Buckeyes Down St. Cloud State, 3-2, in Regular Season Finale

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 2 Ohio State women’s hockey team closed the 2024-25 regular season with a 3-2 win over No. 11/10 St. Cloud State Saturday at the OSU Ice Rink. The Buckeyes close the first chapter of the season 25-6-3 overall and 19-6-3 in WCHA play.
 
Short Story
Prior to the start of the game, the team recognized its 2025 senior class. The class is comprised of forwards Jenna Buglioni, Makenna Webster, Maddi Wheeler and Kiara Zanon, defenders Riley Brengman and Emily Zumwinkle and goaltender Amanda Thiele.
 
Ohio State opened the game with a 2-0 lead in the first period. Joy Dunne was first to light the lamp, skating the puck from deep in the Buckeyes’ defensive zone all the way up the ice to beat the glove of St. Cloud State goaltender Emilia Kyrkkö at 10:42. Brengman capitalized on the senior day excitement, scoring shorthanded at 14:33 off the opening faceoff of St. Cloud State’s second power play of the day to double the Buckeyes’ lead.  
 
The Huskies responded with two goals of their own – the first at 15:19 in the second period and the second at 15:22 in the third – to tie the game at 2-2 with 4:38 to play in the game.
 
To cap off an already successful senior weekend, Makenna Webster recorded the game-winning goal at 17:38, redirecting a shot from Mira Jungåker past Kyrkkö to give the Buckeyes the 3-2 win.
 
Thiele earned the win in goal for Ohio State with 14 saves on the day.
 
Game Notes

• Brengman’s shorthanded goal was the first of her career. The tally was just her fourth of the season.
• Webster led the team with two points on the day. In addition to her game-winning goal, she tallied an assist on the first game of the day.
• Thiele picked up her 16th win of the season, putting her at a tie for ninth in the program record book for wins in a season.
• With the win, Ohio State secures second place in the final WCHA standings and gets the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament.

 
Statistically Speaking
Shots on Goal: Ohio State 32, St. Cloud State 16
Saves: St. Cloud State (Kyrkkö) 29, Ohio State (Thiele) 14
Power Play: St. Cloud State 1-4, Ohio State 0-3
Faceoffs: Ohio State 38, St. Cloud State 26
Ohio State Scoring: Webster (1-1-2), Brengman (1-0-1), Dunne (1-0-1), Amos (0-1-1), Jungåker (0-1-1), Peschel (0-1-1), Swiderski (0-1-1)
 
Up Next
The Buckeyes start the postseason next week with a best-of-three WCHA First Round series against St. Thomas. The teams will face off at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, 3 p.m. Saturday, March 1 and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 2 if needed.
 
The winner of the series will advance to the 2025 WCHA Final Faceoff March 8-9 in Duluth, Minn.
 

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