DETROIT — While the stage for the Great Lakes Invitational wasn’t quite as grandiose as the outdoor hockey game at Michigan Stadium earlier this month, it was still Joe Louis Arena — home of the legendary Detroit Red Wings.

And in just its second game after playing in the record-setting Big Chill at the Big House, the No. 10 Michigan hockey team showed its flare for the dramatic once again on Thursday.

Michigan finally secured its 14th MacInnes trophy with a 6-5 win over No. 20 Colorado College in the Great Lakes Invitational championship game after relinquishing the lead three times.

While Wednesday’s 4-2 semifinal victory over Michigan Tech featured a stagnant first two periods before a combined four goals in four minutes in the third period, Thursday’s title bout was a different kind of chaotic.

Senior forward Ben Winnett got the Wolverines (12-5-4) off to a hot start, scoring his third goal of the season just 39 seconds into the first period. Winnett banged home a rebound after a scrum in front of the Colorado College net for the early 1-0 lead.

When junior forward Luke Glendening scored a shorthanded goal — his fourth goal of the season — 10 minutes into the first period to put Michigan up 2-0, the majority of the fans at Joe Louis Arena erupted, as the GLI was virtually a home game for the Wolverines.

“You can’t plan things like (Winnett’s goal),” Michigan coach Red Berenson said. “That was an important goal. And the next goal, the shorthanded goal, that was another important goal. You’ve got the lead, you’ve got some confidence, and you’re having at least a good start. Our team is a team that really thrives on good starts.”

But unfortunately for Michigan, it was the Tigers who got started next.

Michigan’s penalty kill let up its first goal of the night just 34 seconds after Glendening’s score in the first period.

Colorado College scored four power play goals on Thursday night. Their first two man-advantage goals came just over three minutes apart in the first, as the Tigers (12-9-1) tied the game at two heading into the first intermission.

Associate head coach Mel Pearson called the Wolverines “resilient” after Wednesday’s victory, and it was a characteristic that Michigan had to embody even more to come away with a victory against Colorado College.

The Wolverines couldn’t hold on to a lead in the second period and beginning of the third period. Michigan goals by senior forward Louie Caporusso and Glendening were quickly equalized by a strong attack from the opposition.

The Tigers scored just over four minutes into the third period to tie the game at four. And this time, Michigan didn’t have a quick-fire response ready. The Wolverines gave up their first lead of the game to Colorado College less than six minutes into the third period.

“That’s where games are won and lost — the end,” Berenson said. “But still, you can make a big momentum shift by a good start. Our team, I think they’re confident they can come back in a game.”

Taking on the resilient persona, the Wolverines found the puck-luck they needed late in the third period.

Sophomore defenseman Lee Moffie netted his first goal of the season to tie the game up at five with six minutes to play in the third.

And as if it was on cue, sophomore forward A.J. Treais took advantage of some good luck to net his second game-winning goal in two days to cement the Wolverines’ 14th GLI Championship.

“I lost the draw pretty clean, really clean, actually,” Treais said. “I went into the corner, took a peek over my shoulder and threw it at the net and hoped that it would go in. Lucky bounce, I guess.”

Treais’s goal came less than two minutes after Moffie’s equalizer, but this time, the goal put the Wolverines up for good.

“Our team battled hard,” Berenson said. “We battled hard at the start of the game to get the lead (but) they came back. It was a great game. … That third period was really an exciting period.”