Site: Detroit, Mich. (Joe Louis Arena)
Event: 51st Annual Great Lakes Invitational (Semifinals)
Score: #10 Michigan 3, Northern Michigan 2
Records: U-M (10-3-3), NMU (6-7-6)
Next U-M Event: Wednesday, Dec. 30 -- vs. Michigan Tech (Detroit, Mich.), 7 p.m.
DETROIT, Mich. -- Freshman forward Kyle Connor scored the game-winning goal at 4:05 of the third period to break a 2-2 tie and lift the 10th-ranked University of Michigan ice hockey team to a 3-2 win against Northern Michigan in a 51st Great Lakes Invitational semifinal contest at Joe Louis Arena.