Balanced effort keys win over Bucks The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, December 12, 1994 -- 9 By MELANIE SCHUMAN Daily Hockey Writer COLUMBUS - There's a victory and then there's a blowout. If you were not one of the 2,187 people supposedly on hand for Michigan's 7-2 victory over Ohio State Friday, you might assume that this win would fall into the blowout category. Not exactly. While the Wolverines did score seven goals in front of roughly 1,000 fans from both schools, four of them came in the first period. This tally included a natural hat trick by Mike Knuble. "We expected to win and we knew that if we played well, we'd probably stretch the margin," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "It would be up to us. If we played well, we figured we'd have a good chance to win the game but by more than one or two goals." After a sloppy 20 minutes of play by Michigan, the third *eriod showed why going into this weekend, the Wolverines were a disappointing No. 3 in the conference. In Michigan's 10-2 romp in the two teams' first meeting earlier this season, Buckeye goalie Tom Askey was never pulled in lieu of a backup (nor was he this weekend). He was bombarded by double the shots his team had, yet faced only seven Wolverine shots in the third. Friday, Ohio State scored only one goal in the third, but the possibility of more had been looming. Having played the puck far more in the first 40 minutes, Michigan dropped back in the third and the Buckeyes stepped it up a notch to invade Wolverine territory. "Michigan had backed off their intensity in the third period and that allowed us to get a few more chances," Ohio State coach Jerry Welsh said. "We didn't get any breaks but it's not like we deserved any." Whether it was gunning for pride or its first conference win on the season, Ohio State tossed a snag into Berenson's game plan. The underdogs nearly doubled their shots-on- goal in the final stanza with eight for a final tally of 17. Yet at times, it was difficult to determine who was out there - ,ne of the Buckeyes or Brutus the mascot? Five minutes into the third period, there were scuffles which erupted into punches thrown, helmets on the ice and a bunch of egos butting heads. Three players from each team received double-minors for roughing, while Rick Willis and Buckeye defenseman Craig Paterson were assessed 10- minute misconducts. Berenson and his coaching staff have warned the players that for the team's sake, they must avoid fighting and after- the-whistle penalties. These can lead to game misconducts and a mandated absence from the following game's lineup. "They know it and sure enough they get goaded into it," Berenson said. "As much as we're preaching that, it's still hard for kids that are aggressive kids like Willis and Luhning to stay out of it. It's not their nature to back away." The freshman forward line of Matt Herr, Robb Gordon and Bill Muckalt was the only consistent factor in the game. Herr was credited with a goal, although it was obvious that he made the cross-ice pass to Gordon who actually netted the score. These three were part of a steady Wolverine lineup, but the defense was yet again an interesting mix of talent. "We don't know down the road who is going to have to play and who isn't so it's good to keep the guys' game fresh," Michigan assistant Billy Powers said. Harold Schock, who leads the defensemen in scoring with one goal and seven assists, sat out his first game this season but did play Saturday against Western Michigan. Peter Bourke turned in his most solid effort this season, seeing action in all three periods. Senior Alan Sinclair, who saw action in only 18 games last year, played in his ninth and tenth games this weekend. He made a nice play in the first period to keep Michigan on sides and assisted on Knuble's second goal. SophomoreChris Frescoln feels most comfortable play- ing with Tim Hogan and did so Friday, but there hasn't been that comfort factor for anyone this season except the consis- tent twosome of Blake Sloan and Steven Halko. "The fact is that we happen to have extra guys in case somebody gets hurt and it just makes you hungrier; it makes you try harder to get in the rotation," Frescoln said. "It's an incentive to play harder." Warren Luhning scores Michigan's second JOE WESTRATE/Daily goal against Western Michigan. The tally put the Wolverines ahead, 2-0. Spartans win behind Carter's effort Associated Press Anson Carter scored twice and as- sisted on one goal and Steve Guolla scored once and had three assists as Michigan State (12-4-1) beat West- ern Ontario, 8-2, Saturday. The Spartans scored the first four goals. They were scored by Carter, Chris Smith, Brian Clifford and Dean Sylvester. Western Ontario didn't get on the board until 10:40 of the second period when Jason Heywood scored. 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