Nadine Muzerall

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Nadine Muzerall
Born (1978-10-19) October 19, 1978 (age 45)
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 147 lb (67 kg; 10 st 7 lb)
Position Forward
Caught Left
WCHA team
RL team		 Minnesota Golden Gophers
HC Lugano Ladies Team
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Playing career

1996–2001

Coaching career
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Ohio State
Conference WCHA
Biographical details
Alma mater Minnesota
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2011–2016 Minnesota (assistant)
2016–present Ohio State
Head coaching record
Overall195–73–19
Tournaments10–3–0 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
  • WCHA Coach of the Year (2022, 2024)

Nadine Muzerall (born October 19, 1978) is a Canadian former ice hockey player and current coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey team. While attending the University of Minnesota as a student, she became their all-time leader with 139 career goals, including a record 40 power-play goals. She was also a member of the inaugural team of University of Minnesota women's hockey.

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Playing career

In her freshman season, she had a 32-goal, 32-assist performance to earn Women's Hockey News Second Team All-American, Patty Kazmaier Award Finalist and team most valuable player accolades.

During her 1998-99 sophomore season, Muzerall was named a Second Team AWCHA All-American, and was part of the third-place finish at the 1999 AWCHA National Championship. She compiled totals of 30 goals, 18 assists and 48 points. Her numbers ranked in the top 20 nationally in seven offensive categories.

Muzerall scored the game-winning goal in the 2000 national championship win over Brown [1] (Minnesota would win 4–2) and earned all-tournament honors with three goals and an assist in two games. For the season, Muzerall scored 49 goals, 28 assists and 77 points. Her 49 goals led the nation, power-play goals (16), power-play points (27) and game-winning goals (9). Her 49 goals sit atop the Minnesota season record book. In a 10–0 win over Bemidji State, Muzerall set school records with five goals and seven points. During the season, Muzerall went on a 20-game point streak, earned First Team All-WCHA and Minnesota team most valuable player honors.

Muzerall finished her collegiate career in 2000–01. She was part of the first ever WCHA Regular Season Championship, with contributions of 28 goals and 18 assists. For her efforts, she was named a Patty Kazmaier Award Finalist for the second time in her career. In the Minnesota career record book, Muzerall finished her career first in goals (139), goals-per-game (1.08), power-play goals (40) and shots (726), third in points (235), fourth in plus/minus (+149), fifth in shorthanded goals (4) and sixth in assists (96). She graduated with a degree in family social science.

International

She was invited to attend Canada's National Women's Team Evaluation Camp from October 3–10, 2000. [2] During the 2009–10 season, she played for Lugano in the Regio League in Switzerland. [3]

Coaching career

In the aftermath of her NCAA career in 2001, she taught an Introduction to Ice Hockey class in the kinesiology department during the 2001–02 academic year at the University of Minnesota. In 2003, she became head coach of the Northfield Mount Hermon School girls’ hockey team in Gill, Massachusetts. In 2007, Muzerall coached at the Digit Murphy Hockey Camp at Brown University. Previously, she was a camp director at the Florida Hockey Camp in Orlando, Florida. Starting in 2008, Muzerall has coached at the Hill Hockey Clinic in Newburyport, Massachusetts. She instructed players on skating fundamentals along with off-ice training. On October 27, 2011, it was announced that she became an assistant coach for the Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey team. [4] She would capture Frozen Four titles in 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016.

Muzerall was named an assistant coach of Canada's National Women's Development Team for the 2016–17 season. [5] She has served as a coach in prior years at selection camps for Canada's National Women's Development Team and Canada's National Women's Under-18 Team.

Muzerall was named as the head coach of the Ohio State women's hockey team prior to the 2016–17 season. She helped guide the team to the school's first NCAA tournament and Frozen Four appearance in 2018. On March 8, 2020, the Buckeyes won the WCHA championship for the first time in the program's history. On March 20, 2022, the Buckeyes won the NCAA Women's Hockey National Championship for the first time in the program's history. Muzerall won the USCHO Coach of the Year award in 2022. [6] In the 2022–23 season, Muzerall coached the Buckeyes to their second straight #1 overall seed in the 2023 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament. The Buckeyes lost 1–0 to Wisconsin in the championship game. During the 2023–24 season, she led the Buckeyes to their second NCAA championship in program history. [7]

On May 20, 2024, Muzerall signed a five-year contract extension with Ohio State through the 2028–29 season. [8]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Ohio State Buckeyes (Western Collegiate Hockey Association)(2016–present)
2016–17Ohio State 14–18–57–16–55th
2017–18Ohio State 24–11–414–6–42nd NCAA Frozen Four
2018–19Ohio State 20–13–212–10–23rd
2019–20Ohio State 22–8–613–6–53rd NCAA Qualifier (cancelled)
2020–21 Ohio State 13–7–012–5–03rd NCAA Frozen Four
2021–22 Ohio State 32–6–021–6–01st NCAA Champion
2022–23 Ohio State 33–6–223–4–11st NCAA runner-up
2023–24 Ohio State 35–4–026–2–01st NCAA Champion
Ohio State:195–73–19128–55–17
Total:195–73–19

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Awards and honors

Personal

Her hockey gloves were on display in 2011 at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Ontario. [14]

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  2. ↑ "2000 Team Canada - October Evaluation Camp".
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  8. ↑ "Nadine Muzerall Receives Contract Extension". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. May 20, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
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