Page 10 -The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, November 20, 1990
Sycamore
Harlock stands 'big and strong' in CCHA Ad;
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by Dan Zoch
Daily Hockey Writer
If David Harlock could be any
kind of tree, he'd be "a sycamore,
because they're big and strong."
Barbara Walters always asks her
subjects that question to get some
deeper insight into their personality.
In Harlock's case, it must be true.
David Harlock is the 6-foot-2,
200-pound co-captain of the Wolver-
ine hockey team. He is an imposing
figure for any offensive opponent.
"He's a hard player to get
around," Michigan hockey coach Red
Berenson said. "When he gets on
you, and gets a piece of you, he's
strong and he's got good range. He's
not just a defensive defenseman, he's
a physical defensive defenseman.
"He's a physical force now."
Harlock is the first sophomore to
be a team captain since Connie Hill,
who played in the late 1940s. Dur-
ing his first year at Michigan, Har-
lock proved to be an intense de-
fenseman. He played in all 42 games
last year and, despite his level of
physical' play, he only garnered 22
penalties.
"David usually plays against the
other team's top line," Berenson
said. "Even though he's only a
sophomore, he's established himself
as the guy who wants to do things
right. Where some defensemen are
erratic, David Harlock always makes
the right decision."
Coming+ to Michigan last year
was an unusual experience for Har-
lock. He was surprised most that the
team's coaching staff had to re-teach
him many of the basics of hockey.
"When I came here as a fresh-
man," Harlock said, "I had a crash
course in playing hockey. Mr.
Berenson sits you down and basi-
cally re-teaches you, saying 'this is
the way I want things done.'
"I think I learned as much last
year as in all of my previous years."
Harlock didn't only learn how to
be a better player; he became one as
well. Michigan scored 25 more goals
than it allowed while Harlock was
on the ice in even-man situations
last year. He scored two goals for the
Wolverines and had 13 assists.
Due to his fine performance as a
first-year player, Harlopk was taken
in the second round of the NHL draft
by the New Jersey Devils. Right
now, though, he wants to keep col-
lege hockey and his grades at the
forefront.
"In my situation," Harlock said,
"I was drafted, and I was really ex-
cited to get drafted, but I realize
that's in the future. It doesn't really
relate to me right now.
"I planned on coming to school,
and the main reason was to get an
education."
Harlock plans to give the NHL a
shot after he finishes at Michigan,
but he's far from ruling out graduate
school. He plans to put his hockey
player's instinct to remove oppo-
nents' teeth to good use.
"One of my real interests now is
dentistry," Harlock said, "and I think
I might like to do that in terms of
graduate school.
"I think what I'd maybe like to
do is give professional hockey a try
after getting an undergraduate degree.
The duration of an NHL player's ca-
reer averages about two or three
years at the most. After that, I'm
definitely interested in graduate
school and maybe the dental field."
"Whatever he does, he'll be good
at," Berenson said. "If he sees him-
self being a dentist, he'd be very
good at it. He sets high goals for
himself and other people also. That's
what has made him successful."
Harlock's plans turned sour ear-
lier this season, when he injured his
knee Oct. 26 in a game against Illi-
nois-Chicago. Harlock missed three
games, ending his streak of 49 con-
secutive games. Sitting out those
games gave Harlock a better insight
into what it's like to be on the
bench.
"When I stood up in the stands, it
definitely makes you look at things
from a different standpoint," Harlock
said. "I did not like being up there.
You have no control over what's go-
ing on on the ice and it's frustrating.
"Some days I'll come down to
the rink and it'll feel pretty good
while other times it feels sore. I
didn't tear a ligament and if I ever
needed surgery, it would be pretty
minor."
Team trainer Kim Hart is also
confident that Harlock's injury is
now past him. Even though it
caused Harlock to be out for three
games, Hart doesn't believe it's a
lingering injury.
"It was a minor knee injury, but
it caused some instability," Hart
said. "We've put him on an exercise
program since the injury and now
we're concentrating on preventive
measures."
Harlock's main goal now that
he's back on the ice is to take the
Wolverines to the top of the CCHA
and into the NCAA tournament.
"This year, we'd like to finish
first, if not second, in the CCHA,"
Harlock said. "Then, be a finalist in
the CCHA and get a bid to the
NCAAs. I think that we'll get an
NCAA tournament bid this year."
No matter what the hockey team
accomplishes this season, Harlock
will be dedicated to making it the
best team in the league.
"He was a Michigan man from
the minute I met him," Berenson
said.
Michigan sophomore defenseman David Harlock provides leadership for the first-place Wolverines. Harlock is
the first sophomore to be named captain since the 1940s.
H Roberts added
OCKY NTEBOK to casualties
by Matt Rennie
Daily Hockey Writer
Injuries are to the Michigan
hockey team what a mosquitohis in
the ear of a lion. The Wolverines are
reigning as the kings of the Central
Collegiate Hockey Association jun-
gle, but each week another minor in-
jury seems to pop up in the Maize
and Blue locker room.
The latest addition to the walking
(or is it limping?) wounded is
sophomore forward David Roberts.
Roberts, last year's CCHA's rookie-
of-the-year, cut the bottom of his
right foot after Saturday's game at
Lake Superior State.
Roberts missed practice yesterday
to have the cut examined by a doc-
tor. Michigan trainer Kim Hart an-
ticipated Roberts would play in this
weekend's series againstaOhio State,
but Hart added there is a chance he
would have to sit out.
In other injury news, rookie for-
ward David Oliver is expected to
miss the Ohio State series because
of a broken jaw. Oliver suffered the
injury a week ago against Michigan
State.
"He's going to see the doctor on
Wednesday," Hart said. "You just
have to wait for it to heal with
something like this. We're hoping
to have him ready for the first week-
end in December."
Junior Mike Helber will continue
to fill-in for Oliver. Playing in his
first series of the season. Helber
made the most of the opportunitA
picking up two assists in Saturday's
4-3 overtime triumph.
LINE CHANGES: Berenson's
experiment with line combinations
was short-lived. After shuffling the
lines for Friday's game at the Soo,
Berenson returned the lines to their
original state, which is how they
will probably stay for the Ohio Stag
series.
"It's too early to say, but we'll
probably go back with the lines that
have played most of the year,"
Berenson said. "When you're desper-
ate, you go back to the things that
you know will work. We were a
desperate team after Friday."
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