Natalie Spooner

Her 74 career points are 14th after 65 games played.

Natalie Marie Spooner (born October 17, 1990) is a Canadian ice hockey player for PWHL Toronto and a member of the Canadian national women's team.

Spooner was the first player to play for the Canadian national under-18, under-22, and senior teams.

During the 2006–07 PWHL season, Spooner was the leading goal-scorer with 32 goals and served as an assistant captain.

She was a member of Team Ontario Red with future Buckeye teammate Laura McIntosh.

Spooner served as captain of the squad, leading it to the gold medal in the U-18 National Hockey Tournament after recovering from a broken jaw sustained in a PWHL game.

She broke her jaw in two places, had her mouth wired shut for five weeks and was limited to a liquid diet.

Before committing to Ohio State, approximately 30 universities and colleges expressed interest in her.

As a freshman, Spooner played in 30 games (she missed six games due to her commitments with Team Canada).

Despite playing in only 30 games, Spooner scored 21 goals to lead the Buckeyes.

She added nine assists for 30 points, which ranked third on the Buckeyes.

Spooner set a Buckeye record by winning four WCHA Rookie of the Week awards.

She has been one of the top goal-scorers in the WCHA during the 08-09 and 09-10 two seasons.

Her 43 career goals rank sixth among the Buckeyes.

In August 2007, the Canadian U-18 played a summer series against the U-18 Team USA squad, and Spooner was an assistant captain.

During the 2007–08 season, Spooner led the Lightning in goals with 25 and was third on the team in scoring with 38 points in 23 games.

In 2008–09 and 2009–10, she played on the Under-22 team.

She played on the Canadian National Women's Team at the 2008 Four Nations Cup.

Spooner participated in the inaugural IIHF World Women's U-18 Championships in January 2008 and won the silver medal.

Spooner participated in the 2008 Esso Women's Nationals with the Mississauga Chiefs.

While she attended Cedarbrae Collegiate Institute, Spooner played with the Durham West Jr. Lightning.

At Cedarbrae, she was named the school's athlete of the year for four consecutive years.

She captained the team to a fourth-place finish in the Provincial Women's Hockey League in 2008.

Spooner also played for Team Canada at the Ball Hockey World Championship in Pilsen, Czech Republic, from June 13–20, 2009.

Spooner won gold at the event.

Spooner was a First Team All-WCHA honoree during the 2009–10 season.

She won gold at the 2010 MLP Cup and silver at the 2009 MLP Cup.

From May 25–30, 2010, in Calgary, Spooner was invited to participate in the Canadian National Women's Program Strength and Conditioning Camp.

On November 10, 2010, Spooner scored a hat trick against Sweden in the 2010 Four Nations Cup.

In the gold medal game of the 2011 Four Nations Cup, Spooner scored two goals in a 4–3 loss to the USA.

Her point total ranked 11th in the league.

On January 28–29, 2011, Spooner scored four goals and contributed six points as the Buckeyes swept conference rival St. Cloud State on the road.

In Ohio State's 6–1 victory on January 28, Spooner recorded her third-career hat trick as well as an assist.

Her goal at 9:58 of the second period came shorthanded and proved to be the game-winner.

Spooner had two points in the second game as the Buckeyes prevailed by a 3–2 mark.

In a game versus Russia at the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship, Spooner logged a hat trick in a 14–1 victory.

On January 11, 2022, Spooner was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.

In 2014, she became the first player to win both an Olympic gold medal and the Clarkson Cup in the same year.

Spooner runs a High Performance Hockey Academy for girls.

Spooner has represented Canada on its National and Under-22 squads.