Andrea Brändli of Ohio State has been very important to the team’s success. (Ohio State Athletics) The Ohio State Buckeyes made their program’s first-ever Frozen Four last season and are looking make that more of an annual accomplishment then a one-off. They’ve got their work cut out for themselves as they head into the postseason, but coming off a weekend where they kept Wisconsin from winning the WCHA regular-season title, their confidence is understandably high. In a lot of ways, OSU feels like their postseason started two weeks ago with their own senior weekend. Emotions were high, and they lost a close game to Bemidji State on Friday, but they responded with an emphatic 5-1 win on Saturday. Then they traveled to Madison for the final regular-season series of the year at a sold out LaBahn Arena for the Badgers’ own senior weekend. They played two tense, loud games and…
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