Newsstand: Michigan hockey loses to Ohio State at Wrigley Field, 4-3
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Michigan fell to Ohio State, 4-3, Friday night at Wrigley Field, an outdoor venue and the home of the Chicago Cubs. The temperature during the game was in the low 20s and the ‘feel like’ temp was under 15 degrees.
Michigan went 2-for-2 on the power play, but Ohio State went 2-for-6 and converted on the game winner on a special teams opportunity with 38 seconds to go.
Michigan and Ohio State will conclude the two-game series Sunday night at Yost Ice Arena (5 p.m. ET).
Michigan basketball is the favorite to win the Big Ten regular season title according to DraftKings, heading into its two-game Los Angeles swing. The Wolverines will play USC tonight and UCLA Tuesday evening.
Head coach Dusty May said earlier this week that winning the Big Ten is of the utmost importance.
“You go through a three-month season, and when you look at the mental fortitude and the physical health that goes into being good that long, it’s extremely demanding, it’s tough,” May explained. “Obviously, it’s nice to win three games in three days or four in four and win the conference tournament. But if you can go through the grind of the regular-season championship, I think if you go out on the road recruiting or if you see other coaches, you give them a tip of the cap if they were able to go through a conference season, because it’s a big, big difference to finish first and second or third or fourth in a league.
“It’s daunting to win a conference regular-season championship, especially now with the number of games, with the amount of travel, with the logistics that come with television and whatnot. So, yeah, to make a long statement short, it’s extremely important that we’re competing for a Big Ten regular season championship.”
Michigan running back Kalel Mullings changed the season with two third-down runs, a long one to set up his own game-winning score on fourth down against USC and one to help chew more clock and set up the game-winning field goal at Ohio State.
Michigan freshman running back Jordan Marshall shined with Mullings out in the ReliaQuest Bowl, rushing 23 times for 100 yards and forcing 12 missed tackles.
Quote Of The Day
“I do think we’re competing and playing with more aggression than we were a month ago. And that could be conditioning, that could be us focusing on the right things at practice. You never know what it is because you try so many different things, but when you watch our guys play, us guarding the basketball, us attacking rebounds, those things have really improved over the last couple weeks.”
— Michigan head coach Dusty May
Headlines Of The Day
• Clayton Sayfie, The Wolverine: Michigan coach Dusty May: ‘The Big Ten regular season championship is extremely important’
• EJ Holland, The Wolverine: Michigan at the top for nation’s No. 1 RB Savion Hiter: “They show the most love”
• Chris Balas, The Wolverine: Michigan football: A portal defensive player to watch closely
• Clayton Sayfie, Chris Balas and Anthony Broome, The Wolverine: Podcast: Michigan ends Sherrone Moore’s first season on high note, basketball vs. USC/UCLA preview
• Clayton Sayfie, The Wolverine: MMQB: Sherrone Moore found winning formula with Michigan team that will be less limited in the future
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