The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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Charting The Right Course Michigan Captains Mac Bennett, Derek DeBlois And Andrew Copp Have Guided U-M To Early Success L After last season, when the Wolverines had their 22-year NCAA Tournament streak snapped, Bennett was determined to bring the Wolverines closer together prior to the 2013-14 campaign. photo by Lon Horwedel By Michael Spath eading the U.S. National Development Program 4-2 in the closing minutes of the third period Dec. 5, head coach Red Berenson called down his bench to fourth-string goalie Luke Dwyer, informing the redshirt junior he would play the final three minutes of the exhibition contest. An Ann Arbor native that walked on to the team, Dwyer had never seen action previously in his career; the Wolverines wanted to reward him for being a hard worker and consummate teammate. Dwyer would not have played, however, if not for Michigan's three captains — seniors Mac Bennett and Derek DeBlois, and sophomore Andrew Copp. The trio approached the coaches a few days before the matchup with Team USA to lobby on their teammate's behalf. "That was something the captains talked to Red about, getting him in if we had a lead," junior forward Alex Guptill said. "For Dwyer to get in at