Badgers defenseman Jesper Peltonen, right, sends the puck past Ohio State’s Tate Singleton during a Feb. 26, 2021, game at LaBahn Arena. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL ARCHIVES Todd D. Milewski | Wisconsin State Journal There were nine players on the ice at practice and, the way that coach Tony Granato saw it, two choices for the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team. The Badgers could have hoped to reschedule home games against No. 17 Ohio State that were postponed Tuesday because a positive COVID-19 test and related quarantines wouldn’t let them have enough players for the Friday series opener. The chances of finding new dates later this season were slim. The other option was to push back the series to Saturday and Sunday and have most of the team play after missing four days of practice. “We went with the second, the right answer of let’s just play,” Granato said.…
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