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The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 8, 1983 - Page 9
checked by injury
By MIKE MCGRAW
All sports, no matter how complex,
ave their one basic execution. In
asketball, the object is to shoot the ball
rough the hoop. In baseball, the goal
s to cross the plate.
Hockey, though, is probably the most
asic. The only way to score is for a
layer to shoot the puck into the net.
d there aren't many hockey players
t the college level who do that better
han Michigan's Chris Seychel.
Last season as a freshman, Seychel
hot 26 pucks into the net to lead the
olverines. Only six players in the
CHA scored more. Seychel also sur-
rised the Michigan hockey community
hlin he tallied a hat trick in the first
onference game of his career against
otre Dame, one of three hat tricks he
ollected last season.
"I WAS SURPRISED. I didn't realize
t all that I could walk in and score
onls like I did," said the Allen Park
ative. "I expected to have to earn a
ition and that it would take time."
But Seychel stepped into the
ichigan hockey program at an oppor-
une time, when there were only two
eturning left wingers, and several
freshmen were thrown into the line-up
immediately.
"It" was a heavy adjustment going
into college from Juniors," said
Seychel. "Skating every day was
tough, I wasn't in as good a shape as I
needed to be."
SEYCHEL NEEDED no adjustment
in his scoring though. In his hockey
career, the only team that he played for
and didn't lead in scoring was the Great
Scott Falcons when he was eight years
old.
"I've been scoring a lot because of the
people I've been playing with," the
sophomore forward said. "It comes a
lot easier when people make it easier
for you."
There is more to scoring goals than
having good linemates. You also have
to get the puck past the goalie and
Seychel has the skills to do it.
"HE CAN SCORE with the best of
them," said linemate Jim McCauley.
"He's a natural goal scorer, he gets into
the openings quickly."
Said Michigan coach John Giordano,
"He's got good anticipation of where
the puck's going to be and a quick
release."
Daily Photo by BRIAN MASCK 44 * + +
This shot by sophomore Chris Seychel sailed just beyond the Michigan-Dearborn net, but Seychel has managed to tally 34
goals so far in his career as a Wolverine.
This season Seychel was having a
typical year, tied for the team lead in
scoring, when he was kneed in the thigh
at Northern Michigan and put on the
sidelines for a few weeks.
"IT WAS A BAD quadricep con-
tusion. That's considered a very serious
injury," said Seychel. "But the swelling
went way down and the trainers say
that it's progressed real quick."
The loss of Seychel has hurt the
Wolverines quite a bit, especially now
that defensemen Greg Hudas and Mike
Neff are out indefinitely. Seychel,
however, always will be susceptible to
injury because as the team's leading
scorer, he is the target of his opponents.
Michigan State defender Jeff Eisley
gave a good example of such an attitude
in the State News recently. "We were
very conscious of (Seychel) last season,
because of the number of points he was
scoring," Eisley said. "So we concen-
trated on giving him a few good shots
early and it worked. If we do it again
this year, I imagine it'll have the same
effect."
Last year the Spartans did shut him
down, allowing only one assist in four
games. But in the two games that
Michigan has played against MSU this
year, Seychel tallied a goal in each, so
the abuse isn't bothering him too much.
"THAT STUFF is expected," Seychel
said. "They'll try to do everything they
can to get me off my game. That's true
for anyone. But it's just a part of the
game. I can take as much as I dish
out."
McCauley points out that the extra at-
tention that their line gets can help the
team in the long run. "After the New
Hampshire series, other teams were
gunning for our line," he said. "They
closed us down a little bit, but it helped
the other lines get going. In the last few
games the going has been spread
around. We've got a real team concept
now.",
But this weekend the Seychel-
McCauley-Ray Dries lines won't be
teamed-up against Ferris State
because of Seychel's bad thigh. He
should be ready after Christmas.
"I DON'T KNOW if I'll be ready for
the GLI (Great Lakes Invitational
Tournament in Detroit December 28),"
said Seychel, who made a few unsuc-
cessful appearances for the Michigan
baseball team last season, "but that is a
mentalgoal."
If he does make it to the Joe Louis
Arena tourney, it will be his first ap-
pearance there. Last year, he passed up
Detroit to play for the U.S. National
Junior team in the Soviet Union, where
he skated on.a line with Michigan Tech
stars Mark Maroste and Chris
Cichocki.
"Going to Russia was quite an ex-
perience," Seychel recalled. "I went
there twice. Once in midgets and we
were told to leave after one game
because we beat the second best
Russian team 10-4 and a lot of their
guys got hurt. But last year, we won
three games which was the best any
American team had done.
"I COULD write a book about the life
there. It's really bad. It's very
primitive and dead. The, military is
everywhere and the food's terrible. It's
sad.
"I personally didn't kiss the ground
when we got back, but a lot of people
did."
As long as Seychel doesn't duplicate
his performance against the Russians
last year, hitting three goalposts, he
should be a valuable addition to the
Wolverine lineup once his injury heals.
"The attitude on this team is great,"
said Seychel. "There's no reason we
can't be one of the top teams in the con-
ference. We just have to learn to win
consistently."I
Of course, it would help if Seychel
could be in the lineup consistently.There
may not be any Wolverine players
that kiss the ice when Seychel returns,
but they'll sure be glad to have him
back.
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