This season, Michigan has outscored their opponents in the third period 48-20. But on Feb. 6, Michigan, down 3-1, was facing Trey Augustine, college hockey’s best goalie. You need heroes in moments like this.
You’d probably bet that sophomores Will Horcoff and Michael Hage or senior captain TJ Hughes would be the ones to don the cape but they’d been kept quiet by MSU’s defense. So the question became, who’ll step up? How about freshman defenseman Asher Barnett, senior assistant captain Kienan Draper, and junior Jayden Perrone?