With an influx of new players for the No. 12 Michigan hockey team donning its sweaters this season, the Wolverines have ample threats on both sides of the ice. And after the departure of various seniors and other skaters lost to the transfer portal , the incoming class for Michigan has a chance to carve its own name into the ice to make an impact right away.

As the conversation focuses on who among the crowd will stick out, freshman forward Malcolm Spence isn’t concerned about where he stands in the sea of newbies. But everyone else around him can’t stop giving him praise.

“We see (Spence) playing in all situations,” Wolverines coach Brandon Naurato said Tuesday. “He’s going to play a lot. He’s going to be a big part of it.”

In early May, Spence made his commitment to join M

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