October 7, 2024

Not satisfied with being a contender, Ohio State women's hockey eyes first national title

Ohio State coach Nadine Muzerall has built the Buckeyes from an obscure program to a threat to win the national championship. When Nadine Muzerall was hired as coach of the Ohio State women’s hockey team in 2016, she felt like she had to police everything and everyone. The Buckeyes’ third coach in three seasons, she had to establish a culture among her staff and players who knew nothing but losing seasons, and to somehow recruit talented players to a program with no history and an old, worn-down hockey rink that hasn’t received much of a facelift since it opened in 1961. All of that has happened. Now in her sixth season, Muzerall has led the Buckeyes to their first two Frozen Four appearances in 2018 and 2021, the program’s first-ever WCHA conference title in 2020 and has them at No. 2 in the country at 15-3 with national championship aspirations.…

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