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The Michigan Daily - Sports Monday - March 23, 1992 - Page 5
Norris wins player-of-the-year
Berenson: 'I thought Feisner really deserved it'


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Felsier, Madeley
highlght Hobey lst
by Rod Loewenthai
Daily Hockey Writer
DETROIT At Friday } CCHA Awarus Banquet , thL ti: finalists for
the Hobey Ba"e, Awaro were announced. Among the ten names- were
Michigan's forward Denny Felsner anu Lake Superior States goaltender
Darrin Mad&ky. The two seniors are the lone repiesentatives from the
CCHA in cotention for collegiate hockey s most prestigious award.
Also ituitudod in the hst were Wisconsin's Duane Derksen, Northern
Michigan's Scott Beattie, North Dakota's Greg Johnson, Providence's
Rob Gaudreau, St. Lawrence's Dan LaPerriere, Minnesota's Larry
Ohims, and a pair from Maine: Jean-Yves Roy and Scott Pellerin. The
Hobey Baker Award is given each year to the nation's outstanding senior
hockey player. The recipient of the award will be announced during the
Final Four in Albany, New York the weekend of April 4.
Speaking about his chances of winning the Hobey, Madeley said that he
"would be happy to finish fifth." Who would Madeley select? "Felsner and
(forward) Beattie are the two best players in the country," the goaltender
said.
MORE AWARDS: Following Lake State's 3-1 defeat of Michigan, both
teams remained on the ice for the CCHA awards' presentation. The
Wolverines stood somberly as the Lakers raised the CCHA playoff trophy
to the cheers of their jubilant fans. During the presentation the all-
tournament team was also announced. Michigan's Patrick Neaton and
Brian Wiseman were voted by the media to the all-tournament team as was
Dwayne Norris from Michigan State. Three of the six players named to the
team were from Lake State: rookie forward Brian Rolston, fellow frosh
e Tim Hanley, and Madeley.
Lake State coach Jeff Jackson emphasized the importance of his team's
younger players. "The freshman have grown into big players for us,"
Jackson said.
Madeley, the other Laker on the all-tournament team, also ended up as
the tournament's Most Valuable Player. But, few would select Madeley as
the tournament's Most Intellectual Player.
BRAVO, MAESTRO!: This weekend Michigan fans were treated to a
musical smorgasbord at Joe Louis Arena as the four hockey teams all
brought their pep bands. Notable among the four bands was the Miami
band. Clearly caught up in the "Where's Waldo" hoopla, the Redskin pep
band members were decked out in red and white stripped rugby shirts.
The Laker Band, though, was a refreshing change. Skirting the more
traditional instrumentation, the Laker Band was the only ensemble at The
Joe to incorporate an electric guitar and bass. The band's orchestration lent
itself to playing such Laker favorites as Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
and Black Sabbath's "Iron Man."

by Andy De Korte
Daily Sports Writer
DETROIT - Friday night, the
CCHA held its awards banquet in
the Columbus Ballroom of the
Westin Hotel. By coaches' vote,
player-of-the-year, coach-of-the-
year, and rookie-of-the-year were
chosen.
To the surprise of most, the
CCHA player-of-the-year award was
given to MSU's Dwayne Norris
rather than the CCHA's new all-time
leading scorer Denny Felsner.
"We were all disappointed,"
Michigan coach Red Berenson said.
"I thought Felsner really deserved it.
He's had an awesome season. Norris
is great player though."
Norris was just as surprised as
anyone.
"Coach (Ron Mason) told me
Thursday, and that I'd have to give a
speech. It hit me like a ton of bricks,
and was totally unexpected," Norris
said. "There was a lot of real good
players in the CCHA this year with
guys like Felsner, and (Darrin)
Madeley."
Michigan's Felsner had no com-
ment.
Norris garnered four first-place
votes to Felsner's three, giving him
a 54 to 49 point edge in the final
tally.
"It's a shame really," Felsner's
linemate David Oliver said. "For all
he's done for the league it's terrible.
He's been a consistent standout for
four years. It's not just one season,
he's broken about all of their records
and for him to not get it is unbeliev-
able. We just haven't gotten any re-
spect."
Lake Superior's Darrin Madeley
and Mark Astley received the final
two first-place votes.
Miami coach George Gwozdecky
led Miami to its highest ever finish

Narrowly escaping heavy pressure, Wolverine forward Denny Felsner cannot quite convert the opportunity into a
goal. Felsner suffered a rare scoreless game against Miami Saturday night, notching but one assist.

in the CCHA to win the coach-of-
the-year title. This season was also
Miami's second playoff appearance
in three years. Miami's sweep of
Western Michigan in the playoffs
was also the first time Miami ad-
vanced beyond the first round of the
playoffs.
The Redskins' 17-17-6 record
was their best record since a 18-17-1
record in 1982-83. In six years as a
collegiate coach, Gwozdecky has a

99-98-15 mark and is the first Miami
coach elected coach-of-the-year.
"It was a great honor," Gwoz-
decky said. "We've had a great year,
and everyone has learned a lot at this
tournament and everyone who re-
turns next year is going to want to
come back here again."
Gwozdecky actually had the
smallest margin of victory of the
night, 46 to 42 points for Mason.
Mason engineered the Spartans to

within one point of the second place
after a disappointing fourth-place
finish in 1990-91.
Brian Loney became the second
Ohio State Buckeye to be selected
rookie-of-the-year, joining Paul
Pooley in 1980-81. Loney led all
rookies in scoring with 20 goals and
31 assists.
Illinois-Chicago goaltender Jon
Hillebrandt received two first-place
votes but trailed Loney, 65-42, in the
vote.




KRAMER
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played in the hockey program at St.
Michaels, the same program that
produced current teammate David
Harlock.
A strong season at St. Michaels
only heightened the attention
Kramer received, evidenced by the
recruiting efforts of a number of
schools including Michigan,
Bowling Green and Cornell.
"My whole family went to
Bowling Green, my father, my
mother," Kramer said. "I was also
recruited by Ohio State and Miami
but the only Ohio school that I
really had interest in was BG.
"I had an average trip to
Bowling Green and I had a great
visit to Michigan, and I really liked
the academics Michigan has. I saw
the program rising and that I could
be a part of it rising."
Bowling Green coach Jerry York
had a vested interest in the
Wolverine rise and wishes he could
have landed Kramer. Kramer has had
a number of big games against the
three Ohio schools in the CCHA.
Saturday, he scored the first and last
goals in the Wolverines victory. His
seven goals against Miami was tops
on the team this season, to go with
five assists.
"I think we were one of the first,
teams to recruit Ted. We saw he was
a competitor and could play at this
level," York said. "Our judgment
was right and he's been a
contributor to a Division I school.
You can't get every kid you recruit
so it's nice to see I didn't make a
mistake, seeing how his career
worked out."
Kramer arrived at Michigan
supported by sparkling numbers

from the junior leagues, much like
other young hockey prodigies. He
scored 63 goals for his Detroit team
and centered the first line ahead of
current Minnesota North Stars
center, Mike Modano. While he had
been a finesse player, Kramer's style
would soon change.
"When I was first coming in I
was coming off a knee injury, so I
just tried to do anything I could to
contribute to the team and be able to.
stay in the lineup," Kramer recalled.
"I think that is where my
physicalness started. Because I was a
step behind everyone because I had
this big knee brace on, and I was out
of shape because of my injury; I just
tried to go and hit, and be a good
defensive player.
"Then my first three years it just
seemed to snowball from there. I
was expected to hit and go out and
take the man out, get the goals I
could, play the grinding style, and
work the corners."
The adjustments he has made in
his game coupled with Kramer's
character has earned him the respect
and admiration of his teammates as
well as his coach.
"You have to look up to Teddy,
not just athletically, but he's done
well academically and has never
been in any kind of trouble,"
Berenson said. "The byline I use
with kids is 'Would I recommend
them for a job?' or 'Would I hire
them myself?'. With Ted, the
answer is yes, he works hard and has
great work ethic and that is why he
will be successful. He's a blue
chipper and always working hard."
Kramer's roommate Mike
Helber has a respect built on four
years of friendship.
"Ted's a ball of fire," Helber
said. "If you get him fired up, you're

not going to stop him. When he gets
his emotions going he is really hard
to control. Off the ice though we
always thought he was the mature
one of our freshman class. He
seemed to always know what he
wanted. I think it stemmed from
him living at St. Mikes before he
came here."

"At work, my boss knew not to
schedule a meeting on Friday be-
cause I had to be at a hockey game
Friday night," Jerry Kramer said.
"Well, last year I got a new boss and
he scheduled a Friday meeting in
Houston and I knew I was going to
be in trouble.
"We usually fly into Findlay, but
I convinced the pilot to go to
Willow Run in Ypsilanti. I had a
limousine waiting there, so I got
from Houston to Yost in about two
and a half hours.
"Well, the game was just into the
second period, and I saw Ted get into
a fight. A couple of seconds after he
got out the penalty box he went at it
again. Then, rightfully so, Red
benched him for the third period. I'm
sure Red was mad at him, but he
couldn't hold a candle to how mad I
was."
In those games Kramer has seen
the rise of Michigan hockey and that
rise will be among the best
memories he takes from Ann Arbor.
"Winning the GLI four times is
a real feather in (the senior's) cap,
when I got here we came in fourth
place and got home ice and that was
where we wanted to get. Being able
to bring the team into the top three
of nation instead of just maintaining
the high level of Michigan teams
was great."
Surrounding those games Kramer
enjoyed success in the classroom. He
will go through the walk-through
in May needing to take one four-
credit class to graduate with a
degree in organizational studies
from the independent concentration
program. This season, he also earned
an honorable mention on the All-
CCHA academic team.

Lake Superior forward Paul Constantin celebrates after scoring the go-
ahead and eventual game-winning goal yesterday.

Younger teammates have been
appreciative of the help that Kramer
affords them because he has "been
through it all."
"The first time we lifted
weights he pulled me aside and it
was my first contact with a senior,"
Mike Knuble said. "He's really
great to talk to. I've asked him
things I wouldn't ask anyone else,
because he's probably gone through
it. He's always helped me and the
other freshmen out if we have a
problem, or drive us around if we
need it."
K amer just takes the admiration
in stride.
"Since I've been through it all, I
figure I should relay some of the
information on to them. I just want
to help them out like Myles
O'Connor and Todd Brost did for
me."
An interesting dichotomy is
revealed when studying the seniors
who aided Kramer's early
development. Through yesterday's
game, Kramer is just five minutes
behind O'Connor (353) for third
place in all-time penalty minutes
and had passed Brost (63) by seven
goals for 20th place on the all-time
goal list.
"Through it all" is no trite
phrase for Kramer. By playing
yesterday, he became the leader in
games played for the Wolverines
with 171.
After all those games Kramer
feels he has gone full circle.
"My physicalness has gone the

'We're not hanging our
heads. We're not
overwhelmed or
disgusted or anything
like that. We could
have won just as easily
as not.'
- Red Berenson
Michigan hockey coach
LAKERS
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offensive zone, Rolston deked
Shields and flipped a backhand past
him.
The last Michigan power play
soon followed, and despite a sixth
attacker with Shields pulled, the
Wolverines failed to convert.
After the game's opening score
by Michigan's David Oliver at 1:09
of the second period, Laker Mike
Morin notched the equalizer four-
and-a-half minutes later, the first
time the rolling puck victimized the
Michigan defense. After Shields
stopped a Constantin blast from the
point, the puck deflected up in the
air and Morin tapped it in. The tie
set up the fateful third period.
Despite the loss, Wolverine for-
ward David Oliver remained confi-
dent in his teammates' abilities to
conquer the Lakers, should they
meet again.

Perhaps the members of the
NCAA bid committee felt likewise.
While the Lakers claimed the season
series from Michigan, 3-2, and won
the title, they did not have the mo-
mentum to leapfrog past their rival
in the NCAA Tournament draw. The
bid committee looked rather towards
the Wolverines' regular-season title
and strong finish, and rewarded
them with the No. 1 seed in the West
Region. Lake State received the No.
3 seed, with Minnesota sandwiched
between them.
This Sunday, the Maize and Blue
will return to the Joe to take on the
winner of Friday's Northern Michi-
gan-Clarkson game for the right to
advance to the Final Four in Albany,
N.Y.
Lake Superior State 3, MICHIGAN 1
at Joe Louts Arena
FIRST PERIOD
No scoring
Penalties - Lake Superior State, Faucher
(roughing;cian. Neaton ho dng) 1:03.
(Pegingy- Lake Superior State, Rolston
(holding) 15:01.
SECOND PERIOD
Michigan 1, Lake Superior State 0. Oliver
29 (Felsner, Wiseman) 1:09
Penalty - Michigan, Wiseman (holding)
1Penalty - Michigan, Harlock (high sticking)
2:38.
Lake Superior State 1, Michigan 1. Morin 9
(Constantin, Barnes) 4:48.
Penalties - Lake Superior State,. Astley
(roughing); Michigan, Stewart (2xroughing)
12:13.
Penalty - Lake Superior State, Barnes
(holding) 14:01.
Penalty - Lake Superior State, Rolston
(hooking) 17:08.
THIRD PERIOD
Lake Superior State 2, Michigan 1.
Constantin 15, (Beddoes) 9:02.
Penalty - Lake Superior State, Smith
(holding) 10:05.

Senior right wing Ted Kramer, a
native of Findlay, Ohio, has made
a career of ruining the other
CCHA teams from Ohio.
Opponent Goals Assts.Points
Miami 12 12 24
Ohio State 6 14 20
Bowling Green 8 5 .13
'I really only have a vengeance
against Bowling Green, but I seem
to do well against all the Ohio
teams.' - Ted Kramer
"I like to think I work hard and
give it my all when I'm out there. I
know I'm not going to score as
many as Denny (Felsner) or be able
to set everyone up like Ouimet, I


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