COLUMBUS, Ohio – Some good teams have depth. Some good teams have talent. The Minnesota Gophers are looking like they have the right mix of both as we barrel headlong toward the end of college hockey’s regular season. With three of their best players away in China skating for Team USA, the supposedly shorthanded Gophers have now won four in a row, and they are challenging for the top of the Big Ten standings after a 5-1 win at Ohio State on Saturday. Rhett Pitlick had a pair of goals for the Gophers, who took an early lead and kept building throughout, moving ahead of the Buckeyes in the conference standings. With the win, Minnesota improved to 19-11-0 overall and 14-6-0 in the Big Ten. The Gophers moved ahead of Ohio State, which entered the weekend atop the conference standings, and are in second place, two points behind Michigan, with…
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