Friday, March 24, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine Friday, March 24, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine MEDIOCRE SEASON OVER: Porous defense smothered By FRANK LONGO "We will have to recruit de- fensive help." Michigan hockey coach Al Renfrew hit it right on the but- ton with this comment on the past season in which the Wol- verines finished a promising sixth place in the WCHA, an improvement over the previous year's ninth (and last) place finish. Michigan finished with a 16- 18 mark, including the two play- off games at North Dakota, its best season in three years. The biggest discrepancy in- volved, however, was the by- .r now-well-known difference in the Wolverines' home and road records. A fine 13-3 record at homne was offset by a dismal 3- 15 showing away from the Coli- seum, but the biggest problem of all was still not the lack of a favorable crowd on the road: it was the lack of a consistent defense. Some say the lack of a defense entirely. MICHIGAN'S GOALS against average (5.3) ranked ninth in the ten team league, but the blame cannot be placed entire- ly on goalie Karl Bagnell, who was forced to make 1225 saves during the year. That was al- most 200 more than any other WCHA netminder. The Wolverine defense shone at times, but the times were few and far between. Jerry Lefebvre's shot block- ing ability was a fine asset, but his tendency to get caught up the ice was not. "Punch" Cartier, a favorite with the fans, rattled many an opposing forward by landing a vicious bodycheck along the boards or at the blue line. But he once again led the team in penalties and minutesdin the box, where he couldn't do much good. Captain Brian Skinner was perhaps the most consistent of the three graduating defense- men, but again, it was consist- ently average, at best. Easily the brightest hope for the future lies in freshman Randy Trudeau, who at a mere 5-10 and 175 pounds, played ef- fectively on defense. carried the puck when the need arose, and, in general, used his head. Along with Trudeau, a good nucleus around whom to build a defense, Michigan has only Pete Dunbar, another sopho- more-to-be, who loves to hit and does so, almost too reck- lessly. Michel Jarry, a junior, can play both forward and defense, but his team-leading 35 assists show he is more valuable up, front. These six men were certainly responsible for a great part of Michigan's fortune, and bad fortune it turned out to be too many times. Wolverine victories at home were usually of the type 3-2, 6-5 and 8-6. On the road, though, 7-2 and 9-2 scores were much more common, with Mich- igan almost always on the short end. Despite the troubles of de- fense and the road, the Wolver- ine icers did at times raise a few eyebrows by winning as many as six in a row, four of them against first place teams. Michigan had a 1-3 WCHA record and wast3-3roverall when league leading Notre Dame came WCHA Standings FINAL STANDINGS to town. But the Wolverines sent the Irish home with two losses, both by scores of 6-5. The following weekend the then-in-first-place Sioux of North Dakota were beaten twice by the Blue, 9-6 and 4-2. Michigan was back in the race for the playoff spot that had eluded it the year before. A six game losing skein fol- lowing the break tended to ham- per the team's confidence, how- ever, and Michigan started fall- ing farther back in the pack. The low point was the loss of four straight four-point games to Minnesota - Duluth and Den- ver. But in the end it was the home ice and home crowd which was tohelp Michigan sew up its berth. The Wolves swept both eight point series at home over Colorado College and Min- nesota, which included the last two games of the season. An eight point burst on the last two days was what vaulted Michi- gan over Colorado College. No- tre Dame, and Michigan Tech icers from ninth to sixth place Finally, the Wolverines were eliminated from the WCHA playoffs in the first round, a two game, total goals series at North Dakota. , The NoDaks kept Michigan goaltender Bagnell busy with 47 and 51 shots, respectively, in the two games. North Dakota won both, 5-1 and 10-1. The two biggest los s e s through graduation are Bag- nell and right wing Bernie Gag- non. Bagnell played every min- ute of every Michigan game. leaving freshman reservesRoy Bolles and Terry Lajeunesse still with no college experi- ence. The recruitment of a solid goaltender will be a great asset to next year's team. Gagnon, who was drafted by the NHL St. Louis Blues when he was a freshman, upped his goal scoring output of 26 last year to 35 this season and 28 in WCHA play to lead the league in that department. 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