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Thomas Bordeleau has been part of an outstanding group of forwards at Michigan this season (photo: Jonathan Knight).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With back-to-back stellar recruiting classes and four of the top five picks in last year\u2019s NHL Draft, there has been a lot of hype surrounding Michigan for a while now.<\/p>\n

That hype, however, hasn\u2019t led to anything worthy of hanging on a banner, yet. Michigan finished fourth in the Big Ten last year and bowed out of the conference tournament after the semifinals before positive COVID-19 tests ended the Wolverines\u2019 NCAA tournament run before it started.<\/p>\n

This year the Michigan surrendered the regular-season title to Minnesota on the final weekend, who it will get another crack at this weekend in the Big Ten tournament championship game.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been a lot said about this team starting last year and then through the draft and into this year, so (there\u2019s) a lot of pressure on these guys and they have high expectations,\u201d Michigan coach Mel Pearson said on Tuesday. \u201cThey\u2019re built to succeed, (and) we have all the ingredients that we need to have success.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether it\u2019s a Big Ten banner or beyond that, there\u2019s room for both. All you can ask is to do what you need to do and give yourself that opportunity. That\u2019s why you come to Michigan, to win championships.\u201d<\/p>\n

Minnesota winning the Big Ten regular season means Saturday\u2019s game will be played in Minneapolis, but that\u2019s not concerning for sophomore forward Thomas Bordeleau.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt kind of fires us up,\u201d he said. \u201cObviously, Yost is super electric and is, I think, the best building to play in (but) when you go on the road and the home team gets cheered on and us getting booed it\u2019s just extra motivation and an extra little push. It\u2019s going to be insane; it\u2019s going to be really a fun atmosphere to play in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Names like Bordeleau, Owen Power, Matty Beniers, Luke Hughes and Kent Johnson tend to steal the headlines, but Pearson highlighted another player on Tuesday, goaltender Erik Portillo.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t trade him for another goalie in the country right now; he\u2019s been our MVP,\u201d he said of Portillo, who had 19 saves in Michigan\u2019s 2-1 victory over Notre Dame last weekend, its first over the Irish this season. \u201cI can\u2019t vote for my own players, but he would have gotten my vote for Big Ten goalie of the year. I think he gets overlooked because of all the talent we have.\u201d<\/p>\n

Minnesota and Michigan went 2-2 against each other this season with each team winning once on the road, so Saturday will be a grudge match. Unlike the 2013 Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone movie of the same name, Saturday\u2019s contest would probably garner more than a 31 percent rating if Rotten Tomatoes did college hockey games.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish I could be a fan and just sit back and relax and watch the game because I think it\u2019s going to be a heck of a hockey game,\u201d Pearson said. \u201cThey\u2019re good, they\u2019re deep. The main difference is they\u2019re older, they\u2019ve got the experience and some of their best players are their older kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pearson added that he expects a close game, not only on Saturday but for as long as Michigan continues this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese games are going to be tight,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was good for us to play Notre Dame and paly in a game like that because from here on out that\u2019s how games are going to go. Everybody\u2019s knocked this Michigan team of being young, too young. \u2018We\u2019ve seen it before you can\u2019t win with the young teams,\u2019 so we\u2019ve got a lot to prove.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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