APuck/ Icer's question mark-.. ofense lacks consistency By KENT WALLEY F RUSTRATION. Frustration was the Word of the day for the Wolverine icers Friday night at Bowling Green. Despite' the loss of key defensemen Tim Manning and John Blum, the defense played admirably well. It was the offense that was lacking. Time and time again the players could be seen slamming their sticks on the ice or throwing up their arms in frustration. The players had just cause for frustration. Friday night is a prime example. Michigan was completely shut out in the'first period, finally scored in the second and missed several golden opportunities in the third, any of which could have won the game for them. The first period was an extremely emotional one. Play was stopped at least ten times because of fights or violence. Was Bowling Green trying to capitalize on the unfortunate circumstances that had taken place during the week's concerning the hazing? Were they trying to provoke the Wolverines into fighting and break their concentration on the game? I think so. It was obvious that at times the Bowling Green players were verbally and physically taunting the Wolverines. For a while it worked. Then in the second period Michigan tried to play hockey. The fighting in- cidents were almost eliminated and finally a goal was scored. But in the third period it was again frustration that haunted the Blue icers. Down by just one goal, the Wolverines were given two power play op- portunities! But both times the icers failed to score. In the second power play opportunity Michigan fired slapshot after slap- shot only to see each deflected by Falcon goalie Wally Charko. When the Blue finally did tie the game with just 38 seconds left to play the goal was ac- tually knocked in by a Bowling Green player. He was so upset after the score that he could not raise himself off the ice where he had fallen in front of the goal. For approximately one minute he just laid there face down motionless on the ice. The goalie, obviously aware of what had happened, bowed his head on the top of the net for an equally long period of time. Suspensions hindered Blue attack This apparent lack of offense could be due in part to the suspensions of, the key defenseman. This severely hurt the Wolverine attack. Michigan simply could not clear the puck out of its end. My hat goes off to Fricker who was under constant fire especially in the first two, periods. To hold the Falcons to just three goals was quite an achievement. This constant pressure was also felt by the offense. The icers must have felt they had to score eyery time they took the puckup the ice, simply, because they didn't get it up the ice very often. An example of this was when Bruno Basseotto with an opportunity to take a shot, hit the goal post. He must have felt that the shot had to be perfect. Over and over again the offense was forced to go for the perfect shot simply because they didn't have many opportunities. The Falcons out shot the Wolverines 71 to 57. I suppose someone might argue that there was no lack of offense at home Saturday night but I would have to differ with that opinion. First of all the Falcons were playing their backup goalie all game. His netminding was nowhere near as good as the starter Charko was the night before. The power play goals that were scored Saturday were often lucky slap- shots slipping through several players who were screening the backup goalie David and into the net. I was disappointed not to see the offense get to the inexperienced net minder sooner. Before the icers are ready to take on the better competition in the; WCHAS, they had better sharpen their offensive skills. Regaining the defen- semen who were lost may help take some of the pressure off the offense, but they had better improveon the lackluster showing they gave us, especially on the powerplays both Friday and Saturday night. The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, October 21, 1980-Page 9 SPORTS OF THE DAILY Action By DREW SHARP The Big Ten's faculty representa- tives may use disciplinary action against the University of Illinois as' punishment for maintaining the eligibility of illini quarterback Dave Wilson, according to the University's faculty representative. Prof. Thomas J. Anton, reached in Chicago where the meeting was held, sai'd that a decision on the exact course of action would be reached today, the final day of the two-day conference. "We are not certain yet on which method of action ie will take," said An- ton. "On the openipg day, we were mainly discussing legislation which will be brought up at the conference conven- tion. That was the main purpose of this meeting." Perhaps, but the shadow of the Wilson matter still loomed heavy over this gathering. "As far as we're concerned, the situation with Wilson is over since the courts have considered him eligible," continued Anton. "However some definite action , against the school (Illinois) will be taken into con- sideration although exactly what I can't be sure of right now." The junior transfer from Fullerton Junior College in California has gained national noteriety in his quest to obtain eligibility in the Big Ten. This summer, he was granted an opportunity to play, which was denied when the conference said that the university was given false transcripts at the time. t Wilson then took the matter to the courts. He sued the conference and ob- tained an injunction which allowed him to play in the Illini's games. The con- ference went to Circuit Court and had the injunction erased, after which, Sports On Tap WOMEN'S FIELD HOCKEY Oct. 21 vs. Bowling Green, at Bowling Green, OH Oct. 22 vs. Central Michigan, at Mt. Pleasant Oct. 25 Ball State MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY Oct. 25 Central Collegiate Champion- ships, at East Lansing, WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL Oct. 21 vs. Grand Valley, Ferris State, at Allendale Oct. 24-25 Big Ten Tournament, at Champaign, IL FOOTBALL Oct. 25 Illinois (Homecoming) MEN'S HOCKEY Oct. 24 Western Michigan Oct. 25 atWestern Michigan, at Kala- mazoo against Wilson's attorneys addressed the Court of Appeals and had the young quarter- back declared eligible once again. The Big Ten was not going to stand for this and decided to take the matter up to the Illinois Supreme Court, but there they were met with disappointment as the state's highest court upheld the Appeals decision, and thus set the stage for this meeting. Wilson obviously is not letting all the bickering affect his play because last Saturday, he threw for a conference record 425 yards in a losing effort against Purdue. Women thinclads sixth Winning isn't everything. The women's Cross Country team proved this weekend at the Big Ten Champion- ship meet that sportsmanship apd team spirit come before winning. Although the team placed sixth in the 5,000 meter race, there were two separate incidents which, according to coach Red Simmons, showed a great deal of "class" in the players. In one incident, while the players ran on the Ohio State University golf cour- se, U of M runner Lynn Fudala stepped in a hole and fell, pulling her calf muscle. Some of her team members stopped running and helped her up. She then continued the race and finished 45th, Michigan's fifth place runner. "We could have placed fifth in the -competition if the girls wouldn't have stopped," said Simmons. "It makes me proud of the Michigan girls to know they were willing to sacrifice their places to help each other." In the second incident, Suzie Frederick came to the finish line and was given a 20th place card. Frederick, on her own initiative, turned to the judge and told him she had actually come in 21st. "It really demonstrated true spor- tsmanship and fairness on the part of Suzie Frederick," said Simmons. "The meet was mismanaged and it was an 36M SESSION at out# 1140 South University 668-8411 Illinois possible honorable thing for her to do. I don't unusually low score of 57 points. think many woulddo such a thing." Wisconsin placed second with 71, MSU The meet was an improvement over third with 73, Ohio State fourth (79), last year in which the team tied for and Iowa fifth (113). Michigan tallied: seventh place. "We improved. That's 142 points, while Indiana, Minnesota, the important thing," said Simmons. Illinois and Northwestern rounded out' Melanie Weaver, who has been the the field. team's most outstanding runner, again Rose Thomson, the defending chain- did a fine job, finishing eighth out of 67 pion from Wisconsin, managed to cap runners. ture first place again with a time of The other team members who 17:06.1.w" qualified for- the scoring were: Frederick, Lisa Larsen-25th, AnnetteAR r Penilo-43rd,and Lynn Fudala-45th. -VAL SAMARAS and Purdue took the meet with an SUSAN SOLTERO CONTACT LENSES Contact Lens Special $178.50 includes exam, fitting, dispensing, follow-up visits, starter kits, and 6 month check up. *Includes a second pair of hard lenses Dr. Paul C. Uslan, Optometrist 545 Church Street 769-1222 by appointment All frames 20% off with this ad OFFER EXPIRES FRI., Oct. 31 r WE CAN 'T GET BLOOD FROM A STONE. H ti../ ' .. WE NEED YOU.... y uL- plasma. can save lives. 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