Hockey vs. Illinois-Chicago Today, 7:30 p.m. Yost Arena The Michigan Daily M _______SPORTSza M Friday, November 15, 1985 Flame offense steams into By RICK KAPLAN MIKE RUCINSKI, the junior left them," he said. "I've been very importar wing who played on the Chin-Staszak pleased with the play of Brad Ryan." weekend Page 9 en's Swimming vs. Cincinnati aturday, 2 p.m. 4att Mann Pool Yost nt for us to have a good , because it's our last o A C-or1.... our wew 11 _ct s Losing just four players from a roster of 23 is usually an encouraging y omen for the coming year. But niot when two of the four are Colin Chin and Ray Staszak. Illinois-Chicago hockey coach Val Belmonte entered this season with the prospect of having to replace the top two scorers in the school's history. Chin, a Pittsburgh Penguin rookie, scored 146 points in his four-year career, including 72 last year. Staszak ,.tallied 52 goals and 52 assists in his V0 three years, with 65 points last season before becoming a Detroit Red Wing. IN CHIN and Staszak's absence, goal production appeared to be the weakness of the 1985-86 Flames (4-6). But Belmonte believes his team. misses most the pair's intangible presence. "You can't replace their , leadership," the third-year head coach said. "They were naturals. The kids really looked up to them. "So far this year, nobody has step- ped in to replace them as team leader. We're still waiting for that to happen." Michigan, which hosts the Flames tonight and tomorrow at Yost Ice Arena won't have to wait for Belmon- te's offense to happen. Illinois- ETRIE Chicago's total of 52 goals is best in ction the CCHA. The Flames have five cago players among the league leaders in scoring. line, tops the team with two goals and 17 assists, tying him for second in the league with Michigan's Brad Jones. Freshmen Sheldon Gorski and Trent Rees are Rucinski's linemates this year. Rees (4-7-11) was a player- of-the-week nominee last weekend with an eight-point series against Ferris State, including a hat trick in the series finale. Gorski (9-4-13) led the Saskatchewan Junior League in scoring last year with 128 points, in- cluding a record 79 goals, breaking the mark set by Brian Propp (Philadelphia Flyers). "Gorski has been really good for them," said Michigan coach Red Berenson. "He's helped fill the hole in goal scoring (left by Staszak and Chin)." "SCORING has not been a problem," said Belmonte. "We are right on target of our record point production last season." Opponents have found the Flames' net an easy target, however. "We really need to work on our defense," said Belmonte. "Our goals against average is quite high, even though it's down from last year. We haven't had enough improvement there." The goaltending has not helped the defense much. Top goalie Brad Ryan, who has seen action in nine of Illinois- Chicago's ten games, has a goals- against average of 4.68. Junior net- minder Jim Hickey is last in the con- ference at 8.26. BELMONTE defends his goalies because his defense does not. "We have not played well in front of Ryan should get the nod tonght against the offensive-minded Wolverines. "This should be an ex- citing series," Belmonte said. "The two teams are similar in many ways. Both can score, and both have high goals-against (averages). "Every time we play Michigan, it's an exciting, wide-open game."" Berenson would rather see two "W's" than two exciting games. "It's homestead for four weeks," -said Berenson. We are tied with them (with eight points each), and the only way we will finish ahead of them is to beat them." 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MEN AND WOMEN FACE CINCINNA TI IN OPENER: ~*"Tankers look to tame Bearcats By CHRISTIAN M. MARTIN Tomorrow at Matt Mann Pool the powerful Michigan men's swimming team, led by fourth-year coach John Ur- banchek takes on the University of Cincinnati in a dual swim meet. Also featured on the main card is the Wolverine women's team, under first year coach Jim Richardson, facing off against the mighty Bearcats, also from Cincinnati. The weekend's meet will most probably yield a record of one victory and no loss, with the men's team reaping the glory for the old Maize and Blue. "I DON'T think they (Cincinnati) have a very good team," said Urbanchek. "We shouldn't really have any problem. We will probably win every event." "The Michigan men's team will probably be the toughest team we face this year," said Cincinnati's co- coach of both women's and men's swimming Jim Busch. "We are really looking forward to the competition. They are too deep for our team, though."' The Michigan men's attack will be spearheaded by senior Captain Marc Parrish from Detroit. Parrish has captured all-Big Ten honors for three years in a row with consistently strong performances in the 200-yard breakstroke and individual medly. ALSO EXPECT to show strongly for the Wolverines will be sophomore Jan-Erik Olsen from Kolbjornsvik, Nor- way, who specializes in the breakstroke and junior Joe Parker from Battle Creek who won All-American honors for the 1983-84 swim season. On the women's side of the coin, things do not look nearly as bright for Michigan. The Bearcats are a very strong team, ranked 20th in the NCAA and are led by the nation's second-ranked sprinter Carolyn Cooper. "We are not going to try to swim head to head with Cin- cinnati. We - are going to tryd and swim through them," said women's coach Jim Ri- chardson. "We want our swimmers to get some positive feedback from t Lunsford a .*meet so that they do wellL nfoda against Iowa." ... gunning f ppppppppppp GRIDDE PICKS t The Under the pretense of speaking at All Rackham Auditorium, author Tom $orts Wolfe landed, in Ann Arbor this week. $por His true purpose, of course, was to Shop play Griddes. However, Wolfe found it necessary to maintain a literary per- sona in public. Responding to a Grid- 806 S. State ides question at Rackham, Wolfe said: Bet Hill and Packarc "Griddes? No. I don't play. I'm a Pollyanna." If you have the "Right Stuff" drop off your picks before midnight tonight at the Daily. Winner receives his choice of a full-tray Sicilian pizza, or Chicago stuffed pizza, or whole sub {sandwich from Pizza Express, and a 'Dooley's guest pass, good for two. 1. MICHIGAN at Minnesota (pick total points) 2. Indiana at Illinois 3. Iowa at Purdue 4. Wisconsin at Ohio State l. Northwestern at Michigan State 6. Notre Dame at Penn State 7. Auburn at Georgia C t d r T t n n ~ ?. ....... ....__ "(MICHIGAN) has a nice squad, but they are not a real big team," commented Busch. "On Jim's behalf it will probably take a while to build his personality into his team." Michigan will try and stop the Cincinnati attack with junior sensation Lisa Lunsford from Concord, Califor- nia who specializes in the 200-meter butterfly. However, both Wolverine teams are looking beyond this match to the beginning of the Big Ten season later this month. Michigan's women's team is using this meet to test different line-ups and combinations. "WE ARE swimming events so we know what kind of flexibility is on the team," pointed out Richardson. "This is important in respect to the upcoming Big Ten season. With the movement I can find out about our options, and hopefully we will be more flexible in the Big Ten." Michigan's men are using the meet to further their con- ditioning and game experience. "WE swim through these meets so we find out how fast they go unrested, and know who are our best swimmers," said Urbanchek. "We don't rest. We continue on status quo. Everything is just the same. No time off." THIS IS the attitude that allows Jon Urbanchek to gar- ner top recruits and has many thinking that his Wolverines could go far this year. "John had had an outstanding recruiting year," said Cincinnati's coach Busch. "He has a legitimate chance to win the Big Ten this year." Although the contests sound rather one sided there should be some exciting moments. Some of the best swim- mers in the country like Cincinnati's Carolyn Cooper and the Wolverines Marc Parrish and Joe Parker will be in at- tendance Saturday at Matt Mann Pool and that display of talent alone should be ex- .r citing. The meets are also set up in suchtaeway that one team will be the decided favorite in every event and individual up- sets could be plentiful. 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