Takeaways from Michigan hockey’s first four games

South Bend Tribune-USA TODAY NETWORK Thomas Bordeleau and the Michigan hockey team are off to a 4-0 start.By now you’re probably already aware of it — the Michigan Wolverines’ hockey team, after a memorable weekend in Duluth in which they beat two of last season’s Frozen Four teams, is the No. 1 team in the country.

The Wolverines received 45 of 50 first-place votes atop the USCHO.com Division I Poll while garnering all 34 first-place votes in the USA Hockey rankings. The last time Michigan topped both national polls was in Oct. 2011.

On raw talent alone, there’s not a team in the country that can match the Wolverines and their four top-5 NHL Draft picks. But with such youth — and after an…