Ohio State is primarily known for its football. So when the Buckeyes gave up an early field goal — on the hockey rink — they apparently knew not to panic. The Gophers were the builders of that three-goal lead Friday, only to see the Buckeyes storm back. Ohio State scored twice in the second period and twice more in the third, beating the Gophers 4-3 in a game that left the home team stunned and surly. “Slip-sliding away, and we earned it,” Gophers coach Bob Motzko said. “We couldn’t have played much better early. You knew they were going to have a pushback. We took a couple bad penalties, gave them momentum back into the game.” The Gophers (6-5-0 overall, 3-2-0 Big Ten), got a goal from Jack Perbix and two from Ben Meyers to build that early lead, then saw it all fall apart in the final 40 minutes.…
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