Page Nine Friday, January 12, 197 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, January 12, 197B THE MICHIGAN DAILY Paae Nine ' Rangers By The Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y.-Pete Stemkow- ski scored three goals last nightd to pace the New York Rangers to a 4-2 National Hockey League vic- tory over Buffalo, handing the Sabres their first home ice defeat of the season. The Sabres had previously play- NIGHT ed 21 games at home without a ROGER loss-18 victories and three ties, plus three games at the end of the sixth minut last season.E York tied it wit The league record is 28 games, by Jean Ratele held by Montreal. Rene Robert The Sabres had won their last on a shot from 12 games on home ice and all four power play earl previous games this season against iod, but with o the Rangers. Sabre goalie D With the victory the Rangers the nets, Stemk gained undisputed possession of from his own z third place in the East Division, net. two points ahead of Buffalo. After each team scored once in the opening period, Stemkowski Bruins knc put the Rangers ahead with two goals in the second period. BOSTON - Stemkowski sent in a 10-footer Johnston of Bos from the slot on a pass from Rod of Minnesota tu Seiling, breaking the tie at 11:07 performances1 of the second period, then made Bruins and theI it 3-1 in the final minute of the to a 1-1 Natior tie with BrucetMacGregor giving him Johnston had the pass. bert 30 as the Buffalo went ahead early in the long hex over game on Larry Mickey's goal in Minnesota has in nearly three. roar past Buffalo, 4-1 1U rt uort EDT)TOP on Harvey's seventh goal after de- fenseman Carol Vadnais was felled and trapped at center ice. Johnston was at his best in hold- ing off the North Stars in the final period as Minnesota outshot the Bruins 16-5. The loss dropped the Flyers four fenseman Joe Watson's blue line points behind Los Angeles. shot past Rogatien Vachon. Don Zozak iced the victory for Philadelphia upped its lead to Los Angeles with one minute to 2-0 with 15:47 of the second stanza play, sliding the puck past Doug with Bobby Clarke picking up his Favell after the Flyers' goalie had 19th goal of the season after tak- sprawled making a stop on a Viv ing a goal-mouth pass from winger Venasky shot. Bob Berry picked Simon Nolet. up the Kings other two goals in Los Angeles began its comeback the comeback surge. on Berry's first tally at 17:29 of The Flyers took a 1-0 lead at the second period. The Kings tied 16:51 of the first period on a powerthe score 2-2 at 5:14 of the third 16:51 ofitheiterKionaNe o period when Berry, using Mike play. With the Kings' Neil Ko- Corrigan as a screen, fired past madoski off for cross checking, Favell into the lower right corner rookie Bill Barber deflected de- of the net. ROSSITER Kings nip Flyers PHILADELPHIA-The Los An- geles Kings rallied from a two-goal e of play, but New deficit for a 3-2 victory over the h a power-play goal Philadelphia Flyers last night to e at 10:29. grab a second place tie with Min- scored for Buffalo nesota in the National Hockey the blue line on a League's Western Division. ly in the final per- -- ne second left and ave Dryden out of owski sent the puck zone into an empty T~,ThTr'r'ri '] . t Stars Rival goalies Eddie ton and Gil Gilbert rned in spectacular last night as the North Stars battled nal Hockey League 37 saves and Gil- Bruins extended a the North Stars. not beaten Boston years. -AP Photo MINNESOTA NORTH STARS' forwards Jude Drouin (16) and Fred Harvey (18) attempt to steal the puck from Boston Bruin defenseman Dallas Smith (20), while Bruin goalie Ed Johnston watches anxiously. The North Stars surprised the Bruins by skating them to a 1-1 tie before a rabbid Boston Garden crowd last night. 'M' WINS ESSENTIAL Denver faces f rigid By ROBIN WAGNER I hoped I was not hallucinat- ing. Certainly, I was not dream- ing. But, what did those five BIG blackrwords in the program for the Great Lakes ;Invitational Tournament say about Michigan's hockey team? I pinched myself and looked again, "Ready To Turn The Corner." Just what I thought. Well, four losses later, the Wolverines not only have failed to turn the corner, they have lost sight of it. With the Univer- sity of Denver pucksters comin.g to town this weekend, the chances of visibility improving for the Maize and Blue are not good. The Pioneers, from the state of Rocky Mountains and Coors beer, presently possess third place in the WCHA hierarchy with 22 points and an 8-4 record. On four occasions, Denver has blitzed Notre Dame and last weekend, they split two ice af- fairs with Wisconsin. Assessing his team's potential before the Badger series, a high- ly confident Coach Murray Arm- strong said, "If we can manage to win three of the four bouts with Wisconsin and Michigan, we will be in an ideal position to win the league championship again." Junior wing Peter McNab en- ters the Wolverine series as Den- ver's leading point producer with nine goals and 13 assists for 22 points. Rob Palmer, the center on McNab's line, is the Pioneers' second most productive scorer (6-13-19). Ed Hayes (8-7-15) and. Rich Preston (4-8-12) round out the visitor's other prolific twine- This Weekend in Sports FRIDAY SWIMMING-Wisconsin at Matt Mann Pool, 7:30 p.m. HOCKEY-Denver at Coliseum, 8:00 p.m. SATURDAY BASKETBALL-Michigan at Michigan State, 4 p.m. HOCKEY-Denver at Coliseum, 8:00 p.m. GYMNASTICS-Ohio State at Crisler Arena, 1 p.m. WRESTLING-Northwestern at Crisler Arena, 3:30 p.m. icers by the opposition, 418-370, an av- erage of exactly four shots per game. With front - runner Michigan State looming on the Wolverine schedule after Denver, it appears to be time for Coach Al Ren- frew's crew to make their move for that elusive WCHA playoff berth. The Pioneers are as good a team as any to take advantage of for some much needed points in the standings. However, if things do not turn out well for Michigan's skaters this weekend and in the near future don't be surprised if you see some of the Wolverines walk- ing around campus singing "Oh where, oh where, has my little corner gone? Oh where, oh where, could it be?" to the tune of the well-known nursery rhyme. Join in with a bit of harmony, if nothing else. The Bruins took a 1-0 lead on a power play goal by Ken Hodge in the first period. The North Stars' Fred Harvey scored the equalizer midway through the second period. Hodge finished off brilliant pass- ing by Bobby Orr and Johnny Biicyk for his 23rd goal while Minnesota's Barry Gibbs was in the penalty box for holding at 14:11 of the opening session. Johnston, who robbed the North Stars' Murray Oliver at least four times in the game, had no chance Houston 5, Chicago 0 Cleveland 4, Minnesota 3 College Basketball Notre Dame 72, DePaul 68 New Mexico 69, Brigham Young 62 Temple 63, Syracuse 65 Ball Se. 87, Oakland U. 77 Rice 63, Cincinnati 57 N.Y. Tech 67, Kings Point 56j Tufts 108, Suffolk 76 UTEP 61, Utah 51 Air Force 69, Montana 50 Kentucky Wes. 79, Bellarmine 69 King College 84, Maryville 59 Rhode Island 87, E. Nazarene 84 Kentucky St. 82, Lincoln, Mo. 67 Fayetteville St. 97, Shaw 80 SW Oklahoma St. 77, E. New Mexico 65 --AP Photo Where did it go? Notre Dame's Gary Novak battles DePaul adversaries Andy Pancrantz (33) and Mike Gillespie (10) for an elusive basketball which seems to have vanished into thin air. The game, which took place in Chicago, was a nip and tuck affair to the very end as only a last minute rally meant a 72.67 victory for the Irish. Notre Dame will have to do better than this when they meet up with fourth-ranked ar- quette on Saturday. i ---- -"- -- . t ticklers. If hockey teams were looked at as decks of cards, goaltend- ing would undoubtedly be consid- ered Denver's strong suit. In 12 conference contests so far this season, netminder Ron Grahame has permitted only 35 goals, an average of 2.92 tallies every three periods. It has been said that a goalie is only as good as his defense. In the Pioneers' case, this is oh so true as Grahame has six capable defensemen, including Bruce Affleck and John Pear- son, to make up for his rare mis- takes. "Our overall balance and de- sire have put us in third place and in a position to take the WCHA crown," explained Arm- strong. As for the rest of the season? "As far as I can tell, if we continue to play like we have all year, we will be all right." According to Armstrong, the only real surprises for his puck- sters in the present campaign have been pleasant ones. "Doug Gibson and Alex Schikicki, both of whom saw extremely limited action a year ago, and John Clayton, a victim of various in- juries since he came to Denver, have all played really well and provided a spark for the whole team." While acquiring its 8-4 confer- ence mark, Denver has outscored its opponents, 54-35. However, the Pioneers have been outshot SUBSCRIBENO Call 764-0558 --- ,111 _.I AL assigns hitter for pitcher CHICAGO () - The American League was giv- en permission to use the designated pinch hitter rule for the next three years at a joint meeting of major league baseball owners yesterday. The Nationai League, which will not use the experimental rule, gave its approval for the ex- periment. Here is an explanation of the designated pinch- hitter baseball rule adopted by the American League: "A pinch hitter may be designated to bat for the starting pitcher and all subsequent pitchers in any game without otherwise affecting the status of the pitchers in the game. A designated pinch hitter for the pitcher must be selected prior to the game and must be included in the lineup cards presented to the umpire-in-chief. "A designated pinch hitter shall not take a position in the field in any game in which he ap- pears as a designated pinch hitter; nor shall he appear as a pinch runner. His designation as a pinch hitter for the pitcher limits him to that task exclusively. "It is not mandatory that club designate a pinch hitter for the pitcher, but failure to designate a pinch hitter prior to the game precludes the use of a designated pinch hitter for that game. "Pinch hitters for a designated pinch hitter may be used. Any substitute pinch hitter for a designated pinch hitter himself becomes a designated pinch hitter. A replaced designated pinch hitter shall not re- enter the game in any capacity. "Except for designated pinch hitters, all other pinch hitters, and those for whom they hit, will be governed by the adopted official playing rules." The two leagues also announced the appoint- ment of a major league committee to study and review aspects of inter-league play. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, who presided at the joint meeting, said he hoped the committee studying inter-league play, would have a report in advance of next Au- gust's major league meetings. The designated pinch-hitter rule will not apply in All-Star, World Series or exhibition games be- tween the two leagues. ______________________________________ ________________'II ja SHOP TONIGHT UNTIL 9:00 P.M. A Professional League Standings i NHIL East W L T Pts Montreal 25 6 10 60 Boston 26 10 4 57 NY Rangers 26 13 7 53 Buffalo 23 13 7 53 Detroit 19 16 6 44 Toronto 15 20 6 36 vancouver 12 25 6 30 NY Islanders 4 3 4 12 West Chicago 24 15 2 50 Minnesota 19 16 6 44 Atlanta 18 19 7 43 Los Angeles 20 18 4 44 Pittsburgh 17 19 6 40 Philadelphia 17 19 6 40 St. Louis 14 20 7 35 California 8 24 8 24 Yesterday's Results NY Rangers 4, Buffalo 2 Minnesota 1, Boston 1, tie Los Angeles 3, Philadelphia 2 Only games scheduled Today's Games Montreal at California Toronto at Atlanta Detroit at Vancouver NBA New York Buffalo Philadelphia GF GA 167 92 176 120 157 107 157 118 126 128 132 136 126 184 79 197 151 118, 130 118 116 124 128 128 143 140 140 147 115 138 115 167 Baltimore Atlanta Houston Cleveland Milwaukee Chicago K.C.-Omah Detroit Central Div Z 36 18 .783 - 12 30 .286 22 4 40 .091 31 ision 5 17 .595 - 24 21 .533 21/2 7 25 .405 8 j 13 30 .302 12% ~ - Western Conference Midwest Division 31 13 .705 - 28 15 .651 2y, a 23 26 .469 10Y2 18 25 .419 12r RE Yo A Pacific Division Los Angeles 31 10 .756 Golden State 28 13 .683 Phoenix 22 21 .512 Seattle 13 33 .283 Portland 11 33 .250 Yesterday's Games New York 122, Atlanta 107 K.C.-Omaha 109, Golden State 108 Today's Games Atlanta at Boston Portland at Buffalo K.C.-Omaha at Milwaukee New York at Houston Golden State at Phoenix Detroit at Seattle Cleveland vs. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh Los Angeles at Chicago 3 10 201, 21 f Eastern Conference Atlantic Division WI L Pet. 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