For the last two years, the No. 9 Michigan hockey team’s top line has featured its highest-scoring players. Whether it was then-junior T.J. Hughes with a 15-game point streak in the 2024-25 season or former forward Gavin Brindley leading the team in points in 2023-24, the Wolverines’ first line has historically produced the most points. Not since 2022-23, when former forward Adam Fantilli led the team in both goals and points as the second-line center, has a secondary line led the team in scoring.

On paper, this year’s top line for Michigan is strong. It features sophomore forward Will Horcoff, Hughes and junior forward Jayden Perron. Respectively, they are a 2025 first round pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Wolverines’ leading scorer last year and Michigan’s biggest portal pickup at

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