ANN ARBOR – Michigan and Ohio State’s hockey teams will meet on Saturday for the third time in four weeks, and this time a trip to the Big Ten championship is on the line. The seconded-seeded Wolverines completed a two-game sweep over last-place Wisconsin on Saturday with a 7-4 victory at Yost Ice Arena but had to wait until Sunday night to learn its Big Ten semifinal opponent. The third-seeded Buckeyes won their best-of-three series opener against No. 6 seed Penn State on Friday but lost 2-1 Saturday, forcing a deciding game. OSU (20-13-3) fell behind 1-0 Sunday but scored the equalizer midway through the second. Defenseman Scooter Brickey put the Buckeyes ahead with 4:15 remaining in the period, and the team added an empty-netter in the final two minutes for a 3-1 victory. No. 4 Michigan and No. 9 Ohio State met last month during the second-to-last series of…
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