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It's time to check in with hockey after a 3-0-1 road start to the back half of the season. Michigan swept Notre Dame 3-0 and 3-1 two weeks ago and then got an old-fashioned three point weekend from Penn State, blitzing them 6-0 on Friday and coming a minute away from the sweep in what was eventually a 4-4 tie.

One point to the Daily's Bailey Johnson for getting the headline right after the Saturday Penn State game:

Michigan ties No. 6 Penn State, 4-4, gets extra point in double overtime

College hockey's increasing byzantine overtime system is confusing. For Pairwise purposes—the only ones that matter—anything that happens after 5v5 is over is between you and your conference. Even so, Michigan's weekend in Hockey Valley was productive.

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