Michigan Daily: Article by Nicole Auerbach on Michigan Hockey

A balancing act

Quiet Michigan senior defenseman Mark Mitera and outgoing junior forward Chris

Summers lead the Wolverines with different styles

By Nicole Auerbach
Daily Sports Writer

A whiteboard stood propped up against the home bench inside Yost Ice Arena.
The eager Michigan hockey team huddled around two players, who were drawing plays and drills on the board.

Usually soft-spoken and quiet, senior captain Mark Mitera shouted out instructions to his teammates, who then skated into four separate lines.

Mitera and junior alternate captain Chris Summers exchanged a laugh before following suit. Together, the two maintained full control of the productive captains’ practice.
But the leadership Mitera and Summers bring to this year’s squad wasn’t always a given.

Finishing what they started

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