The Michigan Daily-Saturday, December 3; 77-Page 9
LERG SCORES FOUR IN 11-3 WIN
Icers feast on B
f By GARY KICINSKI
You could practically hear shouts
if TAKE NO PRISONERS! !! last night
is the Michigan ice hockey team,
coring eight straight goals, crushed
he defending N.CAA champion Wiscon-
in Badgers, 11-3, last night before 6,364
ans at Yost Arena.
A four-goal performance by
ophomore centerman Dan Lerg was
one of several milestones reached
luring the evening. ,Michigan coach
)an Farrell recorded his 100th
4ichigan victory, and senior Dave
ebol became Michigan's all-time
ssist leader with three of them,
assing Gordon McMillan, who had 114.
ebol now has 116.
WISCONSIN goaltender Julian
aretta had a rough night, giving up all
.1 goals. Badger coach Bob Johnson,
aying he "felt sorry for Julian,"
efused to pull him for fear of ruining
s confidence. "There's no way to stop
ose tip-ins," Johnson added, refering
several of Michigan's goals.
Farrell called the Michigan attack
"awesome, simple awesome. I thought
.the first period was the best period of
hockey we've been in this year."
LERG SCORED two of his goals in
the opening period, with the second one
coming on a shot from the right boards,
bouncing in off of a Badger defen-
seman.
The breaks were going Michigan's
way all night, both offenisively and
defensively. Numerous passes from
behind the net found Badger forwards
in the slot, but they were seldom able to
convert as a Michigan defenseman of-
ten rode the man off the puck.
Michigan emerged from the exciting
first period with a 3-2 lead, but Wiscon-
sin tied it at the 8:22 mark of the second
period on a goal by captain Mike Eaves.
FROM THEN on it was all Michigan,
and the fans loved it. Thre goals in a
two-minute span by Kip Maurer, Ben
Kawa and Mark Miller gave the icers
their 6-3 lead, and Kawa tallied again
with just five seconds left in the period
on a sensational pass from John
Waymann. Waymann's pass from his
own blue line found Kawas
near the Badger blue line,
took it all the way in with ac
on his back and beat Baretta
Instead of sitting on thei
lead, Michigan came out gu
third period. Lerg tallied hi
when Baretta held onto a R
shot and then cleared it rig
who promptly took advan
favor, making it 8-3 just 58,
the stanza.
Sophomore Doug Todd deci'
on the action, makinga
deflection of a Debol shot
mark.
THEN LERG notched h
on a play similar to Kat
goal. This time defensema
ner took the puck from g
adgers
streaking in Zimmerman near his own net and rifled
and Kawa a pass to Lerg near the Badger blue
defenseman line. Lerg skated in alone and beat
. Baretta cleanly, pushing the margin to
ir four goal 1-
inning in the 10-3.
s third goal With the crowd still screaming for
Mark Miller more, Michigan put the red light on for
the 11th time when freshman Gordie
ght to Lerg, Hampson tipped in a shot from the stick
geconds into of Rod Pacholzuk.
The 11 goals were the most given up
ded to get in by a Wisconsin team since the second
d beautiful game of the 1963 season, when the
at the 2:41 Badgers re-entered the conference.
Farrell acknowledged that the vic-
is final goal tory was a sweet one, but "we're not
wa's second vindictive," refering to Michigan's six
n Dean Tur- losses in seven games to Wisconsin last
oalie Frank year, including the overtime loss in the
NCAA finals.
The champs are chumps
FIRST PERIOD
scoring: 1. W-Ulseth (Romanchuk, Eaves) 2:38; 2. M-Lerg (Miller) 3:50; 3. M-Lerg (Thayer)
8:09; 4. W-Lecy (Mark Johnson, Ulseth) 15:13; 5. M-Todd (Debol) 18:52.
Penalties: W-Welsh (cross-checking) 7:03; W-Eaves (high-sticking) 10:07; W-Eaves (roughing)
10:07; M-Coffman (cross-checking) 10:07; M-Coffman (roughing) 10:07; M-Pacholzuk (tripping)
14:03; M-Turner (tripping) 19:48.
SECOND PERIOD
Scoring:* 6. W-Eaves (McIntosh, Ulseth) 8:22; 7. M-Maurer (Wheeler, Hoene) 11:12; 8. M,-Kawa
(Todd, Bebol) 12:28; 9. M-Miller (Lerg, Coffman) 13:05; 10. M-Kawa (Wayman) 19:55.
Penalties: M-Maurer (cross-checking) 8:46; W-Graurer (tripping) 15:55; M-Lerg (elbowing) 15:55;
W-Graurer (roughing) 19:17; M-Todd (roughing) 19:17.
THIRD PERIOD
Scoring: 11. M-Lerg (unassisted) 0:58; 12. M-Todd (Debol, Kawa) 2:41; 13. M-Lerg (Turner, Zim-
merman) 12:18; 14. M-Hampson (Pacholzuk) 17:02.
Penalties: W-Ulseth (holding) 12:54.
Scoring by periods
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11 WOLVERINE WING Bill Thayer fights for possession of the puck with a
3 Wisconsin defender behind the Wisconsin goal last night. Michigan won most of
the battles, destroying the Badgers 11-3 and gaining a considerable measure
T of revenge for the 6-5 overtime loss in the NCAA finals last March. Te win
26 pulled Michigan into a tie with Wisconsin for second place in the WCIIA at 8-3..
BULLS BULLY PACERS
Ford sparks
Tar Heels
SCORES
NII L
Cleveland 3,Washington 2
NBA
Seattle 111, Boston 89
Chicago 107, Indiana 102
Kansas City 108, DETROIT 97
Washington 108, Milwaukee 95
COLLEGE
North Carolina 79, Duke 66
Syracuse 90, LeMoyne 62
Doily Photo by JOHN KNOX
THAT'S MICHIGAN'S Mike Coffman sprawled on the ice in the first period of
last night's game. Fortunately, the junior was not badly hurt, and got up to
collect an assist in the second stanza. Teammates Dan Lerg (11), Dean Turner
(3) and Mark Miller (4) look on in various stages of concerns as Coffman is
tended to.
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Memories of March...
... boost hopes for future
By PAUL CAMPBELL
One of the most memorable scenes I've witnessed in 21 years as a
sports fanatic happened on a Saturday night last March when I entered
Olympia moments before the start of the NCAA hockey championship game
between Michigan and Wisconsin.
Michigan had reached the finals with a routine 6-4 dispatching of peren-
nial Eastern bridesmaid Boston University, while Wisconsin had to come up
with an overtime goal to nip stubborn New Hampshire 4-3. Both games were
played in front of good, but hardly capacity, crowds.
So I didn't expect much on that Saturday night. As a fan of college
hockey, I would have been pleased if 10,000 people forsook the comfort of
their living rooms to come down and check out the biggest college game of
the year. Not too much to ask.
It turned out to be much too little.-
The loud" buzz coming from within as I took a ride on the "World's
Longest Escalator" was a clue that something special was happening inside.
Sure enough, when I finally reached the end of the tunnel, I saw the light.
The stands were overflowing. Everywhere were fans spotting school
colors. Banners covered the facing of the upper deck. Thunderous cheers
greeted the introduction of every player.
I knew there was something else that seemed unusual, but it took a
while for me to realize what. Then it hit me: Olympia had been redecorated
in red. It looked like Moscow on May Day.
What it really was was an invasion from Madison. Over half the fans
had driven 10 hours to see their Badgers. And each one was wearing a red
hat or a scarlet jacket or a crimson shirt or all of the above.
The momentum of that evening is still acting upon Wisconsin fans. As
coach Bob Johnson put it at yesterday's Blue Line luncheon, "The demand
for season tickets was incredible. And we've been setting records every
game-we filled the place (Dane County Memorial Coliseum, the largest
college hockey facility in the land) all last year, but even more people are
coming now. Each game we just put in one more chair and keep breaking
records."
Johnson is an unabashed booster of college hockey. H's lost two star
players this year to the Peterborough Petes of the Canadian Junior "A"
League. Craig Norwich and Mike Meeker both thought junior hockey was
a surer route to the pros. But Johnson says no. "College hockey has never
given the pros a first round draft choice and the juniors hold that against
us. But I think that the players in college now are just as good as the juniors
By The Associated Press
GREENSBORO, N.C.-All-American
guard Phil Ford and forward Mike
O'Koren pumped in 23 points each as
second-ranked North Carolina over-
whelmed Duke in the second half to
take a 79-66 victory last night in the
opening round of the Big Four basket-
ball tournament.
The Tar Heels overcame their cold
shooting in the opening period with a
furious second-half battle during which
the lead changed 13 times. North
Carolina took over for good with just
under eight minutes remaining.
Forward Jim Spanarkel led the Blue
Devils with 26 points, 18 from the free
throw line.Duke centerMike Gminski
added 20 and Blue Devil freshman
Eugne Banks scored just eight poin-
ts-six in the first half-before fouling
out with 7:05 remaining.
North Carolina took the lead for good
on a tip-in by O'Koren, making it 58-57.
Ford added two points from the foul line
before the Blue Devils once again drew
within one point on a basket by Gmin-
ski.
Tar Heel reserve center Gregg Crom-
pton then scored on a dunk shot and,
with 5:23 remaining, the Tar Heels
went into their four-corners offense.
Despite the slowdown, the Tar Heels
rattled off 17 points in the four-corners
while Duke could manage just six.
* * *
Artis-tic win
INDIANAPOLIS-Center Artis Gil-
more scored 27 points last night,
sparking the Chicago Bulls to a 107-102
National Basketball Association vic-
tory over the Indiana Pacers.
Chicago outscored Indiana 18-2 within
a seven-minute period to open a 70-50
advantage with 6:38 left in the third
quarter.
The streak began with 11 seconds left
in the first half as John Mengelt hit a
jump shot, giving Chicago a 54-48 half-
time advantage.
The Bulls scored the first six points of
the second half on a layup by Gilmore, a
Scott May jump shot and a layup by
Mickey Johnson.
John Williamson's jump shot made
the score 60-50 and the Bulls scored 10
straight points.
Indiana pulled back in the game with
a 13-point streak that began on Mike
Flynn's jump shot with 3:40 left in the
third quarter.
Flynn had six and Adrian Dantley,
who led all scorers with 30 points, had
five during the two-minute streak.
Gilmore's two free throws and jump
shot helped give the Bulls a 78-69 lead
going into the fourth period.
Indiana came within five points
several times in the final quarter.
Barons bottle Caps
LANDOVER, Md. - Dennis Maruk
scored his 14th goal of the season with
just 1:38 remaining last night, giving
the Cleveland Barons a 3-2 victory over
Washington and extending the Capitals'
National Hockey League winless streak
to 18 games.
Mike Fidler had opened the scoring
with a power play goal for Cleveland.
The rebound of Greg Smith's shot from
the blue line bounced directly to Dave
Gardner, whose shot from 15 feet boun-
ced into the net off Fidler's shoulder.
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