MINNEAPOLIS — Much like the idea of Illinois adding a Big Ten hockey program, or Northern Michigan offering that state’s first Division I women’s hockey program or the completion of the Southwest Light Rail line in the Twin Cities, the notion of a new hockey-specific facility for the men and women at Ohio State has been talked about for a long time, with no real action. But this weekend when the Minnesota Gophers women’s team visits the Buckeyes for a series that may go a long way to determining the eventual WCHA champions – and for the foreseeable future – they will play at OSU Ice Rink, a smaller, on-campus facility that opened in the early days of the Kennedy administration. Similar to many high school rinks of its era in Minnesota, the facility is compact. It has a low ceiling. It has seating on just one side. It has…
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