The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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they beaten rival Michigan State on the final day of regular-season play March 14; U-M lost 2-1. Michigan finished runner-up in the conference tournament, surren- dering a 2-1 lead before pulling its goalie when trailing by one goal with 1:12 left in the contest; the Gophers iced their victory with an empty-net marker at 19:38 of the third. And Michigan finished 19th in the Pairwise Rankings, four spots out of the last at-large NCAA bid, which went to a Providence team that went on to advance to the Frozen Four and win the national championship. "There are definitely some posi- tives to take away from the year, like the culture of the room, the work ethic of the guys, some things that will be really important going for- ward, but it's going to be a long off- season," sophomore alternate captain J.T. Compher said. "It's the same way as last year when we came up one game short. We don't want to be in that situation next year." It came down to one game because the Maize and Blue struggled in non- conference play with a 6-6 mark, in- cluding a 1-5 record away from Yost Ice Arena; because Michigan could Goaltenders Steve Racine (pictured) and Zach Nagelvoort combined for pedestrian numbers — a 2.89 goals-against average and a .903 save percentage — in 2014-15. PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL