SPORTS Fh Michigan Daily Friday, February 4, 1983 I Page 9 lue laure By JOE CH There are two reas easy for the Michig snap to its current streak. First, theI playing on the road, record this season Second, Michigar Northern Michigan, in fourth place in the ockey Associations record. NMU is also sweep of Ferris Sta weekend. NORTHERN IS le Ponath, Bob Curtis,; onath and Curtis h, respectively this sea But, tha'ss not the as named CCHA or his performan weep of Ferris last alcam, Saskatche hree goals and add taking part in nine o he series. Ponath oal in last Friday's he game with -ano assists. Curtis, the Wildc r, also had seven- tate series. IN ADDITION TO offensive attack, th much more suspect are led by junior g icers seeks road is at Northern [APELLE last year's CCHA Rookie-of-the-Year. sons why it won't be Poeschl collected a team-record third an hockey team to shutout in a. single season against the four-game losing Bulldogs last weekend. The 5-11 St. Wolverines will be Paul, Minnesota native, is currently third in CCHA saves percentage (.896) where they have a behind Michigan State's Ron Scott and nill beOhio State's John Dougan. n will be playing Northern's defensemen could also which is currently cause the Wolverines problems. Junior Central Collegiate defensemen Dave Smith and Bill tandings with a 13-8 Schafhauser will present a potent of- tcoming off a series fensive threat in addition to breaking up the Wolverine scoring attack. Smith d by the line of Eric and Schafhauser have 36 points bet- and Dave Mogush. ween them this season. ave 43 and 38 points NMU surpassed Michigan Tech last son. week in the standings while the full story. Ponath Wolverines are currently tied with player-of-the-week Lake Superior State and Western ice in Northern's Michigan for ninth place. weekend. The 6-0 Yet, Northern coach Rick Comley wan native scored believes that Michigan will not be easy ed six assists, thus pickings for the Wildcats. f NMU's 11 goals in "I think that they have two of the to p scored the winning players in the conference in (Brad) contest and ended Tippett and (Ted) Speers," said ther goal and two Comley. "We had a good series the first time we played them this season. They're alittle unpredictable because ats' ifreshmancen- they're young defensively." Panthers stalk Carter By RON POLLACK Should Michigan three-time All- American flanker Anthony Carter sign a contract with the Michigan Panthers of the new United States Football League, he would receive far greater fame and fortune than the more established National Football League could possibly offer, said Panthers' general manager Jim Spavital last night. Spavital said that the Panthers have offered Carter more than $800,000 over a four-year period, but declined to comment how much more. "We have a good idea what he'd get from the NFL," Spavital said when contacted last night in Daytona Beach, Fla., the site of the Panthers' pre- season workouts. "So our offer is con- siderably higher than what he'd get from them." IN ADDITION to a fatter wallet, Spavital said that Carter could also ex- pect greater recognition in the USFL than he would receive in the NFL. "I think he could be the Joe Namath of this football league," said Spavital referring to the former Alabama quar- terback who snubbed the NFL for the upstart AFL a number of years ago. "He could do the same thing for our league as Namath did for the AFL. "Here in the USFL, Carter would be a big fish in a small pond. In the NFL, he'd be a small fish in a big pond. I think he has a great opportunity to be a great player with us. The NFL already has plenty of great receivers." CARTER, WHO could not be reached for comment yesterday, has already had three meetings with Panthers' of- ficials and will fly to Florida for further negotiations tomorrow. "It's hard to say what will happen at the meeting," said Spavital. "He may come up with a counter-offer." Carter is not committed to an agent, but will have someone with him at tomorrow's meeting to help with negotiations. "HE'S SUPPOSED to bring somebody to represent him Saturday," said Spavital. "But I don't know who. It could be a lawyer or attorney." Three weeks ago, Spavital said that there was a 70 percent chance that the Panthers would sign Carter. Yester- day, the general manager said that nothing has transpired to make him alter his confident prediction. "The percentage is still the same," he said. "We have a very good chance. We've made a considerable offer." SHOULD CARTER accept this "con- siderable offer," the Panthers are looking for their investment to pay im- mediate dividends in the form of season's ticket sales. "He's well known in Michigan, people loved him," said Spavital. "I'm sure he would bring in people. I'm sure he'd have a big following." If Carter signs with the Panthers, Spavital said that the 5-11, 165 pounder would return to school during the off- season. When the USFL was in its earliest stages, Michigan head coach Bo Schembechler blasted the league because its schedule would cause college seniors to miss the second half of their final school year. Last night, however Spavital said that Schembechler's concerns were not warranted. 2' "I don't think he (Schembechler) meant what he said at the time," said the Panthers' general manager. "He didn't know what we were doing. When we take a player out of college, we send him back. It's in the contract. We pay for one semester." During his four years at college, Car ter set Big Ten records for career,". touchdown receptions (37), career reception yards (3,017), touchdowns in Big Ten play (11) and career kickoff returns yards (1,548). Carter ... $800,000? points in e Ferris a relatively potent e Wildcats are not on defense. They oalie Jeff Poeschl, Coverage of tonight's game with Northern Michigan will begin at 7:45 p.m. on WJJX, 650 AM. WJJX will also broadcast tomorrow night's gamy with coverage beginning at 7:15 p.m. Michigan hock Name, Pos. B. Tippett, LW ......................................... T. Speers, C ........................................... C. Seychel, LW ........................................ J. McCauley, RW ...................................... J. Milburn, C .......................................... P. Goff, D ............................................. T. Carlile, D ........................................... K. McCrimmon, RW ................................... T.Stiles, C .... ... ................................... D. Krussman, D/LW ................................... M . Neff, D ........................................ ... F. Downing, RW ....................................... D. May, D ............................................. R. Dries, C ............................................ P. Kobylarz, C......................................... J. Grade, LW .......................................... S. Yoxheimer, RW ................. ................. P. Spring, LW ......................................... ey statistics GIP G A PTS P/1 28 16 35 51 11/ 28 18 32 50 17/ 26 21 20 41 11/ 25 10 14 24 4/ 26 9 8 17 14/ 28 2 15 17 10/ 28 2 13 15 25/ 24 4 10 14 0/ M /22 /34 '22 '8 '28 '20 '53 12 26 23 28 27 27 15 26 21 16 18 5 5 10 7 8 5 5 2 4 1 12 12 12 10 10 9 9 7 6 5 14/28 5/10 16/32 4/8 12/24 2/4 14/28 8/16 13/26 5/10 Goaltending Goalie (Record) GP Per Chiamp (646.0) ........................................ 16 42 Elliott (5-114) ........................................ 16 46 Min 799:12 863:54 GA 53 78 AvgSav Pct 3.98 348 .868 5.42 472 .858 MICHIGAN (11-17-0) ........... ..................... 28 85 OPPONENTS (17-11-0) ... .......................28 85 1680:30 136# 4.86 820 .858 1680;30 125 4.46 729 .854 # Includes empty net goals Cummings leads S.D. ast Pistons, 115-108 By BARB BARKER Special to the Daily PONTIAC - Terry Cummings scored 9 points to sail the San Diego Clippers ast the Detroit Pistons last night, 115- 8, at the Pontiac Silverdome. After the loss, the Pistons closed their ockeroom doors to the media for 25 inutes to conduct a team meeting to ir out their frustrations. "EVERYONE has to go up there and lay well as a team - as a unit," said iston's center Bill Laimbeer, who was named yesterday to the NBA all-star team. "I don't want to make a bigger deal out of it than it is really, but there as been a little bickering among the ayers. We just have to play more en- usiastically." The Clippers commanded the first three quarters of the game, but the Pistons fought back and finally took the lead, 88-86, in the fourth quarter on a Walker Russell layup. With 5:31 left in the game, Kelly Tripucka hit two freethrows to give Detroit a 99-94 advantage. The Pistons, however, watched their lead dwindle and vanish as San Diego scored seven consecutive points to take a 101-98 lead: It was here that Cummings took over, scoring the Clippers next six poin- ts. "THERE'S always some guy, and tonight it was Terry Cummings" said Pistons head coach Scotty Robertson. "We just couldn't get near him." "We were not defensively solid in- dividually or as a team," Robertson continued. "We're just not where we need to be.. . improvement in defense will solve more problems than a change in personality." Piston guard John Long did not dress for the game because he was involved in a minor traffic accident before the game, but Robertson said that he was only "slightly shaken up." r i i n- FULL SERVICE PHOTO LAB % HOUR EKT ACHROME (E6)