Ahead of the No. 1 Michigan hockey team’s Friday matchup against then-No. 5 Western Michigan, some familiar faces took the ice — and not those of Team 105.
While the Wolverines went into the first break scoreless, Yost Ice Arena pivoted its attention to something worth celebrating. One by one, the players of the 1996 national championship-winning team embraced the crowd to honor their accomplishment from 30 years prior.
The program’s first Hobey Baker winner, the maker of ‘The Michigan,’ its winningest goaltender and the namesake of the ice rink were just a few of the legends to take center stage and remind the Wolverines of the storied history behind the block ‘M.’…