Page 6 - The Michigan Daily - Sports Monday - December 3, 1990 I E: Icers' escape from death proves worth by Matt Rennie Daily Hockey Writer BOSTON - I've run out of superlatives for the Michigan ice hockey team. And it is quite a rare occasion for me to fall short of words. What qualities make up a championship hockey team? You name them, Michigan has them. . You want talent? Remember the Miami series? The Wolverines were scoring points as if Paul Westhead had replaced Red Berenson as coach. You want goaltending? How about the Illinois-Chicago series? That's when rookie Steve Shields established himself as the team's top goaltender. You want character? You couldn't have forgotten that series in Sault Ste. Marie, when Michigan came back from a Friday night blowout and then a late tying goal Saturday to win in overtime. All of those qualities are the stuff of champions, but what I saw Friday night in Boston was something different. Friday night, I saw the hockey version of resurrection. What else can you call it when a team is losing, 6-1, only eight and a half minutes into a game and comes back to win? The verdict was in. Michigan was overrated. The Wolverines had their fun in the CCHA, but now they were playing a team from the East, where 'real' college hockey is played. And who could argue with that verdict? After all, Shields, who had often been the savior this season, was sitting on the bench after giving up five goals in eight minutes. Offensively, the Wolverines scored the first goal of the game on a power play, but they never had the opportunity to do anything else during the Boston U. barrage. So it was settled for the 3,500 in Brown Ice Arena. Boston U. would win convincingly. However, there were a few dissenting opinions. Twenty-four to be exact. And those 24 were pretty influential. That's because all 24 wore maize and blue, and none of them believed that this game was over. And throughout the offensive charge, Denny Felsner, the CCHA's leading scorer, was virtually silent. Felsner did have two assists, and he was, as usual, a vital cog in the offense. Yet who would have thought Michigan would score eight goals without at least one from No. 10? But championship teams cannot depend on the same player to carry them every night. They hope new players come to the forefront. For the Wolverines, that player was, appropriately enough, David Roberts. Roberts, a Connecticut native, was the only Wolverine who was not lost on the streets of the East Coast. Before many of his relatives, Roberts played like a man on a mission. "I think it was more than just another game for David Roberts," Berenson said. "He made a big decision to leave here and come to Michigan. He did not want to embarrass himself in front of these people." So it was that Michigan came back from the dead. Shields' replacement, Chris Gordon, gave up a goal just 19 seconds after he entered the game, but the Terriers never got it past him again. The offense then picked up too, scoring five goals in the third period to give the Wolverines the 8-6 victory. BOSTON Continued from page 1 His performance turned out to be vital, as the Wolverines charged their way back into the game. David Roberts scored the only goal of the second period to draw Michigan within 6-3. "We never gave up," Michigan co-captain Don Stone said. "We knew that they threw everything they had at us, and that we were still in the game." Ouimet opened the third period scoring, and Roberts added a short- handed goal four minutes later to make it 6-5. Suddenly, the mood at Brown Arena changed from festive to concerned. Roberts did nothing to change that when he tied the game with his hat-trick goal with 8:30 left. Amazingly, the roof continued to cave in on the Terriers. Mike Helber put the Wolverines on top just 13 seconds after Roberts had tied the game. Kramer added the Wolverines' seventh straight goal for insurance, cementing the game film's inclusion on Ripley's Believe It Or Not. The game marked Gordon's first collegiate victory, and his perfor- mance earned him the start Sunday. "It's exciting that it's my first win, but it's more exciting for what EASTERN Continued from page 1 State, Denison and Ferris State. While Michigan was merely test- ing the depth of their team, the other seven schools placed full emphasis on the EMU Invitational by fielding complete squads. "For a team (like Oakland), this was a very important meet," senior Molly Hegarty said. As unprepared as the Wolverines may have been, their performances indicated otherwise. it means to Michigan hockey," Gordon said. Boston coach Jack Parker offered this simple summary of the wild game: "They looked like they didn't know how to play hockey in the first period, and we looked like we didn't know how in the third." Unfortunately for Michigan, that type of transformation was all too common this weekend. However, the real factor in yes- terday's game may have had more to do with the Eagles than the Wolverines. "I think that's the best 60 min- utes we've played in a long time," Boston College coach Len CeglarskiO said. "We played as well as we could play. I don't think we'll beat them 5-1 again." The only similarity Friday's game had with Sunday's was that the Wolverines were equally generous in presenting house-warming gifts. After scoring the first goal against- Boston University Friday, Michigan watched the Terriers rattle off six straight goals in just over six* minutes. After the fifth goal, Berenson re- placed starting goaltender Steve Shields with Chris Gordon, who promptly surrendered the sixth. The rude welcome didn't seem to affect Gordon, though, as he shut out Boston the rest of the way. Junior Katherine Creighton, re- cently recovered from mononucleo4 sis, placed first in the mile and 500- yard freestyle events, while also- combining with Hegarty, sophomore, Jennifer Zakrajsek and rookie Amy Bohnert to win the 800 freestyle In diving, senior captain Whitney Scherer and junior Lisa Cribari placed first and second in the one- meter event, and then reversed order in the three-meter event. "Considering the circumstances, we had a very, impressive showing, assistant Margo Mahoney said. Wolverine David Roberts takes a shot against Ohio State. Roberts played a key role in Michigan's comeback victory against Boston U. Friday. MEN TANKERS Continued from page 1 Michigan, Ferris State, and Oakland. Although the field was mostly comprised of Division II and III schools, the meet provided a good challenge for the Blue squad. Oakland, three-time winner of the meet, was victorious again, followed by Eastern Michigan, Cleveland State, and Michigan. This may seem like a disappointing finish, but con- sidering the other schools were at full strength for the meet, Michigan fared quite well. CARLSON Continued from page 1 "You don't want to be secluded," he says. "You want them (the other players) to accept you and every- thing. And I think that's the worst because there's no way I could be part of the team, so to speak. By missing all those field goals... they don't have to associate with me at all and some of them choose not to. I don't talk to some of the players on the team. "I don't know, it's just weird. It's like a basketball team having some- body come in and shoot free throws." Yet it is only for his teammates that he wants to do well. Carlson said he was shocked after he missed a 20-yard field goal just before half- time against Michigan State several weeks ago. But he was even more distraught because he had let his teammates down by not providi.ng them with needed momentum going into the lockerroom. If you think he might have been In addition, these other teams geared up for this meet as Michigan would prepare for a Big Ten Championship. Whereas Michigan only shaves for the Big Ten meet and NCAAs, most of these teams had shaved. This gave them the ad- vantage that could be the difference between a first and fourth place finish. Michigan graduate assistant coach Rick Wilkening believed the Wol- verines performed well and shouldn't be ashamed. "Our kids hung in there and I think we looked the best," he said. hurt by the boos resulting from the missed chipshot, guess again - Carlson pays little heed to the opin- ions of fans. In fact, he doesn't call them fans. He calls them critics. 'If I'm a valuable member of the team, I fit under the team concept - the 'team' includes me.' - J.D. Carlson Michigan placekicker "I don't care about what the 105,000 people think. I care about what my teammates think. And I let them down. I don't even care what the coaches think at all," he says. "I work hard with these teammates. They're my friends, they're the peo- ple I trust, they're the people I want to win the game for." Too many times the five-foot- ten, 180-pounder has heard those who call themselves fans turn around and deride him. Walking down the street or sitting in a restaurant, he hears the critics. "If only we had a kicker who could kick an onside kick we would have won," he hears as he's walking down the street. "I can't believe that guy can't kick a damn field goal," he overhears in the booth next to him at a local restaurant. Says Justin: "It really bothers me. It really, really makes me mad. It's hard to see that under the uni- form and number is a real person who gets up in the morning and works hard... he's his own biggest critic and when other people put you down, it makes it even harder." Carlson himself has taken a more philosophical approach. He thrives on the pressure, enjoys his solitude, and refuses to get caught up in the emotional ups and downs of each kick. "When we're driving (to set up a game-winning field goal), I'm going 'all right, this is my chance.' And that's the way I approach it. It's fun. It's a game. 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