In a home-and-home series with CCHA opponent Ferris State, Michigan continued its trend of getting out-hustled in the first game of the series before tightening up its mechanics, cranking up its intensity, and flat-out finding ways to score in game two.

The Wolverines’ past four games have been a rollercoaster — and thanks to junior forward David Wohlberg, they didn’t spare any dramatics this weekend.

Michigan earned a 2-2 tie with a shootout loss in Big Rapids Friday before returning to Yost to win Saturday, 3-2. But throughout the Wolverines' recent identity crisis, Wohlberg has emerged as a consistent, end-to-end player this season.

He followed up his goal just eight seconds into the first period last weekend — the fastest goal in recorded Michigan history — by this time scoring the tying goal with just 13 seconds left in regulation against Ferris State to force overtime.

The Bulldogs were ready to defend their home ice Friday night and dominated the Wolverines from the get-go. While Ferris State didn’t score its first goal until eight minutes into the second period, Michigan (3-0-1-0 CCHA, 4-1-3 overall) couldn’t get anything going offensively and was out-shot 11-3 in the first period.

Ferris State led by two halfway through the third period due to the Wolverines’ combination of sloppy passing and difficulty keeping the puck in the Ferris State zone. After seven unsuccessful power plays, during which Michigan managed to get just five shots, the pressure was on for senior netminder Shawn Hunwick.

But when freshman forward Jacob Fallon netted the first lamplighter of his career to get Michigan on the board, the Wolverines woke up. The goal wasn’t pretty by any means — his shot from the left side barely slid underneath Ferris State’s senior netminder Pat Nagle — but it went in, cutting the Bulldog lead in half.

With Hunwick pulled from the net, Wohlberg’s goal with 13 seconds left in the third period forced overtime — and finally gave the Wolverines a pulse.

"(The puck) was bouncing around a ton,” Wohlberg said after Friday’s game. “I went in and I stopped and I thought I was going to kick it in. I know the rule is you can stop as long as you don't do a kicking motion. But I guess it ended up hitting the goalie, coming back out and I hit it with my stick (for the goal). It was too fast, I didn't even realize it."

Riding Wolhberg’s fifth goal of the season, Michigan outshot Ferris State 4-1 in overtime but still couldn’t find a way past Nagle, forcing the Wolverines’ first shootout of the season.

Ferris State took a 1-0 lead in the shootout and when senior forwards Carl Hagelin and Louie Caporusso missed their opportunities, the Wolverines left Big Rapids with mixed emotions after dropping the shootout, 2-0.

"It was a victory in a sense for us in the third period,” Michigan coach Red Berenson said after Friday's game. “We got down two goals and we really needed a goal and we got it. That goal gave us a life and I don't even know how that goal went in.

“And then the last-minute goal with the goalie out that doesn't always work, but it worked … This is a tough building to win in. We have a winning record in here, but when you think about the last few games we've played in here we've been on our heels and again we were tonight."

Just like last weekend against Nebraska-Omaha, the Wolverines showed up with a heightened sense of urgency on Saturday night. In the series finale, Michigan jumped out to an early two-goal lead in the first period at home with goals by senior forward Scooter Vaughan and sophomore forward Kevin Lynch.

Vaughan’s goal was his fifth of the season and ties him for the team-lead with Wohlberg. Lynch’s tally was his third and was the only power play goal for the Wolverines this weekend, as the Michigan power play went 1-for-17 on the weekend.

But unlike last Saturday’s commanding 6-1 victory over Nebraska-Omaha, the Wolverines let Ferris State hang around. The Bulldogs scored their first goal of the game on a power play just three minutes into the second period on a point-blank shot from center Travis Ouellette.

The Wolverines regained their two-goal lead when senior forward Carl Hagelin tipped a shot on the net that hit a Ferris State defender’s leg and bounced in.