News Summary

• The top-seeded Michigan Wolverines open NCAA Hockey Tournament play against a surging Bentley team.
• Michigan can probably survive Minnesota-Duluth without its most creative offensive playmaker, but that is far from a guarantee.
• The Wolverines’ inability to trust four lines and have that typically younger, smaller talent falter against older, heavier teams has plagued them in the past.Michigan has been one of — if not the — best teams all season.
• But maintaining that success over nearly six months is difficult to do, and being the favorite means less in this sport than perhaps any other.