The team played its home games in the Yost Ice Arena on the university campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

The team was led by Bill Muckalt who was a Division I All-Americans selection of the American Hockey Coaches Association.

[5] Muckalt led the conference in game-winning goals (6) and was the team's highest ranked scorer with 43 points which was second in the league.

In the first round, number two seeded Michigan defeated Notre Dame in a three-game series by scores of 2–4, 2–1 (overtime) and 4–3.

[2] In the 12-team 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament as the number three seed in the west, the team posted the following victories en route to the championship: Princeton University 2–1, North Dakota 4–3, New Hampshire 4–0 and Boston College 3–2 in overtime.