Ian Cole's dad told me that was the attitude Berenson and Michigan had with Ian. Just assumed since he grew up in Ann Arbor, went to Yost as a kid, and played his junior hockey there, it was a foregone conclusion someone who was skilled enough to be a 1st round draft pick would play his college hockey at UM. We saw how that worked out.

Maybe Ben Steeves wasn't going to find a place here under any circumstances and I have no idea if the program did try to recruit him or not. But hopefully they didn't just assume anything.