Saturday, January 12, 1974
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Pooe Severn
THE MICHIGAN DAILY Pooe Seven
Fading
lers
lose
to
North
Dakota,
4-
By ROGER 'ROSSITER'
"They were at their best; we
were at our worst," declared frus-
trated Michigan hockey coach Dan
Farrell after the North Dakota
Fighting Sioux clipped the Wolver-
ines, 4-2, last night.
The victory pulled North Dako-a
to within one point of the Wolver-
ines in the chase for the eighth 'md
final play-off - spot in the WCHA
standings. Michigan has nine poiuts
in 13 league contests, while North
Dakota has eight in an equal num-
ber of games.
The 4,795 fans in Yost Ice Arena
saw the Wolverines 'turn in one of
their most lackidasical perform-
ances of the season. On numerous
occasions Michigan forwards would
skate into the North Dakota lane
with two-on-one breaks and nt
even get a decent shot on goal.
Three times in the third period
alone the puck lay loose in the
Sioux goal crease with .NoDak
netminder Peter Waselovich help-
lessly prone on the ice. Not once
could Michigan do so mucn as
give the puck the slight tatp
necessary to produce a goal.
North Dokta struck first ii the
opening period when freshman left
winger Dave Gawley converted a
nifty goalmouth pass from Tom,
Evans at 3:25. The 1-0 advantage
did not last long.
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NIGHT EDITOR:
JOHN KAHLER
Nineteen seconds after the en-
suing face-off Bob Falconer netted
the equalizer. A beautiful center-
ing pass right into the slot from
Angie Moretto, whose play was one
of few Wolverine bright spots, set
up Falconer for the easy goal.
Don Fardig put Michigan in
front, 2-1, with a power play goal
at 10:53. Fardig took a pass along The second period proved to be
the right wing boards from Kris a scoreless standoff with the No-
Manery and skated unmolested Daks outshooting the Wolverines by
right in front of Waselovich in the incredible margin of 20-6. The
the NoDak goal. Fardig's initial period's only penalty went to Mich-
shot hit the post, but the re- igan's Pete Dunbar, an inconse-
bound bounced right back on his quential interference minor.
stick from where it was promptly Finally, in the third stanza, the
deposited in the Sioux' net. Wolverines came to life. They
Gary Morrison was waved off the forechecked with a little of the
ice with a five minute major at tenacity the home crowds have
11:54 when his upraised elbow come to expect, and they even
broke Fighting Sioux Joe Russell's garnered a 20-S shots on goal
nose. Two minutes and ten seconds advantage. But score? They did
later Tom Lindskog got the gate not.
for a ludicrous interference uenalty North Dakota took advantage of
called by referee Paul Duffy. a momentary defensive lapse by
North Dakota needed barely halfiMichigan's forwards to get a clean
e h two-on-one break that produced the
a minute of the two man advantage eventual game winning goal. Brad-
to tie the game, 2-2 on Terry Den- ley Becker took a quick pass from
nis' conversion of a short rebound. Bob DePiero on the play and found
himself all alone in front of Mot e.
Scalp Becker's 10-foot wristsnat sailed
(charging, ten minute misconduct) high over Moore's shoulder with
17:00. 9:50 left to play.
SECOND PERIOD Joey Kompon added an unassist-
SCORING: none.-ed insurance goal into the empty
PENALTIES: 8. M-Dunbar (interfer-Mihgnetntelatafm-
ence) 8:34. Michigan net in the last half min-
THIRD PERIOD ute of play, while Michigan was
SCORING: 5. ND-Becker (DePiero, pulling out all the stops in an
Drader) 11:10; 6. ND-Kompon (unas- attempt to notch the tying goal and
sisted) 1939
PENALTIES: 9. M-Manery (tripping) send the game into overtime. ,
4:42. The task that lay before :he
SAVES Wolverines now is to start scoring
Moore (M) 20 20 5-45 goals. "You can get a hundred
ATTENDANCE: 4795 chances," Farrell moaned, "but if
you don't score goals, they don't
mean a thing."
Sioux
SCORE BY PERIODS
North Dakota 2 0 2-4
MICHIGAN 2 0 0--2
FIRST PERIOD
SCORING:F1.sND-Gawley (Evans,
Dennis) 5:25; 2. M-Falconer (Moretto,
Palmer) 5:44; 3. M-Fardig (Manery)
ppg 10:53; 4. ND- Dennis (Gawley,
Gibb) ppg 14:40.
PENALTIES:41. M-Manery (tripping)
7:05; 2. ND-Gibb (cross-checking) 10:38;
M-Morrisson (elbowing, 5 minutes, de-
liberate attempt to injure) 11:54; 4.
M-T. Lindskog (high-sticking) 14:04 5.
ND-Gibb (high-sticking) 15:22; 6. ND-
Becker (charging) 15:22; 7. M-Hughes
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BOB FALCONER (22) struggles to free himself from a North Dakota defenseman while NoDak goalie
Pete Waselovich rests securely in the background. Michigan lost to North Dakota, 4-2, in a display of
lethargic hockey.
MUSSELMAN'S NEW MODEL
Michigan
battles Gophers
By MARC FELDMAN
Special To The Daily
MINNEAPOLIS-When Minne-
sota basketball coach Bill Mus-
selman directed the cage for-
tunes of tiny Ashland College in
Ohio, he wrote a book entitled
"33.9"-referring to the micro-
scopic number of points his
team allowed per game during
one season.
Musselman has since moved to
the rugged Big Ten, but the
name of his game is still the
same-defense. One of the cor-
nerstones of the Gopher mentor's
strategy makes perfect sense:
"If we have the ball, you can't
score." So don't expect a high-
scoring affair today when the
18th-ranked Michigan Wolverines
invade Williams Arena to battle
the Gophers.
YriThigan coach Johnny Orr
may. describe the Minnesota of-
fense as "patient" but it is bet-
ter known as a slow-down. The
Gopheers pass the ball around,
hold it, wait for a high-percent-
age shot and score about, 60
points per game.
Musselman's last two teams
won 39 of their 51 games, a Big
Ten championship, and trips to
two tournaments. But the names
on this Gopher team are not the
familiar Jim Brewer, Ron Be-
hagen, Clyde Turner and Dave
Winfield, and Minnesota's record
is a less imposing 6-5.
FORWARD DENNIS SHAFFER
leads the Gopher scoring with
a 15.4 average even though he
was held to four points and one-
of-eleven shooting in Minnesota's
66-55 loss at Iowa City last Sat-
urday.
Junior Phil Filer operates at
the other corner spot and scores
about 12 points each game. The
Gophers, who are short on height
already, really missed the 6-7
Filer on the backboards Tuesday
night in a 54-52 loss to Detroit.
The Cedar Rapids, Iowa junior
took a bad spill in front of the
home folks in Iowa last week,
but Musselman expects him back
in the starting lineup today.
Center Pete Gilcud has been
employed mostly to set picks and
rarely shoots. Gilcud is scoring
at a lackluster 6.1 pace although
he plays almost the whole game.
Phil "Flip" Saunders operates
at one guard spot and scored a
career high of 22 points against
Detroit. Rick McClutcheon, a
junior-college t r a n s f e r, joins
freshman Saunders in the start-
ing backcourt.
Musselman stays with his start-
ing five and rarely uses more
than six or seven players. In a
triple-overtime victory over But-
ler, three Gophers played all 55
minutes.
BECAUSE OF their tendancy
to hold the ball and a I ick of
rebounding strength, the Gophers
rely heavily on accurate shoot-
ing. In a December game with
Marquette, Minnesota made half
its shots and the Warriors just
40 per cent. The Gophers last
68-50 because Marquette attempt-
ed 31 more 'shots and had a 36-17
rebounding edge.
Michigan will go with the same
lineup against the Gophers that
upset Indiana last Saturday: Ku-
pec, Russell, Britt, Johnson and
Grote.
It should be a close game to-
day because of the style of ball
Musselman has his team playing.
If the Wolverines can break out
to an early lead, the unexplosive
Gophers will be in trouble.
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THREE MINNESOTA GOPHERS, Pete Gilcud (left), Flip Caunders (right), and Rick McCutcheon (far T H ETLINE UPS
right), try here to stop U-D forward Owen Wells. If you haven't heard of any of the three, don't be
surprised: the Gophers lost all 12 players to gradueition last year, and when the Wolverines invade M INNESOTA MIl]
Minneapolis tonight, they'll be getting their first look ever at all of tds year's Gophers.
- - - Dennis Shaffer (6-5, 15.4) F Wayman Britt 4
Phil Filer (6-7, 11.6) F Campy Russell 4
Pete Gilcud (6-7, 6.1) C C. J. Kupec (6-
M i hig "Ia n s ex elPhil Saunderson(6-, 12 G Joe Johnson (5-1
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By LEBA HERTZ the most
The Michigan gymnastics team leader E
under Newt Loken came out strong diana w
yesterday in the compulsory com- 9.3. Fer
petition in the Big Ten Invitational also of In
at Crisler' Arena. The Wolverines 8.9 point
placed at least onp man in the top nated the
three in each event. with Joe
In the All-Arounds, Michigan Gagnon
placed one, two, three with Jean 8.55 and
Gagnon garnering 46.2 points, placing
Bruce Medd, 45.3 and Pierre Le- sixth res
Clerc 44.8 points. Bruce Keeshm In the
also of Michigan finished ixTn clearly
with 39.75 points. B. Van Wie of finished
Michigan State placed fourrh in Gagnon
the AlI-Arounds and B. Hammond Bouchar
of Ohio State placed fif:h with Medd f
scores of 43.25 and 42.2 respec- parallel
tively. Darden,
second v
The floor exercise had tjirOC In tram
Wolverines place in the t ip four. #igan co
J.P. Bouchard was first with 9.0, man wa
Gagnon, second with a scoce of a
8.9 and Medd, fourth with 8.4
points.
Jerry Poynton finished first BA
and Rupert Hansen second for
Michigan in the side horse. Poyn- RE)
ton garnered 8.95 points and Han-
sen scored 8.8, having a good
margin against the third place
competitor, S. Murdock of NISU
who scored only 8.05 way behind
leaders Poynton and Hansen.
Although Michigan did not place
first in vaulting, Bouchard tied
for second with C. Ewing of Ohio
State with 8.95 points, close behind
leader Hammond with a score of
9.05. nu
The rings seem to ce the exer
cise the Wolverines will have to do,
iInvitational
Discover
work in catching up with
Benny Frenandez of In-
ho scored a ipeztacular
rnandez's brother Landy
ndiana finished second with
s. The Wolverines domi-
e third through sixth spot
Neuenswander with 8.7,
with 8.6, Monty Faib with
Pierre LeClerc with 8.0
third, fourth, fifth and
pectively.
parallel bars, Michigan
dominated. Rich Bigras
first with 9.1 points,
a close second with 9.05,
rd third with 8.5 and
ourth with 8.45. In the
bars, Keeshin and Bob
both Wolverines, tied for
while Medd placed fourth.
npoline with only Mich-
ompeting, Mason Kauff-
s a standout with a score
of 9.6.
Today's optionals starting at 10
a.m. should be stimulating and
exciting according to Coach Loken.
The top scorers of the compulsor-
ies and optionals combined com-
pete in the Individual Competition
at 2:30 in the afternoon.
Since each coach designated one
man an automatic qualifier for
each event in the finals, the top
four qualifiers in yesterday's and
today's events will compete this
afternoon, thus having eight quail-
ifiers for each event. Loken chose
Bouchard to compete in the floor
exercise, Poynton in the horse,
Falb in the rings, Gagnon in vault-
ing, Bigras in parallel bars and
Darden in the high bar. It isn't!
necessary for these men to com-
pete in the optionals, but the all-
around competitors must compete;
in both compulsories and optionals.
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