SPORTS The Michigan Daily Saturday, October 31, 1981 Page 7 icers trounce Toronto By MARK BOROWSKI All week in practice Michigan hockey coach John Giordano worked his team hard, after they stung Michigan Tech for twoavictories in Houghton, to prevent a letdown. And from the time the Wolverines took the ice last night before 2,713 hockey followers until the final buzzer sounded it was evident that Giordano's coaching had worked as his team totally dominated the University of Toronto Blues and skated to a 5-1 vic- tory. THE WOLVERINES continued where they left off last weekend playing a hard-hitting defensive game. Freshman netminder Jon Elliott started his third game of the season and allowed only one goal in the little over 35 minutes he played. Elliott picked up the win and senior Peter Mason finished the game in goal, stopping all seven shots he faced. Giordano was satisfied with the play of both his goalies. "Both played equally well," he said. "Something was really missing tonight. Maybe it was Speers scores two ,x goals in 5-1 victory the crowd. We really need to play well against this team. These guys are good. "I liked the way we moved the puck. We moved it well through the neutral zone.' THE BLUES couldn't get any offense going all night and.Michigan took ad- vantage of some scoring opportunities when they arose. Toronto's lackluster play could have been attributed to the fact that it beat archrival York Univer- sity last night 3-0 and had to make the five and a half hour bus ride to Ann Ar- bor early this morning. Although his team scored five goals, Giordano was not satisfied with the power play. "The power play was feeble. The defensive zone play was not bad," he said. "We've got the kids thinking about that now. "Toronto is a good team. Just because they're not in our league doesn't mean we shouldn't play well." MICHIGAN'S TED Speers opened the scoring at 15:50 of the first period. Toronto's Brad Andrews had just returned to the ice after serving a two- minute penalty for slashing as Wolverine left winger Paul Brandrup stickhandled the puck inside the. right face-off circle. He then dumped the puck off to Speers at the side of the net who managed to squeeze a nifty backhand past junior goalie Paul Fisher to give his team a 1-0 lead. The Wolverines continued to dominate play into the second period as winger Paul Kobylarz and Steve Yoxheimer each picked up their first goals of the game and Speers picked up his second. Kobylarz, a freshman from Livonia, notched his second goal of the season at 0:51 after receiving a perfect pass from Joe Milburn as the two rushed in on a two-on-one breakaway. SPEERS SIXTH goal of the season came a little over eight minutes later when he dashed from the penalty box into the slot and rifled a loose puck past a stunned Fisher. The final tally of the period came at 12:44 when sophomore Yoxheimer banged home a'Don Krussman pass from the corner to give Giordano and Co. a 4-1 advantage. It was the first shot Toronto's new goalie, Dave Jamieson who came on at 11:06 of the second ,period, faced. Toronto slipped its only goal of the game in against Elliott at 6:05 of the second period. Michigan failed to clear a rebound from in front of the fresh- man goaltender and the Blue's right winger Darren Lowe knocked the boun- cing puck into the net. The last goal of the evening was scored by freshman Dave McIn- tyre while teammate Paul Brandrup was in the penalty box for roughing. Senior Jeff Tessier started the play by breaking up a Toronto power play and then dumped the pass to McIntyre, who skated the length of the ice and just was able to slide the puck under the sprawling Jamieson. Daily Photo by MIKE LUCAS U THE MICHIGAN hockey team (above) celebrates a Steve Yoxheimer goal in the second period of the Wolverines, game against Toronto last night. This goal gave Michigan a 4-1 lead at the time. Senior Jeff Tessier (27) handles the Speers ... top scorer for 'M' Michigan now holds a 22-14-3 edge in the series that started between the two teams in 1937 with a 4-2 Toronto win. Last year the Wolverines collected a pair of 4-3 overtime wins and has won eight of the last nine games in the series. The win upped the Wolverines record to 3-0 on the season and Toronto's drop- ped to 3-2. The two teams will face-off again tonight at 7:30. Speer-ed puck (right) in front of goal. the Toronto FIRST PERIOD Scoring: 1. M-Speers (Brandup, Richmond) 15:540. Penalties: M-Richmond (highstieking) 2:01; TOR-Smith (highsticking) 2:01; TOR-Andrews (slashing) 13:44; M-Richmond (slashing) 18:26. O SECOND PERIOD Scoring: 2. M-Kobylarz (Milburn, Richmond) 0:51; 3. TOR-Lowe (Callaghan, Todd) 6:05; 4. M-Speers (Tippett, Krussman) 9:08; 5. M-Yoxheimer (Krussman, Perry) 12:44. Penalties: M--Speers (elbowing) 7:02; TOR-Eutenler (holding) 7:20; TOR-Medhurst (roughing) 7:40; TOR-Deane (slashing) 13:14; M-Luhdberg (highsticking) 19:34. THIRD PERIOD Scoring: 6. M-McIntyre (Tessier) 10:50. Penalties: TOR-Perry (hooking) 4:48; TOR-Todd (tripping) 6:19; TOR-Eutenier (cross. checking) 7:04; M-Brandrup (roughing) 9:23; M-Richter (interference) 11:30; M-Speers (roughing) 14:55; TOR-Eutenier (slashing) 16:55. SAVES Elliott (M) . . .....6 Fisher (TOR) ................ 8 Mason (b.................... - Henderson (TOR)...........- 3 .-- * - -17 4 , 3 7 -10 Doily Photo by MIKE LUCAS Pistons By JESSE BARKIN Special to the Daily PONTIAC- Rookie Isiah Thomas hit two free throws with 20 seconds left in the game to ice the Detroit Pistons 118- 113 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks in the season opener at the Silverdome last night. Thomas played incredibly well as the 6-1 guard scored 31 points and added 11 assists while turning the top Mii ball over only three times. Coach Scotty Robertson said, "He is a leader and he took advantage of things I didn't even see. He's got poise. He is not only a leader, he can score." THE BUCKS LED the entire game until the Pistons took a 110-109 lead with 4:25 left on a Terry Tyler layup which was set up by Thomas. Thomas then stole the ball and dribbled the length of waukee, 118-113 the court before he passed off to former Michigan star Phil Hubbard for a layup. Brian Winters scored on a jump shot to close the gap to one point, but Hub- bard scored again on another layup giving the Pistons a 114-111 lead. Hub- bard connected on 20 points for the game. The play got messy as both teams traded turnovers and with 24 seconds left Mickey Johnson scored on a layup inside on the Bucks third shot of the play. WITH 20 SECONDS remaining, Thomas was fouled by Johnson and went to the line with a chance to ice the game. He made both free throws to give the Pistons a 116-113 lead. Quinn Buckner missed a three- pointer with four seconds remaining in the contest. The Bucks were on fire at the begin- ning of the game as they shot 70 percent from the field in the first quarter as they raced to a 38-24 first quarter lead. The Pistons came alive in the second quarter. Thomas scored on a jumper, from a pass from Hubbard, then Thomas returned the favor as Hubbard scored on a short jumper to spark a 10-2 burst over the Bucks at the outset of the quarter. But the Bucks never gave up the lead and led by five before Thomas hit a 47-foot jumper at the buzzer to bring the Pistons within two points, 62- 60, at the half. THE PISTONS and the Bucks traded baskets in the third quarter and Thomas and Hubbard each scored 10 points in the quarter. At one point early in the third Thomas scored eight con- secutive points for the Pistons. Thomas understated his performan- ce, saying it "was all right. I think we played well as a team. We could have played better, I could have played bet- ter." mbe tbian 1OatI to4ohr 1r 4B Cormprehensive Coverag o --cip ta6 Days A W eek u i e -e.,, sF.l k . As you follow the Wolverines to another Rose Bowl, you'll be reading, about ALL sports, including intramral and club action.1 Thomas ... 31 points AP Photo PISTON'S FIRST-ROUND draft choice Isiah Thomas drives hard in first- quarter action last night. The rookie contributed 31points to Detroit's 118-113 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks last night at the Pontiac Silverdome. ANN ARBOR GOLD AND SILVER EXCHANGE . t . ..a...... _& *996-059 1