COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Gophers men’s hockey team flew to Ohio State determined to empty their tanks prior to an extended holiday break. They got a 5-4 win in the series opener on Friday and also looked like a team without much left in reserve with one more game to play. Jimmy Snuggerud had two goals and an assist on a night where the Gophers relied heavily on goalie Justen Close and his 34 saves. They improved to 9-5-3 overall and 5-4-2 in the Big Ten after Rhett Pitlick scored a goal for the seventh consecutive game. Brody Lamb had a goal — the eventual game-winner — and an assist. Gophers coach Bob Motzko rattled off a list of good things his team did, including getting a pair of power-play goals, but also looked at the effort and the result realistically. “The negative is that we were the best team…
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