The University of Michigan menâ??s hockey team took to the ice and immediately began whooping it up. “They were yippinâ?? and yappinâ??,” says Mike Stevenson, the universityâ??s executive associate director of athletics. “You could just tell it was a different atmosphere, and they were having a hell of a lot of fun. “This, at a Michigan practice in Madison, Wis. â?? inside the University of Wisconsinâ??s home football venue, and as outside as any of these players had been in their competitive careers. So they took advantage, circling and chirping in full gear and subfreezing temperatures.
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