Michigan coach facing multiple accusations from players and staff

''In responses to an anonymous survey of the University of Michigan men's hockey program's players and staff, coach Mel Pearson was accused of telling players to provide false information on COVID contact-tracing forms, of misleading recruits about how much scholarship money they would receive, and of allegedly calling one player a �Jew.' Pearson also displayed an «inability or unwillingness» to hold the team's director of hockey operations accountable for conduct that included the �mistreatment of female staff members,' according to a separate investigative report.''

�' several individuals said that they believed that Pearson forced Strauss Mann, a 2021 team captain and starting goaltender, to leave the program. A summary of the survey stated that several respondents believed Mann was ousted in �retaliation for trying to address and improve the team's culture.' �'