Big Ten Hockey Tournament: Minnesota vs. Ohio State lines

Three games down, two to go.

Here at Xcel Energy Center for the nightcap between Minnesota and Ohio State. The Buckeyes, unlike previous Thursday winner Penn State, is not going with the same lineup Friday as in Thursday's 2-1 win against Michigan State. Freshman Christian Frey is the presumptive starter while Lakeville native and OSU overtime hero Drew Brevig is apart of the one change. Brevig was paired last night with Justin DaSilva. Tonight he will be partnered on D with Clark Cristofoli.

Sam Warning returns for Minnesota after being held out of last Saturday's 6-2 loss to Michigan for precautionary reasons. He is up on the first line with Kyle Rau and Hudson Fasching. Warning has had success against the Buckeyes. The junior scored his first career hat trick versus OSU January 18th in a game that Frey started.

Adam Wilcox is expected to get the nod in net. Like Warning, the sophomore goaltender and Big Ten Goalie/Player of the Year, was not in last Saturday's loss.

The full lines are below:

University of Minnesota Golden Gophers

Forwards

Sam Warning (#11) - Kyle Rau (#7) - Hudson Fasching (#24)

Nate Condon (#16) - Justin Kloos (#25) - Taylor Cammarata (#13)

Tom Serratore (#14) - Travis Boyd (#22) - Seth Ambroz (#17)

Connor Reilly (#21) - Gabe Guertler (#27) - Vinni Lettieri (#19)

Defense

Justin Holl (#12) - Brady Skjei (#2)

MIke Reilly (#5) - Jake Parenteau (#6)

Jake Bischoff (#28) - Ben Marshall (#10)

Goaltenders

Adam Wilcox (#32)

Michael Shibrowski (#1)

Ohio State University Buckeyes

Forwards:

Max McCormick (#17) - Tanner Fritz (#16) - Anthony Greco (#14)

Ryan Dzingel (#18) - Nick Oddo (#15) - Nick Schilkey (#37)

David Gust (#9) - Tyler Lundey (#23) - Darik Angeli (#10)

Alex Lippincott (#11) - Chad Niddery (#19) - Matt Johnson (#26)

Defense:

Curtis Gedig (#8) - Josh Healey (#47)

Sam Jardine (#21) - Al McLean (#7)

Clark Cristofoli (#6) - Drew Brevig (#4)

Goaltenders:

Christian Frey (#30)

Matt Tomkins (#31)

Logan Davis (#1)

Reminder: The winner of this game will face Wisconsin tomorrow (Saturday) at 7 p.m. CT. BTN is broadcasting this (and every other game) while it should be streamed online at BTN2Go

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