The Notre Dame Fighting Irish overpowered the Michigan Wolverines 5-4 in OT in Ann Arbor Saturday. Following Friday’s 3-2 OT Irish W, that elite Notre Dame penalty kill stayed the same while junior Irish forward Max Ellis put on a show with the first hat trick of his career.
First Period
The first ten minutes of play gave Notre Dame and Michigan one power play opportunity each, but both teams failed to capitalize.
Michael Pastujov put the Wolverines on the board a little over halfway into the period and Michigan’s Thomas Bordeleau added to the momentum with a second goal almost three minutes later.