Dekers Club "Blue Line" luncheon noon, Saturday Bimbo's Casa di Roma SPORTS Hockey vs. #1 Bowling Green Tonight and tomorrow Yost Ice Arena, 7:30 p.m. and on WJJX (650) AM The Michigan Daily Friday, January 6, 1984 Page 9 Top-ranked Falcons invade Yost By MIKE MCGRAW Who's number one? That's a question that sports fans all over the country have been asking this week. But in Bowling Green, Ohio, there's no question as to which team is number one - the Bowling Green' Falcons. At least in hockey, that is. THE FALCONS have been the top team in college hockey since they swept previously top- ranked Ohio State on December 2 and 3, and currently own a 16-game winning streak. This weekend, Bowling Green carries its lofty ranking and 19-1 record to Yost Ice Arena for a showdown with the injury-plagued Wolverines, who will have to shut down the Falcon's powerful offense with a depleted corps of defensemen. Blue-liners Mike Neff and Greg Hudas are still sidelined with knee injuries, forcing coach John Giordano to use converted forward Doug May and inexperienced Tom Dolan on defense again: * this weekend. "WE STILL HAVE four guys out for this series," said Giordano. "The biggest problem is no depth at defense. We've got guys we can put in at forward." Michigan willuse many spare offensemen in the series as well, because right wingers Frank Downing and Kelly McCrimmon were hurt in the Wolverines' exciting pre-vacation series against Ferris State and are not yet healthy, and fresh- man center Bruce Macnab may not see action either after suffering a concussion last week in the opening game of the Great Lakes Invitational Tournament. However Chris Seychel, who was out for two weeks with a thigh bruise, will be ready to play. But even with Seychel, last year's leading goal- scorer, in the lineup, the Wolverines may have trouble lighting up the scoreboard against a Bowling Green defense that is tops in the CCHA and led by the conference's leading goalie, fresh- man Gary Kruzich. "WE'VE BEEN getting some great goaltending this season," said Falcon coach Jerry York. "But we've had a lot of close games this year. We're certainly not way above the rest of the com- petition." So far this season Bowling Green has struggled against some weaker teams, but has been very successful against some of its toughest opponents. The Falcons have swept Ohio State, Michigan State and Michigan Tech already this season, while their only loss came at the hands of eighth- place Lake Superior. Bowling Green features a balanced scoring at- tack led by junior center Dan Kane (11 goals, 19 assists) and the CCHA's premier defenseman. Garry Galley (6-23). Jamie Wansborough (24 poin- ts), Dave Ellett (24 pts.) and John Samanski (23 pts.) round out the top five for BG. "We have a lot of depth on the team," said York. "All our lines are capable of scoring, so you can't concentrate on just one line." Instead, Michigan will have to concentrate on playing as well as they possibly can to have a chance this weekend. "What we're going to have to do is stop them before they get started out of their own zone," said Giordano. "We have to bump them every chance we get and we have to get some shots off when we have the puck because I don't think their goalie is that good." It will be a big job to stop the Falcon's 16-game victory string, but the Wolverines have a streak of their own on the line. 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Briarwood Mall 769-5777 Blue Lines Wolverines flounder.. . ... action flourishes Mich tex By JOE EWING So, Michigan didn't win a single game at the Great Lakes Invitational over the winter break. Big deal, it was still one heck of a tournament. The Wolverines, tournament champion Michigan State, Michigan Tech and Northern Michigan all treated the two-night tournament record crowd of 40,344 that turned out at Joe Louis Arena to some bone-crushing hits, pretty scoring plays and intense school rivalry - the way college hockey was meant to be played - proving once again that the GLI is the best college tour- ney around. Michigan looked great in it's opener against Tech, despite the fact they were missing five key people, taking the Huskies into overtime before losing the hard- hitting contest, 5-4. Mark Chiamp had a super night between the posts for the Wolverines, turning away 40 of 45 Tech shots and robbing the Huskies on two breakaways. The second night, however, was a different story for the boys wearing the maize and blue, as they dropped the consoliation game to Northern, 5-3. The Wolverines looked sluggish allowing the Wildcats to dominate most of the game. In the second period, Michigan managed only two shots on Northern netminder Jeff Poeschl, while Northern notched two goals and 12 shots against Jon Elliott. Michigan was obviously tired in the game, due mainly to the recent rash of injuries, which forced healthy players to take more ice time. Left winger Chris Seychel was back from a leg muscle ,injury, but Michigan was still without the services of wings Kelly McCrimmon (shoulder) and Frank Downing (knee), as well as defensemen Mike Neff (knee) and Greg Hudas (knee). But despite Michigan's impressiveness or unim- pressiveness, depending on which game you watched, THE 'game of the tournament did not involve the Wolverines. Instead, it was the championship game between Tech and Michigan State. Both teams came out hitting. In fact, the hitting star- ted before the game got underway when the Spartans and Huskies went at it during the warmups. State dominated the contest early but Tech managed to fight back and keep dead even until the last half of the third period when State exploded for four goals and a 6-2 vic- tory. Tech and State were playing for keeps, as was eviden- ced by the 31 penalties called in the game. Things got rough right off the opening faceoff as State lost its top scorer Newell Brown barely one minute into the game with an ankle and knee injury. But that was only the beginning as the Huskies and Spartans squared off numerous times. The teams' dislike for each other sparked many of the brawls, but hatred was not the only thing to keep both squads hot. The North American record crowd of 21,402 was also a factor in keeping the teams fired up. 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