10 -The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 27, 1996 Opportunities By Alan Goldenbach Oh, he couldr Daily Sports Writer correct. SAULT STE. MARIE - Less than The Lakers three months ago, Michigan handed handed the Wol- Lake Superior one of its most re- verines their first sounding defeats in team history, 8-2. weekend sweep Prior to this weekend, Michigan of the season in coach Red Berenson took very little two games that stake in how that game would play were like night into this weekend's matchups at Sault and day. Ste. Marie. But there were "These are two totally different two constants in teams now," Berenson said. the two games. lost due to'M' penalties. n't have been more nd each game hinged -4 overtime thriller, nes down a man late in the second period, Michigan goaltender Marty Turco was hit with a tripping penalty that wasn't taken at the most ideal of situations. The Wolverines were already down a man, following Steven Halko's hooking penalty less than a minute before, and the Lakers had capital-- ized on their last power play earlier in the period. Moreover, the momentum was clearly beginning to shift toward the Lakers' side. They were starting to get several more scoring opportuni- ties, evidenced by their outshooting Michigan, 5-1, over the minutes that preceded the two penalties. "We took some foolish penalties in Michigan coach Red Berenson could not work his magic on the Wolverines as they dropped two to the Lakers. WALKER VAN DYKE/Daily Lake State won both times at on a penalty. In Friday's 5- with the Wolveri the second period," Berenson said. "Turco's penalty hurt us." Before Turco, Berenson or any of the Wolverines could realize it, Gerald Tallaire deflected a Keith Aldridge slapshot into the net. And although the scoreboard read .2-2 at that point, Lake Superior had an immeasurable edge with the em tion. "I don't know if (Turco's tripping call) was abad penalty on his part, but I think it was," Berenson said after the game. "It put us two men short, and we gave up a power play goal and let them back into the game." Even though the Wolverines took the lead two other times in the third period, it was evident that they lost their chance to put the Lakers awa Saturday night, it was the opposite scenario for Michigan. The Wolver- ines gave up their lone opportunity to get back into the game. Instead, they were the ones being put away. In fact, Michigan could have con- We took some foolish penalties in the second period. Turco 's penalty hurt us." - Red Berenson Michigan hockey coach on this weekend's sweep sidered itselflucky to have the chance that it had in the second period. After giving up five straight goals, including a very soft one to a David Lambeth slapshot - which chased Turco to the bench - and a short- handed goal to Jason Trzcinski, the Wolverines could have packed their bags, left for home and saved them- selves another period and a half of grief. But Michigan then showed resil- iency that it hadn't displayed thus far in the season. Just two minutes later, Greg Cro- zier netted his first goal in four weeks, making it 5-2. Right after that, Aldridge went off for tripping Bill Muckalt who was streaking toward the Laker net. So here was Michigan's golden op- portunity. As a result of hard wor from its fourth line, the Wolverind had a chance to make it a two-goal game going into the locker room, and greatly minimize the damage of the five Lake State goals. But before the Wolverines could set up their power play unit in the Lake State zone, Matt Herr uncharac- teristically took a bad penalty for in- terference in the neutral zone. To make matters worse, referee Matt Sheg. tacked on an additional two minute, for Herr, after he smacked his victim with his stick as he was skating off. And once Aldridge came out of the penalty box, the Laker power play went to work again, as Trzcinski capped off his hat trick with a power play goal. Just like that, a potentially two- goal game was turned into a 6-2 blow- out, and now Michigan definitely could have packed its bags. 0 A two-goal turnaround just from a penalty. Berenson knew it too. "When the score was 5-2, we had two or three glorious chances on our power play to make it 5-3 and change the momentum of the game," he said. "Then they get the penalty and the next goal and bang, the game was just about out of reach." And with it, perhaps the WolveO ines' chances of a CCHA title. Knicks' Reid fined, suspended. The Associated Press NEW YORK-J.R. 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