since the beginning of January, Lavigne has been the go-to man in goal, starting all but a mid-week matchup against Merrimack. Against the Warriors, Mann got the start, largely to allow Lavigne to rest as the week was bookended by three important Big Ten games.

However, in the Wolverines’ last two series, Lavigne hasn’t finished the second game of either weekend.

But three minutes later, junior forward Will Lockwood found twine on his third attempt in under 10 seconds, sliding the puck past goaltender Mat Robson.

And from there, Michigan took the lead and held on, winning, 4-2.

Lavigne sprawled out to make the save as Limoges wound his way to the front of the crease, waiting to shoot the puck until Lavigne was flat on the ice. One quick flip of his stick later and Penn State led 5-1.

Though Michigan tacked on another goal in the third period, the comeback came up short. The Nittany Lions went on to take the second game of the series, 5-2.

Hopgood calmly delivered to the tune of a 13.950 score for a clean routine that ended with a stuck dismount. And while Michigan competed on that apparatus early in the meet, his score held up throughout the rest of the meet, and he notched his second career event win.

In part thanks to Hopgood’s routine, the Wolverines went on to place second out of the six teams at the Windy City Invitational with a score of 402.00.