Newsstand: Ethan Edwards becomes 18th former Michigan player to sign NHL contract in last three years
Tweets Of The Day
Michigan women’s basketball standout Olivia Olson scored 553 points (16.3 points per game), the most by a freshman in program history.
The New Jersey Devils have signed former Michigan standout Ethan Edwards to a two-year, entry level contract starting with the 2025-26 season. He’s the 18th Wolverine in the last three years to sign in the NHL.
Edwards, 22, completed his senior season at the University of Michigan and recorded 21 points (5g-16a) in 36 games. The 6-foot, 195-pound defenseman’s 21 points marked a career-high at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) level and led all Michigan blueliners. The left-handed shot’s 40 penalty minutes also ranked first on the team.
Edwards played in 130 career games at Michigan, registering 56 points (15g-41a) and accumulating 145 penalty minutes. He was named an alternate captain for the 2023-24 campaign and helped Michigan win Big Ten Championships in 2021-22 and 2022-23. Edwards also received Big Ten All-Academic honors in 2022-23 and 2023-24.
Some photos from Michigan’s 91-79 NCAA Tournament win over Texas A&M.
Michigan softball defeated the WMU Broncos, 12-4, on Tuesday.
Michigan women’s tennis is ranked No. 3 in the nation.
Michigan and Auburn have a 153-point over/under for Friday’s game in Atlanta.
Quote Of The Day
“To be honest, the things that really stand out are the guys that haven’t had the season that they’d hoped for or we expected — to see how much their teammates continued to believe in them, pour into them, encourage them,” May said on the ‘Inside U-M Basketball’ radio show. “That’s the most rewarding part, because in this climate when you don’t have deep, personal connections and years of equity and 100s of hours of work like teams used to back in the day, it would be easy to almost root for guys to not do well because you could benefit from it, things like that. But just to see how close our guys have grown to get to that moment, where they’re playing really, really good basketball and we’re starting to figure out our true, true function within the team now. We obviously have a lot of work to do, and we’re far, far from content. But I do think that we’re moving in the right direction. We’re following the beacon.”
— Michigan head basketball coach Dusty May on the ‘Inside Michigan Basketball’ radio show
Headlines Of The Day
• Clayton Sayfie, The Wolverine: Dusty May: Michigan is ‘consumed’ with winning, optimistic it’ll continue to ‘catch fire like a wildfire’
• Anthony Broome, The Wolverine: Michigan basketball reaches out to 7-footer Magoon Gwath in transfer portal
• Clayton Sayfie, The Wolverine: Where Michigan stands in NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 reranks
• Anthony Broome, The Wolverine: Michigan basketball transfer portal hot board 1.0: Breaking down the Wolverines’ pursuits (March 25)
• Anthony Broome, The Wolverine: Michigan football: What Sherrone Moore said about 25 players during spring press conference
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