Any positivity surrounding the Minnesota men’s hockey team after last weekend’s sweep of the eighth-ranked Badgers completely evaporated Friday night as the Gophers lost 6-2 at home to also-lowly Ohio State.
The Mariucci crowd was not in good spirits after the Buckeyes responded to the hosts taking a 1-0 lead on a power-play goal by Brodie Ziemer by logging the next four scores to take a 4-1 lead midway through the second period.
Brody Lamb’s power-play goal at 13:16 of the middle stanza stopped the bleeding, but only briefly, as Ohio State scored twice more in the third period to claim the four-goal victory.
Minnesota goaltenders Luca Di Pasquo and Nathan Airey were busy in the net, making a combined 40 saves. Di Pasquo made 25 stops while allowing four goals, Airey saved 15 shots while being beaten twice.
The Gophers fell to 10-16-1 overall, 6-10 in the Big Ten, with the loss. They remain seven points ahead of Ohio State, which is 8-15-1 overall, 4-10 in conference play. Only cellar-dwelling Notre Dame (5-18-3, 1-13) sits worse than Minnesota and OSU in the Big Ten.
After one more game against the Buckeyes at 8 p.m. Saturday, the Gophers travel to South Bend, Ind. to face the flailing Fighting Irish next weekend.
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