For the first time since returning to the ice in the fall, Ohio State University defenseman Jincy Dunne will rejoin USA Hockey. Dunne is among 37 invitees to the Women’s Winter Training Camp in preparation for a two-game series against Team Canada later this month.
When redshirt freshman defenseman Jincy Dunne signed to play for Ohio State women’s hockey in 2015, she had a resume brimming with on-ice accomplishments and was looking ahead to a promising future at OSU.
“It was a little bit nerve-wracking at first, but once I was out there it was just great. It was so nice to be on the ice again,” Dunne said from Madison as the team prepared to face the top-ranked University of Wisconsin Badgers on Friday.
After having an extraordinary U18 career, capped by scoring the game-winning goal in overtime at the gold-medal game in the 2015 WW18 in Buffalo, defenceman Jincy Dunne embarks on a university career with Ohio State.
Her name is Jincy Dunne, a 5-foot, 6-inch tall 17-year-old from The Fulton School in St. Albans. Last month, Jincy, the captain of the U.S Women’s National Under-18 Team, scored the gold-medal-winning goal in overtime against Canada.
A senior at The Fulton School in St. Albans, Dunne is not your typical teen. Her rapid on-ice development over the past year has put her on the fast track to the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.
An O’Fallon, Missouri, teen scored the gold medal-clinching overtime goal for Team USA hockey at the Under-18 Women’s World Championship Monday.
Jincy Dunne scored twice — including the overtime winner — as the United States edged Canada 3-2 on Monday to win the women’s under-18 hockey championship.
Most hockey players can recall some tough road trips in their careers. For Jincy Dunne, captain of the USA’s women’s U18 team, travelling across the Atlantic for hockey at 15 years old just happened to be one of them.
Grace Bizal (Minnetonka, Minn./Hopkins High School) scored in regulation and Kaitlin Burt (Lynn, Mass./Boston College) made 16 saves. U.S. captain Jincy Dunne (O’Fallon, Mo./St. Louis Lady Blues 19U) and Abby Roque (Sault Ste. Marie, Mich./Sault Area High School) added shootout goals to seal the victory.
