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Natalie Spooner Earns All-America Honors
Spooner is a first-time All-American
COLUMBUS,
Ohio – Natalie Spooner, a senior forward on the Ohio State women’s
hockey team, has been named to the CCM All-America Team, the American
Hockey Coaches Association announced. The Scarborough, Ontario, product
earned second-team honors and is a first-time All-American.
The
2012 Patty Kazmaier finalist concluded the season with a team-best 50
points on 31 goals and 19 assists. Spooner’s 39 points in conference
play finished 11th among league leaders and her 25 goals scored against
WCHA opponents was second overall. All three of her hat tricks this
season came against league foes, including two four-goal performances.
She
concluded her career at Ohio State on top of four program record lists.
Along with her season goals record, she set the Ohio State career
record in goals scored on Jan. 7, 2012 and finished her four years with
100. Spooner broke the program record in career goals vs. WCHA
opponents on Oct. 14, 2011 and has 75 in her career. Her 163 career
points ranks second all time in the program's history and her 16
game-winning goals over four years is a program best.
Spooner
was named to the All-WCHA First Team and earned WCHA Offensive Player
of the week three times this season. She had a team-best 16
multiple-point games this year and finished with three hat tricks on
the season, including two four-goal games. She totaled nine
multiple-goal games and four multiple-assist games this year.
Spooner
is the fourth Buckeye to earn All-America honors, joining Tessa
Bonhomme (first team, 2008; second team, 2007), Jana Harrigan (second
team, 2006) and Emma Laaksonen (second team, 2002).
2011-12 CCM Hockey Women’s Division I All-Americans:
First Team
Florence Schelling, Goalie, Northeastern
Megan Bozek, Defenseman, Minnesota
Laura Fortino, Defenseman, Cornell
Brianna Decker, Forward, Wisconsin
Rebecca Johnston, Forward, Cornell
Jocelyne Lamoureux, Forward, North Dakota
Second Team
Zuzanna Tomcikova, Goalie, Bemidji State
Monique Lamoureux-Kolls, Defenseman, North Dakota
Lauriane Rougeau, Defenseman, Cornell
Amanda Kessel, Forward, Minnesota
Hilary Knight, Forward, Wisconsin
Natalie Spooner, Forward, Ohio State
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