6 Page 12-Friday, March 11, 1983-The Michigan Daily CCHA 'S top four shoot for title and NCAA bid By MIKE MCGRAW When it comes to post-season tournaments and crowning conference champions, college hockey is not much different than college basketball. Just as league champions and NCAA tournament qualifiers are being chosen in basketball arenas across the country this weekend, hockey conferences like the CCHA are holding their tournaments that not only crown a champion, but result in an automatic bid to next week's NCAA tournament. In the CCHA, the field has narrowed to four teams and those four will compete in the semifinal round of the CCHA playoffs tonight at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit with the two winners squaring off tomorrow at 7 p.m. for all the marbles. THE FIRST game today features a 4:00 p.m. star- ting time and two schools that Michigan fans do not generally take a liking to. Michigan State (28-10-0)has defeated Ohio State (25-8-5) twice during the season in East Lansing, but that was early in the season and the Buckeyes have come on strong the second half, finishing in a tie with the Spartans for second place. "We haven't played Michigan State for a long time, but I'm looking forward to playing them," said OSU coach Jerry Welsh. "Its the only team that really did a job on us. We played them in October after a couple of games with a bunch of green people. But I can't help but think we did much more improving than they have over the course of the season." Both these teams had struggles in their first round games last weekend. The Spartans lost their opener against Ferris State and on Saturday, the teams were tied at 1-1 after two periods leaving FSC with a two goal lead for the series. But goals by Dee Rizzo, Dale Krentz and Mark Hamway put MSU ahead, and an empty net goal sealed the victory. IN COLUMBUS, the Bucks won their first game easily but Miami put on quite a challenge the next night closing OSU's margin to one goal before Paul Pooley of Ohio State put it out of reach with a score late in the game. The second game tonight features regular season and fourth-ranked Bowling Green (27-7-4) against the only team to win on the road last week, Northern Michigan (18-16-4). Northern defeated Michigan Tech in Houghton as they pulled out a victory with a goal at 14:11 of the final period to break a tie. Bowling Green had no problems with Notre Dame, winning 8-3 and 7-2. "Our series with Northern Michigan in January was probably one of the finest all season," said Falcon coach Jerry York. "I was very impressed with their quickness. I think we are now peaking after our little slump a month ago." "Bowling Green is great ... they're one of the best teams in the country," said Wildcats' coach Rick Comley. "But our goal all year long was to get down to Joe Louis. We played them very tough up here, so we're looking forward to a good game." SPeers hallC CHA 0 FEE0o~s A GwE~ i%' Otv I!NC##R~ GighAS r& ON 6SP0 By CHUCK JAFFE Michigan center Ted Speers was named yesterday to the 1982-83 coaches All - Central Collegiate Hockey Association first team. The Ann Arbor native joins Bowling Green's Brian Hills and Garry Galley, Michigan State's Ron Scott and Ken Leiter and Ohio State forward Andy Browne. Speer's teammate, and Michigan'N other co-captain, Brad Tippett was an All-CCHA honorable mention. HILLS, A TWO-TIME All-American and the CCHA's all-time leading scorer, was named Player-of-the-Year, out- polling Scott seven to five on the coaches' ballots. Michigan's Chris Seychel was named Rookie-of-the- Year, and Ohio State coach Jerry Welsh. captured Coach-of-the-Year honors. Hills and Scott were the only player named to the team for the second time, while Galley was the only sophomore to make the first two teams or honorable mention. Ohio State goalie John Dougam led the second team, along with Michigan State's Gary, Haight, Miami's Kevin Beaton, Notre Dame's Kirt Bjork, Bowling Green's Dan Kane and the Buckeye's Dave Kobryn. 1982-83 Coaches All-CCHA Team First Team i Goalie - Ron Scott, Michigan State Defense - Ken Le~iter, Michigan State Defense - Garry Galley, Bowling Green Forward - Brian Hills, Bowling Green Forward - Andy Browne, Ohio State Forward - TED SPEERS, MICHIGAN Second Team Goalie - John Dougan, Ohio State Defense - Gary Haight, Michiga4 State Defense - Kevin Beaton, Miami Forward - Kirt Bjork, Notre Dame Forward - Dan Kane, Bowling Green Forward - Dave Kobryn, Ohio State Honorable Mention Bill Terry, Michigan Tech; Mark Hamway, Michigan State; Eric Ponath, Northern Michigan; Pa Pooley, Ohio State; BRAD TIPPETM MICHIGAN; Dan McFall, Michigan State. Red Wings win 4-2 DETROIT (UPI) - Ivan Boldirev scor- ed one goal and set up John Ogrodnick'4 team-leading 34 to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-2 victory over the Chicago Black Hawks and snap a two-game losing streak last night. Reed Larson joined Bobby Orr and Denis Potvin as the only National Hockey League defensemen to score at least 20 goals in four consecutive seasons, notching his 20th on a power play with 45 seconds left in the first period to put Detroit ahead 2-1. Boldirev had scored 22 seconds into the game but Chicago's Denis Savar- d notched his 32nd goal on a power play at 3:16 of the period to tie the game. Hall of Famc selects ex- Tiger KeR TAMPA, Fla. (AP)- Former Detroit Tigers third baseman George Kell and Walter Alston, who managed the Dodgers 23 years in two cities, were named to Baseball's Hall of Fame today by the committee on veterans. 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