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Ohio State’s Anthony Greco tumbles over Michigan State goaltender Jake Hildebrand in overtime on Thursday. The Buckeyes’ Drew Brevig scored seconds later (photo: Jim Rosvold).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ST. PAUL, Minn.<\/b> — Ohio State and Michigan State found themselves in a very familiar situation on Thursday night — overtime.<\/p>\n

The Buckeyes downed the Spartans thanks to a goal by Drew Brevig 4:23 into the extra session of their first-round Big Ten tournament game.<\/p>\n

[scg_html_b1g2014]”I don’t know if you guys expected anything different between these two teams,” Ohio State coach Steve Rohlik said. “We just knew that there wasn’t going to be a shootout tonight — that was the only difference.”<\/p>\n

It was the fourth straight time that a contest between the teams went to overtime; the previous three had been decided in shootouts.<\/p>\n

Though Ohio State’s offensive is more potent, the Spartans defense, particularly their shot blocking, has kept these games close.<\/p>\n

“You saw the will they have to block shots,” Rohlik said. “I talked to our guys about it, there’s no fear. I give lots of credit to coach [Tom] Anastos: They buy in and they’ll do whatever it takes. That’s a team effort and they have a great goaltender and they have everybody that’s out on the ice buying in.”<\/p>\n

According to Anastos, the similarities between the two squads have also led to the close games.<\/p>\n

“The goaltending has been really similar,” Anastos said. “Both teams play hard. I think they have some offensive experience on their team that we just don’t have right now. But both teams play hard, and after a tough first period for them they really bounced back and played in our end during the second, third and overtime.”<\/p>\n

That lack of offensive experience has been a problem for Michigan State all season.<\/p>\n

“Tonight’s game, for us, really epitomized our season. We just struggled to score goals,” Anastos said. “When we’re scoring three or four goals, it gives us a chance to win, rather than that chance tonight.”<\/p>\n

Ohio State, which will play Minnesota in a semifinal game at 7 p.m. CDT Friday, finished fourth in the Big Ten standings this season; Michigan State was right on its heels in fifth.<\/p>\n

Those regular season finishes meant that both teams entered the Big Ten tournament needing to win the championship to advance to the NCAA tournament.<\/p>\n

“I thought there was a desperation,” Anastos said. “I thought the effort was really good. I didn’t think we had a lot of really great performances tonight, but it wasn’t because of a lack of effort.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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