TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1966 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE SEVEN TIJESPAY, AJIGUST 30, 1966 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAE~V ~VVIr?'.T cx"L 17G v El lIq I Exciting By GRAYLE HOWLETT cier, Bob Boys Dan Walter and In case you're from somewhat Getting to t warmer climates and are still op- hockey and th erating under the assumption that must spend mo hockey is a sport where beefy, skating backwi young men bundle up in warm to drop back t clothing, balance their portly bod- the Wolverines ies on two thin blades, and with txperlence. Hea malice aforethought try to ram a is Bill Lord, a frozen disc around, under, and ior from St. Pa through that man with the flailing last season, Lo arms and legs known as a goalie, honor of leadi then, brother, the Michigan hock- in penalties and eymen want you.,e tend Not to play, but merely to drop StrengtL down to the Coliseum some Fri-H- day or Saturday night to see where you have gone wrong. According to head Coach Al Renfrew, the 1966-7 edition of the Michigan icers should give the fans more of the same patented excitement they received last year plus an experienced and poised squad. 14 Lettermen Back "We had 19 lettermen from last year's team, and only five have departed because of graduation. That leaves 14 remaining plus a handful of talented freshmen who should come up and give us a hand; Besides, we'll have Mel back for one semester." Mel happens to be Mel Waka- bayashi, the All-American cen- ter from Chatham, Ont. who cap- tained the Wolverines last year and led the WCHA in scoring in 1965. "Waka" 'for the past three seasons has thrilled the Wolverine fans with his fast skating and un- canny stickhandling which has -well, just ask any goalie in the WCHA what it means to see little Mel coming down on them all alone. Mel has one more semester of eligibility which he will use up in the firstfive games of the sea- son., Kid Line Returns Also returning from last year's squad is the "kid line" of brothers Lee and ,1966-67 Captain Mike Marttila and Bruce Koviak which did their share of growing up last season. All former Junior Red Wings, this trio combined for 52 points with the Marttilas netting 12 and helping out on 12 goals. Koviak scored 13 goals and had 9 assists. The Wolverines will be strong in netminders this season with jun- ior Harold Herman back. Herman stepped into the starting goalie * position last year at the Boston Tournament and wouldn't let Greg Page, who will be winding up his last year here, back in. sHerman Stops Huskies Herman, also an ex-member of the Junior Red Wings, finished the year with a respectable 3.9 R goal-per-game average and had 505 saves in his 18 games and one shutout. Herman's best effort and most remembered of the 1965-6 season was his series against the league-leading and always tough Huskies of Michigan Tech. He held the high-scoring Huskies to a scant three points in two nights and turned away 73 shots on goal. Returning to help the offense are forwards Bob Baird, Dean Lu- A Ice rs Return 14 Lette en, Tom Schiller, J Ron Ullyot. ,he muscle side of e defensemen who re time in a game ard than forward A protect the goal, are again rich in dlining the defense 20-year-old jun- Mi. In his first year rd had the dubious Ing the Wolverines penalty minutes. hen Defense d out on defense will be senior stalwarts Hank Brand and Mark Thompson. When asked to comment on the yearlings of the freshman team Coach Renfrew would only say: "Of course, it's kind of early to tell how good they're going to be. We'll know a lot more when they start skating. All I can tell you now is to be sure and mention all their names." All right, coach, here are the 10 freshman candidates who must fill six vacancies. Leading con- tender to give Herman some trou- ble is sophomore netminder James Keough. The six forwards who' plan to give the present Wolverine; contingent a run for their jobs are Randy Binnie, Mike Materna, Mickey Gray, Doug Galbraith, Paul Domm, and Allan Brooks. Three Soph Defensemen Causing the varsity defense to check a little harder this fall in+ practice will be sophomore hope-+ fuls Phil Gross, Lars Hansen, and Craig Malcolmson. This is the team that Coach Renfrew will field in 1966-7 and he's sure it will be a good, well- balanced and hard skating team. "We'll be improved over last year," Renfrew added, "and I fig- ured that last year we missed be- ing NCAA champs by one point." Some of you might remember that Michigan finished up last year in fifth place with a 9-9 loop record and a 14-13 slate overall and wonder how Renfrew can make such a statement. Well, in the first round of the WCHA playoffs which last year for the first time included all eight teams instead of the first division, thei Wolverines were eliminated by a hot Spartan team 3-2, a sixth 11 -r88 11 966 WELCOME TO WAGNER'S "Buying your clothes from Wagne A MICHIGAN TRADITION for 118 years ESQUIRE fashions for young men who appreciate the valu appearance as well as maximum value per dollar SPORT COATS of all varieties. Madras plaids, corduroys from $22.95, tweeds imported from the Isle of Harr is $55. Shorts, regulars, longs and extra longs. of c 'rmen place finisher who went on to take the whole show and brought the NCAA championship banner to East Lansing. Topsy-Turvy League "That's the kind of league we had last year," said Renfrew, "and that's the kind of league we're go- ing to have this year. Any team that catches fire can turn the con- ference upside down. State's the perfect example. They finished sixth but then they turned giant killer at the end of the year. 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