Mark Johnson sounded like a coach trying his hardest to keep his players’ vision on the future, not the past. The University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team has a chance for revenge against Ohio State in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Frozen Faceoff semifinals on Saturday. Johnson But Johnson wasn’t giving in to talk about how the Buckeyes kept the Badgers from winning their fourth straight regular-season title by earning a pair of ties two weeks ago. “The big thing for us,” Johnson said, “is what can we do to win the hockey game on Saturday afternoon?” His players had plenty to say earlier. Minutes after the second-ranked Badgers clinched their semifinal spot by sweeping St. Cloud State last Saturday and knew that No. 9 Ohio State would be their next foe, they were starting to build toward the game at Minneapolis’ Ridder Arena. “That’s the kind of motivation you…
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