The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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inside michigan athletics Maize And Blue Notebook New Commitment • The Michigan hockey team has picked up a goaltender commitment for 2013-14, landing Zach Nagelvoort April 11. The 6-2, 190-pounder out of Holland, Mich., also lived in Ann Arbor and has a unique connection to the program — there is a hockey scholarship named after his grandfather, Paul W. Gikas, who happens to be a friend of Red Berenson's. "I was in town visiting a friend that's a freshman at Michigan [April 6-7], and then we sat down with the coaches Monday and they laid everything out for me," the newest Wolverine said. "I took a few days to talk to my family, but it was like, 'Why am I even thinking about this?' Michigan hockey is why I started playing hockey, and it was always my dream to play for them." Nagelvoort spent this past season in the North American Hockey League, splitting time between the Soo Eagles (18 games) and the Aberdeen Wings (10 games). In 28 total contests, he was 17-6-1 with a 2.10 goals-against average and a .936 save percentage. With four goalies already on the roster, Michigan will have to make room for Nagelvoort. Steve Racine will be back for his sophomore year after finishing as the No. 1 goalie while walk-on Adam Janecyk will probably look to finish out his final season. Walk-on Luke Dwyer may be the odd-man out, though there is talk that Jared Rutledge might spend at least one year in the USHL to regain his confidence after a rocky freshman season. "Basically, I'm coming in to add competition to what they already have," Nagelvoort said. "It is a position that they're looking for guys to push each other and make the starting goalie the best goalie. They told me they're not saying this guy is the No. 1 and this guy is the No. 2, but that everyone is going to battle to earn their playing time." In A Class By Himself • With 19 singles and 12 doubles victories this year through April 15, senior Evan King has taken over the top spot in career wins with 188, breaking Peter Pusztai's previous mark of 180 (115 singles wins and 65 doubles) from 1993-96. One of the greatest individual players in school history, King is one of just five Wolverines with 100 career singles triumphs; he presently sits third all time with 110. Dan Goldberg ranks first with 127 from 1986-89 while Pusztai is in second, for now.