Daily sports is at the Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard in downtown Brideport, Conn to cover the Wolverines’ opening round of the East Regional. Top-seeded Michigan is squaring off against fourth-seeded Air Force Academy, which boasts the nation’s leading goal-scorer in sophomore center Jacques Lamoureux. The Wolverines have had six days to put the 5-2 CCHA Tournament loss to Notre Dame behind them. On paper, Michigan has the easiest regional draw of the four No. 1 seeds (Yale is the two-seed, Vermont is seeded third).
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