The 11-1 drubbing the No. 12 Michigan hockey team handed Mercyhurst on the opening night of the season apparently wasn’t enough to satiate the Wolverines’ hunger for goals.

On Saturday night, Michigan relentlessly sieged the Lakers’ offensive zone, hoping to pounce on an errant puck. The 51 shots the Wolverines racked up point to their persistent offensive press, and the chance creation that it helped facilitate.

But Michigan also knew when it needed to slow down the tempo and patiently establish control of the puck so that it could chain together strings of passes right into the net. It was this blend of vigorous offensive pressure and buildup in the passing game that yielded seven goals, in a second straight dominant victory for the Wolverines over Mercyhurst.

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