2024–25 Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey season

2024–25 Ohio State Buckeyes
women's ice hockey season
2024–25 Ohio State Buckeyes; women's ice hockey season
Conference	WCHA
Home ice	The Ohio State University Ice Rink
Rankings
USCHO	No. 5
USA Hockey	No. 2
Record
Overall	4–2–0
Home	0–2–0
Road	4–0–0
Neutral	0–0–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Nadine Muzerall
Assistant coaches	Peter Elander; Kelsey Cline
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The 2024–25 Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey season will represent the Ohio State University during 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. They will be coached by Nadine Muzerall in her 9th season. The Buckeyes are going into the season as defending National Champions.

Offseason

Departing players

Player^[1]	Position	Class	Destintation
Cayla Barnes	D	Graduated
Hannah Bilka	F	Graduated
Delaney Fleming	F	Sophomore	Cornell
Jennifer Gardiner	F	Graduated
Hadley Hartmetz	D	Graduated
Kenzie Hauswirth	F	Graduated
Kelsey King	F	Graduated
Raygan Kirk	G	Graduated
Stephanie Markowski	D	Graduated
Olivia Mobley	F	Graduate	Minnesota Duluth
Quinn Kuntz	G	Graduate	Wisconsin

Players Drafted

Professional Women's Hockey League^[2]
Round	Player	Position	Team
1	Hannah Bilka	F	Boston Fleet
1	Cayla Barnes	D	Montreal Victoire
2	Jennifer Gardiner	F	Montreal Victoire
4	Gabby Rosenthal	F	New York Sirens
4	Stephanie Markowski	D	Ottawa Charge
4	Lauren Bernard	D	Toronto Sceptres
7	Hadley Hartmetz	D	Boston Fleet
7	Raygan Kirk	G	Toronto Sceptres

Incoming players


Player^[1]^[3]	Position	Class	Previous school
Brooke Disher	D	Junior	Boston Univeristy
Mira Jungåker	D	Incoming freshman
Genny Klein	G	Incoming freshman
Hailey MacLeod	G	Junior	Minnesota Duluth
Grace McCoshen	D	Incoming freshman
Jordyn Petrie	F	Incoming freshman
Maria Roth	D	Incoming freshman
Josie St. Martin	F	Incoming freshman
Sara Swiderski	D	Junior	Clarkson
Maddi Wheeler	F	Graduate	Wisconsin
Emily Zumwinkle	D	Senior	Minnesota

Standings

2024–25 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference										Overall
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	SOW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#1 Wisconsin	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	27	47	12	14	13	1	0	81	14
#2 Ohio State	12	7	3	2	1	0	1	23	39	23	17	12	3	2	70	32
#3 Minnesota	10	6	3	1	1	0	0	18	31	23	14	10	3	1	44	28
#4 Minnesota Duluth	10	5	4	1	0	0	1	17	25	27	12	6	5	1	30	32
#8 St. Cloud State	10	4	4	2	0	0	1	15	15	26	14	8	4	2	29	29
St. Thomas	10	2	7	1	0	1	1	9	14	28	14	5	8	1	33	37
Bemidji State	10	2	8	0	0	0	0	6	12	34	14	3	10	1	24	46
Minnesota State	8	1	6	1	0	1	0	5	19	29	10	3	6	1	27	30
Championship: March 8, 2025 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated November 10, 2024

Schedule and results

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Decision	Result	Record
Regular Season
September 21	3:00 p.m.	#7 Minnesota Duluth	#1	Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, Ohio	Amanda Tiele (0-1-0)	L 1-2	0-1-0 (0-1-0)
September 22	1:00 p.m.	#7 Minnesota Duluth	#1	Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, Ohio	Hailey MacLeod (0-1-0)	L 3-4	0-2-0 (0-2-0)
September 27	7:00 p.m.	at Bemidji State	#5	Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota	Tiele (1-1-0)	W 8-2	1-2-0 (1-2-0)
September 28	4:00 p.m.	at Bemidji State	#5	Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota	MacLeod (1-1-0)	W 3-0	2-2-0 (2-2-0)
October 4	6:00 p.m.	at St. Lawrence	#5	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	Tiele (2-1-0)	W 3-2 ^OT	3-2-0 (2-2-0)
October 5	3:00 p.m.	at St. Lawrence	#5	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	MacLeod (2-1-0)	W 5-3	4-2-0 (2-2-0)
October 11	6:00 p.m.	#2 Minnesota	#4	Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, Ohio	Tiele (3-1-0)	W 4-3	5-2-0 (3-2-0)
October 12	3:00 p.m.	#2 Minnesota	#4	Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, Ohio	Tiele (3-1-1)	T 1-1 ^SOW	5-2-1 (3-2-1)
October 18	7:00 p.m.	at #11 St. Cloud State	#2	Brooks Center • St. Cloud, Minnesota	Tiele (4-1-1)	W 5-1	6-2-1 (4-2-1)
October 19	2:00 p.m.	at #11 St. Cloud State	#2	Brooks Center • St. Cloud, Minnesota	MacLeod (2-1-1)	T 3-3 ^SOL	6-2-2 (4-2-2)
October 22	6:00 p.m.	Mercyhurst*		Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, Ohio
October 25	3:00 p.m.	vs. Stonehill*		Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio (Women's Icebreaker Tournament Semifinal)
October 26	1:00 or 4:00 p.m.	vs. TBD*		Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio (Women's Icebreaker Tournament 3rd-Place or Championship Game)
November 1	3:00 p.m.	at St. Thomas		St. Thomas Ice Arena • St. Paul, Minnesota
November 2	2:00 p.m.	at St. Thomas		St. Thomas Ice Arena • St. Paul, Minnesota
November 15	6:00 p.m.	Wisonsin		Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, Ohio
November 16	3:00 p.m.	Wisconsin		Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, Ohio
November 22	7:00 p.m.	at Minnesota State		Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center • Mankato, Minnesota
November 23	2:00 p.m.	at Minnesota State		Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center • Mankato, Minnesota
December 2	6:00 p.m.	Mercyhurst*		Mercyhurst Ice Center • Erie, Pennsylvania
January 2	--:-- p.m.	at Wisconsin		LaBahn Arena • Madison, Wisconsin
January 4	--:-- p.m.	vs. Wisconsin		Wrigley Field • Chicago, Illinois
January 10	6:00 p.m.	Benidji State		Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, Ohio
January 11	3:00 p.m.	Bemidji State		Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, Ohio
January 17	7:00 p.m.	at Minnesota Duluth		AMSOIL Arena • Duluth, Minnesota
January 18	4:00 p.m.	at Minneosta Duluth		AMSOIL Arena • Duluth, Minnesota
January 24	6:00 p.m.	Minneosta State		Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, Ohio
January 25	3:00 p.m.	Minnesota State		Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, Ohio
January 31	7:00 p.m.	at Minnesota		Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, Minnesota
February 1	3:00 p.m.	at Minnesota		Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, Minnesota
February 7	6:00 p.m.	St. Thomas		Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, Ohio
February 8	1:00 p.m.	St. Thomas		Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, Ohio
February 21	6:00 p.m.	St. Cloud State		Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, Ohio
February 22	3:00 p.m.	St. Cloud State		Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, Ohio
WCHA Tournament
TBD	TBD	TBD		TBD • TBD (WCHA Tournament)
NCAA Tournament
TBD	TBD	vs. TBD		TBD • TBD (NCAA Regional)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. Source:^[4]

Rankings

Poll	Week
Poll	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	1	4	4
USA Hockey	2	5	5

References

^ ^a ^b "Ohio State reloads heavily through the transfer portal". The Rink Live. September 29, 2023. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "A full list of every pick from the 2024 PWHL Draft". dailyfaceoff.com. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
^ Kennedy, Ian (June 14, 2023). "Recruiting Class: Ohio State Goes Big For 2023-2024". The Hockey News. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "2024-25 Women's Ice Hockey Schedule". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 26, 2024.

[:8-1] "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 2024 PWHL Draft". dailyfaceoff.com. Retrieved November 17, 2024.

[3] Kennedy, Ian (June 14, 2023). "Recruiting Class: Ohio State Goes Big For 2023-2024". The Hockey News. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[4] "2024-25 Women's Ice Hockey Schedule". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved March 26, 2024.

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