The fear, after the Minnesota Gophers were shut down and swept at home by Notre Dame a few weeks ago, was that the Irish had provided a road map on how to counter this high-flying offense that had spent more than a month ranked atop the national polls. Instead, in the opener of their weekend Big Ten series the Gophers showed, versus a defensive-minded Ohio State team, how to counter that trapping style that was so frustrating just two weeks ago. Namely, score early, possess the puck, shoot when there’s a clear lane to the goalie, and get excellent goaltending on the other end of the rink. Add all those up, and the Gophers blasted to a 5-1 win over the Buckeyes on Friday night in Columbus, Ohio, improving to 14-3-0 and making it look more and more like the home losses to Notre Dame were the anomaly. When Gophers…
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