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By JIM BERGER
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By JIM BERGER
Last season for the Michigan
Hockey team was a "not quite
enough" year.
The Wolverines started in a
blaze of glory but turned out sec-1
ond best in the Western Collegiate
Hockey Association and third best
in the nation.1
Things began well for Michigan
last. year. The icers played their
first game against the Toronto,
Blues and scored their first of
many wins.;
The next opponent was the9
powerful Michigan Tech Huskies,
slated to be the team . to beat in
the WCHA. But at Ann Arbor the
Huskies were no match for Al
Renfrew's squad as Michigan
swept two to establish itself as
the most formidable opponent in
the League.
More Success
After sweeping two more fromj
Toronto, the Wolverines swept
North Dakota in a two game series.
From here it was off to the RPI:
Tournament where Michigan Cap-
tain Red Berenson had perhaps
his greatest series.
Berenson sparked the Wolver-
Ines to the Tournamentvictory
with 10 goals in the three? games;
an average of over a hat trick a
game.
After vacation the Wolverines
had their win streak broken when
they invaded Houghton and split
a series with Michigan Tech.
With exams over, the Wolverines
tackled another serious obstacle,
Michigan State. The Spartans
were just behind Michigan in the
league standings and figured to
have their best team in years..
Michigan went to East Lansing,
and before a sellout crowd, they
came from behind to defeat the
Spartans. The next night in Ann
Arbor, it was Michigan all the way
to sweep the series.
Head West
With a 13-1 record Michigan
headed west for its annual, visit
to the Colorado schools. It was a,
tragic trip.
Old Nemesis Denver whom
Michigan hadn't beaten for five
years put the Wolverines down
twice and -reduced them to second
place in the standings. Michigan
swept two from Colorado but the
damage was done.
The Wolverines won the re-
mainder of their games but Tech,
who scheduled more League op-
ponents than Michigan, took first
place in the standings. Tech's
only loses came at the hands of
Michigan.
Tech Wins Playoff
With the WCHA playoffs held
at Ann Arbor, Michigan was the
solid favorite, but the Huskies
couldn't be beaten. In an exciting
final the Wolverines went down to
defeat.
Michigan still had a chance for
revenge. Both Michigan end Tech
were chosen as the WCHA's rep-
resentatives in the NCAA hockey
Chimpionships at Utica, N. Y.
Here, the Wolverines simply
couldn't get off the ground. A
fired up Clarkson team bulled the
upset of the Tournament by
knocking the Wolverines off in the
first game, 4-3, and the last look
Michigan got of Tech was from
the stands watching them defeat
outclassed Clarkson and take a
National banner to put beside its
WCHA banner. .
Will the 1962-63 Michigan Hock-
ey team be as good as last year?
They probably will be better.
Gone is "Mr. Everything" Red
Berenson who broke a Michigan
record for most goals in one sea-
son and who was named to every
honor that a hockey player can
earn. In addition he was signed
by the Montreal Canadians and
will see action this year.
Lose Veterans
Also gone are four other veter-
ans. Gerry Kolb, Bill Kelly, Carl
White and Al Hinnegan all have
graduated. The latter three con-
stituted Michigan's third line.
Returning to the squad is Gor-
don Wilkie, the second leading
scorer in the WCHA and the
League's sophomore of the year.
Junior Ron Coristine who siated
with Wilkie and Berenson also
returns along with captain-elect
Larry Babcock, senior Tom Pendle-
bury and senior John McGonigal.
So much for the forwards. On
defense and in the goal the Wol-
verines will present the best in
the WCHA. Miehigan has its three
defensemen of last year, two-year
veteran Don Rodgers and juniors
Wayne Kartusch and Ross Mor-
rison. In the nets both senior Dave
Butts and standout junior Bob
Gray return.
Must Replace Star
The main gap that the Wolver-
ines will have to fill is Berenson,
but its not an unfillable hole.
Coach Al Renfrew has a sopho-
more up who has the potential
to be another Berenson. His name
is Gary Butler and this lanky
sophomore just might be Michi-
gan's ticket to the NCAA Cham-
pionships in Boston.
Butler hails from Regina, Sas.,
the home of many of the Michi-
gan skaters and he has an un-
canny ability to put the puck in
the net. A big factor about Butler
is that for two years he skated
on the same line as Wilkie for the
Regina Pats, and they are familiar
with each other's skating style.
Two other sophomore forwards
are rated by Renfrew as having
good potential. Marty Ried of
Regina and Jack Cole of Toronto.
Cole played for St. Michael's in
Toronto, a famous hockey-minded
prep school.
On defense Michigan has two
more sophs coming up to supple-
ment the returning three veterans.
Roger Galipeau, who also attended
Toronto St. Michael's, and Roger
Taylor, an American who has
played for the Junior Red Wings
in Detroit.
One of Michigan's weaknesses
last season was lack of depth on
defense and these two sophomores
should remedy that situation.
Lots of Competition
As for competition, Michigan
will have plenty of it. Defending
champion Michigan Tech boasts'
a strong freshman squad in spite
of losing some top seniors. Among
the heavy losses for the Huskies
were Louis Angotti and Captain
Gerry Sullivan. Angotti was voted
the most valuable player in the
NCAA Tourney.
Denver, the surprise of the
League last season, will not be
any weaker this year. The Pion-
eers, who finished fourth with a
team of sophomores and lost no-
body of importance by graduation,
should be a prime contender.
State Suffers Loses
Michigan State, which finished
third last season, has suffered
many graduation losses and will
probably fall to a spot in the
lower part of the league standings.
The Spartans lost Montreal-bred
Claude Fournel and Real Turcotte
among others. However, the men
from East Lansing still have the
League's outstanding goalie, John
Chandik, returning for his final
season.
Elsewhere in the League Min-
nesota and North Dakota, who had
good teams last year, might make
a bid for the top four spots, while
Colorado College, who didn't win
a game last season, seems sure bet
to finish in the WCHA celler
again.
LARRY BABCOCK
... team captain
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