Natalie Spooner (born October 17, 1990) played for the Canadian National women's ice hockey team  from 2007 to 2008, and rejoined the program in 2010. Currently, she competes for the Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey

Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey

The Ohio State Buckeyes women’s ice hockey team represents Ohio State University in NCAA Division I competition in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. The team plays homegames at OSU Ice Rink, located on the Ohio State campus in Columbus, Ohio.-History:...

 program. Spooner was the first player to play for the Canadian National Women's Team, the National Women's Under-22 Team and its Under-18 Team.

Ohio State

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. Her 74 career points are 14th after 65 games played. Spooner was a First Team All-WCHA honoree during the 2009-10 season.
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. In the second game, Spooner had two points as the Buckeyes prevailed by a 3-2 mark. Spooner leads the Buckeyes with 14 multi-point games this season and owns a team-high 24 goals. Spooner owns the Buckeye record for career game-winning goals with 12. In the Buckeyes final regular season game of the 2010-11 season, Spooner scored a goal (her 25th of the season) in a 5-1 loss to Minnesota-Duluth to tie Jana Harrigan for second on the all-time Ohio State career list with 68 goals

Hockey Canada

Spooner has represented Canada on its National and Under-22 squads. In 2008-09 and 2009–10, she played on the Under-22 team. She has won gold at the 2010 MLP Cup and silver at the 2009 MLP Cup. She played on the Canadian National Women's Team at the 2008 Four Nations Cup. From May 25–30, 2010, in Calgary, Spooner was invited to take part in the Canadian National Women's Program Strength and Conditioning Camp. 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 participated in the inaugural IIHF World Women's U-18 Championships in January 2008 and won the silver medal. In August 2007, the Canadian U-18 played a summer series against the U-18 Team USA squad and Spooner was an assistant captain. On November 10, 2010, Spooner scored a hat trick against Sweden in the 2010 Four Nations Cup

2010 Four Nations Cup

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

Mississauga Chiefs

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

Mississauga Chiefs

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Junior

While she attended Cedarbrae Collegiate Institute, Spooner played with the Durham West Jr. Lightning. At Cedarbrae, 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. 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. Her point total ranked 11th in the league. 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 and 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.

Senior

In the first conference game of the 2011-12 season against Bemidji State, Spooner had four goals in regulation, along with the only goal in the shootout to lead the Buckeyes to victory.

Hockey Canada

Event	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
2007 Under 18 vs. USA	3	2	3	5	0
2007 Canadian Under 18 tournament	5	3	2	5	4
2008 Women’s Under 18 tournament	5	3	7	10	0
2008 Esso Women’s Nationals	3	0	0	0	0

Ohio State

Year	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	PPG	SHG
2008-09	30	21	9	30	4	1
2009-10	35	22	22	44	9	1

Awards and honors

• First Team All-WCHA (2009–10)
• Played with the WCHA All-Star Team against the United States Women's National Team in St. Paul, Minn. (September 2009) * Ohio State's Most Valuable Offensive Player for 2009-10
• Ohio State co-Most Valuable Offensive Player in 2008-09
• WCHA All-Academic Team (2009–10)
• Academic All-Big Ten at-large selection (2009–10) ...
• Four WCHA Rookie of the Week awards (Oct. 24-25, Nov. 28-29, Dec. 12-13, Feb. 6-7)
• WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Jan. 15-16, 2010).
• WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of February 2, 2011)
• 2011 All-WCHA Second Team
• 2011 Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award
• WCHA Co-Offensive Player of the Week (Week of October 12, 2011)

Personal

Her brother Rick played hockey for the Wisconsin Badgers. A second brother, Doug, played for the Waterloo Warriors in Ontario.