Page 10 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 1, 1986 Lakers drown 'M' icers in own miscues By PETE STEINERT How appropriate that the hockey team finished the first half of its conference schedule by dropping two games in typical fashion last weekend at Yost Ice Arena. Michigan's defensive miscues Friday and Saturday night left it on the short end of 5-4 and 6-4 losses to Lake Superior State College (11- 4-1 overall, 10-3-1 in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association). "YOU'RE ALWAYS concerned about your defensive lapses," Michigan head coach Red Berenson said after Friday's game. "If we're going to win games, we're going to have to cut down on our goals against. It's a constant problem." "This is a team game," said Laker head coach Frank Anzalone. "This isn't racquetball. If this was a series of one-on-ones, Michigan would win, 10-0. It's a team game, and that's what coach Berenson is working on." Friday night exemplified the two coaches' words. The Wolverines (4- 12) went off at the end of the first period with a 3-1 advantage thanks to three power-play goals. However, Michigan let Lake Superior back in the game in the second, and the Lakers eventually took a 4-3 lead. AFTER GOALIE Warren Sharples made a great stop on Ron Warus' breakaway, Pete Stauber scored on the rebound at the 17:28 of the second period. Stauber was unmarked on the play. Lake Superior didn't let the Wolverines get back in the game when they scored 12 seconds into the third period. Jeff Norton allowed Dean Dixon to center a pass from behind the net to Stauber who scored an uncontested goal to complete his first collegiate hat trick. "It was just a matter of being in the right place at the right time," said the soft-spoken freshman, who added another tally to make it a four-goal night. "IT WAS a bad play on Norton's part," Berenson said, "but we didn't recover. That's the kind of play where the team has to go out and get that goal right back, and we couldn't get it back." The two teams traded meaningless goals in the last nine seconds to make the final, 6-4. "It's (defensive mistakes) been the story all year," said Myles O'Connor, who scored his eighth goal earlier in the game. "We're aware of it. We just haven't been able to correct it." Saturday night was more of the same except that Michigan waited until the third period to lose the lead. The Wolverines turned a 1-0 deficit into a 4-3 lead in the second frame on two goals each by Brad Jones and Todd Brost. Brost was a force all night, killing penalties and working on the power play. His first goal was shorthanded, and he gave his team a brief lead when he stole the puck from Dixon at Lake Superior's blue line and drove a slap shot past Laker goalie Mike Greenlay. AFTER THE Lakers tied the lo *a c. , *m-, A.6mben-0 dd6f-,A-o AA.,-na -d6a- so - -& -.w - -... _.- - -. - - a< " '" 'n « ' . ' c.'Y+t Ctiil* c'yi?-<..t'r