McIntosh, Buckeyes Roll Past Huskies

UPDATE: Here is this weeks USCHO.com poll.

From uscho.com:

1Wisconsin

2Cornell

3Mercyhurst

4Minnesota-Duluth

5Boston University

6North Dakota

7Boston College

8Minnesota

9Harvard

10Ohio State

The 10^th ranked Ohio State women’s hockey team continued their unbeaten streak and picked up six points this weekend by sweeping St. Cloud State. The series was the first two home games and WCHA games for the Buckeyes.

On Friday the Buckeyes won 3-0 with goals coming from Hokey Langan, Shannon Reilly, and Natalie Spooner. Julia Gilbert got St. Cloud State’s only goal.

Saturday’s game belonged to Laura McIntosh. The junior from Waterloo, Ontario scored a hat trick and had two assists for five points on the afternoon. McIntosh was the fifth Buckeye to ever have a five point game, the Ohio State record. Natalie Spooner, Shannon Reilly, and Kelly Wild also scored in Ohio State’s 6-1 victory.

The Buckeyes fired 38 shots on St. Cloud State goalie, Ashley Nixon, on Friday and another 41 on Saturday.

Freshman goalie Lisa Steffes continued her solid play in net for the Buckeyes and has only allowed one goal in each of her first four collegiate games.

The referees, Ray Doocy and Shaen Thiele, called it tight all weekend with the teams combining for 28 penalties over the two games.

Next weekend Ohio State travels to Madison to take on Wisconsin in a match between two top ten WCHA teams.