SOUTH BEND — Early on in Saturday’s game, goals were hard to come by. But once the No. 9 Michigan hockey team buried the game’s first goal 12 minutes in, the floodgates opened.
In a 20-minute period stretching from that first goal to the middle of the second period, the Wolverines (13-8-1 overall, 7-5-0 Big Ten) combined for eight goals with Notre Dame (7-14-1, 2-11-1), who ultimately outdid Michigan, 7-4.
After sophomore forward Evan Werner potted the first goal, it didn’t take long for the Fighting Irish to respond. Soon after, a power play turnover by the Wolverines led to a short-handed Notre Dame goal. Michigan’s turnover issues didn’t end there, though, and the Irish capitalized on an odd-man rush just minutes later to gain a 2-1 lead…