Wednesday, September 2, 1970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wolverine Sports-Page Five Wednesday, September 2, 1970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wolverine Sports-Page Five Icer By JOEL GREER Despite the fact that the play of the Michigan hockey squad last season resembled the un- easiness of the stock market's, fortunes this past summer, the enthusiasm of t h e, hockey crowds at the frequently sold- out Coliseum was only surpas- sed at t he Michigan Stadium Saturday afternoons last fall. The icers, featuring a rather inconsistant team last season, hope to bring their veteran squad up to the championship caliber of their fans in the up- coming season ahead. An ex- perienced crop of forwards and defensemen along with a sea- soned goaltender in Karl Bag- nell should make the difference in the 1970-71 team. Last season the icers exper- ienced a number of mountains and valleys as they struggled to a 14-$ overall record including a 2-1 pasting by Wisconsin in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs. The final contest featured a strong Michigan defense coup- led with a porous offense; a complete reversal of the entire season. Michigan hockey coach aim Daily-Thomas R. Gopi Mickey Shaw (18) shoots against Michigan Tech YOUNG, EXPERIENCED: Cn e Al Renfrew praised the Badger goaltending as the key to the Wolverine defeat. Renfrew added that the teams biggest problem was that "we never put three good periods of hockey together." This was evi- dent in many games, especially in the two-game series at'Min- nesota which Renfrew termed as "the turning point of the season" for the eventual WCHA champions. In b o t h contests Michigan held early leads only to see them melt away into con- vincing defeats. In the opening affair Michi- gan held a 4-2 lead after two periods before their weakened defense collapsed enabling the Gophers to g r a b an 8-6 tri- umph. The following afternoon Mich- igan leaped to a 3-0 first per,- iod advantage before succumb- ing again, 6-3. NOT ONLY did the Wolver- ines show a two-face person- ality during individual games, Michigan was also unsteady in their two g a m e sets. Out of twelve weekends in WCHA play, the icers split nine of t h e m while winning one and dropping two. Their only t w i n killing came over a hapless Colorado College squad at the Coliseum as they ecked out an 8-7 decis- ion Friday - night while K a r 1 Bagnell gained his only shut- out of the season in taming ,the Tigers 6-0 in Saturday's en- counter. The icers lost pairs to Minnesota-Duluth and Minne- sota. Michigan was not the only team that was unsteady during the season. Renfrew mentioned that the remainder of the teams were up one night and down the next with the exception of Den- ver and Wisconsin. "They were the most consistant squads last year." Asked why league play was unsteady, Renfrew noted that the freshman rule m a:d e the teams accept two groups of nev players: the new freshmen and sophomores also. That is a lot of untested ability as Michigan alone had 11 new players. Another major problem the Wolverines encountered w a s their forwards' failure to back- check. The forwards constantly made the defense look bad as the front line was caught up i:e many times during the season. "It was just a disappointing year," concluded Renfrew. The, upcoming season should be a promising one as last-year's team lost only five players via graduation. Captain Dave Per- rin who finished third on the fors team in league scoring (14 goals, 10 assists), along w i t h Barney Pashak will b o t h be missed at left wing while sec- ond leading scorer and "most valuable player" Don Deeks va- cates one of the center slots. Renfrew commented that Deeks was a good all-around. player and was especially good on face- offs. "Lack of stamina was .he only thing working against him." The Heyliger twins, who spec- ialized in penalty killing round out the graduating corps. THE ENTIRE DEFENSE has returned for the. upcoming sea- son with much needed exper- ience as Tom Marra was the only veteran defenseman 1 a s t year. Marra, a senior, is joined by juniors B r i a n Skinner, "Punch" Cartier and "most im- proved player" Jerry Lefebvre. Michel Jarry, who. had a fine year, and Gary Connelly, who was out the entire season with a broken leg, complete the de- fense. Renfrew mentioned that the goaltending came on toward the later part of the season as Bag- nell had to make up lost ground since he was inactive his entire freshman year. Doug Hastings, a sophomore from Edina, Min- nesota may share goaltending duties with Bagnell. The offense will be led by Michigan's most successful line of newly-elected captain Paul Gamsby, speedy I e f t-winger Brian Slack and "most color- ful player" Bernie Gagnon. Merle Falk, Bucky Straub, and Mickey Shaw make up the sec- ond line while the third line is still up for grabs. / Speed has always been the Wolverine strength on offense and the upcoming season should not change figuratively. CORNELL GAINED the NCAA crown last season by defeating Clarksjon in the national fi- nals at Lack Placid, New York. Both Wisconsin and Michigan Tech, the WCHA's two repre- sentatives fell in t h e semifi- nals as Cornell and Clarkston advanced. The winners of the WCHA Eastern and Western playoffs made the NCAA's. To get to the NCAA Tourna- ment Wisconsin beat Denver for the Western crown, while Mich- igan Tech defeated Minnesota for the Eastern crown. Wisconsin advanced to meet Denver rafter their victory over Michigan while Denver knock- ed off Michigan State. -Daily.-Thomasa R. Copt Dave Perrin in white) drives by defender boast talent By DALE ARBOUR The future of the 'Wolverine track squad is rather bright for the coming 1971 season. The reas- on for this optimism comes from the loss of only seven seniors on last season's team which had a dual meet record of 3-1, finishing a disappointing fifth indoors and *outdoors in the Big Ten Meets. This year's new team is young, made up mostly of underclass- men with only 11 seniors out of. approximately 80 men. The Michigan squad will be aiming to defeat Wisconsin and Indiana, who have the strongest two teams in the Big Ten. But this will be no easy :task since both teams have most of their top men returning. Michigan State and Ohio State also have strong teams but were also both defeated in dual meets by the Wolverine squad, so they will not be as large a threat as Indiana or Wisconsin. Leading the young Michigan squad will be seniors Norm Corn- well and Rick Storrey. Cornwell is the current school record holders in the 660-yard dash and has also been. a member of Michigan's strong two-mile relay squad which was third indoors in the NCAA meet. Storrey is also a member of the two-mile relay team besides being strong in both' the 1000-yard and one-mile runs. He has best times in these two events of 2:10.4 and 4:07.8 respectively. An abundant supply of talent is also present from last year in many other events. Junior Larry Wolfe was injured most of last season but still has gone over 16-0 in the pole vault, which is the best in the Big Ten. Another jun- 4 ior John Mann, has gone 6-11 in the high jump' which puts him among the top three in the confer- ence. Freshman Bob Hartrich will add some depth to the high jump with his best height of 6-5. IN THE SPRINTS, Gene Brown 0 tleads the way for Michigan with personal bests of :06.0 in the 60- yard dash and :09.5 in the hun- teadiness dred. He will be accompanied by senior Ron Clark and sophomore Bob Pincham, both of whom per- form relay duty in the 440-yard and occasionally the 880-yard re- lays and the sprint medley. The shot put and discus should become a strong Wolverine event for many years to come with the addition of freshman Steve Adams from Montvale, New Jersey. At 6-7 and weighing 270 pounds, Adams has tossed the 12-pound shot 66-% / and thrown the discus 179 feet, both of these distances being near the best in the country for preps. He will be joining senior Giulio Catello and sophomores Paul Tor- an and Brian Block who have all put the shot over 50 feet. In the long jump, Michigan lost the, superb Ira Russell through graduation. Russell achieved a long standing ambition when he cracked the 25-foot barrier, jump- .ing 25-6%}/ in the Purdue meet. That broke the old Ferry Field dual meet.record by well over two feet. Michigan went on to com- pletely outclass the Purdue' squad. taking an easy 108-45Nictory. One tof the nation's top hurdlers is Michigan's sophomore flash, Godfrey Murray, who already is co-holder of the varsity record in the 120-yard high hurdles at :13.7. He will be joined this season by freshman Mel Reeves from Pon- tiac Northern High School who set the national high school mark in the 70-yard high hurdles in- doors at :08.5. Reeves has gone :14.0 in the 120-yard high hurdles and :18.9 in the 180-yard lows, and he has also beaten Murray once indoors. Thus, some interesting duels should re- sult in the coming season in the hurdles between Murray and Reeves. The middle-distance e v e n t s should be sufficiently strong in the coming season. Besides Corn- well and Storrey, there are some other quick milers and half-milers. Junior Phil Pyatt has gone 4:11.9 indoors and he will be joined by teammates Tom Swan and Mike Pierce. Swan has recorded a best time of 4 13 while Pierce has run 4:15.5 in high school last year. PIERCE HAS also gone 9:25.1 indoors in the two-mile which will. bring some depth to the Wolverine distance events. He will be joining. s3nior Kirk Hansen who has a personal best of 9:10.2 in the two- mile and is'1hoping to go under nine minutes this season. The half-mile will once again be the strongest Michigan event with eight runners capable of running under 1:54, three being able to run under 1: 1. These three fastest include Storrey, Cornwell, and sophomore Eric Chapman who recorded a 1:49.2 split in the two-mile relay indoors last year. The quarter-mile is another event which abounds in depth. The top two Michigan quarter- milers are seniors Loienzo Mont- gomery and junior Reggie Brad- ford, who have both . recorded times in the 48 second range. Other top quarter-milers. are sophomores-George Drew, Trevor Matthews, Eric Chapman, Greg Syphax, and Al D'Agostino-who as freshmen were often running mile relay times (3:14.9) faster than the varsity team. So, over all, the coming year for Michigan track should prove to be full of competition, especially from Wisconsin and Indiana, but the Wolverines could prove them- selves as the best in the Big Ten in 1971. Michigan Tech reached the Eastern finals by edging North Dakota and Minnesota needed three overtimes to eliminate Minnesota-Duluth. The WCHA has incorporated one major rule change to go in- to effect this season. The rule deals specifically with a player being offside at the blue line. Previously as the puck preceded the offensive player across the attacking -blue line the player had to keep both skates on his side of the line. Now, as in the National Hockey League, he may have one skate across the blue line and still be legally on- side. This is called "straddling the line."f The only major difference be- tween collegiate and profession- al hockey is the elimination of the center line in the college va- riety. This alteration allows longer legal passes in college hockey and provides the fans with a much faster game. The Michigan Coliseum will undergo only one change. The boards surrounding the entire rink will be replaced. 0 t lh e r than that the arena will remain the same providing seating'for over 3200 enthusiasts. The Wolverines are looking forward to an exciting season including two holiday tourna- ments. Michigan will return to the Great Lakes Invitational at De- troit's Olympia Dec. 29 and 30. The icers captured this classic in 1966 when Mel Wakayabashi starred. The squad will t h e n travel to Buffalo, new NHL city, to compete in the Nichols Invi- tational January 1, and 2. Meet at ULRICH'S hook Store Where the BOYS are _ _ _ _- I Beat the Deadline - 1970 Schedule I w Order Your Michigan September 19-ARIZONA 26-at Washington October 3-TEXAS A&M 10-at Purdue 17-MICHIGAN ST. 24-M IN N ESOTA 31-at Wisconsin -Daily-Thomas R. 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