Senior center A.J. Treais said it perfectly after Michigan's 6-3 victory Friday night over Bentley - if you take 56 shots, you'll eventually score some goals. U-M was denied on its 12 first-period attempts, but scored three markers in each of the next two periods as they peppered Falcons' netminder Branden Komm with 44 shots.

"I think our team left everything on the ice tonight," said head coach Red Berenson, who was proud of his team after falling behind 1-0. "Even though we got down in the game I thought we played with a lot of patience and discipline, and just a good overall team work ethic."

The Wolverins trailed 1-0 after the first 20 minutes despite outshooting the Falcons 12-6, but they evened it up 31 seconds into the second period and evened it up again at 3:50 of the second after Bentley jumped back out front. Treais netted both markers and now has three in just three games.

"Good for A.J. He just seems to have that attitude when things don't go well he bounces us right back in the game and scores the big goal," Berenson said. "He's playing possessed, and good for him."

U-M took its first lead at 9:06 of the second when Ann Arbor native Andrew Copp wristed a perfect one-time feed from sophomore Zach Hyman, who had a strong game himself with a goal and an assist after being a healthy scratch a week ago.

"Being a scratch last week lit a little bit of fire under my butt to play a better game than I did the week before, and I think I did that," Hyman said. "Coach expects every player to play well on both ends of the ice, offensively and defensively, and I think I did that."

Sophomore Alex Guptill opened the scoring in the third period, netting his first marker of the year at 3:29. When his redirection beat Komm, Guptill emphatically pointed at the net (the signal a referee gives) after his second-period goal was denied when the ref blew his whistle prematurely.

Guptill would add his second goal at 17:55 of the third to finish off the scoring, following a Hyman marker at 5:40 and a Bentley tally at 10:17 that, at the time, made it 5-3 and added a little drama to the evening. Freshman goalie Steve Racine came up with seven third-period saves, however, and 22 for the game to preserve the win.

"I thought he made some good saves," Berenson said. "We don't like giving up goals against, but I thought he got some good shots on him and he made them look easy by being in good position. I didn't like the first goal but that's going to happen."

1. A.J. Treais: Michigan's captain had a strong first period and then did what a captain needs to do, creating momentum for his team when he (persistently, needing three whacks) knocked in a rebound goal to put U-M on the board. He would score again when the Wolverines fell behind a second time, and generally played outstanding in the offensive zone, helping to put the intense pressure on Komm that would eventually break him.

2. Zach Hyman: The sophomore responded to his "benching" with an inspired effort, flying around the ice to create chances offensively while showing a commitment to defense. He had seven shots alone and probably should have had at least two goals, maybe three, but denied on a few glorious chances he persevered to net his marker. More importantly, he made a deft pass to Copp to set up the rookie's goal, helping provide U-M with its first lead of the night.

3. Branden Komm: So how do you give a star to a goalie that allowed six goals? When that netminder stops 50 shots and could have surrendered 12 tallies on the night. Komm was outstanding in the first two periods, stopping 29 of 32 shots. Michigan's first marker of the third was a soft goal, but for the most part he continued to come up big for the Falcons, giving Bentley a chance to narrow the margin to two, 5-3, midway through the third before the Wolverines pulled away for good.