Page 10-Tuesday, December 5,1978-The Michigan Dailf ICERS ROUTED AT MINNESOTA Inexperience, injuries do in Blue AP Top Twenty UPI Top Twenty By BRIAN MILLER Michigan hockey coach Dan Farrell has Minnesota coach Herb Brooks' em- pathy. "I was in Danny's position (of having to rebuild a hockey team decimated by graduation and injuries) just two years ago," said Brooks, shortly after his first place Gophers outclassed an inex- perienced Wolverine team, 10-5, last Sunday afternoon. I While Farrell has seen his teams play better hockey before, he admitted that he had never seen a team play like Minnesota did in the first period of that game. The Gophers came out literally flying, blasting 28 shots on Wolverine netminder Bob Sutton including the fir- st 16 shots in the game. When the smoke (or ice chips, in this case) cleared, Minnesota held a 6-1 lead and the respect of the 5,552 fans in antiquated Williams Arena. "Brooks said he had never seen a team play so good for one period in seven years of coaching," Farrell noted. "We're not that bad (to deserve such a first period score). Minnesota's just a gobd hockey team." And Brooks agreed. "That was as close to a perfect period of hockey as you'd want to see," said the Minnesota mentor. "That's the best period of hockey any one of my teams has ever played, and that includes the teams that won the NCAA's." In defense of Sutton, the sophomore transfer student from Penn didn't play a bad game. A combination of Michigan mistakes made by the youthful defen- sive trio of John Blum, Brian Lundberg and Dave Richter, plus the talented play of Gopher centerman Steve Christoff and wingers Tim Harrer and Phil Verchota basically accounted for 'the first period onslaught. Verchota scored a hat trick in the fir- st period alone and Christoff and Harrer eventually netted two more apiece as the home team built up a 5-0 first period lead. Michigan's Doug Todd scored on his team's first shot of the game to narrow the deficit, but However, Minnesota came right back with two goals of its own shortly after that lapse, and the game was, for all practical purposes, over. Minnesota proceeded to outscore Michigan 2-1 in the third period to dash all hopes for a Wolverine comeback. "Iknew that lapse was going to hap- pen," Brooks said. "I knew. it because of the quality of Michigan's players and the players in the WCHA. "No team in this league is going to just throw in the towel," he said, ''especially a Dan Farrell coached. team." What Farrell needs is not just praise (although it doesn't hurt morale), he really needs his injured goal scorers to return. "We're not going to get (Terry) Cullen back this year, but (Dan) Lerg should be ready to play soon," Farrell said. "We can't afford to lose Lerg for any more games this year. When he's out of the lineup, we've lost a 35 goals a year man, and we're already hurting on offense." "This is a trying time for Farrell," conceeded Brooks. "But he'll be back up at the top soon. I'm impressed with the recruiting he did this year. Those kids will be very good some day, but this is a junior/senior league. That team (Michigan) will be all right in a few years." 1. Penn State (48) 11-0-0 1,159 1. Penn State (31) 11-0 520 2. Alabama (5) 1-1-0 1,091 2. Alabama 10-1 457 3. Southern Cal (3) 11-1-0 1,058 3. Southern Cal '3) 11-1 451 (tie) DAILY (tie) DAILY LIBELS 11-0-0 1,058 LIBELS 11-0 451 4. Oklahoma (3) 10-1-0 1,027 4. Oklahoma 10-1 426 5. MICHIGAN 10-1-0 950 5. MICHIGAN (1) 10-1 385 6. Nebraska 9-2-0 856 6. Nebraska 9-2 334 7. Clemson 10-1-0 75 7. Georgia 9-1-1 291 8. Arkansas 9--0 _773 8. Clemson 10-1 236 9. Houston 9-2-0 682 9. Notre Dame 8-3 204 10. Notre Dame 8-3-0 630 10. Arkansas 9-2 201 11. Georgia 9-1-1 615 11. Houston 9-2 198 12. Michigan State 8-3-0 516 .12. Maryland 9-2 101 13. Maryland 9-2-0 442 13. Pittsburgh 8-3 63 14. Texas 8-3-0 401 14. Texas 8-3 51 15. UCLA 8-3-0 355 15. Missouri 7-4 49 16. Pittsburgh 8-3-0 271 16. UCLA 8-3 44 17. Purdue 8-2-1 256 17. Purdue 8-2-1 41 18. Missouri 7-4-0 173 18. LSU 8-3 35 19. Iowa State 8-3-0 86 19. Georgia Tech 74 28 20. Ohio State 7-3-1 60 20. Stanford 7-4 19 Penn State and Alabama can begin preparations for a national cham- pionship showdown in the Sugar Bowl New Year's Day after being voted yesterday the number 1 and number 2 teams, respectively in the final UPI and AP college football ratings until after the bowl games. Alabama, 10-1, routed Auburn 34-16 Saturday to clinch the Southeastern Conference title and an automatic berth in the Sugar Bowl against top- ranked Penn State, 11-0. The Nittany Lions, along with the majority of teams, were idle last weekend. Michigan and Southern Cal, the Rose Bowl combatants ranked number 5 and number 3 respectively, harbor two chances for the national title: slim and none. Southern Cal probably can harbor a faint hope if it convincingly knocks off Michigan and Alabama defeats Penn State, since Southern Cal was the only team to defeat Alabama this year. The only new addition to the Top Twenty was in the UPI poll, where Georgia Tech replaced Ohio State in the 19th spot. Herb Brooks Y , ' M k ~ ~HC HALF PRICE on .y 1 o- : A;r Christoff got it right back on the next shift, outskating the entire Wolverine team. "That Christoff is a good hockey player," said Farrell. "Boy, he just flies, doesn't he? I hope Brooks takes him to the Olympics." The Wolverines narrowed the Gophers' lead to 6-4 with a second period spurt of their own. Two of the three goals in that period came with Michgan shorthanded, when Murray Eaves and captain Mark Miller blasted home a pair of goals only 40 seconds apart, while a Wolverine teammate cheered on from the oenalty box. i BE ERB Nednesday-Half Price on Beer & Liquor 7-10 pm Friday -1is Hot Dogs 2-5 p. 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"With so many national contender4 there, it made it a super stimulating egular meet," said coach Newt Loken. . Usually we don't see them until the Nationalst" THE MICHIGAN tumblers placed, t ra 10th among 16 teams, an improvement of two places over last year. Southerni nt. Illinois captured first place, followed by Indiana State in second. -Indiana State's Kurt Thomas ac-. T I N cumulated 113.35 points to take first place in the competition which featured only four all-around men from each, school. Michigan's Nigel Rothwell finished in ninth place with 100.7 points. "The side horse was our stumbling block," said Loken. "We were in super standing until we got there, but that's where we missed a lot of points." MARSHALL GARFIELD, who's knee injury kept him out the competition, will undergo surgery for cartilage damage Thursday morning. "We'll miss his presence on the all- around squad," commented Loken. "Hopefuly he'll recover before the seasonends." PREPARE FOR. Yea y a 69-acre a. ). 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