© Star Tribune/Star Tribune/ANTHONY SOUFFLE, Star Tribune/Star Tribune/TNS Gophers center Sammy Walker (9) celebrated after scoring a goal during a game earlier this season. Minnesota beat Ohio State on Friday night. Bob Motzko believes his Gophers men’s hockey team has another offensive gear that it hasn’t shown until recently. Key to that has been the play of junior linemates Sammy Walker and Blake McLaughlin. “We’re starting to see Walker and McLaughlin be Walker and McLaughlin,” Motzko said this week. That was on display Friday night in Columbus, Ohio, when Walker and McLaughlin each had a goal and two assists in the Gophers’ 5-1 victory over Ohio State. The duo has combined for nine goals and nine assists over the past three games. The fourth-ranked Gophers (14-3, 10-3 Big Ten) also got a goal and an assist each from Sampo Ranta and Ben Meyers, and a short-handed marker from Jackson LaCombe.…
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