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. dlaiy sports 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 a 1 i a; 1 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. ISRAELI DANCING every SUNDAY at 12:30 p.m. with ZIPORA TROPE HILLEL, 1429 Hill St. Daily Photo by KAREN KASMAUSKI PROFESSIONAL THEATRE PROGRAM Presents VIVIAN BLAINE. 41/ a new comedy by GEORGE FURTH Saturday and Sunday JANUARY 12-13 3:00 and 8:00 POWER CENTER Advance Sales: Mendelssohn Lobbby 764-0450 Power Center box office open January 12-13 at 1 :00 P.M. 763-3333 Musselman ,.. .. ... _ _._. .. ... AP Photo 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 Rick McCutcheon (6-3, 10.7) G Steve Grote (6-2, SUNDAY, Jan. 13 BROOKLYN BUSTERS BLUES returning to: MR. FLOOD'S PARTY { 9:30-2:00 120 W. LIBERTY-668-9372 . ICHIGAN (6-2, 11.3) (6-7, 22.4) $, 12.1) -10, 10.7) Z13.2) - - . .. .... .r.... m in Big Ter 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. Michigan! GELS FOR BRUNCH BUNCH APPEARS THIS SUN., JAN. 13-11 a.m. with lox n' bagel and discussion TOPIC: An Assessment of the Recent Israeli Election Speaker: PROF. ZVI GITTELMAN DEPT. 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