Wow! Still the first commenter here? Thanks so much guys for the podcast. Even if everybody else is stupid and doesn't care about Michigan hockey, I will until the day I die.

I have two disagreements with the takes on the pod (more Alex's takes than Dave's):

(1) On Friday night, the Jack Adams power play goal is absolutely Holtz's fault, not Portillo's. There's no way Naurato is coaching him to go win that puck battle on the high boards if Michigan's "lost" the face-off. As a defenseman, you HAVE to make sure that you get a body on guys near the front of the net, because if you choose to pursue that puck battle on the boards, and you lose that puck battle on the boards, you're absolutely screwed (as they were). If it's in the corner, that's different: go get the puck and try to clear it out. But you're (Holtz) a defenseman on the PK. You need to be responsible and conservative, not aggressive. I can't even begin to imagine telling the goalies I know (one being Luke Dwyer, a third string goalie who played for Michigan in the early 2010s [not sure he actually ever played, but still]) that it was their fault for letting a guy score when he was alone in front of the net. That should NEVER happen, regardless of if you're a man down.

(2) We can quibble all we want about game ejections (I tend to hate ejecting players from games), but by the letter of the law, yeah, Fantilli needed to be kicked out of the game on Saturday night. I posted a GIF in my comment on the MGoPodcast post: Fantilli, very clearly, throws a clothesline-elbow at Mastrodomenico's head and connects with it. That's not a hockey play. That's a dirty play that could lead to someone getting a concussion. I know this because I would get mad when I played on a crappy high school hockey team and did the same thing multiple times because we were losing 5-1 or something like that. I'm glad that he's fighting for his team and his teammates, and that he plays with passion, but that play was taking it a step too far. You don't have to get someone back immediately after they do something you don't like. Hunt them throughout the game. Bruise them. Find a chance to lay the body clean and devastate them. Don't take a cheap shot and get yourself kicked out of the game.

Either way, you guys are doing great work. Keep the UMich hockey content coming!