Despite a valiant effort against the visiting No. 3 The Ohio State Buckeyes (19-5-4, 12-3-3-2 Big Ten), the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team (9-14-5, 5-8-5-2) was swept at the Kohl Center over the weekend.A Friday night overtime thriller saw the Buckeyes emerge victorious with a 2–1 win. The loss seemingly crushed the Badgers confidence in advance of Saturday’s matchup as they were thoroughly outplayed in a 4–1 loss. The first matchup was a bruiser. Both teams came out slow and methodical to open the first period and were unable to find any offensive rhythm. Out of frustration, things got chippy. In the first period alone there were two major penalties for game misconduct. But both teams made it out of the first period unscathed with the score tied at zero. UW freshman goalkeeping sensation Daniel Lebedeff continued his run of great performances with a string of beautiful saves in…
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