2010–11 Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey season

Updated on Dec 03, 2023

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Conference WCHA USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Not ranked Head Coach Jackie Barto		Home ice OSU Ice Arena USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Not ranked
Assistant Coaches Josh Liegl Alison Domenico

The Ohio State Buckeyes attempted to qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history.

Offseason

May 19: Chelsea Knapp was included in the list of invitees to USA Hockey's Warren Strelow National Team Goaltending Camp. Four Buckeyes were among Hockey Canada's recently released list of 109 players that were invited to its National Women's Camp. The Buckeyes at the Canadian camp are: Hokey Langan, Laura McIntosh and Natalie Spooner as well as incoming goalie Lisa Steffes. The Canadian camp took place May 25–30 at the University of Calgary in Alberta (with a breakdown of 19 goalies, 33 defensemen and 57 forwards).

June 3, 2010: Christina Mancuso was voted captain by her teammates. Juniors Laura McIntosh, Natalie Spooner and Kelly Wild were named assistant captains. It is the first time that any have been voted captains at Ohio State.

June 18: Ohio State players Kelly Wild and Chelsea Knapp were named to the U.S. Women's Under-22 Team. It is the first time two Buckeyes earned spots on the same U.S. U-22 squad. The team will participate in both the 2010 USA Hockey Women's National Festival and the 2010 Under-22 Series. The Women's National Festival will run from August 13–21 while the Under-22 Series against Canada will be in Toronto from August 18–21.

June 24, 2010: Former Ohio State player Rachel Davis, was invited to attend the U.S. Women's National Festival Aug. 13-21 in Lake Placid, N.Y. Davis is one of seven defenders on the 22-player roster.

Regular season

Lisa Steffes was in net for the sweep of Robert Morris in a non-conference road series (Oct 8-10). She allowed only one goal in each game. Steffes stopped 40 of the 42 shots on goal in both games. In addition, she faced in the series for a .952 save percentage. In addition, she also helped blank the host Colonials on all seven of their weekend power-play opportunities.

October 16: Laura McIntosh tied the Ohio State University women's hockey record for points in a game with five. This was accomplished against WCHA rival St. Cloud State. McIntosh became just the fifth Buckeye to have five points in a game.

October 15–16: Freshman Becky Allis had assists in each game against St. Cloud State. These were the first collegiate points of her career.

October 29–30: Shannon Reilly contributed two assists, two blocked shots and earned a +3 plus/minus rating in the two game sweep of the Syracuse Orange. Her two assists came on Saturday October 30 as she factored in the fourth and fifth goals to help the Buckeyes best the Orange, 6-2.

January 14–15: Goaltender Lisa Steffes led visiting Ohio State to a pair of 3-2 league road victories at Minnesota State. She made 49 saves in OSU’s first WCHA road sweep of the season. She made 28 saves on January 24 and made 21 saves the following day. Her save percentage for the two games was .925. For the season, she surpassed the 700-save milestone. She is one of only two goalies in the NCAA to already reach the 700-save mark and she also leads all NCAA Div. 1 women’s goalkeepers in minutes played this season with 1454:50.

Jan 28-29: Natalie Spooner scored four goals and contributed six points as the Buckeyes swept conference rival St. Cloud State on the road. In Ohio State’s 6-1 victory on January 28, Spooner recorded her third-career hat trick as well as an assist. Her goal at 9:58 of the second period, came shorthanded and proved to be the game-winner. In the second game, Spooner had two points as the Buckeyes prevailed by a 3-2 mark. Spooner leads the Buckeyes with 14 multi-point games this season and owns a team-high 24 goals. Spooner owns the Buckeye record for career game-winning goals with 12