The Michigan Daily- Friday, January 11,1992 Page 11 t , 3ma X +rx aa a . vu c V 3R N3"r " irt s "s wnfl y y 6ptN d tb E P ek r'r S p t b ((yyYtltl(( )4 Qd4 s ay1 3 16 4 L4 4 ( 53$8 U 5 () E M 9 ^S d6 9 Blue icers hope to douse Flames A YygWd f3' y b 6 YN 4M QlIYLf Pk N'%R rmu t5/ A vAk t K' 0 r ga R z°61G ~iai s ', gosh oalie Hillebrandt leads UICback from hockey oblivion +a k " j v r . by Ken Sugiura Daily Hockey Writer There was a time when a Mich- igan hockey series with Illinois- Chicago (UIC) meant a pair of easy Wolverine victories. Before the season began, they (15-3-3 overall, 9-3-3 in the CCHA) owned a nine- game winning streak against UIC, including 9-2 and 13-4 bombings of the Flames (6-9-3 in the CCHA and overall). However, the balance of power changed Nov. 22-23. "We didn't at all expect them to do as well as they did," Michigan's Mark Ouimet said. "They almost beat us, they probably should have beat us in the second game there, so we were lucky to get out of there with a couple of games." In the first game, Ouimet netted the game-winner at 19:57 of the third period to steal a 5-4 victory. The following night, UIC out- played the then-No. 1 Wolverines, but wound up with a 3-3 tie. "We were surprised," Ouimet summarized. This weekend, at the UIC Pavilion, the games will be on the Flames' terms. Since the last Mich- igan series, UIC is 4-0-1 at home, with a victory over No. 4 Lake Superior St. and a sweep of upstart Miami. With Michigan's conference road mark at 3-3-1, and the team in the thick of the conference title chase, there won't be much margin for "surprise." The Flames caught Michigan off guard with pesky forechecking in Ann Arbor, and Wolverine coach Red Berenson foresees more of the same. "They'll start coming at us hard and hopefully we'll be able to handle it," he said. UIC marks the Wolverines' first two-game road trip since Lake Superior. Michigan dropped both in the Soo, a 3-2 overtime loss and a 10- 0 stomping. A solid showing here would go a long way to solidify the No. 3 Wolverines' legitimacy among hockey's elite. "We haven't established that we deserve our top ranking yet," de- fenseman Doug Evans said. "A major way to establish that is to go in there this weekend and outwork them in their building." Is a sweep possible? "We have the manpower to do it. It's basically just if we show up to play for six periods," Evans con- tinued. "If we do, then we should do okay." Michigan failed to do so last weekend in a home-and-home set with Notre Dame. While the Wolverines emerged with a 4-3, 8-5 sweep, the Irish made the weekend a bit more uncomfortable than expected. Berenson's disenchant- ment with his Wolverines' play Friday in Notre Dame behooved him to call a second-period timeout to berate his club. "It was like, 'This is an embarrassment to Michigan hockey to come down to Notre Dame and play like this,' and he let us know that," goalie Steve Shields recalled. UIC netminder Jon Hillebrandt has been anything but an embar- rassment for the Flames. The frosh sensation ranks second in saves and minutes in the CCHA, and has made all 18 starts for UIC. "He's probably been the difference in our season. It's tough for us to win if he doesn't play well," UIC coach Larry Pedrie said. Another advantage Pedrie will utilize is his familiarity with the Wolverines. He served three years as an assistant under Berenson. a HEY WOLVERINES! ' | | | Forward Cam Stewart pushes the puck up the ice against Notre Dame last weekend. The 'M' icers swept the home-and-home series. I .Pittsburgli by Andy Stabile Daily Sports Writer Ready or not, tomorrow in Pittsburgh, the University of Michigan women's gymnastics team kicks off its 1992 season. Pitt and West Virginia will welcome Wolverine coach Bev Fry into her third season. Fry's team is high on expectation and has enough talent to win the Big Ten Champi- onship in March. Unfortunately, her team has enough injuries to open a MASH unit. Of the team's five much-heralded rookie gymnasts, only one, Beth E Wymer, will be able to compete in the season opener. "We've had some unexpected in- juries," Fry said. "There's some key people that we brought in as fresh- men that we were hoping would be able to make a real immediate im- pact in the program, and now for the first meet we've only got one of them in the lineup." Injuries aside, Fry feels the team is ready to attack the season. "The rest of the girls have really risen to the occasion. Things have Chicago await nhaus gone really well. Even though we don't have everybody that we were hoping to have in the lineup, we're still stronger now than we were at the end of last year," she said. At the end of last year, the Wolverines were strong enough to finish third in the Big Ten. How- ever, for tomorrow, Michigan will rely on last year's standouts. Junior Ali Winski and last season's Big Ten Conference 1991 all-around co- champion sophomore Wendy Wilk- inson will lead the Wolverine charge in Pittsburgh. "Their spirits are really good," Fry said. "As far as going into the first meet, I think we are better pre- pared for this meet than we have been than in the two seasons that I've been here. The kids are confident about doing their routines. I'm sure we're going to take our falls. We're still going to have first meet jitters, but I'm sure that we're going to do real well." by Todd Schoe As the Michigan men's gymnas- tics team takes its 0-1 record to the Windy City Invitational tomorrow, it will probably need to overcome inexperience and injuries for a good performance. The Wolverines will try to re- bound from their disappointing sea- son opener against Minnesota. Tomorrow, Michigan will be competing against nine other teams. Despite the intense competition, Darden remains fairly confident. "Although we are unproven, if we perform up to expectations, we could very well finish in the top half," he predicted. At least four sophomores and four rookies will attend the meet at Illinois-Chicago. Frosh sensation Brian Winkler will be among them. Winkler finished with the sixth highest all-around score in the Big gymnasts Ten last weekend. Michigan will be shorthanded by the absences of Royce Toni (back spasms) and Rich Dopp (stiff neck). The Wolverines will also miss senior Jim Round for the next couple of weeks with a broken hand "Fortunately we have a lot of depth in the number of athletes training in the gym and in the talent of each individual," Darden said. WHERE IS YOUR WORLD GOING? \r CO N U 2750 Jackson Ave. A2 super sd Hours: 7am-11pm Daily 761-1889 COME CLEAN UP YOUR ACT WITH US.. 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