2009–10 Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey season
Introduction
Offseason * July 16: Lisa Chesson, a former defenseman for Ohio State, has been invited to the 2009 USA Hockey Women's National Festival, Aug. 18–24 in Blaine, Minn. The National Team will compete in the Qwest Tour, a 10-game domestic tour that begins Sept. 25 and ends just prior to the start of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. * July 29: Ohio State women's hockey forward Laura McIntosh has managed to step away from the ice this summer. McIntosh is the third baseman for Team Ontario, made up of the best softball players in the province. The Waterloo native, who led the Buckeyes in points during her freshman season last year, is the only college-aged member of the team who doesn't play college softball. * August 17: Natalie Spooner, earned a place on Canada's National Women's Under-22 Team for the second time in as many years. * August 31: Four Buckeyes are on the top international teams in women's hockey are gathered in Vancouver, British Columbia. They will compete for the 2009 Hockey Canada Cup beginning Monday, with the gold medal game Sunday, Sept. 6.Three of the Buckeyes are former Ohio State defensemen: Tessa Bonhomme on Team Canada, Lisa Chesson on Team USA and Emma Laaksonen on Team Finland. Incoming freshman forward Minttu Tuominen is on Team Finland. The Hockey Canada Cup is being used as a test event for the Games. * September 9: The WCHA announced that Ohio State defenseman Shannon Reilly and forwards Laura McIntosh and Natalie Spooner have been named as WCHA All-Stars. The three players are among 22 players from the conference to face the 2009-10 U.S. Women's National Team in St. Paul, Minn. on September 25.
Exhibition ===Schedule=== '''Date'''   '''Opponent'''  '''Location'''  '''Time'''  '''Score'''Sat, Sep 26   Wilfrid LaurierColumbus, Ohio    7:07 p.m. Tie, 1-1 (Ohio State scores in shootout)
Regular season * November 7: The Buckeyes moved into second place in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings after defeating North Dakota by a score of 3-1 at the Ralph Engelstad Arena. * December 17:Lisa Chesson, a defenseman for the Ohio State women's hockey team from 2005-08, has been named to the U.S. Olympic Women's Team. * December 22: Former Buckeye All-American Tessa Bonhomme, a defenseman for Ohio State from 2004-08, has been nominated to the Canadian National Women's Team for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games announced.===Standings======Roster=== '''Number'''  '''Name'''  '''Position'''  '''Height'''  '''Class'''33    Bilko, Barbara G  5-5  So.6    Bishop, Teal D  5-7  Jr.18    Boskovich, Amanda F  5-4  Fr.3    Carlson, Brittany D  5-3  So.27    Davis, Rachel D  5-6  Sr.34    Facklis, Deidre G  5-8  Jr.10    Feste, Melissa F  5-3  So.23    Hollowell, TinaF  5-5  Fr.7    Kilpatrick, Jenna F  5-7  Jr.31    Knapp, Chelsea G  5-9  Fr.12    Langan, Hokey F  5-4  Fr.28    LaRocque, Raelyn F  5-6  Sr.19    Mancuso, Christina F  5-7  Jr.11    McIntosh, Laura F  5-4  So.24    Nelson, Sandy D  5-4  Jr.9    Reilly, Shannon D  5-5  Jr.17    Rizzo, Liz F  5-5  Fr.25    Semenza, Paige F  5-4  Fr.5    Spooner, Natalie F  5-10  So.21    Theut, Kim F  5-6  So.14    Tonnessen, Michele F  5-7  Sr.15    Tuominen, Minttu F  5-5  Fr.8    Wild, Kelly D  5-3  So.===Schedule=== '''Date'''   '''Opponent'''  '''Location'''  '''Time'''  '''Score''' '''Record'''Fri, Oct 02   Boston University  at Boston, Mass. 7:00 p.m. 4-40-0-1Sat, Oct 03   Boston University  at Boston, Mass. 3:00 p.m. 1-10-0-2Fri, Oct 09   Minnesota *  Columbus, Ohio    7:07 p.m. 6-51-0-2Sat, Oct 10   Minnesota *  Columbus, Ohio    7:07 p.m. 1-6   1-1-2Fri, Oct 16   Bemidji State *  at Bemidji, Minn.    7:07 p.m. 5-2 2-1-2Sat, Oct 17   Bemidji State *  at Bemidji, Minn.    2:07 p.m. 2-2 (Lost Shootout)2-1-3Fri, Oct 23   Wisconsin *  at Madison, Wis.    7:07 p.m. 4-33-1-3Sat, Oct 24   Wisconsin *  at Madison, Wis.    7:07 p.m. 3-53-2-3Fri, Oct 30   Minnesota State *  Columbus, Ohio    7:07 p.m. 7-64-2-3Sat, Oct 31   Minnesota State *  Columbus, Ohio    7:07 p.m. 4-15-2-3Fri, Nov 06   North Dakota *  at Grand Forks, N.D.    7:07 p.m. 4-55-3-3Sat, Nov 07   North Dakota *  at Grand Forks, N.D.    4:07 p.m. 3-16-3-3Fri, Nov 13   Minnesota Duluth *  Columbus, Ohio    7:07 p.m. 2-3 (OT)6-4-3Sat, Nov 14   Minnesota Duluth *  Columbus, Ohio    7:07 p.m. 3-5 6-5-3Fri, Nov 20   St. Lawrence  Columbus, Ohio    7:07 p.m.Sat, Nov 21   St. Lawrence  Columbus, Ohio    2:07 p.m.Fri, Dec 11   St. Cloud State *  at St. Cloud, Minn.    2:07 p.m.Sat, Dec 12   St. Cloud State *  at St. Cloud, Minn.    1:07 p.m.Sat, Jan 02   Robert Morris  Columbus, Ohio    2:07 p.m.Sun, Jan 03   Robert Morris  Columbus, Ohio    2:07 p.m.Fri, Jan 08   Minnesota *  at Minneapolis, Minn.    6:07 p.m.Sat, Jan 09   Minnesota *  at Minneapolis, Minn.    4:07 p.m.Fri, Jan 15   Minnesota State *  at Mankato, Minn.    7:07 p.m.Sat, Jan 16   Minnesota State *  at Mankato, Minn.    3:07 p.m.Fri, Jan 22   Bemidji State *  Columbus, Ohio    7:07 p.m. 5-2Sat, Jan 23   Bemidji State *  Columbus, Ohio    2:07 p.m. 0-1Fri, Jan 29   Wisconsin *  Columbus, Ohio    7:07 p.m.5-4Sat, Jan 30   Wisconsin *  Columbus, Ohio    3:07 p.m. 2-3Fri, Feb 05   North Dakota *  Columbus, Ohio    7:07 p.m.Sat, Feb 06   North Dakota *  Columbus, Ohio    4:07 p.m.Fri, Feb 12   Minnesota Duluth *  at Duluth, Minn.    7:07 p.m.Sat, Feb 13   Minnesota Duluth *  at Duluth, Minn.    6:07 p.m.Fri, Feb 19   St. Cloud State *  Columbus, Ohio    7:07 p.m.Sat, Feb 20   St. Cloud State *  Columbus, Ohio    2:07 p.m.===Player performances===* In her junior season, Christina Mancuso had a career highs in points with ten (four goals and six assists). Nine of her points were against WCHA opponents (three goals, six assists). The Buckeyes won seven of the eight games in which Mancuso had a point . On October 16, Mancuso had the first multiple-point game of her career with two assists in 5-2 win at Bemidji State. The first shorthanded goal of her career was scored against the Robert Morris Colonials on January 2.January 15 was her second multi-point game as she scored a goal and assist in 6-0 shutout at Minnesota State. * As a sophomore, Laura McIntosh played in all 37 games and led the team with 35 assists. It was the second-highest total in a season by a Buckeye. The 35 assists also led the entire WCHA. Her 45 points ranked second on the team in pointsShe had 11 multiple-point games and eight contests with multiple assists . On the power play, McIntosh collected 18 points, including 16 assists, for the second-most power play points on the Buckeyes . McIntosh carried an eight-game point streak into the 2010-11 season . In the NCAA, she ranked fifth in assists per game (0.95) and 19th in points per game (1.22). In WCHA conference games, her 37 points tied for third. In the first five games of the season, McIntosh had four assists. She factored into all three goals in 5-3 loss at Wisconsin on October 24.On October 30–31, the Buckeyes swept Minnesota State and McIntosh had a five-point series (1 goal, 4 assists).
Player stats  = Indicates team leader===Skaters=== '''Player''' '''Games'''  '''Goals'''  '''Assists'''  '''Points'''  '''Points/game''' '''PIM''' '''GWG''' '''PPG''' '''SHG'''Hokey Langan37 25 28 53 1.4324 36 3 7 0Laura McIntosh37 10 35 45 1.2162 30 0 2 0Natalie Spooner 35 22 22 44 1.2571 16 5 9 1Raelyn LaRocque37 12 24 36 0.9730 50 2 4 0Rachel Davis37 6 15 21 0.5676 56 0 1 0 Kelly Wild 36 5 16 21 0.5833 38 1 4 0Melissa Feste 35 10 10 20 0.5714 22 1 2 0 Paige Semenza 34 4 9 13 0.3824 40 0 1 0Kim Theut 32 7 5 12 0.3750 30 1 3 0Minttu Tuominen 23 6 5 11 0.4783 8 1 2 0Shannon Reilly 35 1 10 11 0.3143 36 0 0 0Christina Mancuso 37 4 6 10 0.2703 22 1 0 1Brittany Carlson37 3 6 9 0.2432 26 1 0 0Teal Bishop37 3 5 8 0.2162 30 0 1 0Sandy Nelson37 1 3 4 0.1081 2 0 0 0Tina Hollowell37 1 3 4 0.1081 8 0 0 0Jenna Kilpatrick 24 2 1 3 0.1250 2 1 0 0Liz Rizzo 32 0 1 1 0.0313 0 0 0 0Amanda Boskovich 26 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0Chelsea Knapp35 0 0 0 0.0000 4 0 0 0Barbara Bilko1 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0Michele Tonnessen 21 0 0 0 0.0000 2 0 0 0Deidre Facklis3 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0
Postseason In the first game of the WCHA playoffs, Natalie Spooner scored all three goals for Ohio State. In the next game, Raelyn LaRocque would score the overtime winner as Ohio State swept Wisconsin.===WCHA playoffs=== '''Date'''  '''Time'''   '''Opponent'''  '''Score''' '''Notes'''02/26/2010 7:00 PM at Wisconsin  3-1   Natalie Spooner gets a hat trick02/27/2010 7:00 PM at Wisconsin 4-3 (OT)    Buckeyes win series 2-0
Awards and honors ===Preseason honors===* WCHA Preseason Player of the year finalist: Natalie Spooner, Ohio State* WCHA Preseason Rookie of the year finalist: Hokey Langan, Ohio State===Regular season honors===* Chelsea Knapp, WCHA Defensive Player of the Week (Week of January 4)* Raelyn LaRocque, WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of November 9)* Hokey Langan, WCHA Rookie of the Week (Week of November 2)* Hokey Langan, WCHA Rookie of the Week (Week of January 25)* Hokey Langan, WCHA Rookie of the Week (Week of February 17, 2010)* Hokey Langan, '''WCHA Freshman of the Year'''* Hokey Langan, '''WCHA Scoring Champion'''* Natalie Spooner, WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of January 20)* Minttu Tuominen, WCHA Rookie of the Week (Week of October 19)===Post season honors===* Rachel Davis, 2010 Frozen Four Skills Competition participant* Hokey Langan, Patty Kazmaier Award nominee* Natalie Spooner, Patty Kazmaier Award nominee* Kelly Wild, Big Ten Sportsmanship Award for the team (2009–10)===Academic honors===* Kelly Wild, WCHA All-Academic Team (2009–10)* Kelly Wild, Academic All-Big Ten at-large selection (2009–10)* Kelly Wild, Ohio State Scholar-Athlete (2009–10)===All-WCHA Team===* Natalie Spooner, All-WCHA First Team===Team awards===* Most Valuable Offensive player, Natalie Spooner* Most Valuable Defensive player, Rachel Davis* Most Valuable Freshman, Hokey Langan* Most Improved Player, Paige Semenza* Seventh Player award, Raelyn LaRocque* Scarlet and Gray award, Raelyn LaRocque* Team Academic award, Barbara Bilko* Buckeye Power Club, Christina Mancuso
See also * 2009–10 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team
References
External links *  Official site