Top NHL Picks Stay in School, Including No. 1 Overall Pick

University of Michigan defenseman Owen Power skates during an NCAA college hockey practice in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Sept. 22, 2021. Paul Sancya/AP Photo

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Owen Power stood in a sea of maize-clad fans pumping pompoms and cheering on Michigan’s football team in a win over Washington this fall.

Power is 6-foot-5 and has some notoriety as the No. 1 overall pick in the NHL draft, but he blended right in with his fellow students among the 108,345 fans under the lights on an electric night at the Big House.