If Hollywood ever gets around to making hockey's version of Rudy, directors might find their script at the University of Michigan.

There's been no better story this season than that of U-M goalie Shawn Hunwick.

At 5-foot-6, he's toiled on the bench as a practice goalie for three seasons. In his first-ever start, he got pummeled.

John U. Bacon has the story of what came next, of Hunwick's logic-defying ascension and how it impacted the Michigan hockey team.