'M' playoff picture settled
The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, March 3, 1981-Page 13
By TOM SHAHEEN
Another Michigan team is heading
vest.
Coach John Giordano's icers begin
playoff action this weekend-not in
sumy Pasadena, but in the serene set-
tih$ of the Rocky Mountains-against
the Denver Pioneers.
THIS WILL BE the second meeting
between fourth-place Denver and the
fifth-place Wolverines. Michigan swept
the first series at Yost Arena, 9-4 and 7-
5.' The two teams will play a pair of
games at Denver University Arena,
and the team which scores the most
oals in the series will advance to round
wo of the WCHA playoffs.
The Pioneers have lost four games in
a row, including last weekend's double
besting by the WCHA's regular season
chirnpion, Minnesota. Denver will look
to winger Ken Berry and center Andy
Hill to provide the scoring punch. And
tlie-Wolverines must contend with net-
minder Scott Robinson, one of the top
goalkeepers in the WCHA.
O0uluth at Minnesota
The Golden Gophers will be playing
Duluth minus Neal Broten-considered
by many as the finest collegiate hockey
player in America, who dislocated his
left elbow two weeks ago against this
same Duluth team.
But the rest of the Minnesota scoring
machine will be on hand to face the
Bulldogs. The powerful Gopher attack
is led by Steve Ulseth, the WCHA
scoring champion, and runner-up
Aaron Broten. Duluth was drubbed by
Minnesota just a couple of weeks ago, 5-
2 and 9-1.
Colorado College at Wisconsin
The series between the Badgers aid
Colorado College has been moved back
to Saturday and Sunday nights because
of scheduling problems in Madison. The
extra- day's rest should help the Tigers,
who are licking their wounds inflicted
in the Michigan State series last week.
The WCHA's cellar occupant upended
Colorado College with two overtime
victories in East Lansing, 6-5 and 5-4.
Bruce Aikens is the team's leading
scorer, and is supported on defense by
Doug Lidster and Marc Chorney.
Coach Bob Johnson's icers are led by
Ron Vincent, Scott Lecy and center
John Newberry. And Terry Kleisenger
will perform the goaltending duties for
the second-place Badgers.
North Dakota at Tech
North Dakota, last season's NCAA
champions, finished in sixth place this
year in the WCHA. Gino
Gasparini's icers are a young team,
and have had a successful season for
the most part, but faltered badly
towards the end of the year.
Michigan Tech, who wasted the
Wolverines twice last weekend,
features goaltender Frank Krieber, an
outstanding senior. The Huskies, not an
offensive powerhouse, finished sur-
prisingly high in the WCHA accordng to
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WCHA STANDINGS
(FINAL)
W L T Pts.
1. Minnesota (28-9).....20
2. Wisconsin (23-12)a ..... 17
3. Michigan Tech (22-13-1) 17
4. Denver (22-13-2)........15
5. MICHIGAN (21-15)b ... 15
6. North Dakota (21-13-2) . 14
7. Colorado College (15-17) 12
8. Minnesota-Duluth(16-20-1) 11
9. Notre Dame (13-21-2) .. 9
10. Michigan State (12-22-2) 7
Key: a - 2nd place via goal differential
b- 5th place via goal differential
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HOCKEY MAGAZINE-ESPN
Poll
Votes
1. Minnesota (7)..................97
2. Clarkson (3)...................93
3. Michigan Tech ..................73
4. Northern Michigan ..............68
5. Wisconsin .......................58
6. New Hampshire .................36
7. Colgate .........................32
8. Denver ..........................25
9. MICHIGAN .....................23
10. North Dakota ....................14
WCHA SCORING LEADERS
(FINAL)
their coach, John MacInnes. Tech's fine
defensive play has earned it the home
ice advantage this weekend.
CCHA Notes:
Only four teams qualify for the Cen-
tral Collegiate Hockey Association's
playoffs. Bowling Green travels to
Marquette to face Northern Michigan
for a two game series, and Ohio State
plays host to Ferris State.
WEEKEND SCORES
Michigan Tech 5-5, MICHIGAN 4-2
Michigan State 6-5, Colorado College 5(OT)-4(OT)
Minnesota 3-4, Denver 0-3
Minnesota-Duluth 7-7, North Dakota 3-6
Notre Dame 4-0, Wisconsin 2-7
PLAYOFFS
Friday/Saturday
MICHIGAN at Denver
Minnesota-Duluth at Minnesota
Saturday/Sunday
Colorado College at Wisconsin
North Dakota at Michigan Tech
GP
1. Steve Ulseth, Minnesota........28
2. Aaron Broten, Minnesota ....... 28
3 Troy Murray, North Dakota..... 28
4. Neal Broten, Minnesota..........25
5. Butsy Erickson, Minnesota . 27
6. Bruce Aikens, Colorado College. 26
7. Phil Sykes, North Dakota........28
8. Scott Lecy, Wisconsin.........28
9. Steve Richmond, MICHIGAN... 28
10. John Blum, MICHIGAN........ 28
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By MARTHA CRALL
The Michigan hockey team continued
its hot streak through the first weekend
of spring break before turning ice cold
last weekend.
The icers swept Denver, then tied for
first place in the WCHA, 9-4 and 7-5, to
extend their winning streak to seven
games before losing two games to
Michigan Tech, 5-4 and 5-2.
Jeff Mars collected four goals and
*wo assists to earn co-WCHA Player of
the Week honors and pace the
Wolverines against Denver. The Mich-
igan offense, which averaged eight
goals per game during the winning
streak, dominated the Pioneers, who
have been among the leaders in defense
this season. Denver's offense, which
was second in power play scoring,
capitalized on only one of six power
play opportunities on Friday night. But
thanks to 13 Wolverine penalties the
' ollowing evening, the Pioneers scored
hree of their five goals with a one-man
advantage.
Paul Fricker and Rudy Varvari each
picked up a win in the series.
Then the Huskies came to town, but
they weren't the least bit intimidated
by the red-hot Wolverines. On Friday
night, Tech was down 4-2 in the third
period, but it wasn't out, as the prover-
bial roof caved in on the Wolverines
vith a little more than 13 minutes left in
the game. The Huskies scored three
straight goals - two on power plays - in
a relatively penalty-free game to hum-
ble Michigan.
Giordano started Varvari on Satur-
day, before 8,207 bi-partisan fans, the
largest crowd of the season and second
largest in Yost Arena history. But it
was the Huskies' fans who went home
happy, as Tech scored five unanswered
goals after the Wolverines had taken a
2-0 first period lead, to knock Michigan
into fifth place and earn third place for
themselves in the final standings.
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