On a night when the University of Wisconsin honored the legendary Mark Johnson by retiring his jersey, the Badgers couldn’t muster much offense to pay tribute to No. 10 in a 4-1 loss to Ohio State. The third-ranked Buckeyes completed the sweep after defeating Wisconsin 2-1 in overtime Friday night. Ohio State jumped out to a 3-0 lead after two periods, thanks to goals from Dakota Joshua, Tommy Parran and Miguel Fidler. Wisconsin briefly made things interesting late in the third period, as senior forward Seamus Malone netted his seventh goal of the year and drew a penalty with 1:40 to play. Heyyyy, put it on the board! @BadgerMHockey pic.twitter.com/S5nNYilXeY — FOX Sports Wisconsin (@fswisconsin) February 10, 2019 But the Buckeyes answered with an empty-net goal one minute later, sealing their seventh straight victory to cushion a lead in the Big Ten standings. Johnson, who played three seasons for the Badgers from…
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