Thirteen players returned to the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team Saturday after spending most of the week in quarantine but what kind of shape were they going to be in? That was one of the big questions as the Badgers opened a one-day-delayed Big Ten series against No. 17 Ohio State at the Kohl Center. Four days away from the team, holed up in apartments is hardly an optimal way to build through the week, but that’s what COVID-19 protocols threw at the Badgers. It turned out that it wasn’t the start the Badgers needed to be worried about. It was the third period, when the Buckeyes did what they’ve done incredibly well this season: change the game. They scored three times for a 5-3 victory, with Georgii Merkulov’s goal putting them ahead for good with 5:39 remaining. “We sat back a little too much there,” Badgers goaltender Jared…
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