Men's Swimming vs. Ohio State Saturday, 3 p.m. Matt Mann Pool SPORTS Men's Indoor Track Central Collegiates Friday and Saturday Track and Tennis Building The Michigan Daily Friday, February 15, 1985 Page 8 PLA YOFF HOPES RIDE ON TWIST OF FA TE lcers out to roast sizzling Bucks THE SPORTING VIEWS By BARB McQUADE As it fights to keep its playoff hopes alive, the Michigan hockey teams plays the part of Oliver Twist this weekend, begging for a couple of wins at Ohio State. Tied for seventh in the CCHA with Miami, Michigan leads Ferris State by just two points in the standings. With only one series remaining in the regular season after this weekend, head coach Red Berenson's team will need the cun- ning of an artful dodger to make the eight-team playoff field. "WE WANTED to have some positive indicators this year," said Berenson. "We haven't made the playoffs in the last couple years so I think that would be something positive. We're in a position where we can make the playof- fs. There's some pressure on us which is good." Michigan captain Ray Dries will move up to Berenson's top line after the best scoring weekend of his career against the Soo Lakers. The 5-7, 168- pound senior had a hand in four of Michigan's five goals in the series with three goals and an assist. Michigan is coming off back-to-back CAD/CAM OPPORTUN I T I ES Auto-trol Technology Corporation, the leader in state-of-the-art graphics systems is again continuing to set the pace in one of the most exciting sectors of the COMPUTER industry - Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing Systems. 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The Buckeyes, tied for fourth in the league, are insured a playoff berth but will be looking to snatch a couple of victories this weekend to capture the home-ice advantage in the first round. "WE DON'T feel a lot of pressure to get that fourth spot," said Ohio State head coach Jerry Welsh. "But if we get it, it'll be a feather in our cap." The home-ice advantage may be a factor in this weekend's series as the OSU playing surface is 15 feet shorter between the blue lines than others in the CCHA. "It's a psychological difference,' said Welsh. "It only becomes a factor when people talk about it. A lot of coaches talk about itso much with their kids that it's going to be a difference." AFTER LOSING 60 percent of last year's team to graduation, Ohio State has fostered a band of youths who have stolen the show. Freshman Darcy Gryba and sophomores Joe Tracy and Dave Beaudin have picked up 38 points each to pace OSU on defense. The Wolverines won't be getting any handouts from goalie Bob Krautsak who will be in the nets tonight. The Buckeye goaltender was CCHA-player- of-the-week after his first career shutout last week. "We're getting better in all facets of the game and he's really paralled the rest of the team," said the tenth-year OSU mentor. "He's been consistent and I'd say he made the difference in the game last Saturday night." Michigan may be begging for goals this weekend but it will definitely get its share of gruhl. OSU's Bob Gruhl heads a tough Buckeye defense that gave up just two goals last weekend. Gruhl handed the Wolverines a shot to choke on earlier this season when his overtime goal sparked a 4-3 Ohio State victory. The two teams skated to a 4-4 deadlock in their only other match up this year. A twist ending may be necessary for the Wolverines to take two in Colum- bus. Violence in the NHL... how far can it go? By JIM GINDIN T'he NHL has set an example to all those who want to stop violence. Stand by until someone crosses an arbitrary line and then unload a huge punishment on him. That's like the Secret Service not taking action on a death threat to the President until someone actually shoots him. In the case of Red Wing Kelley Kisio's recent five-game suspension for high sticking Quebec's Dale Hunter Feb. 2, the NHL has punished Detroit severely for the culmination of an event-not the cause. As Kisio skated behind his net during the third period of that game, Hunter followed--checking the Red Wing repeatedly with his stick. Kisio finally tur- ned and backhanded Hunter under the nose with his stick and then tackled and punched the Nordiques' center. Kisio was awarded seven minutes worth of penalties, Hunter four minutes and a trip to the dressing room for stit- ches. One second after Kisio left the penalty box, Quebec's Wilf Paiement stop- ped him and pushed him. Both benches cleared resulting in 84 minutes of penalties and a fan being removed for throwing a cup of ice into the melee. A week later, Kisio was suspended for five games. He's been the hot-. test Red Wing scorer since the fight, with five goals in his last three games-just when Detroit is in a crucial battle with Toronto for the Norris Division's final playoff spot. "You live by the sword and you die by the.sword. He (Hunter) has no reason for complaining," said Red Wing coach Nick Polano after the Quebec contest. Hunter is known as a tough, hard-hitting player, earning 232 penalty minutes last season. The NHL cannot keep treating violence by waiting until a major incident occurs and then making an example out of the last player to respond. The league has two choices-either to let the players settler their own differences or to stop altercations in the initial stages. The first alternative just isn't practical. Letting the players take revenge on their opponents would result in games very much like the ones depicted in the movie Slapshot a few years back. While a three-hour boxing match would be quite entertaining for the fans, hockey would no longer be a sport for talented skaters, it would become a training ground for professional fighters. The other alternative is much better. The league would have to make it clear that anyone taking revenge for an earlier check will be immediately ejected from the game. Because of hockey's fast pace and checking, altercations are inevitable. That violence really is 'just part of the game.' Revenge is what causes the brawling in games like the one in Detroit early this month. Hunter was penalized for high stocking Kisio, and Kisio should have been " thrown out for taking his revenge, but the action should have stopped there. If the NHL would set up a consistent and strict rule regarding revenge, the fans who go to Joe Louis Arena to watch a good fight might learn to an-' ticipate a good hockey match. Detroit's appreciation of hockey is obvious or Wayne Gretzky and the Ed- monton Oilers would never have set a league attendance record there last Saturday. . 4 Auta-trol brchnologg Wings deadlock Stars, 5-5 DETROIT (UPI)-Brian Bellows scored his second goal of the game with 4:41 remaining in the third period last night to lift the Minnesota Northstars into a 5-5 tie with the Detroit Red Wings. Bellows beat Detroit goalie Corrado Micalef on a slap shot from 20 feet after taking a pass from Neal Broten. THE GOAL came 52 seconds after Gordie Roberts had cut Detroit's leadlo 5-4 when he converted a pass from Den- nis Maruk. Bellows scored his first goal in 12 games on a power play at 8:48 of the third period, but Detroit's Ron Dugu.y countered with his second of the gane to give the Red Wings a 5-3 lead at 11:45. 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