Ohio State junior forward Carson Meyer (72) and Michigan State sophomore forward Mitchell Lewandowski (9) throw punches in the first period of game two against Michigan State on March 2. Ohio State lost 3-2. Credit: Casey Cascaldo | Photo Editor A little more than a month ago, the Ohio State men’s hockey team was in the driver’s seat. Coming off a 4-1 win against Wisconsin on Feb. 9, the team’s seventh in a row, the Buckeyes were among the top teams in college hockey, ranking No. 2 in the USCHO.com poll two days later with six first-place votes. Ohio State looked like a team ready to compete for its first national title. Seven games later, the Buckeyes are in freefall, dropping five of its past seven games, including, most recently, a 5-1 beatdown loss to Penn State in the Big Ten tournament semifinals. The Nittany Lions, who came in with…
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