COLUMBUS, Ohio – Way back in November, the Ohio State Buckeyes were college hockey’s great mystery when they visited Minneapolis for two games. Picked by the Big Ten coaches to finish seventh in the seven-team hockey conference, the Buckeyes were off to a 6-3-0 start and getting some buzz as a dark horse in the conference race. The Minnesota Gophers dispelled that notion in the first 20 minutes of their weekend series. Or so they thought. Trailing 3-0 after one period at 3M Arena at Mariucci, the Buckeyes kept shooting, and caught Gophers goalie Jack LaFontaine on a rare off night. When the final horn sounded, the scoreboard read “Buckeyes 4, Gophers 3” and any remaining mystery about Ohio State had been solved. “On the road, at Minnesota, down 3-zip, usually that one’s filed in the bank,” said Steve Rohlik, the St. Paul native who is in his ninth season…
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