TOP 100 21 AND UNDER: 48. RUTGER MCGROARTY

After a trade, the two-way stud is on a path to becoming a leader in Pittsburgh. But not before learning a thing or two from some future Hall of Famers

BY RYAN KENNEDY

POS: RW | AGE: 20 W-B/SCRANTON PENGUINS (AHL) DRAFT: 14TH, 2022 (WPG) AS ONE OF THE WINNINGEST programs in NCAA hockey history, the University of Michigan is a well-known brand. But the Wolverines went viral last season during the playoffs when the team filmed themselves singing the 2000s-era UK pop song “Unwritten” by Natasha Bedingfield – a tune more associated with shampoo commercials than shot-blocking – in the wake of their regional victory over Michigan State. “It was in a movie we watched, and we were all singing it before,” said right winger Rutger McGroarty. “We put on our normal win song, ‘Pump up the Jam,’ then that song came on after. We were going to the Frozen Four again, and we all had high hopes, so we turned it on and kind…

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