Jesper Peltonen scored his first goal for the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team with 5:34 left in regulation but Ohio State’s Georgii Merkulov equalized 40 seconds later in a 2-2 tie at the Kohl Center on Sunday. The 17th-ranked Buckeyes won the shootout 2-1 in four rounds when Eric Cooley scored. Three stars No. 3: Peltonen’s first goal in 71 games for UW briefly provided a lead. No. 2: Jared Moe made 37 saves for the Badgers. No. 1: Jakub Dobeš stopped 38 shots for the Buckeyes. Three key plays Jack Gorniak disrupted an Ohio State first-period power-play rush in the neutral zone and quickly found himself on a breakaway after Josh Ess pushed the puck forward to him. Ohio State’s Mason Lohrei caught up to Gorniak but he slid the puck to Zach Urdahl, who lifted a backhand shot past Dobeš to put the Badgers up 1-0. Quinn…
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