4B - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSTuesday - Tuesday, January 16, 1996 3CKEY --- Michigan defense as Impressive By John Loroi Daily Sports Writer The crowd at Yost Ice Arena looked pretty clueless at 8:03 of the third period in the Wolverines' 9-3 win over Illinois- Chicago Friday night. That's because they had no idea how to react to an opponent actually scoring a goal. The Flames snapped Michigan's 126- minute streak without allowing a goal when Illinois-Chicago freshman Chuck Mindel flipped in a rebound during a flurry in front of Michigan netminder Marty Turco. The Wolverines' shutout effortspanned offense r"' _ ill-Chicago 0 1 0- 1 Michigan 1 4 4-9 First Period - 1, UM, Muckalt 11 (Botterill, Morrison), 11:09. Penalties - Korczak, UIC (hooking), 2:33; Legg, ANM(tripping ), 14:45. Second Perod-2, UM, Hilton 8 (~Madden, Luhning), 1:33. 3, UM, orrison 15 (Botterill,3Bourke), 5:24. 4, UM, Legg 6 (Sloan, Berenzweig), 10:10 (pp. 5, UM, Botterill 16 (ilton, Hialko),1 :29 (pp). 1, IUC, Wals 2 (Peron, Mindel), 10:49. Penalties - urness, UIC (slashing), 6:41; Hayes UJM roughing),6:41:ymchyshyn, UIC, tripping ),9: 1; Kolozsy, UI C tripping), 10:10; Peron, UIC roughing, 10:49; Ritchlin, UM roughing , 10:49; Ritchlin, UM roughing [served by Clark, 10;49; urness, IC (slashing), 12:14; Fox, UM (tripping), 12:29, Kolozsy, UIC roughing), 16:40; Hayes, UM (roughing); 16:40, Kol ozy(tripping), Third Period - 6, UM, Botterill 17 (Morrison, Hill 4:50 (pp). 7, UM, Botterill 18 (M ckat, Morrison), 11:13 (p). 8, UM, Madden 15 (Berenzwei, ilton), 12:26 pp). 9, UM Botterill 9 (Hilton, Fox) 16:23 Penaties - Rch, UIC (roughing), 4:33; Alauria, UIC roughing, 533; Luhning, UM rauhng), 5:33; Alauria, UC slashing , t0:33; Peron, UIC hooking), 11:13; Herr, UM (roughing, 14:33; too many men on ice [served y Furness], 15:42; Alauria, UIC (misconduct), 16:28; Hartigan, UlC roughing ,19:29, Shock, UM roughing, 19:29. Shots on goal - UM 13-17-21-51; UIC 3-9-4-16. Power plays- UM 5 of 8; UIO0of 5. Goalie saves - UM, Turco 3-8-3-14- 54:24); UM, Daddario xx-xx-1--6 5:36). UIC, Lord 127-xx-19 (30:29); UJIC, Spencer xx-6-17--23 (29:31). Referee=-Jim Sotiroff. Ynesmen - Larry Lulich, Bob Faria. At: Yost Arena. A: 7,157 Il-Chicago 0 0 3 - 3 Michigan 1 4 4-9 Filet Period - none. Penalties - none. SeondtPeriod-1, UM, Morrison 14 (Boterl, Muckalt), 1:47. 2, UM, itchlin15 (Schock), 2:48 (pp).3, UM, Botterill 14 (Hilton, Morrison), 4:53 (p p}) 4, UM, Berenzwei 1 (Muckat, otterill), 10:57. 5, U Herr 9 (Hayes, Clark), 12:24. 6, UM, Madden 14, 16:57 (sh). Penalties - Edwards, UIC (closing hand on puck), 2:38; Chagnon, UIC (hoding), 3:42; Crozier, UM, (elbowing, 8:29; Herr, UM (elbowing), 15;16; Soan, UM, major (checking fromt behind), 15;57. Thltd Period -7,UM, Hayes5 (Herr, Sloan), 1:07. 8, UM, Botterill 15 (Morrison), 5:26. 1, UI, Mndel 9 ails, Peron), 8:03. 2, UC Kolozsy 13 Edwards, Brenner), 12:47. 3, UIC, o eefe 4 (Furness), 13:56. 9, UM, Clark 1 (Halko, Turco) 16:07 (pp). Penalties- Tymchyshyn UIC (hi- stick), 2:12; Muckalt, UM (hi-stick), 2:12; Edwards, UIC (roughing after whistle),w8:36; Sloan, U (roughing after whistle), 8:36; Alauria, UIC (delaying game, 10:49; Crozier, UM (delayinggame, 10:49; Lampman hooking 15.01, Hayes, UM roughing), 19:27. Shots on goal --UM 13-21-19-53; U IC 7-11-6--24. Power plays-UM 3 of 3; UlC 0of 4. Goalie saves - UM, Turco 7-11-3-21- (60:00). UIC, Lord 13-15-xx-28 39:27) ;UIC, Spencer xx-xx-16-23 20:00 . eferee - Steve Piotrowski. Linesmen - John LaDuke, Dave Krodnenberg. At: Yost Arena. A: 7,063 CCHA Offensive iaye of t e Week MIchigan junior forward Jason Botteril had 10 points in the Wolverines' sweep of Illinois-Chicago this weekend. Friday he had two goals and two assists Saturday he scored four goals and two assists,. including three power play goals. This marked the third-straight week a Michigan player won the award. CCHA Dfenslve Player of the Weok Kevin Dschambeault, a senior goaltender from Miami (Ohio), recorded a win and a tie in the Redskins' two games at Notre Dame. In Friday's 2-2 tie, he made 21 saves. In Saturday's 6-3 victory, Deschambeault turned aside 33 shots, He made 54 saves on 59 shots for the weekend. portions of three games, including a10- 3 win over Ferris State and a 13-0 pasting of Miami (Ohio) last weekend. Michigan's offen- sive explosion has drawn most fans' at- tention, but the Wol- verines' defense has Hockey Notebook' this weekend. In fact, Michigan's defen- sive dominance was so strong that. Berenson even put third-string goalie Greg Daddario into the game in the third period Saturday. That may just seem like a classy move by Berenson, but, heck, the first-year walk-on goaltender has a 0.00 goals against average in two appearances. HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES ... AGAIN: With all the pucks hitting the back ofthe net this weekend, it would be hard to miss the accomplishmentsofJason Botterill. The junior scored 10 points on the weekend, but lost in the fray were his careerachieve- ments. He scored his 100th career point and notched his 50th career goal against the Flames. Botterill's linemate Brendan Morrison also tallied his 100th assist. MONKEY IN THE MIDDLE: Part of the reason Michigan has blown away their opponents recently has to do with their success in the middle of games. In their last three contests, the Wolverines have scored 16 goals in the second period including 10 during the middle period against Illinois-Chicago. "We really put both games away in the second period," Berenson said. "It's not like I'm giving some huge motivational speech (during the intermission, it's just some little adjustments." HIT THE SHOWERS: Michigan's offen- sive surge forced Illinois-Chicago coach Larry Pedrie to yank netminder Adam Lord in the second period of both games. This year, the Wolverines have be- come pretty accustomed to seeing back- ups between the pipes. Michigan has sent starting goalies to the bench early in 10 games this season,including fourstraight. been coming up big as well. Michigan has allowed more than three goals in a game only four times this season. Turco's goals-against average is drop- ping as the weeks roll by as well, hovering around 2.00 after the weekend sweep. "I really like the way Marty's playing right now," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "But we're playing well defensively, with the exception of the third period Friday night. But, other than that, you can't ask for much more from your defensemen." Berenson was able to play all eight defenders he keeps on the active roster Michigan's Matt Herr was tightly checked this past weekend, just like he was against the Spartans Nov. 28. Wolvernes'offenesugn Blue icers dominating opponents with prolfic scorin LA FLAMES Continued from Page 113 they took eleven penalties on the week-. end. The Wolverines took advantage of Illinois-Chicago's mistakes, cashing in on all three power play opportunities Fri- day and converting 5-of-8 Saturday- good for 73 percent in the series. Meanwhile, the Michigan penalty-kill- ing team held the Flames scoreless in nine opportunities. Wolverine John Madden, who leads the CCHA in shorthanded scores with seven, scored Michigan's only shorthandedgoal intheseries Friday night. Already facing a 5-on-3 disadvantage after an elbowing call to Matt Herr and a five-minute-majorto Blake Sloan, Pedrie pulled Lord for a sixth attacker. The Wolverines killed off a minute of the 6- on-3 when Madden dug the puck off the boards, skated around an Illinois-Chi- cago defenseman and scored into the empty net from his own blue line. "This weekend was a good confidence booster, not only for the top lines, but for everybody," Botterill said. "Whoever came in the lineup were dominate players out there. This is the time we've got to start building momentum." Michigan scored three goals in three minutes to start off the scoring Friday. Morrison,'who had two goals and five assists against the Flames, started the offensive onslaught, netting his 14th goal of the season. Freshman Sean Ritchlin followed, knocking in a rebound of Harold Schock's slap shot fromthe point. Botterill made it 3-0 two minutes later tapping a beautiful pass from Kevin Hilton into an open net. Berenzweig, Herr and Madden scored goals in the second, chasing Lord from the game, forcing Pedrie to insert junior Paul Spencer between the pipes. Winless in four starts, Spencer didn't fare too much better than Lord in the third period. Bobby Hayes and Botterill both scored to put the Wolverines up by eight five minutes into the third. Illinois-Chi- cago scored three goals in the next min- utes before Dale Rominski knocked two Flames to the ice with one check, allow- ing Clark to skate in alone on Spencer for Michigan's final tally. "The first period, Chicago played re- ally well," Berenson said, "The second period we put some pressure on them early, scored early and really got some serious momentum and really dominated the period." Saturday, the Flames held Michigan scoreless for the first half of the opening period, but didn't have much luck after that. Bill Muckalt banged in the Wolver- ines first goal with nine minutes left in the first. Michigan then netted four straight goals in the second period, with scores from Hilton, Morrison, Mike Legg and Botterill. Botterill scored a power-play goal five minutes into the third period for the hat trick and scored his fourth of the night off a spectacular pass from Morrison, who has lying on his back after a defenseman. wrestled him to the ice. Madden closed out the scoring a minute later with his 15th of the season. By Danielle Rumore Daily Sports Writer The Illinois-Chicago hockey team was not red-hot or on fire this week- end as its nickname suggests. The Flames visited Yost Ice Arena for a weekend series with the third- ranked Wolverines. Michigan man- aged to reduce the Flames to a mere flicker in its 9-3 and 9-1 back-to-back victories. Illinois-Chicago (4-12-1 CCHA, 7- 13-3 overall) is not the only team that has been left gasping for air after a recent match up with the Michigan (14-3-0,19-4-0) squad. In its past six games, Michigan has outscored its opponents by a com- bined total of 50-9, with a 6.8-goal average margin of victory Despite the two victories this week- end, the offensive-minded Wolver- ines were disappointed after giving up three third-period goals in game one. "The third period was not a great period because it was a little sloppy," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "We don't like that we gave up three (goals). Our younger kids better get the message that we don't play like that at Michigan." Five Wolverines are currently in double-figures for goals scored while eight have recorded 10 or more as- sists. Players like Brendan Morrison, Ja- son Botterill and Kevin Hilton have stepped up their play and stolen some of the spotlight recently. This week- end Morrison and Hilton scored a combined three goals and 10 assists. Botterill also had a big weekend, dumping in six goals, including four in Saturday night's game, and four assists. Yet, most of the scoring has been evenly balanced and spread over a great number of players, a situation that pleases Berenson. "our younger kids better get the message that we don't play like that at Michigan - Red Berenson Michigan hockey coach, on giving up three goals in a game against Illinois-Chicago Friday night "There is not just one person scor- ing," Berenson said. "It seems that since the Great Lakes Invitational, Morrison has made a major impact and Botterill has picked up the slack, yet we're getting leadership and bal- anced scoring (across the board)." In the first game this weekend, eight different Wolverines scored in the 9- 3 victory while six different players scored in the 9-1 victory. In the first game of the GLI Dec. 29-30, five different Wolverines scored in the 6-1 victory and three different players scored in the 3-1 win in the championship game. Seven dif- ferent players scored in the 10-3 win over Ferris State while nine different players scored in the 13-0 walloping of Miami (Ohio), both earlier this month. The scoring has been shared by all of the forwards and a few defensemen and has not been restricted to tl veterans on the squad. Freshman right wing Justin Clark became the last forward to make his mark in the goals-scored column after notching the first ofhis college career Friday evening. Clark scored his power play goal one a breakaway resulting from a Michi- gan and Illinois-Chicago player colli-,- sion. Clark drilled it past Flames' goalie Paul Spencer at 16:07 of the thO period in game one, "(Scoring the goal) is a pretty big monkey off my back," Clark said. 'I thought a lot about it, so it was a huge relief." Freshman defenseman Bubba Berenzweig also recorded his first goal of the season in the second stanza of game one. Berenzweig's lack of scoring pro- duction thus far may be a result @ transforming into a pure defenseman at the college level. "It's a relief (to have scored)," Berenzweig said. "I've always been a goal scorer until I got here. Over the past few weeks, I learned to accept the fact that I am here to play de- fense." FORWARDS Continued from Page 11B "It doesn't matter," Hilton says. "I haven't gotten (attention) since I've been here, so it's not going to affect the way I play or anything." It certainly hasn't. He has racked up four assists in a game four times this season, was named to the College Hockey All-Showcase Team for his performance in November, and led the offense while Morrison sat out hurt for the season's first six games. Few outside the team noticed Hilton's impact while Morrison was out. Most fans were too concerned with Morrison's impending return to realize that Hilton, a senior, was helping carry the club. To make things worse, a week after Morrison returned, Hilton had his gold practice jersey taken away and had to wear the second line's purple. Though there are no "No. 1"or"No. 2" lines, the symbolism was apparent-Hilton may be an outstanding senior, but Morrison is the golden boy. What was your name again? "It's expected that (Morrison) will get the attention," Hilton says. "He led the nation in points last year. It was only playing the way he's capable of. "I consider him a good friend. So it doesn't bother me." Muckalt isn't worrying about it ei- ther: "I knew that when I came here there would be a lot of talent to compete with;" Muckalt says. "That's why you come to Michigan." He competed well last season. Muckalt, now a sophomore, had an ex- cellent freshman campaign, scoring 19 goals and 18 assists for 37 points and being a unanimous selection to the CCHA All-Rookie Team. "Coach (Berenson) told me that I've got a chance to be a good player here," Muckalt says. "He told me to work hard like I did last year. I've been getting points, but maybe I was coasting a bit. I'm working hard now, and things are going well. I just want the team to do well." It sounds so prepared, all this talk of the team first, Either these guys are good actors trained by their coaches, or their real feelings are being suppressed. If it were a different situation that might be true. But, in Michigan's case, the past makes it easy to believe they are sincere. "There are more important things to think about," Hilton says. Hilton admits he sometimes stays up S i rht thinlkin bhi thnc hinc those dreams he had when he came to Michigan. He thinks about the goalhL scored against Maine in last season NCAA semifinal and asks himself why he didn't score two. Muckalt asks similar questions about himself. "I've got a lot to prove," he says. "-I don't feel like I've done that much. And I won't feel like I have until we win a national title." So that's it. Hilton and Muckalt don't care if they aren't in the news becau that isn't the kind of attention they seeking. "This year we know what we have to do," Hilton says. "We know what the No. 1 thing everyone thinks about is." Any collection of talent like Michigan's is begging for ego trouble. However, the searing pain of last year's failure is more than enough to melt loaded agendas together in pursuit of a higher goal. "Personal sacrifice is a small price pay for a national title," Muckalt says;. Hilton and Muckalt don't care much ifkids can't recognize them after games, They know what would unmask thei more than any feature article or inter- view. They want to hear, "What's your name again?" in April -from the cham- ni , h iinnrnver NOPPORN KiCHANANTHA/Daiiy Michigan's Kevin Hilton has been playing well but getting little attention. Next up Michigan plays Alaska-Fairbanks at 7 o'clock tonight at Yost ice Arena. 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