Page 8-Thursday, November 6, 1980-The Michigan Daily
SOPHOMORE THIRD LEADING SCORER
Krussman walks onto hockey scene
By MARTHA CRALL
The life of a walk-on. It means extra
razzing and chiding by the guy on "full
rides." It means working twice as hard
in an attempt to gain recognition and
respect.
One such athlete is sophomore center
Don Krussman of the Michigan hockey
team. The soft-spoken Fraser High
School graduate, who failed to see ac-
tion in a single game last season has, in
six games, accumulated three goals
and five assists for eight points, which
puts him third on the Blue scoring list
behind alternate captain Steve Rich-
mond (12 points) and senior linemate
Gordie Hampson (9 points). Yet
Krussman is stingy with self-praise and
generous in giving credit to others.
"THE GOOD line I'm in is why I'm
having success right now," he said,
praising leftwinger Hampson and
junior right winger Dennis May. "Other
lines have been switched around, but
ours has stayed the same, which has
helped us out."
Krussman, at 6-1 and 180 pounds, has
played hockey for 12 years, since he
was nine. It is a sport he loves, but he
tries to keep it in perspective.
"I came to Michigan for the school. I
had offers (to play hockey) from other,
smaller schools, but I thought Michigan
was a better school, and that was what
was important," Krussman said. He is
enrolled in LSA, but undecided about
his major.
WHEN HE came to Michigan, hockey
wasn't the first and foremost thing on
his mind. In fact, Krussman didn't
really think he had much of a chance to
make the team at all. ""I tried to be
realistic," he said. "I told myself, 'If I
make the team, great, if not, that's the
breaks'."
But he did make the team. It wasn't
all easy after that, though. The work
had only begun.
"Last year, when I first made the
team, I was so far down the ladder
(compared to the veterans and players
who had been recruited),'" Krussman
said. "It is a big jump from high school
to college. Most of the team had played
junior hockey, which is a lot closer to
college hockey (in competitiveness),"
he continued. "It took me awhile to ad-
just."
KRUSSMAN PLAYS on a Wolverine
teamthat has lost its three top scorers
from last season and has been picked in
several pre-season WCHA polls to finish
ninth or tenth (last) in th4 division this
season. While the polls don't make
much of a difference to Krussman one
way or another, the effect is not lost.
"I'm not an individual standout, by
any means, and there isn't likely to be
another star like last year," Krussman
said. "I know, though, that I play with'
players who complement me. We com-
plement each other. There is no stan-
dout line, but we all work very hard. In
my line, I know, we complement each
other. We have the same playing
style."
Krussman is getting used to Michigan
hockey and developing his own style of
play, but at this point he says, "It's all
fairly new to me. You know, I don't
have any revenge or anything for any
other teams, yet."
HOCKEY TAKES up most of
Krussman's time during the summer,
as well as during the season. He has to
budget his time during the school year,
and finds it rather difficult.
"I really have to concentrate on
schoolwork when I get finished with
practice," he said. "I want to relax
sometimes instead of work. It's pretty
hard because inside, I do think a lot
about hockey. It's a lot of time of every
day. And (study) time just slips away
from me."
Krussman has a tendency to un-
derestimate his ability, thinking that
his making the team as a walk-on had a
lot to do with timing and doing what the
coach wanted to see, when he wanted to
see it.
What Don Krussman wants is to do
well at what he does, and try to keep his
priorities in perspective. He sums up
his attitude about his life right now:
"Hockey is very important. School is
very, very important, though. I just
have to remember to remember that."
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Sophomore center Don Krussman, with
8 points already this season, dives for
the puck in front of Bowling Green's
net at Yost.
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Ailing icer coach to
miss another series
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By DAN CONLIN
Michigan hockey coach Wilf Martin
continues to suffer from a stomach
ailment and will miss his third straight
series when the Wolverines play
Michigan State in a home-and-home
series this weekend.
While members of Martin's family.
and team officials refused to disclose
the specific nature of the first-year
head coach's illness,"Athletic Director
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Don Canham said he does not expect
Martin to return behind the bench "for
quite a while."
ASSISTANT COACH John Giordano
has temporarily assumed the head
coaching duties in Martin's absence.
Martin left the team and was
hospitalized the Monday following
Michigan's season-opening series with
Bowling Green, officials said. Canham
said he did not know whether Martin
has been released from the hospital,
and officials refused to disclose the
name of the hospital where Martin was
staying.
All three major hospitals in the Ann
Arbor-Ypsilanti area-University
Hospital, Veterans Administration
Hospital, and St. Joseph's Mercy
Hospital-said Martin's name was not
on their patient records.
MARTIN'S WIFE also refused, to
discuss her husband's ailment.
Martin, who replaced seven-year
head coach Dan Farrell last spring,
earned two varsity letters while playing
for Michigan during the 1963-64 and
1964-65 seasons. During the former
campaign, he scored 34 goals to propel
the Wolverines to an NCAA champion-
ship.
A native of Alberta, Martin was
named captain of the icers for the '64-65
season, but an age limit rule prevented
him from playing more than two
seasons.
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By GREG DeGULIS
If there existed a theme song for the Michigan Wolverine hockey trip
to Minnesota, it had to be "Frustrated" by the Knack. The Michigan icers
traveled to Minneapolis to do battle with the powerful Golden Gophers, and
as expected, the competitors from the Land of 10,000 Lakes easily disposed
of the Wolverines. Or did they?.
In fact, Michigan skated evenly with the Gophers for much of the series
only to be frustrated when it came time to match Minnesota goal for goal.
Some images portraying the plight of the Wolverines in Minneapolis follow:
Frustration. The sprawled body of weary Michigan goaltender Paul
Fricker lying face down in the crease after yet another Minnesota slapshot.
from the point was deflected into the nets.
Frustration. Sophomore center Don Krussman slamming his stick on
the ice after a Wolverine rush on the Minnesota goal was once again
thrawted by goalie Paul Butters.
Frustration. Captain defenseman Tim Manning skating with the referee
pleading for 'some type of explanation on a few disputed calls which did not
go in Michigan's favor.
Frustration. Senior left wing Gordie Hampson firing rebound after
rebound at the Gopher gojl early in the second game only to be turned away
by a superb effort from the Minnesota goalie Butters.
Frustration. Senior defense-
man John Blum skating to the
penalty box for the second time in
one period amidst a thunderous
standing ovation from the Min-
nesota fans.
All in all, the frustrated
Wolverines did not play as poorly
as the 9-4 and 5-2 losses would in-
dicate. Taking into consideration
the off-ice troubles experienced
by the hockey team plus the
caliber of the opposition,
Michigan surprisingly managed
to skate with Minnesota for most
of the series.
One Wolverine off-ice problem
which has evolved into a more
serious situation is the fact that Fricker
Michigan head coach Wilf Martin.bombarded
did not make the trip to Min-
nesota. Assistant caoch John Giordano now directs the team in most of
the games and seems to be conducting a lot of the practice sessions as well.
Martin has experienced health problems which are all but eliminating his
coaching reign over the icers.
Another problem haunting Michigan offensively is the departure of
sophomore Bruno Baseotto, who took his 76-point scoring total from last year
and defected to Canada, citing "negative publicty" surrounding last month's
hazing incident. Michigan needs more consistent offensive pressure on op-
posing goaltenders-that's exemplified by the fact that Minnesota outshot
the Wolverines 77-52 in the two-game series. The loss of Baseotto will have to
be made up or Michigan will lack steady pressure on opposing goaltenders
throughout the season.
Taking into context the Wolverines' opposition in last weekend's series,
Michigan fans should not write off last weekend's performance by saying,
"We got romped on." Minnesota may be the finest college hockey team in
the country and Michigan managed to give the Gophers some legitimate
scares-an encouraging sign.
Minnesota's prowess lies in the art of goal scoring-its attack has
generated 33 goals in only five games. The Gophers are led by former Olym-
pian Neal Broten, his brother Aaron Broten, and Steve Ulseth, who combine
to formulate Minnesota's devastating power play.
If there existed a weakness in the Wolverine performance last weekend,:
it had to be its defense against the Gopher power play.
Aside from the close count in power play goals scored (six for Min-
nesota, five for Michigan), the Gophers perpetually bombarded Fricker with
rifled shots from the point. The barrage left Fricker wondering where the
next shot would emerge from. Michgan never applied the same intense
pressure on the Minnesota goalies, resulting in fewer opportunities to score.
This weekend, however, the Wolverines face an easier opponent in ar-
chrival Michigan State. What the Wolverines need more than Bruno Baseot-
to right now is fan support. Despite the misfortunes that have befallen the
icers, Michigan hockey is still alive and well and deserving your support. See
you at Yost Saturday night at 7:30.
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