Page 10- The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 12, 1987 SWEEP LEAVES M' BLUE Flames b By PETE STEINERT After Saturday night's hockey game at Yost Ice Arena, the radio blasted, and players chanted, "Sweep! Sweep! Sweep!" Unfortunately, it was the Illinois- Chicago locker room that was doing all the celebrating. It was a big weekend for Michigan with an excellent opportunity to move up a notch or two in the CCHA standings. The Wolverines entered the series one point behind sixth-place Ohio State and two behind the fifth- place Flames. However, it responded with perhaps its poorest showing of the season. Just how bad was the Wolverines performance? "We just went through the worst weekend at home that I can remember since I've been here," said head coach Red Berenson. "It's embarrassing. "This is the part of the season where you can either fold up your tent or you can make some progress, and we just put ourselves right back in the so called 'outhouse'." With its 7-4 and 7-2 losses to Illinois-Chicago, Michigan (8-18 overall, 7-15 in the CCHA) is now tied for seventh with Ferris State, only two points ahead of last-place Miami. The Wolverines could do little right against the Flames, starting with the defense. Their 14 goals against gives them 36 goals allowed in the last five games. Defense starts in net where goalies Glen Neary and Warren Sharples were ineffective. Neary, getting a rare Friday night start, lasted only one period before being replaced by Sharples. Sharples was not much better. Saturday night he made a couple of costly mistakes uncharacteristic of his normal play. On one occasion he lost a race to the puck in front of his net, leaving the net unguarded. The miscue resulted in a Kurt Kabat goal. Even Michigan's usually efficient power play, third in the CCHA, went sour. The Wolverines' power play was zero-for-seven Saturday night. Down 4-3 Friday night midway'through the second period, Michigan failed 1 urn icers on three straight power-play opportunities where it could have tied the score. Illinois-Chicago's Sheldon Gorski then scored at 11:40 of the third period with both teams playing two men short. His goal put the Flames up 5-3 and gave them some breathing room. "Our power play was not up to the mark tonight at all," Berenson said after Friday's loss. "That three-on-three goal was a big goal," said Illinois-Chicago head coach Val Belmonte. "It kind of broke their back a little. "If you look at our statistics, we don't have any one big gun. Everybody's been making contributions. We're kind of a lunch-bucket bregade team." Unlike Friday night, Saturday night's game was pretty much decided by the third period. Kabat and Gorski scored two goals each. Gorski's second goal on a breakaway with his team playing shorthanded was typical of Michigan's miseries. "We just weren't as intense," said the Wolverines' Billy Powers, "and for a game that was so important, I can't understand it." Shutting out the Wolverines' top two scorers, Brad Jones and Brad McCaughey, was a key part of Illinois- Chicago's success last weekend. Jones was held scoreless for only the third time this season, all coming against the Flames. "We knew we had to come back here and just show them it (the Flames' sweep of Michigan in Chicago last October) was no fluke," Gorski said. When Jones and McCaughey did have scoring chances, they could not put the puck in the net. Friday, Jones missed McCaughey with a pass on a two-on-one break, and Saturday McCaughey fanned on a shot right in front of the open Flames' goal. "Usually in pressure games like this, the cream comes to the top," Berenson said, "and we obviously don't have much cream at this point." Daily Photo by JOHN MUNSON Michigan goalie Warren Sharples fails to stop an Illinois-Chicago shot during Friday's 7-4 loss to the Flames. Sharples and the Wolverines had an even tougher time of it Saturday, losing 7-2. Broiwcos, CLEVELAND (AP) - Rich left sidel Karlis hit a 33-yard field goal 5:48 pass and into overtime after John Elway led 48-yard t a game-tying, 98-yard drive on Smith Denver's final possession of had been regulation yesterday, giving the play by Broncos a 23-20 victory over down at Cleveland and sending them to their the ball. second Super Bowl as AFC The B champions. kickoff a The barefooted Karlis, kicking yard line on a field frozen by 30-degree temperatures and a 14 mph wind, Gicant capped a nine-play, 60-yard overtime drive, but it would not EAST have been possible without Elway's( scrambling and clutch passing. (AP) - The Broncos will meet the NFC adding t champions, the New York Giants, an hour in the Super Bowl at the Rose built du Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. season,s 25. Redskin With five minutes left in advanced regulation, though, it appeared the With Browns would be playing in their controlle first Super Bowl. Jim Bur Cleveland had taken a 20-13 lead Reasons; when Brian Brennan beat Dennis defense t Smith's tight coverage down the inside th Giants win ine to catch Bernie Kosar's go into the endzone for a ouchdown. h, a Pro Bowl safety who beaten earlier on a 42-yard Clarence Weathers, fell the 18 as Brennan caught roncos botched the ensuing and started on their own 2- with 5:35 to go. s 17, Redskins 0 T RUTHERFORD, N.J. The New York Giants, he momentum of a 35-mile wind to the momentum ring the last half of the shut down the Washington s 17-0 yesterday and d to their first Super Bowl. Phil Simms running a d offense and nose tackle t and linebackers Gary and Carl Banks leading a hat never let the Redskins e New York 23, the Giants won their 11th straight game. They ran their record to 16-2 as they continued on a mission aimed at ending 30 years of frustration. They shut out Washington for the first time since 1980 and the first time in Coach Joe Gibbs' tenure in Washington. The game may actually have been decided by the coin toss. Electing to kick off with a 35- mph wind behind them to start the game, New York jumped to a 10-0 lead in the first quarter on a 47-yard field goal by Raul Allegre and a 11- yard touchdown pass from Simms to Lionel Manuel, who had missed 12 weeks of the season with a knee injury. The Giants added another touchdown against the wind in the second quarter on Joe Morris' 1-yard run following a bungled field goal attempt by Washington - typical of the day for the Redskins, who couldn't convert the chances even when they had them. 'Cats tie up grapplers Office of Career Planning & Placement Presents Lawrence L. Gladchun Sr. V.P. & Regional Chairman Michigan National Corporation By DOUGLAS VOLAN After more than two hours of sweating, clawing, and tussling, the wrestling team staggered away from Crisler Arena on Saturday night with a 16-16 tie against Northwestern (7-0-1). "Our kids looked tired," said Michigan coach Dale Bahr. The Wolverines were not only tired after their four workouts on Thursday and Friday, but flu-ridden as well. "(The flu) goes around the team just like that because of the confined quarters in which we practice," said Bahr. Michigan got off to a slow start, losing its first two matches. Sophomore John Moore, starting for All-America candidate Doug Wyland, who has mono, was crushed by the Wildcats' Jack Griffin at 118, 11-2. "Moore was overmatched," said Bahr. Michigan's Jerry Norris then lost his match at 126, after beating teammate Dave Dameron in a wrestle-off for the starting spot. "Usually we get out of the shoot well," said Bahr. "When we lost our first two, I was worried." John Fisher got the Wolverines untracked in the next match, beating Joei Bales, 12-6. "John had an excellent match," said Bahr. "When we were behind we expected him to stop them, and that's what he did." Senior Tony Latora followed up Fisher's performance by shutting out Tim Obrochta 8-0 to tie up the team score at seven. "Tony's match was a big one," said Bahr. After the Wolverines lost at 150, a flu-ridden Joe Pantaleo sweated out a gutsy 8-4 win over Brad Traviolia at 158. The match even had to be stopped at one point because Pantaleo had to throw up. Although Pantaleo could do little more than just stand around by the end of the match, which Bahr' described as "very unusual for Joe," it was still another impressive victory for the 24-3-1 wrestler. With the score tied at 13, senior Jerry Curby put the Wolverines ahead, nipping Dan Funk 1-0. Fisher ... halts Wildcat momentum speaking on: Career Opportunities In an Era of Interstate Bakig Tuesday, January 13, 1987 7 p.m. Pendleton Room - Michigan Union - A - What's Happening "Curby looked great conditioning- wise," said Bahr. "He was the only one not tired." With the Wolverines now up 16- 13, the heavyweights, Bob Potokar of Michigan and Mark Whitehead of Northwestern, squared off to decide the fate of their teams. With Potokar trailing the match, and just under half a minute left, he pulled away from Whitehead for an escape, tying the match at five. Whitehead however had the time advantage and was awarded an extra point, giving him a 6-5 victory, and giving Northwestern a 16-16 tie. "Yeh, I'm disappointed," said Bahr. "I felt we could win. If we had Wyland, no question we would have won. I think it was definitely a factor." "Considering the lineup we had, I felt we did pretty good," said Fisher. "I felt if Doug had been in there, we would have won." 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