The Grand Finale The NCAA Hockey Championship final game, featuring the hot Michigan Wolverines and the season-long No. 1 Colorado College Tigers, will commence at 1 p.m. tomorrow. The game will be televised on ESPN. Friday March 29, 1996 11 - 1996 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS - and ten tere : :. , ..::< . :.:..::,., .K . s inally:M'intitle tame due to defense tI pt 1;; ,j~ 4 --t Xa. I , oach or a Out of- er, tomor- Bounds ow afternoon gainst Colo- ado College. The Wolverines aven't made it to the championship ,cund since 1977 - and it is their {eferse that got them back. Michigan played so well in the irst 10 minutes of the game - it utshot the typically offensive erriers 18-1 - and had a two-goal djust five minutes into the game. I almost bought a plane ticket ack to Colorado Springs," said olorado College coach Don Lucia, vho will have to find some way to olve the nation's stingiest defense f he wants to fly home crowned ICAA champion. "They looked like the 1985 dmonton Oilers out there for the irst 10 minutes. I don't know how °re going to beat them." ven the fans and media were urprrised at how easily the Wolver- neslhanded Boston just its seventh oss in 40 games. The game was asiy more lopsided than the score ndicates. Shutouts are so rare in the NCAA ournament that there have only yeen seven in the 48-year history of he semifinals and finals before last iight. The last semifinal whitewash over a decade ago when isconsin took down unranked irovidence, 2-0, in the 1983 semis. And Boston University isn't a eam accustomed to being kept off he scoreboard. The Terriers have never been shut out in NCAA tournament action. The last time they failed to score a goal was 91 games ago, when they tied Maine, 0-0, Feb. 19, 1994. Michigan did what only one other team has done this season - hold the explosive Terriers to under three goals. "Since the opening faceoff, they just blew us out of the building," Boston University coach Jack Parker said. "As I was watching this game unfold, I realized that this Michigan team was as hungry, as well-skilled and as well prepared as any team I've seen play this game. "It seemed like everything they did, they did it to perfection. In the first 10 minutes, this game was a total mismatch." Give most of the credit to Michigan's defensive veterans, Steven Halko, Harold Schock and Blake Sloan. But every Wolverine played well defensively. There was not one odd-man rush, no give- aways in their own zone. Michigan held Boston's power play unit to just two shots on goal in eight minutes. When everything was said and done, the Wolverines had outshot the Terriers 27-17 and outhustled them by an immeasur- able amount. And then there was Marty Turco. The sophomore netminder made 17 saves, a modest amount, but came up big when called upon. He stopped Hockey East Player of the Year Jay Pandolfo on the doorstep - a goal that would have cut Michigan's lead in half. "Turco stood on his head a few times," Berenson said. "The best part about our defense tonight is that BU is a much better hockey team than we allowed them to be." At the post-game press confer- ence, Turco didn't even break a smile. He said he couldn't unless the Wolverines come away with a win - and a championship - tomorrow. If they play the kind of hockey they did yesterday, he may very well get his wish. - John Leroi can be reached over e-mail at jrleroi@umich.edu. WALKER VANDYKE/Daily Michigan netminder Marty Turco makes one of his 17 saves last night as the Wolverines shut out Boston University, 4-0. The win puts Michigan in tomorrow's NCAA final game against Colorado College - but the Wolverines' semifinal win almost was postponed by a burst pipe under the rink. HOCKEY Continued from Page 1 the ice floor. The ice crew, which was clearing out the holes used to house the goal moorings, acciden- tally drilled into the pipe. The leaky pipe led to a shutdown of the cooling system, causing puddles to form on the ice. While progress was being made on the situation, NCAA offi- cials were close to postponing the game until today. Even after the pipe was repaired, the area around the net was still a little soft, causing officials to spilt the first period in half with each team defend- ing the "bad net" for 1 minutes. "The hour and a half delay was something that no one expected when we left the hotel," Berenson said. "And for the players to not know if we were going to play, because they were considering play- ing the game the next day, I think takes the edge off your mental preparation. "I was pleased to see that our team seemed to be sharp at the start of the game." Bill Muckalt continued his hot postseason with the Wolverines second power-play tally at the 5:37 mark of the second period. Muckalt took a feed in the high slot from Jason Botterill and poked it past Noble for his 27th of the season. Crozier iced the win for Michigan with a blister- ing slapshot from the top of the left circle 4:25 into the third period. The Wolverines face perhaps their most formi- dable opponents tomorrow in Colorado College. The top-ranked Tigers (33-4-4) advanced to the title game by way of a thrilling 4-3 double-over- time victory over Vermont. Right wing Chad Remackel scored the game;winner on a fluke goal that bounced off Catamount goaltender Tim Tho- mas' leg with just 29 seconds remaining in the second extra session. gfor the pilayers to not know if we were going to play ... I think takes the edge off your mental preparation." - Red Berenson Michgan hockey coach Tickets are still available for tomorrow's game and can be purchased by calling Select-A-Seat at (800)-232-9900. By ordering with a credit card, this service will hold tickets at the will call window of Riverfront Coliseum and can be picked up to- morrow morning. The game will be televised on ESPN. Tide defense in doubt for Wolverines after 5th-place start y Susan Dann nd Doug Stevens Daily Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas - The first Wolver- ine to receive an award at the opening day afthe NCAA Men's Swimming and Div- ing Championships hardly broke a sweat, other than fromthe humidity in the Jamail Texas Swimming Center. In fact, he didn't even get in the pool. ichigan coach Jon Urbanchek was ored before the meet's first race with the Baton of Victory award for his strength in guiding the Wolverines to the 1995 title. The award is given to the previous year's championship coach. Unfortunately for the Wolverines, this :idn't count in the scoring totals. Any points would have been appreciated by Nichigan in its bid to repeat. After the First day, the defending champions nd themselves in fifth place with 97 ants, 73 behind front-runner Texas. After the first event, the 200-yard reestyle relay, Michigan wasn't even a :ontender for the championships. The Wolverines didn't qualify a team for :he race. But absence from the awards podium Michigan's Tom Dolan places first in the preliminary of the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:16.63. Dolan later went on to set a pool record of 4:12.77 in defending his 1995 title in the final. weeks removed from a disappointing U.S. trials meet in which he failed to earn a trip to Atlanta, turned in a gritty, third-place finish in his premier event. Although a win in this event would have undoubtedly proven that he had rebounded from the trials, Lancaster did show that he was mentally prepared for this meet. "I was a little disappointed with my finish this evening," Lancaster said. "I swam faster this morning (in the pre- liminaries) and would have gotten sec- ond tonight with that time. (Despite the finish), the meet is turning out a lot better than I thought it would (consider- ing the trials and my shoulder injury)." The team standings after the first evening may not look as bright as Lancaster's take on the meet. Michigan lost ground to current leader Texas in the 50 freestyle. The Long- horns earned 40 points from three final- ists, while no Wolverines competed in the event. Tennessee, Texas and Auburn fin- ished one, two and three respectively in the 400 medley relay, pushing Michi- gan further out of the lead at the close of the first day of the Championships. Michigan 2 1. - Boston U. 0 0 -0 First Period-1. UM, Morrison 27 (Hiltcn,Botterill),3:58 (pp). 2, UM, Crozier 13 (Luhning, Sloan) 4:38. Penalties -Wood, BU (cross-checking) ,2:40; Hayes,UM (roughing) 13:45: Halko, UM (holding) 16:37. Second Period - 3, UM, Muckalt 27 (Botterili), 5:31 (pp). Penalties - Roman, BU (holding), 4:51; Drury, B4U (roughing), 7:22; Crozier, UM (elbowing),.7:22; Halko, UM (slashing), 10:41: Hayes, UM (hooking), 16:07; Drury, BU (slashing), 19:35. Third Period - 4, UM, Crozier 14 (Luhning), 4:25. Penalties - Bates, BU Icross-checking), 12:15: Sloan, UM (interference, 12:15: Bates, BU (high-sticking), 17:30: Morrison, UM (high-sticking), 17:30. Shots on goal - UM 18-6-3-27. BU 7-4-6-17. Power plays - UM 2 of 3; BU Oof 4. Goalie saves . UM, Turco 7-4-6-17. BU, Noble 16-5" 2-23. Referee - Robin Anderson, John Seidel. Linesmen -John Campion. At: Riverfront Coliseum. A: 11,521. ished one, two and five to quickly jump to second after two events. Tom Dolan set a pool record of 4:12.77, repeating his 1995 title. John Piersma followed in second and Chris Rumley finished fifth. The Dolan-Piersma duo's appearance on the podium had a hint of familiarity - they placed one-two in the 400-meter at the Olympic trials. "For (John and me), we have a lot of confidence in ourselves and what we can do. 'Dolan said. "It's definitely great that we were able to carry (our to its top 200 individual medley swim- mer to bring in more points. Jason Lancaster, who was only three WORK 3-INFO N Provide general information &L referral for the University of Michigan N Work around your class schedule N Work withfun & expiting staff N Use information you know AND b 0 k1, 215 S. STATE ST. ,li ==-- ! _ bI