3/18/2023 – Michigan 4, Minnesota 3 – 24-11-3 (9-7-3-5 B1G) - B1G Tournament Champions Most teams have a certain sort of "typical game" that defines them. That game is a description of the formula that the team uses to win and perhaps the players that are key to get you there. If I asked you what a 2022 Michigan Football game was like, what would you say? You'd probably tell me it involved strong defense that gets off the field and then an offense featuring a punishing OL and elite RBs that hog time of possession and choke the life out of opponents. That's what I'm talking about here. You can apply this to hockey, or any other sport that involves two sides against each other. A typical Tampa Bay Lightning game over the past couple seasons of their dynastic run atop the NHL involves a smothering forecheck that wears you out, big defensemen who beat you up in the corners, a top notch 1-3-1 PP, and great goaltending. A typical New Jersey Devils game from 199
3/11/2023 – Michigan 7, Ohio State 3 – 23-11-3 (9-7-3-5 B1G) In the first game of the second half of the season, Michigan played Ohio State at Yost and got plastered. The Buckeyes throttled Michigan in a way that no team that no team in the past half-decade has, completely overwhelming the Wolverines and crushing them with shot after shot directed on Erik Portillo. Michigan actually scored the first goal of the game and went into intermission tied, but the shots on goal for the period were 23-7 Ohio State. In the second, OSU scored five times, two at 5v5, two on the PP, and one shorthanded. The shots on goal in that period were 22-9. Through forty minutes, the Buckeyes led by four and were on pace for 68 shots on goal. They backed off in the third with a commanding lead but still tacked on one more goal. For the game, shot attempts were 79-49 for the Scarlet and Gray. It was the kind of performance Michigan puts up against a bottom feeder like Lindenwood, not something that happe
3/11/2023 – Michigan 7, Ohio State 3 – 23-11-3 (9-7-3-5 B1G) In the first game of the second half of the season, Michigan played Ohio State at Yost and got plastered. The Buckeyes throttled Michigan in a way that no team that no team in the past half-decade has, completely overwhelming the Wolverines and crushing them with shot after shot directed on Erik Portillo. Michigan actually scored the first goal of the game and went into intermission tied, but the shots on goal for the period were 23-7 Ohio State. In the second, OSU scored five times, two at 5v5, two on the PP, and one shorthanded. The shots on goal in that period were 22-9. Through forty minutes, the Buckeyes led by four and were on pace for 68 shots on goal. They backed off in the third with a commanding lead but still tacked on one more goal. For the game, shot attempts were 79-49 for the Scarlet and Gray. It was the kind of performance Michigan puts up against a bottom feeder like Lindenwood, not something that happe