6 - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, November1,1993 ___ nosB W01 Banes nds positives in tie By JAESON ROSENFELD DAILY HOCKEY WRTER BOWLING GREEN -They say a tie is like kissing your sister. That must make atie with Bowling Green like kissing Roseanne Arnold and then finding out she's your sister. Or at least that's what Michigan coach Red Berenson might have told you last year. ButafterMichigan's 5-5 tie inits CCHAopeneratthe Bowling Green Ice Arena Friday night, Berenson and his team weren't exactly kissing the season goodbye. To the contrary, the Wolverines did everything but break out into "Accentuate the positive," after Michigan's dead- lock with the Falcons. Instead of going on a tirade about defensive break- downs and missed opportunities - both of which the Wolverines hadmany -Berenson focusedonhis team's accomplishments. "We know that it's not going to be the same as last year,"Berenson said. "We've got some good young kids to work with and we've got some returning juniors that have to contribute. I thought Steven Halko had an out- standing game tonight. (Blake Sloan and Harold Schock) also played well, so we did some good things." Indeed Berenson displayed two things he will need a lot of in the early part of this year - patience and optimism. In order to foster the development of a young team that includes eight freshmen, the Wolverines will have to overlook mental mistakes by the younger play- ers, especially the defensive corps. That means not pointing the finger at anyone, even when point-blank shots at goaltender Steve Shields are allowed, as they were in Friday's game. "You can't really blame the goalie when we ate outnumbered on arush," winger David Oliver said. "It's tough to blame the defense, too, when they are outnum- bered. You could say it's the forwards' fault for not getting back. We wouldn't get down on Shields and we are not getting down on the 'D'. "That's one of our team goals - not to bitch and not to complain. Just look at it and correct it." Add to the Wolverines' inexperience the fact that the Falcons are an improved hockey team, and an early- season tie on the road doesn't seem all that bad. Espe- cially when you consider that the Wolverines had to fight from behind and a freshman scored the tying goal with only forty seconds remaining. A lesser team would have left Ohio with a loss. "It was just a lot of character there," Oliver said. "We've been behind the eight-ball two of our first three games. That's going to help us out in the middle and later part of the season." And thanks to a favorable CCHA schedule, the Wol- verines will have plenty of time to learn what it takes to win on the road. Michigan's early season schedule includes only one game against a top-flight CCHA foe - at Lake Superior State this Friday - and provides the Wolverines with road tune-ups against weaker squads like Western Michi- gan, Kent State and Illinois-Chicago. These contests should provide the Wolverines with just the kind of win- as-you-learn type experience they need, and allow them to post a solid record into the second half of the season. When Michigan does finally face important tests against Lake Superior State, Michigan State and Miami, it will already have a half season of learning from mistakes and gelling as a team under its belt. And if the Wolverines learn their lessons well, they won't have to worry about kissing Roseanne Arnold or even their sisters. They'll be kissing the CCHA championship trophy. Freshmen impressive n conference debut " By MICHAEL ROSENBERG DMLY HOCKEY WRITER Steve Shields had had enough. He's a senior, he's been to two Final Fours, but here were these freshmen; scoring all over the place, and acting like they had reinvented the wheel or something. Heck, these guys hadn't even won a CCHA road game yet. "Hey Morrison," Shields called out to rookie Brendan Morrison, a second-round pick of the New Jer- sey Devils who had just scored twice in the home opener against Notre Dame. "Our class scored the first five goals of the year when we were freshmen. THE FIRST FIVE GOALS OF THE YEAR. So don't go calling home saying how you're the best class ever." One could forgive Shields for his agitation, real ornot. Since the season started, it has been the freshmen who have played like veterans. Morrison and fellow rookie Jason Botterill each had five goals before senior David Oliver, who scored 35 goals last year, scored his first tally of the new season. Oliver is a linemate of Botterill and senior captain Brian Wiseman. "Our line is doing really well," Oliver said before the Notre Dame game, in which he scored twice. "I can't buy a goal myself right now, but as a line we're doing well." Of course, over the length of the season Oliver will get his share, and the freshmen will come back down to earth. But the story of the season thus far has been the play of the rookies. "All the freshmen are really ex- cited," Morrison said. "Not just the freshmen. The whole team. I think we have a pretty talented class." Morrison led the Wolverines with three goals in two games against Alaska-Fairbanks. Botterill scored a hat trick in the 5-5 tie at Bowling Green Friday, and the freshmen scored, eight goals and the 13-2 triumph over Notre Dame. Coming in, the freshmen had big shoes to fill. Michigan lost four of its top six scorers and its four best defensemen from 1992-93. Berenson couldn't afford to hold rookies like Morrison and Botterill back. He had to throw them to the wolves. "The expectations were that Morrison would be in the top two or three lines," Berenson said. "I think he'll be a great college player. Botterill is the youngest player in the league, so it's a bit of a surprise he's scoring so early. He's a real level-headed kid. He's beyond his years." But Berenson wasn't prepared to knight any of the freshmen just yet. "The key guys are still Brian Wiseman and David Oliver and Mike Knuble," Berenson said. "They're the big guns." But fortunately for Berenson, they aren't the only big guns. Michigan's John Madden makes a check against Notre Dame Saturday. MihianState beats Mam,6=4 ASSOCIATED PRESS Scott Worden and Bart Turner scored empty- net goals as Michigan State nearly blew a four- goal lead but held on to beat Miami of Ohio, 6- 4 Saturday. The Spartans (3-1 CCHA, 3-1 Overall), beaten 5-1 by the Redskins Friday night, jumped to a 4- 0 lead in the first period on goals by Nicolas Perreault, Steve Guolla, Rem Murray and Chris Smith. Starting Miami goalie Kevin Deschambeault was replaced by Richard Shulmistra after giving up three goals on eight shots. The Redskins finally scored in the second period on a power-play goal by Matt Oates. Pat Hanley and Andrew Backen added third-period goals as Miami (1-3, 1-3) closed to 4-3. The Redskins pulled Shulmistra for an extra attacker with 97 seconds left and Worden scored the empty-net goal. Miami, still playing with a sixth attacker, closed to within one again when Jason Mallon scored. But Turner's goal with 33 seconds left clinched the Michigan State win. Mike Buzak made 31 saves for the Spartans. Shulmistra made 15 for the Redskins. Alaska-Fairbanks 6, Illinois-Chicago 3 Don Lester scored two goals to become the all-time defensive scoring leader for Alaska- Fairbanks as the Nanooks beat Illinois-Chicago, 6-3, Saturday night. Fairbanks (1-3, 2-4) got the only goal in the first period when Lester scored on a power play at 13:37. The senior defenseman scored again at 1:11 of the second. Trent Schachle's power-play goal made it 3- 0 after two periods. But the Flames (1-3, 1-3) stormed back in the third period, tying the game on goals by Derek Knorr, Matt Hanaman and Mike Peron. Freshman Chris Hodges got the momentum swinging the Nanooks' way again, scoring at 11:06 of the final period. Dean Fedorchuk made it 5-3 at 12:28 and Warren Carter scored into an empty net at 19:29. Lester's second goal of the night gave him 107 points for his college career, breaking the school mark for total points by a defenseman. Dave Collins tallied 106 points from 1982-1986. Illinois-Chicago beat the Nanooks 7-6 Fri- day night. Bowling Green 6, Western Michigan 2 Tom Glantz scored a goal and assistedon two othersasBowlingGreendefeatedWestemMichi- gan, 6-2 Saturday night. Bowling Green (3-0-1, 4-0-1) opened the scoring on Curtis Fry's goal at 2:58 of the first, assisted by Jeff Herman and Glantz. Western Michigan (1-3, 2-3) answered on a goal by Jeremy Brown at 9:06. The Falcons scored the only goal in the sec- ond period when Jason Clark filled the net. Bowling Green came out firing in the third period, getting goals from Todd Reirden, Glantz and two by Sean Pronger, to make the score 6-1. Brown added another Bronco goal onapower play at 18:12 of the final period. Bronco goalie Brian Renfrew was 36 of 40. Bob Petrie made 26 saves on 28 shots. Lake Superior St. 9, Ferris St. 2 Kurt Miller, Jay Ness, Steven Barnes and Mike Morin scored power play goals as Lake Superior St. defeated Ferris St., 9-2 Saturday. The Lakers (4-0, 4-0) scored three goals in each period and were in control throughout. Lake Superior jumped out to a 1-0 lead 13 seconds into the game on a goal by Matt Alvey. Dan Galarneau, Jason Trzcinski, Rob Valecevic and Clayton Beddoes also scored as Lake Superior took its second straight from Ferris State (0-2, 0-4). Doug Smith and Tim Christian scored for Ferris State, Christian's coming on the power play. The Bulldogs were one of seven on the power play, while the Lakers were four of seven. Paul Sass had 26 saves for the Lakers. Rich Nagy started for Ferris State and was replaced after giving up five goals on 20 shots at 4:15 of the second period. Craig Lisko completed the game, making 22 saves on 26 shots. 0 :' MARK FRIEDMANDIay Wolverine freshman Jason Botterill celebrates after scoring one of his two goals in Michigan's 13-2 victory over Notre Dame Saturday. READ THE DAILY HOCKEY Continued from page 1. stairs," Wiseman said. "Petrie goes down a lot when you are up close. I probably would have won the game if I got it up." Putting the puck in the net was not aproblem againstNotre Dame; count- ing the goals was. Michigan scored three times during the national an- them. Atleast, that'show itmusthave seemed to the Fighting Irish, who were shell-shocked after suffering their 11th loss in as many games againstMichigan in the Berenson era. "They do so many things really well," Notre Dame coach Ric Schafer said. "They move fast. They control the puck. They shoot when the oppor- tunities are there. Their defense was strong." After the tense battle of the night before, the Wolverines were happy with the easy victory. "It's fun to beat up on Notre Dame," rightwing Mike Knuble said, "after they beat up on us in football." Although Michigan did not lose a } game this weekend, it did lose one of its top players. Left wing Ryan Sittler separated his right shoulder when he was checked into the boards in the first period of the Bowling Green game not long after one-timing a shot past Falcon goalie Bob Petrie for the Wolverines' first goal. Sittler is ex- pected to be out between six and 12 weeks. "The best way to put it is week to week," Berenson said. "He got hit from the side and didn't really see it coming. He really got hit hard." FreshmanBrendan Morrison, who centers Sittler's line, said the loss of Sittler would hurt the team, but that the Wolverines are deep enough to cope with the injury. "He's a big part of our line," Morrison said. "But we've got Stoney (senior Mike Stone) on our line, and he'll create some room for us." Freshman Warren Luhning suf- fered a pulled groin but is expected to play Friday at Lake Superior State. Elliot S. Valenstein Professor of Psychology November 2 Biopsychology, Molecular Biology, and Reductionism November 9 History of Prefrontal Lobotomy: ki A-& Trv'opn Ar acp m r 1 I