The puck is set to drop on the 100th season of Michigan Wolverines hockey this Saturday with an exhibition game against the Windsor Lancers. The sixth-ranked Wolverines welcome the Lancers to Ann Arbor for the first time since 2019 — also an exhibition game season-opener — which saw Michigan prevail, 8-2.
A member of the Ontario University Athletic Association, the Lancers already have four exhibition games and four wins under their belt this season. Albeit against lesser competition — UBC Thunderbirds (twice), York Lions, Brock Badgers — Windsor has a better feel for its team chemistry in actual game settings.