6- The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, February 7, 1994 Wolverines receive commitment from British Columbia junior star *I By MICHAEL ROSENBERG and JAESON ROSENFELD DAILY HOCKEY WRITERS Filling the skates of graduating cen- ter and leading assist man Brian Wiseman will be no easy chore. And while the Wolverines probably don't expect one player to take Wiseman's spot, they received a verbal commit- ment this week from a player who could help lessen the post-Wiseman woes. Robbie Gordon of Cloverdale, B.C. announced his intent to play forMichigan, choosing the Wolverines over Denver, Boston University, Boston College and New Hampshire. The 5-11, 180-pound center cited a visit with freshmen Warren Luhning and Brendan Morrison as well as the usual reasons for choosing Michigan. "Ijust thought (Michigan) would be the best place forme both academically and athletically," Gordon said. The Powell River Paper Kings center said he plans to major in business. Gordon boasts a list of credentials that includes being named Rookie of the Year of the Coastal Division of the B.C. Junior Hockey League last year. This year, Gordon leads the league with 133 total points. In 52 games, he has tallied 59 goals and 74 assists. Powell River coach Kent Lewis thinks Gordon can help the Wolver- ines immediately. "When he came back from the trip he was really excited," Lewis said. "Robbie wants to contribute to a win- ning hockey club, and he will, even as a freshman." Gordon's already physical style of play will ease his transition into col- lege hockey, according to Lewis. "He can play physically. He can bump with anybody," Lewis said. "He 'Robbie wants to contribute to a winning hockey club, and he will, even as a freshman.' - Kent Lewis: Powell River coack has definitely been our go-to guy this year, and even last year, as a 16-year: old, he was our go-to guy." Gordon, along with centerMatt Herr of Lakeville, Conn., defenseman Chris Fox of Grosse Pointe and forward Bi Muckalt of Colona, B.C. make u Michigan's 1994-95 recruiting class sQ far. The Wolverines will likely sign A pair of goaltenders to replace seniors Steve Shields and Chris Gordon. JONATHAN LURIE/Daily Brian Wiseman and David Oliver each notched three points in a 10-4 win over Kent State Friday. That victory tied Red Berenson with Vic Heyliger as Michigan's all-time winningest coach. Saturday's win gave Berenson the lead. Berenson moves atop coaching list Michigan coach passes Vic Heyliger with 230th victory Saturday By MICHAEL ROSENBERG DAILY HOCKEY WRITER When Red Berenson finished his career as a Michigan hockey player in 1962, he left behind the premier col- lege hockey program in the nation. The Wolverines had won arecordsixNCAA titles and would soon add a seventh. Berenson had just scored 43 goals in a season, more than any Wolverine be- fore or since. When Berenson returned to Michigan in 1984, the picture was not nearly as rosy. The Wolverines had only made one Final Four ap- pearance in two decades, and they were in the lower echelon of the CCHA. Berenson, who had played in the National Hockey League for 18 seasons and coached for three more, had his work cut out for him. "The first couple of years I didn't know what I was getting into,"Berenson said. MICHIGAN 10, KENT 4 Kent 0 2 2-4 Michigan 2 4 4-10 FWPedod-1, UM, Soan (Wiseman, Sittler), 3:11. 2,UM, Legg9(Sittler, Madden), 6:38 Penaties-Knuble, UM (crosschecking), 7:25; Mitchell, KSU (high-sticking), 7:57; McPherson, KSU (roughing), 9:43. Ssoon Peiod-3, UM,Wseman 11(Hilton,Oliver), :46.4, KSU, Muldoon 3 (Krosky, Mitchell), 1:07. 5, UM, Monism 17 (Knube, Hogan), 1:1& 6, UM, Knuble 26 (Morrison, Botterill), 6:12 (pp). 7, KSU, Sylvester9. 6:53. 8,UM, Morrison 18 (Oliver, Knuble), 10:11 (pp). Penalties - Mischke, KSU (roughing), 4:49; Schock, UM (high- sticking), 7:03; Kotary, KSU (tripping), 8:30; Knuble, UM (etwing),14:12;Mischke,KSU(holding),16:45;Mischke, KSU, 10:00 misconduct, 16:45; Loges, UM, served by Sitler (delay of game), 18:47. 1IdPeriod-9,KSU, Raygor6 (Fair), 2:27.10, UM, Wiseman 12 (Oliver), 2:34.11, UM, Madden 5,4:08.12, UM,Knuble27 (Hogan), 12:03.13, UMLuhning7(Willis, Stone). 1244.14, KSU, Raygor 7 (Drouin), 116. Penal- ties -- Mainhardlt, KSU (roughing), 1:02; Schock, UM (oughing), 1:02; McPherson, KSU (slashing), 7:19; Stone, UM (slashing), 7:19; Hogan, UM (slashing), 8:38; Stone, UM (roughing), 13:47; Sloan, UM (roughing), 13:47; Gunderson, KSU (rough ing), 13:47; Ma inhartit, KSU (rough- ing, 13:47; Pain, KSU (roughing), 13:47; Luhning, UM (interference), 15:12. Uhotsongod-KSU 12412-33. UM 9159-33. Power plays - KSU 0 of 6, UM 2 of 6. Godlieuaves-KSU, Lacasse 7-5-X-12; Shaw(6:12 second) X65-11. UM, Shields 12-5-17; Loges (11:38 Second) X2-11-13.* aes-Jeff Shell, Mark Shegos. Lbesmm - John Kelly. At: Yost Ice Arena. A: 6,867 ButBerenson slowly but surely built up the program, and Saturday he earned his 230th win, moving ahead of Vic Heyliger for first place on Michigan's all-time victories <,flist. <. When Don > Shula broke George Halas' K record for most victories by an NFL coach, he said it would be nice if it happened Berenson in a year in which his team, the Mi- ami Dolphins, accomplished some- thing important. It has been that kind of year for the Wolverines. They have domi- nated the CCHA and have been ranked No. 1 in the country for most of the season. "I'm not superstitious, but I think this is a special year," Berenson said. "Nobody in our league- including us - expected us to be in the position we are now." If Michigan makes the Final Four for the third straight year, it will so- lidify its reputation as one of the elite college hockey programs in the nation. It took nine years, but the Wolverines appear to have made it back to the _ 1 MICHIGAN 2, FERRIS STATE 1 Ferris State 0 1 0-0 Michigan 0 2 0-2 First Period - None. Penalties - Frescoln, UM (interference), 2:33; Crimin, FSU (interfer- ence), 7:00; Morrison, UM (hooking), 10:41; Gruden, FSU (hooking), 11:23; Parrish, FSU (trip ping), 14:22, Sergott, FSU (delay of game), 19:04. Second Period - 1, UM, Luhning 8 (Stone, Willis), 3:09. 2, UM, Wiseman 13 (Oliver), 10:30. 3. UM, McIntyre 6 (Kitching, Bell), 16:56. Penal- ties - None. Third Period-None. Penalties - Hogan, UM (interference), 16:28. Shots on goal - FSU 5-11-11-27. UM 7-10- 7-24. Power plays - FSU 0 of 3, UM 0 of 4. Goalie saves - FSU, Lisko 7-8-7-22. UM, Shields 5-10-11-26. Referees - Steve Piotrowski, John LaDuke. Linesman - Kevin Newell. At: Yost Ice Arena. A: 7,498. heights they reached when Berenson was a player. Of course, the road back wasn't always easy. "We've had a lot of long bus rides back home," Berenson said. "I always had confidence that it would happen. It took longer than I expected." How did Berenson take Michigan from a below-average team to a peren- nial power? The most important thing was probably recruiting. Berenson has worked closely with his assistants to bring in top-notch talent, and once the players come in he makes them work like a professional team, not like a college team. "We practice hard for the full two hours of practice," Michigan captain Brian Wiseman said. "He cares for us as players, but he also cares for us as people, probably more than most coaches do. He wants nothing less for us than we want for ourselves. I think he deserves all of the credit. " Of course, modesty forbids Berenson from taking much credit for the school's impressive turn- around. "It's really a tribute to the pro- gram," Berenson said. "This is not a one-man program. This is a team ef- fort." HOCKEY Continued from page 1 game right until the end," Berenson said. "These are the kind of games that help your team." While Berenson was pleased with his team's performance Saturday night in a 2-1 victory, he did not have kind words for the defense in Friday's 10- 4 blowout of Kent (5-15-2, 10-17-2). "Tonight was one of those nightl where (the defense) just couldn't dr anything right," Berenson said. "I love to see our team score goals, but I hatb for us to give up that many scoring chances." Indeed, the Golden Flashes had scoring chances, matching Michigan with 33 shots on goal. The Wolver- ines, however, scored on 10-of-33 tries while the goalie tandem of Shields and Al Loges erred on only four Kent shots. "I'll just say that we did have some opportunities," Kent coach Bill Switaj said. "We didn't make the saves. Their goalies did." Michigan broke out of its recent offensive slump, with all but four Michigan skaters notching a point. Mike Knuble led the scoring barrage with two goals and two assists, while Brendan Morrison and Wiseman! added a pair of tallies each. "You've got to take what we did well out of this," Oliver said. "The main thing is we got our offense go- ing again." JONATHAN LURIE/Daily David Oliver and the Wolverines moved to within one point of clinching the CCHA title with Saturday's 2-1 defeat of Ferris State. U Through games of Feb. 5 CONFERENCE OVERALL This week's scores Next week's Friday's games Friday's games TEAM w 1 T PTS W Michigan 22 1 1 45 27 Michigan St. Western Mich. Lake Superior 14 13 12 12 10 6 3 31 ' 17 8 1 27 16 8 2 26 18. 8 1 25 14 9 2 22 12 L T Michigan 10, Kent 4 2 1 Western Mich. 3, Ferris St. 1 8 3 Miami 3, Notre Dame 2 9 2 Ohio St. 5, Michigan St. 4 9 2 Bowling Green 7, 1II-Chicago 6 Bowling Green at Kent Ferris St. at Ohio St. Miami L. 10 12 1 Bowling Green Ferris St. Notre Dame 9 12 1 19 10 17 6 13 4 16 8 17 2 Saturday's games 1 Michigan 2, Ferris St. 1 4 Western Mich. 8, Kent 4 2 Miami 6, Notre Dame 5 1 Ohio St. 4, Bowling Green 3 4 Michigan St. 4, III.-Chicago 2 Ill.-Chicago at Miami Michigan St. at Lake Superior" Notre Dame at Western Mich. Saturday's games Bowling Green at Kent Ferris St. at Miami 1i.-Chicago at Ohio St. Michigan St. at Lake Superior. 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