ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The No. 2 Michigan ice hockey team overpowered Alaska Anchorage 7-2 on Saturday evening at Yost Ice Arena in Ann Arbor, Mich., completing a weekend sweep and improving to 4-0 for the second straight season.
Senior forward Jayden Perron scored a hat trick and added an assist, extending his point streak to 10 games. Junior forward Michael Hage finished with four assists to match his collegiate career high as Michigan piled up 17 goals across the two-game set.
Perron opened the scoring at 7:22 of the first period off a goal-line feed from Ben Robertson. Drew Schock added a one-timer less than two minutes later, and Cole McKinney scored on the power play before the period ended to make it 3-1.
Malcolm Spence and Perron scored early in the second period before Alaska Anchorage cut the deficit to 5-2. Will Horcoff finished a highlight feed from Hage later in the period, and the top line struck again in the third for the final 7-2 margin.
Sophomore goaltender Jack Ivankovic made 20 saves on 22 shots. Michigan won 38 of 55 faceoffs. Coach Brandon Naurato said the Wolverines stuck to the process and worked through the final buzzer after a strong weekend in Ann Arbor, Mich.
