leer Seychei Sophomore was Ieading scorer 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. 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