6 - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, November 7, 1994 Wqu nO Early wins over Lake nothing new for Blue 1) 9 By BARRY SOLLENBERGER Daily Hockey Writer It doesn't have the longevity of chocolate vs. vanilla, nor does it contain the historical implications of the Patton-Rommel confrontations, but the Michigan- Lake Superior State rivalry is important in its own right. Over the pastfour years, no matchup has been more important in determining the CCHA and - as was the case last year - national championship. Since the 1990-91 season, the Wolverines and Lakers have combined to win three regular season CCHA championships, all four CCHA playoff titles and two national championships. Michigan's 4-2 victory over Lake State Saturday night was a typical Wolverine-Laker thriller. The importance of the rivalry was not lost on some Michigan players. "This is why you come to a school like Michigan," Brendan Morrison said. "So you can compete in games like this." It was the first taste of the big-time for others. "This was the biggest game of the year and of my career, so far," freshman Marty Turco said. Statistics show that the rivalry is as dead even as the senatorial race in California. Saturday's victory means that the Wolverines are now 10-9-1 in the last twenty games with their rivals. Of those twenty contests, only six have been decided by an outcome of more than three goals. Michigan and Lake State are that even. But there is a catch to this equality - and it's sickening enough to make the Wolverines upchuck uncontrollably. Michigan hasn't had trouble beating Lake State during the regular season. The Wolverines are now 9-5-1 against the Lakers in regular season play over the past four-plus seasons. Containing Lake State at home also isn't a problem. Saturday's Michigan victory ensured that the Lakers' senior class will gradu- ate without ever beating the Wolverines in Yost Ice Arena. But come March, it always seems to be a different story. Over the past four years, Lake State holds a 4-1 lead against Michigan in CCHA and NCAA playoff competition. The Lakers knocked the Wolverines out of the CCHA playoffs in three successive seasons (1990-1993). And even when Michigan finally defeated Lake State in post-season play for its first ever CCHA playoff championship last March, the Lakers got the last laugh when they knocked off Michigan in the NCAA quarterfinals a week later. Lake State went on to win its second national title in three years. Michigan's last national championship came in 1964. Ouch. So while the Wolverines' victory Saturday night was a big early season win, it was only that - a big early season win. Michigan captain Rick Willis had the rightidea when he described the victory, quite plainly, as a "good win" but nothing to go rolling naked in the snow about. "We want to beat them in the regular season and when it counts this year," Willis said. Make no mistake, Saturday's outcome was a definite positive for the Michi- gan hockey team. It was a win over a quality, ranked opponent and a big rival. It should help the Wolverines regain some confidence which was lost from earlier losses to Colorado College and Ferris State. But it certainly does not a season make. "This team is not going to be satisfied until we meet all of our goals," Willis said. "One of those is to win the national championship." And to do that, Michigan will probably need to beat Lake Superior again - not only in mid-January in Sault Ste. Marie - but in late March and early April. For Michigan hockey, that would come as a welcome change, indeed. " EVAN PETRIE/Daily Michigan defenseman Blake Sloan assisted on John Madden's game-tying goal at the 7:16 mark of the third period. The Wolverines trailed, 2-1, entering the final stanza before scoring three goals to secure the 4-2 victory. 'M' defendesle edownth-right offtnsivaers Hogan, Sloan help Blue overcome third-period deficit against Lakers By DARREN EVERSON Daily Hockey Writer Playing defense in hockey involves hard work and dedication. After all, it's not easy to stop the other guy from scoring, and never getting much credit for it can be frustrating. That usually holds true for Michigan's group of blueliners, but not this weekend. True, they did live up to their title of 'defensemen' - the Wolverines gave up just four goals total against Ohio State and Lake Superior State and outshot each of them decisively. But against Lake State, Michigan needed a little more than just stingy play from the defense, and Tim Hogan and Blake Sloan delivered that some- thing extra. Each player set up forward John Madden in front of the net in the third period, allowing the sopho- more center to score the tying and winning goals against the Lakers. "We expect everybody to con- tribute," Michigan goalie Marty Turco said. "The forwards can't do it all by themselves." That certainly was the case Satur- day. Lake State led, 2-1, entering the final period of play and had stifled the Michigan attack. Even when the Wol- verines were able to move the puck out of their own end, there always seemed to be a Laker draped all over every Michigan forward. . "(The Lakers) check everyone so well, no one's open," Wolverinecoach Red Berenson said. "The defensemen have to step in and fill those holes." Eight minutes into the third, Hogan stepped forward and did just that. Instead of simply sending the puck into the Lakers' zone, the se- nior defender carried it across the blue line and to the right of the Lake State goal. Attracting goalie John Grahame's attention, Hogan then passed back to Madden, who fired the puck over the netminder's right shoulder and into the net. jump up and make those plays," Hogan said. "We have to be 100 percent sure that it's a safe time to jump forward. It's a split-second decision, (but) it's something that we work on in prac- tice." The Wolverines did appear to have that play well-practiced. Despite send- ing defensemen deep into Lake State's end three times (defenseman Harold Schock had a two-on-one chance with.* Jason Botterill that failed), the Michi- gan backliners never once got trapped too far into the zone. For Berenson, that would be unac- ceptable no matter how many goals they set up. "I don't want our defensemen try- ing to split (the opponent's) defense or getting trapped," he said. "But we'll take all the offense we can from our defense as long as we don't give up * any. "We don't get a lot (of offense) from the defense. We don't preach it, but we do encourage it." Hogan After that tally tied the game, fel- low defenseman, Sloan, and Madden pulled off virtually the same play five minutes later to win it. "It's a great feeling when you can BLUE Continued from page 1 where he left off in his last home appearance and scored Michigan's first two goals en route to his second career hat trick. Two weeks ago, the sophomore forward scored with one second left in the game to give the Wolverines a 5-4 victory over Colorado College and a much-needed split in the year's first big series. Last year, as a freshman, most of Botterill's successes came away from home, but so far this year he has tallied II of his 12 points at the friendly confines of Yost Ice Arena. "So far this year, it's been nice playing at Yost," Botterill said. "The team has been up for the games, and the crowd has been really supportive." Mike Knuble added two goals for Michigan in his first game back after a chest ailment kept him sidelined for two weeks. He returned to the top line with Brendan Morrison and Kevin Hilton. The impact of his return was immedi- ate. The Buckeyes had trimmed the Wolverines' 3-0 lead to just one goal when Michigan went on the power play. Thirty seconds into it, Knuble skated out from behind the Ohio State net and sent a pass up to the blue line where Morrison manned the point. Morrison took the puck and sent a blistering slap shotpastBuckeye goalie Tom Askey to put the Wolverines up by two goals. Ohio State would never get that close again. Fourminutes later Knuble scored from a Morrison pass - the first of a trio of Michigan goals that concluded the last three minutes of the second period -putting the game out of reach for good. "(Knuble) is abigassettoourteam not only on the ice but off the ice with his leadership," Morrison said. "We got off to a good start this year, but then he had that unfortunate injury. "I think we compliment each other well, and it's nice to have him back." 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Second Period - 4, OSU, compeau 3 (Sellers, Richards), 8:36 (pp). 5, OSU, Power 5 (Dufour, McMillian), 9:51 (pp). 6, UM, Morrison 3 (Knuble, Botterill), 12:54 (pp). 7, UM, Knuble 2 (Morrison, Schock), 16:58. 8, UM, Willis 1 (Hogan), 18:30; 9, UM, Botterill 5 (Gordon, Sloan), 19:51. Penalties - UM bench (too many men), 6:42; Luhning, UM (elbowing), 8:00; Fraser, OSU (p. w/ I brk. stick), 12:22; Brent, OSU (roughing), 15:10; - Sloan, UM (high-sticking), 15:10.L . Third Period - 10, UM, Knuble 3 (Hilton, 9 Sinclair), 9:3511,UM,Gordon 3 (Frescoln, Muckalt) 13:57. 12, UM, Hilton 4 (Sloan) 17:07. Penalties 9 - Rathwell, OSU (roughing) 10:40 Schock, UM (roughing) 10:40. Shots on goal - UM 16-11-7-34. OSU 2-10- { 4-16. Power plays - UM 2 of 4; OSU 2 of 4. Goalie saves - UM, Turco 2-8-xx-10, Loges xx-xx4-4. OSU, Askey 13-7-4-24. Referee -Roger Graft. Unesmen - John LaDuke, John Pearson. At: Yost Ice Arena. A: 6,084. MICHIGAN 4, LAKE SUPERIOR STATE 2 Lake Superior State 1 1 0-2 Michigan 1 0 3-4 First Period - 1, LSSU, Felsner 7 (Aldridge, S.Tallaire), 15:30 (pp). 2, UM, Gordon 4 (unas- sisted), 18:07. Penalties - Botterill, UM (hook- ing),1:36; Matteucci, LSSU (holding), 8:27; Morin, LSSU (cross-checking), 10:38; Felsner, LSSU (roughing), 13:01; Luhning, UM (roughing), 13:01; Sloan, UM (hooking), 14:19; Halko, UM (tripping) 15:18. Second Period-3, LSSU, Morin 3 (Strachan), 14:20. Penalties - Schock, UM (interference), 1:25; Angelelli, LSSU (interference), 5:23; Gra- ham, LSSU (delay of game), 8:15. Third Period - 4, UM, Madden 4 (Hogan), 7:16 (pp):5, UM, Madden 5 (Sloan), 16:43 (pp); 6, UM, Willis 2 (unassisted) 19:56 emp.nt. Penalties - Aldridge LSSU (high-sticking), 5:44; Morrison, UM (high sticking), 5:44; Willis, UM (high-sticking), 14:50; Bench UM (too many men) 16:26. Shots on goal - UM 10-10-11-31. LSSU 5- 13-8-26. Power plays - UM 0 of 5; LSSU 1 of 5. Goalie saves- UM, Turco 4-12-8-24. 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