corinne Rosen (Laaksonen, Halcisak), 12:10%^$3rd Period%^$OSU- Melissa Pirie (Carrie Gill, Rosen), 4:15%^$OSU- Frohreich (Halcisak, Gill), 10:55%^$
%^$Penalties/Minutes%^$ 1 2 3 F%^$WSU 4/8 2/4 1/2 7/14%^$OSU 1/2 1/2 2/4 4/8%^$
%^$Power Play%^$WSU- 0-for-4 (.000)%^$OSU- 5-for-7 (.714)
