Back on the first two days of October, the Gophers women’s hockey team opened its 2021-22 season with six freshmen in its lineup and a couple of new assistant coaches behind the bench. Ohio State, a fast, aggressive and veteran team, came into Ridder Arena and left with a sweep by scores of 4-2 and 4-1. “Those first two games, I got off the ice and we were all dead,” Gophers freshman forward Ella Huber said. “I had never played games like that.” Nearly four months later, the Gophers and Ohio State meet again, this time on Friday and Saturday at OSU Ice Rink. The third-ranked Buckeyes (18-4, 14-4 WCHA) are still that veteran team, but in the No. 2 Gophers (19-6-1, 14-5-1), they’ll face a team that’s growing up in a hurry. Minnesota is coming off a 2-1 and 4-3 sweep of defending national champion Wisconsin, knocking the Badgers…
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