The Michigan Daily-Thursday, January 21, 1982-Page 9

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By CHUCK JAFFE
Some people seem to think that Kris
Manery is too old.
Unfortunately for the former
ichigan hockey star, those people are
with the Winnipeg Jets, who own his
rights in the National Hockey League.
MANER IS currently playing for
the Tulsa Ice Oilers in the Central
Hockey League, and despite scoring 26
goals in 42 games, he sees little chance
of being called up.
I'm getting kind of old for the NHL,"
the 27-year-old Manery said. "As the
situation stands right now, I don't have
uch of a chance to go up to the Jets.
They got two good wings over the sum-
mrer, and there isn't any room up there
for me."
But despite the fact that he may be
too old for some, Manery isn't thinking
of giving the game up yet. And accor-
ding to many, Manery still has the.
scoring prowess that made him
Michigan's third-leading all-time
scorer.
"KRIS IS an excellent goal scorer,"
aid Winnipeg scout Mike Smith. "He
proved it up here at the end oflast year
when he ended up with 13 goals in 47
games. That would be a 23 or 24 goal
year in a full season.
"He's obviously been replaced here,"
Smith continued. "It's kind of the luck
of the draw, and he happened to end up
in an organization that wants to go
with youth."
Manery's hockey experience started
when he was just a youth. His older

Manery still eyes pros

xE'M' i waits for call
as youth fades i n minors

brother Randy spent time playing with
the Los Angeles Kings, and Atlanta
Flames in the NHL, and he helped Kris
make some important decisions.
"HE DIDN'T tell me to go to college,
but he more or less made it clear that I
should," Manery remembered. "At 19,
I wasn't ready for pro hockey. I wasn't
like the Gretzkys who are ready to go
right out and play in the NHL. College
was the best four years of my life."

fident about his career and the Tulsa team.
"I'M A FREE agent at the end of this
season," Manery said. "Right now
I'm looking -to go possibly to Europe
next year. For me to sign another NHL
contract, I would need a very good of-
fer. I'd just want to go to a team that
has definite plans for me.
"We have a good team and a lot-of
good times down here," Manery con-
tinued. "The weather's fine and we're
able to get out golfing a lot. It could be
a lot more miserable. If I have to finish
my career out down here, this is a great
place to do it."
A LOT OF people, however, are glad
to see Manery down in Tulsa. Included
in this group is the Ice Oilers' coach
Dave McDowell, who looks to Manery
for leadership and goal scoring.
"Obviously, when he get the chance, I
expect him to put the puck in the net,"
McDowell said. "When Kris wants to,
he can be an outstanding player in both
directions, and when his line gets going,
it is one of the premier lines in this
league.
"I think there's a natural tendency
for the younger players to look up to
him. He has been successful in the NHL
and has a lot of experience.''
ALL OF MANERY'S past successes

and experience don't appear to be able
to get him a spot with the Jets. And
while he is planning to play for a few
more years, Manery is realistic about
his future.
"Physically, I probably could go five
or six more years," the former
Michigan All-American said. "It'll
probably only be a couple of years
though. I have my degree in zoology. I
think I will go into something in that
field when I leave hockey."
But despite the problems that he has
had as a pro hockey player, Manery
wouldn't change a minute, and still
wants another shot at the pros.
"YOU HAVE your down moments,
but I had a break by breaking into the
NHL right away with Cleveland," he
said. "If I had gone to Toronto or
someplace else, I would have started out
in the minors. Obviously, being sent
down was a down moment, but most of
my career has been fine."
While Manery knows that his chances
for getting back in the NHL this year
are slim, he does think he can still play
in the big league.
"I still feel that I'm capable of
scoring in the NHL," Manery said.
"I've always done that before, and even
though I'm getting older, I don't think
I've lost anything on my shots."
With 26 goals in 42 games, and seven
goals in his last three games, Kris
Manery is still playing like a youngster.
And he's trying to show people that he
really isn't too old.

After college, Manery went right into
the NHL with the now defunct
Cleveland Barons. He later played for
Minnesota and Vancouver before being
traded to Winnipeg in the middle of last
season.
But during the summer, the Jets
acquisitions of right wings Lucien
Deblois and Paul MacLean, left
Manery without a position, in Tulsa, at
the beginning of this season. Despite
his demotion, Manery remains con-

SPORTS OF THE DAILY:
Ditka tabbed as Bears 'new coach

Sports Information Photo,
KRIS MANERY, former All-American Michigan hockey star, is shown here
unleashing a slapshot in his days as a Wolverine. Manery now skates for a
minor league branch under the NHL's Winnipeg Jets organization.
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CHICAGO (AP) - With the formal
announcement yesterday that Mike
Ditka would become head coach,
Chicago Bears owner George Halas
aid "the game plan I had been working
on is now complete."
Ditka, 42, rejoins the Bears after nine
years as an assistant to Dallas Cowboys
Coach Tom Landry. After being draf-
ted in the first round in 1961 out of Pitt,
wpere he earned All-America honors
his senior years, Ditka achieved instant
success in Chicago.
"IT IS A situation that was meant for
nie," said Ditka.
"Everybody has their destiny and
k ine is in Chicago."
Ditka said he would not have taken
the job unless he was offered a three-
year contract and added that while he
will install much of the Dallas multiple-
set offense in Chicago's game plan,
"we're not going to do everything that
CoachLandry did. I can't be all things
to all people."
Ditka said he plans to meet with the
coaching staff in the next week and
"Will coach the players and coaches un-
til they learn the Dallas system."
Sittler traded
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Just hours
after the Philadelphia Flyers announ-
ced yesterday they had obtained
veteran center Darryl Sittler, the team

said center Bobby Clarke will be
sidelined for four weeks with a broken
foot.
Sittler will join the Flyers today. In
exchange, the Leafs got the rights to
Providonce College freshman Rich
Costello, a second-round draft pick and
future considerations.
SITTLER had mixed feelings about
the ° deal, but the Flyers and Maple
Leafs were happy.
"We're ecstatic," said Flyers
President Robert J. Butera following
announcement of the trade.
"In Sittler, you're talking about
someone who has been to Toronto what
Bobby Clarke is to the Flyers," said
Flyers defenseman Behn Wilson. "He's
a great player.. .the type of player you
can look up to and admire.','
Boston 112, Indiana 103
BOSTON (AP) - Larry Bird kept up
his hot scoring touch by pouring in 32
points to lead the Boston Celtics to a
112-103 National Basketball Association
victory over the Indiana Pacers last
night.
Bird, who had an average of 32.2 poin-
ts and 14 rebounds in his six previous
games, killed Indiana's late chances in
the Boston Garden game by scoring 10
of Boston's last 13 points.
THE CELTICS led 99-95 before Bird

hit two free throws. He added three
field goals and two more foul shots to
lock up Boston's seventh victory in the
club's last eight games.
The game was tied seven times in the
first six minutes, but Boston scored 14
of the next 17 points to go ahead 30-19.
Bird and Cedric Maxwell scored six
points each in the spurt.
Kentucky 91, Florida 76
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP)-
Sophomore guard Jim Master scored 22
points to lead ninth-ranked Kentucky to
a 91-76 victory over win-starved
Florida last night in a Southeastern
Conference game.
Kentucky used deadly scoring from
the foul line, hitting on 35 of 43 attem-
SCORES
NBA
Boston 112, Indiana 103NB
Philadelphia 115, Portland 110
NHL
New York Rangers 3, New York Islanders 2
College Basketball
Kentucky 91, Florida 76

pts, to overcome a young Florida team
that lost a record 10th straight game
and fell to 4-11 for the season.
Duke 49, N.C. State 48
DURHAM (AP)- Mike Tissaw hit
two free throws with 33 seconds
remaining to lift Duke to a 49-48 upset
victory over 14th-ranked North
Carolina State in Atlantic Coast Con-
ference basketball last night.
Tissaw, whose first half rebounding
enabled Duke to rally from an 11-point
deficit, scored his only secon -half
points to give Duke a 49-46 lead.
THE BLUE Devils fouled N.C. State
forward Thurl Bailey with eight secon-
ds left and he hit two free throws to cut
the lead to one.

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Michigan Hockey Statistics

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1 Chiamp, G ..........
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16 Speers, RW..........23
7 Richmond, D.........23
14 Tippett, LW..........23
18 Dn. May, RW........22
19 Kobylarz, C..........23
22 Krussman, LW......23
25 Brandrup, LW ...... 18
"3 Lundberg, D .........19
17 Yoxheimer, RW..... 23
23 McCauley, RW ...... 23
8 McIntyre, C..........22
?5 Richter, D...........22
5 Reid, LW............23
21 Milburn, C..........16
11 Grade, C............ 22
.6 Perry, D ............Z23
2 Dg. May, D-LW ..... 10
4 Neff, D.............. 17
27 Tessier, LW..........15
24 Hawkins, D.........i10
30 EllIott, G ;...........15
35 Mason, G............11
26*McCrimmon, RW ... 2
12 Noren, C ............ 6

Pts
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7
7
7
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7
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5
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20/40
10/20
18/36
6/12
14/28
13/27
10/20
12/24
1/2
6/12
15/30
3/6
10/20
14/28
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3/6
8/17
2/4
1/2
2/4
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GOALIE STATISTICS
Goalie (Records) G Min. GA
P. Mason (6-3-1) ....... 11 510:19 22
J. Elliott (5-4-4).........15 872:13 43
M. Chiamp (0-0-0) ..... 2 37:28 3
MICHIGAN (11-7-5) 23 1420:00 69
OPPONENTS (7-11-5) . 23 1420:00 73

AVG.
2.59
2.96
4.83
2.92
3.08

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415
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