Page 14 -The Michigan Daily - Friday, November 22, 1991 Blue icers welcome back UIC by Josh Dubow Daily Hockey Writer This weekend's hockey series between Michigan and Illinois-Chicago will be a homecoming for UIC coach Larry Pedrie and two of his assistants - Billy Powers and Ryan Pardoski. Powers and Pardoski both played for Michigan in the late 1980s and Powers also served a two-year graduate assistant coaching stint before coming to the Flames. Pedrie also was an assistant to Red Berenson from 1987-90 before taking the head coaching job at UIC. Pedrie's main duties with the Wolverines were recruit- ing. He helped sign current Michigan stars Patrick Neaton, Denny Felsner and David Roberts. Berenson thinks Pedrie's knowledge of Michigan (5-1-1 in the Cen- tral Collegiate Hockey association, 7-1-1 oveiall) will help the Flames (1-4-1, 1-4- 1) against the Wolverines. "Their coach knows our team well," Berenson said. "They'll come in and play us tough, and try to force us into a lot of mistakes. If they do a good job checking and get good goaltending, they'll have a chance." While Pedrie agrees his knowledge of Michigan is vast, he is pessimistic about his team's chances of containing the po- tent Wolverine offense. "Nobody knows Michigan as well as I do," he said. "The problem is, they have so much depth that you can't just stop one line or one guy." Pedrie will not use the same strategy, as Minnesota did against the Wolverines. The Gophers felt if they could stop Fel- sner, they could contain the Michigan of- fense. That tactic backfired as Felsner's linemates - David Oliver and Brian Wiseman - tallied eight goals, and Fel- sner recorded 10 points in the series. "Felsner's the type of player who is so fast and deadly, all he needs is 10 feet to beat you," Pedrie said. "He's so quick that he doesn't need time to be dangerous. While you need to be aware of him on the ice at all times, you can't shadow him be- cause of Wiseman and Oliver. And even if you stop his line, the second and third lines beat you." While Pedrie needs to make adjust- ments to counter the high-powered Wolverines, Berenson will concentrate only on his team's performance. "The bottom line is how our team plays," Berenson said. "If we have to make adjustments, we can do that. But if we are playing well, we'll be fine." The biggest changes for the Flames will come on special teams. The Flames are currently last in the CCHA on the power play and eighth in penalty killing. "On the power play we are just not shooting the puck enough," Pedrie said. "If you don't shoot, you can't score. We're trying to look for the perfect play, but we're not moving the puck quick enough to get it. "On penalty killing, we need to be more aware," he added. "We need to react quicker to certain things on their power play, because we're giving up too many easy shots." While Pedrie plans to make some ad- justments shorthanded, he knows the best way to contain Michigan's power play is by playing smart hockey. "You can't spend a lot of time in the penalty box against them," Pedrie said. "We need to be more aware of stupid penalties. We can't take penalties in the offensive or neutral zones. But, we will need to take penalties to stop goal-scoring opportunities." Pedrie will count on rookie goaltender Jon Hillebrandt to stop those opportuni- ties. Hillebrandt has replaced last year's starter, senior Gary Mangino, between the pipes. Hillebrandt has allowed 4.41 goals per game, and recorded his first collegiate victory Saturday at Bowling Green. "Jon's a stand-up goalie and he's going to challenge the shots," Pedrie said. "He's been really consistent for us. You don't see him give up many bad goals. If you're going to beat him, you need to beat him with a good shot." While Berenson has not decided on his goaltender this weekend, he will have the luxury of using either Chris Gordon or Steve Shields. Shields skated in practice yesterday and should be ready for tonight's game. BRIANC ANTON Illinois-Chicago will try to contain Denny Felsner and the potent Michigan offense this weekend at Yost. The Wolverines hope to extend their seven-game winning streak. GRIDDn! r6offoyour picks by 5 pm today at 1 420 Maynrd for a chance to win 'a $10_gift er tificate to O'Sulli van's Eatery and Pub. 1. Ohro State at MVichigan' 2. Miami at Bostn' College . 3. Washington St. at Washington; 4. California at Stanford 5. Mi rnnesota a t I owaI 6 Tennessee atKentucky 7. SMU at Texas A&M 8.East +Carolina :at Cincinnati 9. Clemson at South'Carolina. 10,.U Colooat Iowa St.t 1"1 West .Virginia at Syraceusec 12. Baylo'r at Texas _t 13. Virginia Tech at Virginia 14. Uah at Brigha Yun 15, Mary land at North Carolina St. 16. Illinoi at Michigan S t. 17. Northwestern at Wisconsint 18.Puardue at Indirana 19..Rice at Arkansas 20. Princeton at Dartmoutht T°iebraker:t Michigan: O !hio'State:c N amn1e..:.. P hobn e:t Swimmers face by Sharon Lundy Daily Sports Writer The Michigan women's swim- ming team opens its 199 1-92 home season today. Both Penn State and Iowa, ranked 16th and 25th in the nation respectively, arrived in Ann Arbor yesterday to give themselves ample time to practice and get enough rest for today's meet. Michigan, ranked ninth, will face strong competition against these two conference rivals. Wolverine coach Jim Richardson summed up the opposition's strengths. "Penn State is strong across the board in every event except breast- stroke," Richardson said. "Iowa is strong across the board, except in the distance freestyle. This mean's we'll have to swim aggressively in every single event."~ Last weekend against Villanova, the Nittany Lions beat Michigan's best times of the season in eight out of 16 events. Richardson expects a tough fight from Penn State. "This is Penn State's best team ever," Richardson said call them ever having team."~ Both the Hawkey Wolverines have beater tough confere 1. "I don't re- fly. All of these events are toss-ups this strong a going into today's meet. This meet holds a great deal of yes and the meaning for Richardson, who used ;n Big Ten foe to be an assistant coach for Iowa be- fore coming to Michigan. Richard- son still has a lot of respect for Iowa coach Dr. Peter Kennedy. "He's probably the best dual- meet coach in the country,"~ Richardson said. "Meets you figure Iowa has no chance to be in, they end up being there." The practices thus far have been nce foes focused on training for next week's U.S. Open, but since this meet hap- pens to fall the week before, it will be a good indicator of the team's strength. "It's the kind of swim meet thait makes college swimming great," Richardson said. "You have three teams that are ranked in the top 250 in the country, which will make for some very exciting races. It's going to be a barn-burner." The meet will begin at 3 p.m. at Canham Natatorium. Veteran divers lead 'M' in first home meet." Barnes Wisconsin earlier this season. Last weekend Michigan defeated the Badgers, with Karen Barnes and Alecia Humphrey posting double victories. Michigan should dominate the breaststroke. The most competitive races should include the 1000, 500, 200, 100 and 50 freestyle, and the 100 and 200 backstroke and butter- J i .. .. .. ft "" @0 ti @0 00 @0 "" FRE ROS0E BOWL IT C Come Visit our -RS PJR L ROSEBOWL 1992 Two Great Packages!! 1. Dec. 28-Jan. 4 L.A. & Vegas 2. Dec. 30-Jan. 2 L.A. only * Round Trip Air from Metro " Hilton Accomodations " All Transfers, Upgraded game ticket * Parade and New Years Party Option All For Only $899 TIGER SPORTS 313-562-6810 800-263-9372 by Kimberly DeSempelaere Daily Sports Writer The Michigan women's diving team is off to a splashing start after outstanding performances in their first two meets of the season. The Wolverine divers.dominated the board in both the one-meter and three-meter events. The divers' first meet - at Northwestern - exemplified the skill of their veteran divers. In the one-meter event senior Lisa Cribari placed first (263.025), followed by junior Margie Stoll (256.95). Plac- ing fifth and sixth were senior Karen Sinclair (212.7) and senior tri-captain Julie Greyer (208.425), respectively. In the three-meter event, the Wolverines dominated, taking the top four places. Capturing first was Stoll (266.5), with Cribari on her heels in second (258.45). Greyer (250.0) and Sinclair (239.925) se- cured third and fourth place, respec- tively. In Michigan's second meet, against Wisconsin, while the team still prevailed, the individual diving results were lower. From the one- meter platform, Michigan snagged second through fifth place. Leading the Maize and Blue was Cribari (252.45), with Stoll (230.80), Greyer (200.35), and Sinclair (193.20) trailing behind. Results from the three-meter event showed Cribari (252.6) in first, followed by Stoll (251.18) in second. The fourth and fifth spots were seized by Greyer (249.0) and Sinclair (194.6). At today's home meet against Penn State and Iowa Wolverine div- ing coach Dick Kimball will bc al- lowed to enter most of his squad in competition. In home, Big Ten, and NCAA competition, more than the standard three divers can compete. Junior Martha Wenzel and sopho- more Cinnamon Woods, the rookies of the unit, may have a chance to contend today. Ninth-ranked Michigan is look- ing for another outstanding perfor- mance today. According to Cribari, the divers will need to perform well in order to beat Iowa. Cribari recalls competing against one Hawkeye diver at last year's NCAA Championships. "She was a fairly tough competi- tor. She could be hard to beat," said Cribari. "I'm not sure about Penn State, I don't know anything about their divers." Divers set to compete include Cribari in the one- and three-meter events, Greyer in the three-meter, and Sinclair in the one-meter. The rest of the spots will be filled be- fore the meet. Aha... n GAMES FOR THINKERS An exciting, new way to learn creative problem solving! Games designed by university professors improve thinking skills using fun, strategy. and challenging competition. Like chess, each game can be played at many levels from young children to intelligent adults. Fascinating for everyone! 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