(.IGE SIX'' THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1966 i . 'Pa T'TH ICIGNDAL FRATERNITY GT7 1, IXR1LIUC By BILL LEVIS Bruce and Lea are just sopho-, mores while Mike is veteran Hockey is supposedly a Canadi- junior. an sport. High Scoring Few Americans ever seem to With Bruce at center and Mike make the grade. Of all the many and Lea at the wings, this line players participating in the Na- has accounted for 21 goals and 17 tional Hockey League, only two assists. Koviak leads the line with Americans were listed on pre-sea- seven goals and seven assists. Lea son NHL team rosters. follows only one point behind with This, though, does not deter the seven goals including a hat trick most exciting new line on the and six assists. while Mike has Michigan hockey team. This line tallied seven goals with four does not contain one Canadian. assists. They are the second lead- All three of the boys hail from the ing scoring line closely following United States, and even stranger, 'the Mel Wakabayashi line. two of the boys are brothers, the Part of the boys' success can be Martilla brothers. attributed to the fact that they Mike and Lea Martilla along are no strangers with each other. with centermate Bruce Koviak Mike and Lea have been playing have sparked new life into the for seven or eight years now. Wolverine icers. Their line has The first time a Martila played been called the 'Detroit' line since together with Bruce Koviak was all three were brought up in the six years ago on the Detroit John Motor City. Mike, the older, and F. Ivory team in '59-'60. Lea Lea Martilla and Bruce Koviak played along side Br- while have also been called the 'Kid' Mike was a year too o d to par- line and for good reason. Both ticipate. That team, which also MICHIGAN MEN IN EUROPE HAVE IT MADE- WHEN THEY BUY, RENT OR LEASE A CAR IN EUROPE FROM CTE Write-Phone for Free Car Guide-Low Rate Student Plan I CAR-TOURS IN EUROPE, Inc. 555 Fifth Ave., N.Y., N.Y. 10017 0 PL 1-3550A Campus Rep. Richard Rogers, P.O. Box 112. Tel. 448-2932 T ! Adds Scoring Power included goalie Harold Herman, From there, all three went on to was Michigan and National ban- Michigan. Mike played varsity tam age champions. last year as a sophomore. This Five Meet Again year the boys were reunited. There The boys then played together was ,some juggling of lines the in Mike's junior year of high first few games, but the Martillas school when they all skated for and Koviak were finally put on the Junior Red Wings. Koviak re- the same line. It proved to be a calling those days said, "There are union both profitable to the play- five us on the Michigan team now ers and to the team. that played then. They are Dean When asked about the perfor- (Lucier) Harold Herman, Mike, mance of the team and of the Lea and myself." future, the boys seemed optimistic. ?n those years. as now, the 'Kid' Mike said, "Everyone realizes we line played together. Mike and have as good a chance as anyone Bruce were both captains of the at the WCHA title. This is a good team. Bruce was also leading team." scorer for the league his last year Looking to the past, Bruce with the Wings. The two years said, "In the beginning we were b yore, Wakabayashi had led the just getting to know each other league in scoring. and you expected to lose some. The boys felt that playing with Now the forwards are helping the; the Wings really helped their defensemen and vice versa. We:re' hockey. Bruce pointed out, "With all starting to jell." the Wings, we played twice as Jells in Time much hockey as other American The jell must have started, for kid4. Also, we had all Canadian the team has won three in a row compstition." and holds second place in the "Report from Vatican II- Translating the Liturgy" --PROF. G. B. HARRISON WCHA and a 3-1 rec'rd. At the s urt of the season, the press pointed out that Michigan played a good game one night and then came back with a poor one. The boys now feel that they can play every game well. Lea pointed out that. "Now it is league play and everyone is getting together, work- ing together to win the champion- ship." Bruce then added. "We all r: alize that if we work together as a unit, we have a chance for the title. Everyone has to work to- gether. The team is no good if everyone doesn't give 100 per cent. This is what will help us win it this year." Mike again said, "There is no dissension on the team. Everyone is talking over his mistakes. The players are making constructive criticism. There .is lots of hustle and confidence." These are the essentials of a championship team. Confident Defense The boys now feel the defense is better than ever before. When asked about Michigan Tech, Bruce' spoke for the line. "The boys look forward to meeting Tech again. In the game at Boston, the breaks could have gone either way. The team is confident that we can beat any team now, Michigan Tech in- cluded." The boys are looking forward toy this weekend against Colorado College at home after playing on the road for a month. They feel their line is just starting to click with everyone on the line working together. When asked about the Denver acid Minnesota series, Mike spoke r the group. "The t'am has, con- fid once because of winning there. D nver and Minnesota are the two toughest rinks for us. The boards are different and they get big home crowds. We are looking for- ward to coming home." Shoo'ing for Top Mike, who sports 'the best black eye in Michigan hockey history,' the result of a stray stick, Lea and Bruce feel they can win the WCHA championship. They feel their line is coming around. One thing they have been working on is the power play. That too they feel is improving. The one thing the boys want is fan support. They hope now with league play and no conflicting exams or holidays that they will get this support. As Koviak reiterated about the tam. "No one thinks that he is any better than any one else. Everyone now realizes we have a good chance for the WCHA and Big Ten title." With the help of the 'Kid' line, Michigan may be able to bring the WCHA title back to Ann Arbor. 4 4 6 8:00 P.M. Fri., Jan. 14 NEWMAN CENTER 331 Thompson -A- i I i i I 4 BRUCE KOVIAK MIKE MARTILLA NCAA CONVENTION: Crisler Tables Motion To Alter Platoon Rules p. Sevenyears ago Ron Landergott was inyour shoes... TODAY HE'S A PRUDENTIAL MILLION DOLLAR PRODUCER! Seven years ago Ron Landergott was a senior in Coe College in Iowa. After getting his B.A. degree in history, Ron joined the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Agency as a Special Agent. 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