Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY rhursday, September 8, 1977 Ik l! v. Y ..i_. _ .,. .. .,. ..fie. follow U-M football home and away with tom hemingway and. tornslade on Exciting icers aim 109.1FM GRAN ANN ARBOR. 91.7 FM By BOB MILLER1 There 1were only a couple of minutes remaining in last sea- son's Ice Hockey Championship game at the Olympia in Detroit when Michigan's Dan Hoene circled in close toward Wis- consin goalie Julian Baretta with the game tied at 5-5. Hoene's shot went past Ba- retta but died on the goal line, two inches away from going intothe net. Two Inch- es, that is as close as the Wolverines came to winning the national championship. The Badgers eventually won 6-5 in overtime, but it was still a banner year for Michigan. To backtrack a little; the 1976-77 season brought with a lot of questions concerning the ability of the team that had ILIVE-STUDY-TRAVEL ABROADA Do It This Year. U.S.S.R., FRANCE, ENGLAND, SPAIN, ITALY, VIENNA, SWIT- ZERLAND. ACCREDITED UNI- VERSITY STUDY. F A M I L Y STAY OR DORM, TUTITION, MEALS, L E A D E R, .EXCUR- SSINS, AIR. SUMMER, SEMES- TER, FULL YR. CENTER FOR FOREIGN STUDY Admissions--Dept. T-4 216 S. State/Box 606 Ann Arbor, MI 4107 s Telephone 313/662-5575 * - 2. for a free program guide call (313) 764-9210 Near-miss brings optimism just lost a host of star players to graduation. But the Wolverines replaced all their "stars" with a solid bunch of team players that vaulted out of the starting gate to a 9-3 conference mark, good for a first place tie with the Badgers and North Dakota. Michigan was making peo- ple forget that it was a young, inexperienced team with its early successes until it fell upon hard times with seven consecutive losses in the mid- dle of the season. The winless streak collapsed the once second place team down to sixth. But, there was high spirits after Michigan lost to Wisconsin, 11-8.F The goal slump was over and the Wolverines responded with 12 straight wins scoring an av- erage seven goals a game. Leading Michigan's potent offensive was Dave Debol with a school record 99 points, Kip Maurer (76), Kris Man- ery (73) and Bill Thayer (60). Debol's 43 goals tied Red Brenson for the Michigan re- cord in one season, and Debol set another mark with 56 as- sists. Manery set a school record with a career total of 111 goals and when speaking about the success of the 1977-78 Wolver- ines, Farrell said, "the key is how well we replace Manery." Farrell can't help but smile knowing that. four out of the team's five top scorers will return this year, including sophomore Dan Lerg who scored 24 goals his first year, and went on a scoring binge throughout the playoffs. Also returning will be both goalies, seniors Rick Palmer and Frank Zimmerman. "We appear to be solid in that de- partment," Farrell said. In fact, the only Wolverine question mark should be the defense, which lost two of the best blue-liners to play at Mich- igan, Greg Natale and Rob Palmer. However, sophomore Dean Turner, a real crowd pleaser and senior John McCahill will be back. McCahill, the team captain, did an admirable job filling in for the injured Na- tale just as the first round of the conference playoffs was getting underway., Farrell has a nucleus of a solid team to work with, and it will probably respond with an- other successful season, but his optiimism doesn't rest there.' "With the scholarships being limited, we did very well in re- cruiting. There were a lot of excellent prospects, and we didn't get all that we wanted, but we did very well," said Far- rell. Joining the team in try- outs will be Tim Manning of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, a 5-11i, 185 pound defenseman. John Olver of North Burnaby, British Columbia, Gordie Hampson of Edina, Minne- sota and Jeff Mars of Duluth, Minnesota. Manning is a high scoring defenseman, and Olver, 6-1, 180, finished second in scoring' in his league with 142 points (53-89). Hampson, 6-3, 190, is the son of Ted Hampson who played in the National Hockey League. The younger Hampson is an All- State high school star and plays center. Mars, 6-0, 185, like Hampson, plays center and was named to the Duluth area All-City and All-Conference teams. Another recruit, goalie Rudy Varvari of Dearborn Heights, is expected to chal- lenge Palmer and Zimmer- man for a starting position. Looking at the past season Farrell said, "obviously it was a great season. We overcame a lot of obstacles to get as far as we did.' Michigan survived the long losing streak which dropped it into sixth place. But with the help of other conference teams, and a slump - ending sweep of Denver, the Wolverines pro- pelled up to third place where it eventually finished the season. Michigan's 12 straight wins tied a single season record and helpe' the Wolverines make a last minute run for second place. Notre Dame finally clinched that spot on the final day of the regular season 'by tying Wisconsin. The Irish wound .up a mere point ahead of the charging Wolverines. for Michigan's first round op- ponent in the WCHA playoffs was Michigan Tech, the one team Farrell did not want to play. But still red 'hot, the Wol- verines dumped the Huskies twice. Michigan stayed home for the semi-finals, where it had been nearly unbeatable all year, and played Denver. After a close 6-4 win, the Wol- yerines broke loose for an 11-4 whipping of the Pioneers to take the series 17 goals to 8, and earn a trip to Madison, Wis- consin for the first WCHA final series Previously, the WCHA only played first and second rounds in the playoffs. To compound matters further, the site was set for Hprtmay- er Arena, an old run down 2,000 seat arena, instead of the regular home of .the Bad- gers, the plush, 8,300 seat Dane County Coliseum. Wisconsin stopped Michigan cold, 4-0 and 5-4. But the Wol- verines still made the NCAA playoffs, their 13th appearance in the 30 year history of the tournament, another record. I The first-round playoff op- ponent was Bowling Green; champions of the Central Colle- title giate Hockey Association, (CC HA). The game was played at Yost and a lot of Falcon. 'sup- porters made the trip up the highway. There was a lot of noise from both the crowd and the teams as Michigan won 7-5. Now it was on to Detroit and semi-final foe Boston University, whose 12 appear- ances in the tourney ranked second only to Michigan. For the fourth straight year, the Terriers were eliminated in the first round, this time 6-4 by the Wolverines. Wisconsin made it another all-WCHA final by besting New Hampshire 4-3 in overtime, overcoming an early 3-1 deficit. The stage was set for Michi- gan, who had won more NCAA hockey titles than any other school (7), and Wisconsin, who was ranked number one nearly all year. The Badgers nursed 3-0 and 5-2 leads before the Wolverines fought back desperately to tie the game, 5-5, and nearly won it on Hoene's shot ,in the wan- ing minutes of the game. Wisconsin's Steve Alley scor- ed in the first half minute of overtime to give the Badgers the-national title. w1 -111.11 IIY III _ - .I I _.. j x Daily. Classifieds Get Results , REGENCTRAVEL INC.f Swr- ing the * UlltkCf"pitV (~toll1lnunitv---- Uilv. 1 lcitcrv Scvvicc: STUDENTS FACULTY STAFF Individuals or Groups/Domestic or International MAJOR CREDIT CARDS HONORED TICKET DELIVERY SERVICE TRAVELERS CHECKS * HOTELS CAR RENTALS + CRUISES £ udent &ke hilp SEKINE " ROYCE UNION SENTINAL . PEUGEOT LARGE STOCK OF NEW BICYCLES PARTS & SERVICE FOR ALL BRANDS ONE DAY REPAIR SERVICE 607 S. FOREST AT S. UNIVERSITY 662-6986 SatisfyingYour Full Travel Needs with Friendly Personavi 7e- Service Convenient Location: 601 E. William 'Corner Wilhiam & Maynard) Call 665-6122 Ann Arbor Daily Photo by ALAN BILINS Palmer ready for the rebound II All I Get Your Action On Ice This Winter , t Exciting Michigan Hockey At Yost Arena - The Fastest Game f . On Two Feetl '; . : ., l ' . 7 Michigan hockey almost reached the pinnacle last year, falling in overtime in the final game of the NCAA Tournament. This time around coach Dan Farrell has virtually the same cast as t'he Wolverines will be strong contenders for the Western Collegiate Hockey Associ- ation and NCAA crowns. Led by WCHA scoring champion and All-America Dave Debol, who has been described as "the Guy Lafleur of college hockey," Michigan is a high scoring, fast skating, hard checking outfit that provides action every minute of every contest. The Wolverines racked up the most wins and the most goals in Michigan history last season and Debol set the individual pace, matching Red Berenson's mark of 43 goals while total- ling the most points ever in a season. This season Debol should shatter every career scoring standard. There are 8,100 seats in Yost Ice Arena and every one of them provides an excellent view of one of the most exciting teams in college hockey. With 17 home games scheduled, there will be many opportunities to watch the Wolverines burn up the ice. Student se- tickets for the 17 contests are only $21 while i, 4 game tickets are $2. Season sales begin c 26, a date that should be marked by all hocke, country's best teams who want to enjoy one of the s. t ; ; :x ' ~ b< . , '4F .. All-America Dave Debol Scores Again 17 Home Games 1977-78 Home Schedule Ticket Information On Sale: Sept. 26 Student Season: $21.00 October 22 October 28-29 November11 S-.... November 18-19 December 2-3 January 20-21 February 3-4 ::{.February 17-18 .. . .....y..4-2. . h"}:: Y'.....y February242 Bowling Green Denver Michigan State Minnesota Wisconsin North Dakota Notre Dame Colorado College Michigan Tech Student Individual Game: $2.00