Hockey demands a lot, and in return, it leaves reminders of how a player responds to that ask. Those reminders come in the form of opportunity, lessons, friends, and sometimes, physical marks of the what the game requires of you.



These are the stories of the physical marks some of the women of the Ohio State hockey team will take with them, and the marks they are leaving on the program as well.



Erin Langermeier



To see Erin Langermeier’s game face is to understand the determination that powered her hockey career, even in confronting injury.



“It was my sophomore year and the second game of a series in Mankato,” Langermeier said. “Towards the end of the game, I’m cutting across the red line to catch a breakout pass … one of their players had just gotten on the ice and was coming to pick off that pass and just completely hit the inside of my leg.”



Langermeier tried to finish the game but couldn’t.