DETROIT — In the biggest 20 minutes of the Michigan hockey team’s season thus far, sophomore goalie Bryan Hogan had the worst period of his Wolverine career.

Entering the final period up 2-1, Hogan surrendered four goals on 12 shots in the 5-2 loss to No. 2 Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish also beat Michigan 2-1 in the CCHA playoff championship game two seasons ago.

Sophomore Louie Caporusso and junior Steve Kampfer earned All-Tournament team honors, while freshmen David Wohlberg (15th goal on the season) and Luke Glendening (sixth goal) scored for the Wolverines.

Arguably the most underrated goalie entering the CCHA playoff semifinals, Hogan outshone Notre Dame goalie Jordan Pearce for the first half hour of the championship game. The sophomore held the Fighting Irish, averaging 3.39 goals a game, completely off the board with some jaw-dropping point-blank saves.

But his 20 saves in the first two periods, and seeming potential for All-Tournament honors, were wiped from the memories of a silenced crowd in the final frame.

Notre Dame lit the lamp less than two minutes in, carrying its momentum over from halving Michigan’s 2-0 lead late in the second.

Notre Dame’s marker tied the contest when Notre Dame forward Calle Ridderwall deflected defenseman Brett Blatchford’s shot from the point past Hogan’s stick.

And what seemed like a likely chance to repeat as conference playoff champions for the first time since 2002-03 was obliterated when the Fighting Irish found the back of the net again 20 seconds later. Notre Dame junior forward Ben Ryan closed in towards the goal from the left circle before squeezing the puck between Hogan’s glove-side arm and his body.

Forty-two minutes into the game, the Fighting Irish had their first lead of the game.

From there on out, Notre Dame rolled. Ridderwall added a second goal halfway through the period and forward Christiaan Minella tallied the contest’s final score with just over three minutes remaining.

Michigan had its fair share of solid chances on net, but in a flurry with about nine minutes left in the game, Pearce elevated his game and robbed freshman Robbie Czarnik while it was still a one-goal game. The Wolverines had a few other chances, but Pearce proved why he was chosen tournament MVP after a rough start.

Even with the loss, Michigan is still expected to be a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament by many prognosticators, the bracket for which will be revealed tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. on ESPN2.

The Wolverines’ first lamp lighter came from fourth-liner freshman Luke Glendening, who tallied his sixth goal of the year when his shot from the low slot deflected off of Notre Dame defenseman Sean Lorenz. Junior defenseman Steve Kampfer, who threw the original shot into the scrum in front of the net, and senior forward Brandon Narauto earned assists on the play.

Freshman forward David Wolhberg scored the second, his 15th of the year, on a breakaway off a Fighting Irish turnover at Michigan’s blue line. Pearce didn’t come out to challenge Wohlberg, who beat the netminder stick side.