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Michigan hockey’s Frozen Four mentality echoes that of the Michigan football team

The Michigan Wolverines are heading back to the Frozen Four! The hockey team is continuing its best football impersonation by advancing to its third-straight final four with aspirations of finally completing the journey with two more elusive wins.

While the cross-sport parallels are easy to draw in regards to the recent postseason successes and failures, these two teams are connected more so by the way each has handled adversity. Head coach Brandon Naurato and the hockey team never had to handle any suspensions or sign-stealing allegations, but the team did have to confront the harsh reality of mediocrity earlier this season when the team was plagued with injuries.