April 06, 2018
(vol. 127, iss. 106)
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…’s plethora of two-way players — exemplified by Evans, who had 11 goals and a team-high 31 assists prior to the semifinal — were giving the Wolverine skaters considerable trouble. But Michigan didn’t hold…
… back either. Freshman defenseman Quinn Hughes drove down the ice with electric dangles and delivered a pass through the crease that just missed its mark. But the Wolverines’ speed was the…
… that ricocheted off Fighting Irish defenseman Dennis Gilbert up and over Morris’ glove to give the Wolverines a two-goal lead. Notre Dame quickly retaliated twice, once on the man…
…, the Fighting Irish unmistakably won the second frame. But at the same time, the Wolverines dominated the first. With the contest tied at two heading into the third period, it would be Notre Dame…
… forward Michael Pastujov answered the Wolverines’ prayers, as he punched the puck in off a scrum in front of the net with 5:22 remaining in regulation. “Yeah, it shows our depth,” Calderone said. “I…
… lines going and that’s what got us here.” In the end, though, just as postseason hockey games go, all it takes is one slim chance. Evans just happened to be the one to get that chance. Wolverines…
… have come about specifically to describe the Michigan hockey team’s 2017-2018 season. On Nov. 10, the Wolverines capped off their biggest win of the nascent Mel Pearson era by erasing a three…
…. Boston’s Brandon Hickey whiffed at the puck in his zone, sophomore forward Jake Slaker snatched the loose change and rifled home a game-winning goal off a Terrier’s leg to send the Wolverines to the…
… be bounces and bloopers Thursday night, and they were going to go one way or the other. At first, it was the Wolverines that profited from them. Mere moments into the second period, senior…
…. They had outshot the Wolverines, 7-4, to close the first period, and scored a power- play goal in response just two minutes later. It didn’t help that the bounces that had gone Michigan’s way at…