ANN ARBOR – There was no panic on Michigan’s bench as the referees reviewed Ohio State’s game-tying goal early in the third period Friday. While the replay showed the Buckeyes (4-8-1, 4-7-0-0-1 Big Ten) were clearly offside entering the Wolverines’ zone before the goal, because a Michigan player regained possession before OSU scored, the goal stood. But the ninth-ranked Wolverines (7-6, 5-6-0-1) responded by scoring three goals in the final 10 minutes en route to a 4-2 win at Yost Ice Arena. “Tough call, but I don’t think our guys totally understood the rule at the time, so they weren’t real happy with it,” Michigan head coach Mel Pearson said. “But of course I knew it and tried to calm them down and just get them refocused to play with it. We were talking when they were reviewing it that whatever happens, we have to come out of this and…
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