The Michigan Daily-Friday, October 26, 1979-Page 17
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WCHA SEASON OPENS:
cers bone-up or Bulldog invasion
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By JON WELLS
Dbwn from the land of summer snow
drifts and bronzed baby skates come
the" University of Minnesota-Duluth
Bulldogs. With teeth in hand and ice in
their veins, the quasi-Canadians from
northern Minnesota invade Yost Arena
for" two games this weekend, thus
opehing the 1979-80 Western Collegiate
Hockey Association season for both
teams.
With the annual two-game sweep of
slow-starting Bowling Green under
their garter belts,. the Michigan +icers
face their first conference series again-
st a'Bulldog team that finished fourth in
the WCHA last year; a team that won
more games in the first third of their
season than Michigan won all year.
tT IS QUITE possible, however, that
this weekend's series marks the
passing of two teams, Michigan on the
way up and UMD on the way down.
While the Wolverines have added some
scoring punch with. a combination of
healed injuries and offensive
recruiting, the Bulldogs have lost the
nucleus of their attack to the Olympic
team and graduation.
UMD Coach Gus Hendrickson lost a
total of 68 goals and 136 assists in the
persons of departing forwards Mark
Pdvelich and John Harrington and
defenseman Curt Giles. Pavelich is
plrying with the U.S. Olympic team,
Harrington graduated, and Giles, after
gradiuating, signed a contract with the
Minnesota North Stars.
'We lost three of our four top forwar-
ds,'; said UMD assistant coach Mike
Septich, "and basically lost our scoring
punch.
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,Daily Hockey Supplement today.
Fo a close look at the strengths and
we'aknesses of this year's Wolverine
icVrs, see pages 13-15 of today's
Daily. '
Asked what his expectations were for defense and in the net. The back line is
the upcoming season, Sertich replied fortified by the experience of senior
glumly, "We're aiming for somewhere defensemen Keith Hendrickson, Stan;
in the middle of the pack." Palmer, Pat Regan, and Don Hedlund.
WCHA play begins tonight
Minnesota-Duluth at Michigan
Colorado College at North Dakota
Denver at Notre Dame
Michigan State at Minnesota
Wisconsin at Michigan Tech
THE REVAMPED Bulldog forward
lines are largely an untested crew,
featuring three freshman left wings.
This state of affairs may dump an un-
comfortable load of the scoring respon-
sibility on returning forwards Dan
Lempe, Bill Oleksuk, Scott Carlston,
and Glenn Kulyk. Lempe is the most
dangerous scoring threat, finishing last
season 17th in the WCHA in scoring with
19 goals and 26 assists.
There is no doubt, however, that the
Bulldogs remain of play-off caliber on
Michigan Coach Dan Farrell has only
one word to describe UMD goalie Bill
Perkl, "Outstanding." Perkl set all
kinds of UMD goaltending records last
season and is only a junior.
The Wolverines, coming off an im-
pressive two-game sweep of Bowling
Green, are already showing early sym-
ptoms of the disease that helped to push
them to the bottom of the WCHA heap
last year. The disease is injuries and it
has once again wormed its way into the
core of the Michigan roster.
Gordie Hampson, the extra-large
junior left wing, has a broken left hand
and will be out three to six weeks.
Sophomore Murray Eaves, perhaps
the Michigan player with the most of-
fensive potential, is a questionable star-
ter for the weekend series. Eaves was
banged around in the Bowling Green
series and is also still testing out a knee
that was operated on this summer.
Freshman left winger Brad Tippett,
who was playing on Eaves' line, has
had a severe case of the flu all week and
is questionable.
FRESHMAN GOALIE Paul Fricker
held Bowling Green to only two goals
last Saturday and thus will continue in
the net this weekend. Although Farrell
is pleased with Fricker's performance,
he has' not yet committed himself to the
freshman.
With all factors considered, Coach
Farrell is weary of the icemen from up
north, for in spite of their depleted
ranks they can still fly. "Their speed is
terrific. Carlston and (Gary) DeGrio
have terrific speed."
The Wolverines have some motion of
their own in the person of freshman
center Bruno Baseotto, Baseotto put
together a dazzling collegiate debut last
weekend, collecting four goals and five
assists.
Michigan battles the Bulldogs Friday
and Saturday night, both games star-
ting at 7:30 p.m. at Yost Arena.
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Benny Friedman Ben Oosterbaan
Any review of the rich tradition of Michigan football would be incom-
plete without noting one of football's foremost passing combinations, the
< famous "Benny to Bennie"
-| The rip-roaring fever that grabbed the nation in the 1920's was not im-
mune from the Wolverine gridiron. The passing duo of quarterback Benny
Friedman and receiver Bennie Oosterbaan ripped up the opposition as they
led Michigan to winning seasons in 1925 and 1926 under the auspices of Coach
Fielding H. Yost.
Friedman, a native of New York City, earned All-American honors con-
secutively iri<'25 and '26. ,Coming off the bench in 1924, he rapidly became a
staple of the Wolverine attack.
Friedman's teammate, Oosterbaan, is remembered not only for his;
playing ability, but also for his coaching skills.
Oosterbaan is the only Michigan athlete that can boast All-American
honors for three years (1925-7). And in 1951, Oosterbaan was selected to the
All-Time All-American team.
Like Friedman, Oosterbaan was chosen to both the National and
Michigan Halls of Fame. Honored for his playing ability, Oosterbaan retur-
ned to the Michigan gridiron to coach the Wolverines from 1948 through 1958.
During his tenure as coach; Oosterbaan directed his teams to three Big Ten
conference titles and a national championship in 1948.
Aside from the pigskin, Oosterbaan excelled in basketball, winning nines
letters overall. This all-around athlete grabbed All-American honors in
basketball and was All-Conference in baseball.
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'The Dekers Club announces their fir-
st"Blue Line" Luncheon of the season,
which will be held at 12:00 noon today,
at the Crystal House Motel, corner of
Htron Parkway and Washtenaw
AiVenue.
Featured speaker will be Dan
Fairell, Michigan hockey coach and
Gus Hendrickson, Minnesota-l)uluth
hockey coach. The Bulldogs are the
Wodliverines' opponent for this weekend.
All interested hockey fans are invited
to-attend; reservations not required.
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BILLIARDS
BOWLING
PINBALL
AT THE UNION
RUTHERFORD GETS SHUTOUT
Wings blank Buffalo 4-0
DETROIT (UPI) -- Two goals by
Vaclav Nedomansky, single tallies by
Reed Larson and Errol Thompson and.
Jim Rutherford's tough goaltending
gave the Detroit Red Wings a 4-0 vic-
tory over the Buffalo Sabres last night.
Rutherford turned back 26 shots, in-
cluding a breakaway attempt by Gil
erreault in the first minute of the
second period, to notch Detroit's first
hutout of the season. Rutherford has
given the Red Wings their only two
shutouts in the last two years.
Nedomansky scored his fourth goal of
the season in the opening period when
he ripped a 20-foot shot past goalie Bob
Sauve of Buffalo as he came out to cut
down the Czechoslovakian's angle on a
power play.
Detroit had the second-worst power
play in the league entering the game,
with just two successful attempts out of
23, but all four goals came with a man
advantage.
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Larson got his first goal of the season
by putting a 50-foot slap shot past Sauv-
e s right leg 5:08 into the third period to
break open the close game. At 9:13,
Thompson netted his fifth goal by
streaking behind the defense and con-
verting a pass from Dale McCourt.
Nedomansky got his second goal of
the game and fifth of the season by
completing a succession of four quick
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passes between himself and Dan
Labraaten at 10:33 of the final period.
The victory moved the Wings' record
to an even 2-2-2 on the season, as they
jumped out of last place in the Norris
Division. Detroit now has six points to
the Hartford Whalers' five. The
Whalers were idle last night. Montreal
leads the division by two points over
Pittsburgh and Los Angeles.
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