0 SPORTS 01 Friday;,October 23, 1981 The Michigan Daily face opener and tying the Bulldogsi time in the annual Hall of Fam on Saturday night in Eveleth, M: The Wolverines won their on up game, 3-2, against CCHA Ferris State. But it didn't giv coach John Giordano much of dication of which of the icers isg be key, especially newcomers. didn't serve as much of a war terms of which units and syste work the best. "Our special teams are not yet," said Giordano. "The power just not ready. You have to fi people and you have to find the through game situations and was not a good indicative oppo for those people." BUT THAT'S not even Gio biggest question mark. The big' be in the nets, where it is still a n as to who will start tonight's gam Giordano took senior net Peter Mason and f:reshmap Jon on the trip and its anybody s gu will start the opener, but bo probably see action sometime the two-game series. Mason has the edge as far perience, but its not much of an tage, as he only saw action in on of one regular season game lasts "MASON IS playing prett although he's given up som goals," said Giordano. But he very high on Elliott, who is a touted recruit from Spencervi tario. "Elliott, who has been in for t four scrimmages, hasn't allowe yet in a game situation;," G said. Along with his relatively high for the untested Michigan goal corps, Giordano isn't exactly in Tech's veteran pair of netminder "I THINK THEY (Tech) hav weaknesses and I think one weaknesses is in the net," .h "Darcy Way is not a good goal (Rob) PolmanTuin is a head cas always getting in trouble, and think he's the kind of goaltend (head coach) John MacInnesL on strong in over- have there. e Game "Tom Allen's a freshman, the kid inn. from Ann Arbor," Giordano continued. ly tune- "And I think our goaltending is just as rival, good as theirs." ve head Michigan's strong point and advan- f an in- tage, if they have one, will be defense. going to That, however, like everything else, is , and it untested. m-up in "I THINK THAT our defensemen are ims will still not playing the body 100 percent of the time," said Giordano. "If they play t ready the body 100 percent of the time, that r play is will be our strength because they 'have find the experience handling the puck, they're people strong, they've been through the game Ferris situation before." ortunity Four seniors return to anchor the Wolverine defense, including co- rdano's captains Steve Richmond, who was the test will leading scorer last year, and Dave mystery Richter, along with Brian Lundberg ne. and Mark Perry. But with Giordano's ;minder defensive philosophy, it isn't just the n Elliott blueliners who play defense, it is ess who everyone on the ice. )th will "Another one of our strengths will be during our defensive zone play by the five guys, not including the goalie, inside as ex- the blue *line," Giordano said. But advan- opening against Tech didn't give it as e period much time to jell as Giordano would season. have liked. ty well "I THINKt THE defensive zone e easy coverage should be better," he said. "If seems we could have brought it along slower, I highly- think by Christmas we would have been lie, On- pretty good. We don't have the time to deal with it." three or But Giordano thinks his Wolverine, d a goal defense is just as good as the Huskies'. iordano "The big separating point is our offen- se," he said. regard "They have great offensive players tending and we don't. That's the difference. awe of They are a great offensive weapon. rs. They have three lines that skate like re some crazy and shoot the puck." of the TECH HAS AN awesome first line, e said. including veterans Bill Terry (1 goal-2 itender. assists-3 points), Ron Zuke (3-1-4) se. He's and Mike Lauen (2-3--5). I don't Michigan, on the other hand, doesn't ler that have people "who can just take the likes to puck and score," according to Gior- rech dano. "W have a great system, the offen- sive zone play, and hopefully that system will lead our offensive players to score more goals," he said. "That is the weakest-that is blaring right now." THE OFFENSIVE zone isn't the only place the Wolverines have a different look than the Huskies'. A peek behind the benches reveals a stark differen- ce-in the coaches. Giordano, -in his fir- st full season as Michigan coach, faces the winningest coach in college hockey history in MacInnes. Ai-in-all, though, there is a good at- titude irk the camp. "We're as ready for Tech as we'll ever be," said junior Ted 0 Richmond ... leads defensive corps Speers. "It's like starting at the top of the mountain, but we're confident." "We do have a good attitude," added co-captain Richter. Perhaps the most optimistic is Gior- dano. "I think it's going to be a good series," he said. "People are saying that we're going to get blown out and I don't think we're going to get blown out." That's about as optimistic as one can be when opening, the season in Houghton. 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