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2023–24 Ohio State Buckeyes
women's ice hockey season
WCHA regular season
National Championship, W, 1–0 vs Wisconsin
ConferenceWCHA
Home iceThe Ohio State University Ice Rink
Rankings
USA Today#1
USCHO.com#1
Record
Overall35–4–0
Home18–1–0
Road14–2–0
Neutral3–1–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachNadine Muzerall
Assistant coachesPeter Elander
Kelsey Cline
Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey seasons
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The 2023–24 Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey season represented the Ohio State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. They were coached by Nadine Muzerall in her eighth season. The Buckeyes finished the season 35–4–0 and won their second national championship in program history.

Offseason

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Departing players

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Player[1] Position Class Destintation
Brooke Bink F Graduated
Alaina Giampietro F Freshman Robert Morris
Teagan Grant D Graduated
Jamie Grinder D Sophomore Maine
Emerson Jarvis F Freshman Quinnipiac
Gali Levy F Freshman Brown
Sydney Morrow D Freshman Colgate
Ramsey Parent F Graduated

Players Drafted

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Professional Women's Hockey League[2]
Round Player Position Team
2 Sophie Jaques D Boston
2 Emma Maltias F Toronto
8 Madison Bizal D Montreal
10 Paetyn Levis F New York

Incoming players

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Player[1][3] Position Class Previous school
Jocelyn Amos F Incoming freshmen
Cayla Barnes D Graduate Boston College
Hannah Bilka F Graduate Boston College
Jordan Baxter F Incoming freshmen
Joy Dunne F Incoming freshmen
Delaney Fleming F Incoming freshmen
Kelsey King F Graduate Minnesota State
Steph Markowski D Graduate Clarkson
Olivia Mobley F Senior Quinnipiac
Kiara Zanon F Senior Penn State

Roster

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No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height DoB Hometown Previous team
1 Manitoba Raygan Kirk Senior G 5' 8" (1.73 m) Ste. Anne, Manitoba Robert Morris
4 Alberta Stephanie Markowski Graduate D 5' 8" (1.73 m) Edmonton, Alberta Clarkson
5 Minnesota Delaney Fleming Freshman F 5' 4" (1.63 m) Rochester, Minnesota Shattuck-Saint Mary's
6 Pennsylvania Hadley Hartmetz Graduate D 5' 5" (1.65 m) Phoenixville, Pennsylvania Boston College
7 Minnesota Emma Peschel Sophomore D 5' 10" (1.78 m) Edina, Minnesota Benilde-St. Margaret's
8 Missouri Makenna Webster Senior F 5' 3" (1.6 m) St. Louis, Missouri Wisconsin
9 Texas Hannah Bilka Graduate D 5' 5" (1.65 m) Coppell, Texas Boston College
10 British Columbia Jenna Buglioni Senior F 5' 3" (1.6 m) Port Moody, British Columbia Greater Vancouver Comets
11 Minnesota Kenzie Hauswirth Graduate F 5' 5" (1.65 m) Farmington, Minnesota Quinnipiac
12 British Columbia Jennifer Gardiner Graduate F 5' 6" (1.68 m) Surrey, British Columbia Greater Vancouver Comets
13 Michigan Riley Brengman Senior D 5' 5" (1.65 m) China, Michigan Detroit Belle Tire
15 Minnesota Olivia Mobley Senior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) St. Louis Park, Minnesota Quinnipiac
16 Missouri Joy Dunne Freshman F 5' 11" (1.8 m) O'Fallon, Missouri St. Louis Lady Blues
17 Ontario Jocelyn Amos Freshman F 5' 7" (1.7 m) Ailsa Craig, Ontario London Devilettes
19 Ohio Lauren Bernard Senior D 5' 7" (1.7 m) Madison, Ohio Clarkson
20 Minnesota Kelsey King Graduate F 5' 8" (1.73 m) Elk River, Minnesota Minnesota State
21 New York (state) Kiara Zanon Senior F 5' 5" (1.65 m) Fairport, New York Penn State
22 Minnesota Sloane Matthews Sophomore F 6' 6" (1.98 m) Plymouth, Minnesota Wayzata High School
23 California Cayla Barnes Graduate D 5' 1" (1.55 m) Eastvale, California Boston College
27 British Columbia Jordan Baxter Freshman F 5' 5" (1.65 m) Coquitlum, British Columbia Delta Hockey Academy
30 Michigan Amanda Thiele Senior G 5' 10" (1.78 m) Milford, Michigan Detroit Belle Tire
34 New York (state) Lexington Secreto Sophomore G 5' 7" (1.7 m) New Windsor, New York CT Polar Bears
35 Minnesota Quinn Kuntz Senior G 5' 7" (1.7 m) Warroad, Minnesota Warroad High School

Standings

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2023–24 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T OTW OTL SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#1 Ohio State † 28 26 2 0 2 0 0 78 140 37 39 35 4 0 201 51
#2 Wisconsin * 28 23 5 0 2 1 0 69 124 43 41 35 6 0 205 62
#5 Minnesota 28 19 7 1 1 2 2 62 92 60 39 27 10 2 135 80
#7 Minnesota Duluth 28 15 11 2 0 0 0 47 64 47 39 21 14 4 89 66
#10 St. Cloud State 28 12 14 2 0 1 0 40 60 59 34 17 17 2 78 69
Minnesota State 28 6 22 0 1 2 0 19 52 94 38 13 25 0 97 120
St. Thomas 28 4 23 1 0 0 1 11 39 120 37 10 26 1 74 150
Bemidji State 28 3 24 1 0 0 0 10 33 144 36 4 30 2 42 181
Championship: March 9, 2024
† indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 24, 2023


Schedule and results

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Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site Decision Result Record
Regular Season
September 29 6:00 pm at #4 Colgate #2 Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, NY Thiele L 2–3  1,200 0–1–0
September 30 3:00 pm at #4 Colgate #2 Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, NY Kirk W 3–2 OT 750 1–1–0
October 13 4:00 pm at #6 Minnesota Duluth #2 AMSOIL Arena • Duluth, MN Thiele W 5–2  956 2–1–0 (1–0–0)
October 8 2:00 pm at #6 Minnesota Duluth #2 AMSOIL Arena • Duluth, MN Kirk W 2–0  935 3–1–0 (2–0–0)
October 20 4:00 pm at St. Thomas #2 St. Thomas Ice Arena • Mendota Heights, MN Kirk W 6–2  481 4–1–0 (3–0–0)
October 20 4:00 pm at St. Thomas #2 St. Thomas Ice Arena • Mendota Heights, MN Thiele W 7–1  710 5–1–0 (4–0–0)
October 27 6:00 pm #4 Minnesota #2 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Kirk W 4–3 OT 713 6–1–0 (5–0–0)
October 28 3:00 pm #4 Minnesota #2 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Thiele W 6–5  617 7–1–0 (6–0–0)
November 3 7:00 pm at Bemidji State #2 Sanford Center • Bemidji, MN Kirk W 9–1  371 8–1–0 (7–0–0)
November 4 3:00 pm Bemidji State #2 Sanford Center • Bemidji, MN Thiele W 5–0  351 9–1–0 (8–0–0)
November 17 6:00 pm #1 Wisconsin #2 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Kirk W 3–0  739 10–1–0 (9–0–0)
November 18 3:00 pm #1 Wisconsin #2 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Thiele W 2–1 OT 761 11–1–0 (10–0–0)
November 24 6:00 pm #6 St. Lawrence #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Kirk W 11–0  555 12–1–0
December 1 6:00 pm #10 St. Cloud State #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Kirk L 1–2  468 13–2–0 (10–1–0)
December 2 3:00 pm #10 St. Cloud State #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Thiele L 6–2  677 14–2–0 (11–1–0)
December 9 6:00 pm Minnesota State #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Kirk W 6–1  575 15–2–0 (12–1–0)
December 10 6:00 pm Minnesota State #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Kirk W 6–1  456 16–2–0 (13–1–0)
January 12 7:00 pm at #2 Minnesota #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN Kirk W 7–0  2,387 17–2–0 (14–1–0)
January 13 3:00 pm at #2 Minnesota #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN Kirk W 6–1  2,186 18–2–0 (15–1–0)
January 19 6:00 pm #7 Minnesota Duluth #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Kirk W 3–0  768 19–2–0 (16–1–0)
January 20 2:00 pm #7 Minnesota Duluth #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Thiele W 1–0  768 20–2–0 (17–1–0)
January 26 4:00 pm at #10 St. Cloud State #1 Herb Brooks National Hockey Center • St. Cloud, MN Kirk W 4–2  211 21–2–0 (18–1–0)
January 27 4:00 pm at #10 St. Cloud State #1 Herb Brooks National Hockey Center • St. Cloud, MN Thiele W 3–2  365 22–2–0 (19–1–0)
February 2 6:00 pm Bemidji State #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Kirk W 11–1  485 23–2–0 (20–1–0)
February 3 3:00 pm Bemidji State #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Thiele W 9–1  785 24–2–0 (21–1–0)
February 9 6:00 pm at Minnesota State #1 Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center • Mankato, MN Kirk W 3–0  135 25–2–0 (22–1–0)
February 10 3:00 pm at Minnesota State #1 Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center • Mankato, MN Thiele W 6–2  257 26–2–0 (23–1–0)
February 16 6:00 pm St. Thomas #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Thiele W 12–1  779 27–2–0 (24–1–0)
Feb 16 3:00 pm St. Thomas #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Kirk W 4–1  776 28–2–0 (25–1–0)
February 23 8:00 pm at #2 Wisconsin #1 LaBahn Arena • Madison, WI Kirk W 3–1  2,273 29–2–0 (26–1–0)
February 24 8:00 pm #2 Wisconsin #1 LaBahn Arena • Madison, WI Thiele L 2–4  2,273 29–3–0 (26–2–0)
WCHA Tournament
March 1 6:00 pm Bemidji State #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH (WCHA Quarterfinals) Kirk W 10–1  709 30–3–0
March 2 3:00 pm Bemidji State #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH (WCHA Quarterfinals) Kirk W 8–0  714 31–3–0
March 8 2:00 pm vs. #8 Minnesota Duluth #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN (WCHA Semifinals) Kirk W 5–0    32–3–0
March 9 2:00 pm vs. #2 Wisconsin #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN (WCHA Finals) Kirk L 3–6  1,518 32–4–0
NCAA Tournament
March 16 4:00 pm #8 Minnesota Duluth #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH (NCAA Columbus Regional) Kirk W 9–0  795 33–4–0
March 22 4:00 pm vs. #4 Clarkson #1 Whittemore Center • Durham, NH (NCAA Frozen Four Semifinals) Kirk W 4–1    34–4–0
March 24 4:00 pm vs. #2 Wisconsin #1 Whittemore Center • Durham, NH (NCAA Frozen Four National Championship) Kirk W 1–0  4,378 35–4–0
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.
Source:[4]

Rankings

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Main article: 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey rankings
Poll Week
Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 (Final)
USCHO.com 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
USA Today 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1

Awards and honors

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National awards

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HCA co-Goaltender of the Month (January 2024): Raygan Kirk[5]

Julie Chu Women's National Rookie of the Year: Joy Dunne[6]

Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player: Raygan Kirk[7]

Conference awards

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Monthly awards

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  • Emma Peschel, Defender of the Month (October 2023)[8]
  • Joy Dunne, Rookie of the Month (November 2023)[9]
  • Hadley Hartmetz, Defender of the Month (November 2023)[9]
  • Hadley Hartmetz, Defender of the Month (January 2024)[10]
  • Raygan Kirk, Goaltender of the Month (January 2024)[10]

Weekly awards

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Forward of the Week: Jenn Gardiner (Oct. 30, Nov. 20) Hannah Bilka (Feb. 5)[11][12][13]

Defender of the Week: Hadley Hartmetz (Oct. 16, Nov. 27), Emma Peschel (Nov. 6), Cayla Barnes (Dec. 11), Lauren Bernard (Feb. 19) [14][15][16][17][18]

Goaltender of the Week: Raygan Kirk (Oct.16, Nov. 20, Jan. 15, Feb. 26), Amanda Thiele (Jan. 22) [14][12][19][20][21]

Rookie of the Week: Jocelyn Amos (Oct. 30, Nov. 27, Feb. 5), Joy Dunne (Nov. 6, Jan. 15) [11][16][19][13]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ohio State reloads heavily through the transfer portal". The Rink Live. September 29, 2023. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  2. ^ "A full list of every pick from the 2023 PWHL Draft". dailyfaceoff.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  3. ^ Kennedy, Ian (June 14, 2023). "Recruiting Class: Ohio State Goes Big For 2023-2024". The Hockey News. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  4. ^ "2023-24 Women's Ice Hockey Schedule". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  5. ^ "Abby Hustler and Rutger McGroarty Top HCA Monthly Honors". hockeycommissioners.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  6. ^ "Women's National Rookie of the Year". hockeycommissioners.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  7. ^ "Ohio State Wins Second NCAA Championship". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  8. ^ "Peschel Named WCHA Defender of the Month". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Dunne, Hartmetz Tabbed WCHA Players of the Month". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Hartmetz, Kirk Named WCHA Players of the Month". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Amos, Gardiner Named WCHA Weekly Award Winners". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Pair of Buckeyes Earn WCHA Weekly Awards". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  13. ^ a b "Amos, Bilka Earn WCHA Player of the Week Titles". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  14. ^ a b "Hartmetz, Kirk Awarded Weekly Conference Honors". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  15. ^ "Dunne, Peschel Pick Up Weekly Conference Awards". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  16. ^ a b "Amos, Hartmetz Named WCHA Players of the Week". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  17. ^ "Barnes Tabbed WCHA Defender of the Week". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  18. ^ "Bernard Picks Up WCHA Defender of the Week Award". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  19. ^ a b "Dunne, Kirk Pick Up WCHA Weekly Awards". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  20. ^ "Thiele Named WCHA Goaltender of the Week". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  21. ^ "Kirk Named WCHA Goaltender of the Week". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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