Hockey
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the Michigan Daily
Friday, February 21, 1986 rage s
Blue stands in Broncos' path to first
By RICK KAPLAN
Western Michigan has one goal this
weekend: beat the Michigan hockey
team so it can play the Michigan
hockey team.
The Broncos (26-10, 21-9 conferen-
ce) are in the hunt for first place in the
Central Collegiate Hockey
Association, while the Wolverines
have clinched the eighth and final
playoff seed. With a sweep of the
series, Western could move into first
place, and face Michigan at
Kalamazoo in the quarterfinals next
weekend.
EVENdIF THE Broncos take both
games, though, they will need outside
help to advance in the standings.
Michigan State leads the league with
44 points, and a split with Lake
Superior this weekend would wrapup-
the top spot for the Spartans. It would
also finalize a trip to East Lansing for
the Wolverines.
Western and Bowling Green are
currently tied for second with 42 poin-
ts, but Bowling Green would win the
tie-breaker should they remain
deadlocked.
"Since we could finish first, second,
or third," said Western assistant
coach Tom Newton, "we have to be
prepared to play (Michigan, Ferris
State or Illinois-Chicago).
"We have good records against all
three, but they are all capable of win-
ning."
MICHIGAN (12-22, 10-20) has
proven it is capable of beating the top
teams, but lately it has been
struggling. The Wolverines have lost
six in a row, including four in a row at
home.
"I don't know if we are capable of
turning it around so quickly," said
Michigan head coach Red Berenson.
goals, also tops).
Western features five of the top 12
overall scorers in the CCHA. Right
winger Dan Dorion, a candidate for
the Hobey Baker Award as college
hockey's best player, leads the league
with 87 points, on 35 goals and 52
assists. Dorion had two goals and
seven assists in Western's sweep of
Michigan in December.
Junior Wayne Gagne (13-52-65) is
tied for sixth in the league in points
with Michigan's Brad Jones, even
though Gagne is a defenseman.
Gagne's next assist will break the
CCHA record for assists by a defen-
seman in one season. Gagne scored
four goals in the Bronco's 8-6 opening
game victory at Kalamazoo's Lawson
Arena, and he added three assists in
the 6-4 Western win at Yost Ice Arena.
SENIOR CENTER Troy Thrun (30-39-.
69), an Ypsilanti native, had an eight-.
point series against Ferris State last;
weekend, and was named the CCHA's
co-player of the week. Right Winger.
Stu Burnie (34-30-64) and left winger.
Rob Bryden (22-23-45) are also among:
the league's scoring elite.
Jones, Michigan's top scorer, is
doubtful for the series, due to illness.
The Wolverines would like to cure
their recent ills with a win in tonight's
game at Yost (start time: 7:30 p.m.).
The game is the final home contest for
senior defensemen Todd Carlile, Patt
Goff and Bill Brauer; and forwards
Frank Downing, Tom Stiles and Chris
Seychel, who is out due to injury.
"The Friday night game means a
lot," said Berenson. "It's our Senior
Night, and I think you'll see a lot of
emotion."
Daily Photo by SCOTT LITUCHY
Michigan right winger Joe Lockwood attracts a host of onlookers in a Valentine's Day loss to Ohio State.
Lockwood and the Wolverines host Western Michigan tonight in the first game of a home-and-home series.
Dorion
... 87 points leads league
"We just have to work on the things
that need improvement."
One item on the list for im-
provement is penalty killing. Western
leads the league with a .350 power-
play conversion percentage, while the
Wolverines are third in penalty killing
at .291. "A lot of their scoring comes
on the power play," said Berenson.
"We're going to have to reduce the
number of penalties we have."
THE BRONCOS also score well
while short-handed (12 goals leads the
conference) and at even strength (176
'' 'M' tracksters run home meet
By JEFF RUSH
With the Big Ten meet only one
week away and the NCAA meet just
two weeks after, the Michigan indoor
,rack teams need sterling perfor-
thances at this weekend's Silverston
Invitational.
The home meet will feature both
Vichigan and Michigan State as well
as Kentucky, Loyola, Heidelberg
,College and several Mid American
-Conference schools. A primary con-
cern of most of the teams will be to
qualify individuals for the nationals
'at Indianapolis on March 14-15.
Michigan already has qualified
,Omar Davidson and Todd Steverson
.in the 500-meter run, Chris Brewster
in the 3000-meters and Thomas
Wileher in the 60-yard high hurdles.
true Schroeder also has qualified in
,the 3000-meters.
Because the Big Ten meet is only a
.week away, Michigan and Michigan
'State intend to use the Silverston In-
'vitational as a tune-up, and are wary
,of overworking individuals this
weekend.
"We'll be holding back a few of the
kids, and running some in different
*vents to get ready for the Big Ten
P meet," said Michigan men's coach
Jack Harvey. "Michigan State's
bringing their good kids but they're
doing the same thing."
"Everyone's going to run, but we're
not going to double and triple people,"
said women's coach James Henry.
Competition will not be lacking,
however.
"It's our final tune-up meet," said
Henry. "We still have some un-
Hers hiser
awarded
.".
$1 milon
NEW YORK (AP) - Pitcher Orel
Hershiser of the Los Angeles Dodgers
became the first $1 million winner in
this winter's baseball arbitration
hearings yesterday when he was
granted that salary for the 1986
season.
Hershiser, a Michigan native who
made $212,000 last year, had been of-
fered $600,000 by the Dodgers after
posting a 19-3 record and 2.03 earned
run average.
Cleveland Indian outfielder Brett
Butler was awarded an $850,000
salary, double the $425,000 he made
last year when he batted .311 and stole
47 bases. The Indians had offered
$600,000.
That gave the players 15 winners
and 17 losers in this year's arbitration
procedure, which ends today.
lan--
finished business, since last week at
Illinois State half of our team came
down with the flu. We need some good
times to get our confidence back."
Still competition from Western and
Kentucky should push the Wolverines
toward those good times. The men'sj
two-mile relay teams from both
Michigan and Western have been
close to qualifying for nationals. The
two teams also ran a close meet
against one another at the Central
Collegiate meet last weekend.
Western men's coach Jack Shaw
was disappointed with the outcome
there. "We were in the lead for
awhile, and then Michigan State and
Michigan sneaked by and whupped us
in the end."
Western's two-mile relay squad is
composed of Tom Brokema, Brad
Mora, Steve VanDeWalker and John
Winterbottom. Brokema and Mora
were All-Americans last year on
Western's distance medley squad that
finished fifth in the nation. Another
member of last year's relay team was
Robert Lewis, a tough sprinter and
4 quarter-miler whom the Wolverines
will face this weekend.
While Western's men will provide a
challenge to the Wolverines, it will be
Kentucky's women who will be the
Michigan women's toughest test.
Four have qualified for the NCAA
meet.hLisa Brieding andAudrey
Pierce will be running the 3000-
meters at the nationals, while Elisa
Frodini will be entered in the 800-
meters. Liz Polyak qualified in the
shot put.
Kentucky's men are led by Richard
Ede, who runs the 3000, and Joey
Taylor, a freshman sprinter. Taylor
may not compete because of sickness,
but Ede, who is healthy, has a good
chance of qualifying for the nationals.
"Based on his cross-country season
and his track season," said Kentucky
assistant coach Gene Weis, "if he just
gets in the right race, he'll qualify."
Weis thinks that race may occur at
the indoor track facility. "We under-
st'and Michigan has a nice facility,
and its quality allows for top perfor-
mances," said Weis, whose team has
no indoor facility.
Western's Shaw also is looking for-
ward to the meet, and hopes that his
team has a performance at Michigan
similar to Michigan's earlier perfor-
mance at Western.
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