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Scoreboard
NCAA BASKETBALL HOUSTON 79, Tulsa 7
Texas 82, FLORIDA 64 VILLANOVA 75, Providence 64
KANSAS 72, Cincinnati 65 UTAH 60, Southem Utah 40
BOSTON COLLEGE 73. Rutgers 64 Virginia 75, WILLIAM & MARY 64
CLEMSON 82, Furman 55
TEXAS TECH 77, New Mexico 68 Home team in CAPS
West Virginia 101, SYRACUSE 79

Thursday
December 5, 1996

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This time,
Tfurco is
Ihe savior
6y James Goldstein
Daily Sports Writer
Last season, Michigan goaltender
Marty Turco left Yost Ice Arena with a
7-2 loss to Western Michigan in the
Wolverines' home opener on Oct. 20.
It was Turco's worst performance on
home ice. The seven goals were the
most an opponent scored all year at
Yost Ice Arena.
But the Wolverines have not lost
since last season's home opener.
Michigan carried a 19-0-1 regular-sea-
son home record into last night's game.
And here came the Broncos once again
to Yost Ice Arena.
But this time, it was a different story.
And this time, it was a different
Turco.
Michigan prevailed and so did the
Wolverines'
4. goaltender.

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'M' icers corral
Broncos, 3-1

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By Andy Knudsen
Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan hockey team got
what it wanted, just not the way it
wanted.
The Wolverines wanted to avenge
two losses to Western Michigan dur-
ing their 1995-96 championship sea-
son, which they did with a 3-1 victo-
ry last night in front of 6,210 fans at

Yost Arena.
B u t
Michigan did-
n't want to rely
on special
teams and
goaltending.
"It was a
fr u st r a t i n g
game for our
team to play,"
Michigan
coach Red
Berenson said.
"It's hard to be
consistent out
there. We saw
that tonight."
The Broncos
(3-5-1 CCHA,
6-6-1 overall)

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Turco, who
looked his
sharpest he has
all season in
Michigan's 3-1
victory over

the left circle. His shot deflected off
goaltender Matt Barnes and into the
net to change the momentum of th*
game back into Michigan's favor for
good at 7:50 of the third period.
The goal was Madden's 20th
career shorthanded goal and fifth of
the season.
"I caught Barnes out of the net
pretty far," Madden said. "I tried to
get it up over the top of him. He got
a piece of it but
it trickled in."
n Madden cred*
ited Warren
he Luhning for
creating the
of the play by going to
Sbut the net and tak-
ites, ing two defend-
ers with him.
tfyon Michigan
opened the,
scoring midway
thought the firs
on its secon
Bill Wilkinson power play of
tern Michigan the night after it
could barely get
hockey coach the puck in the
Broncos' zone
on its first power play.
On the 4-on-3 opportunity, one
defender was tied up on the left side
with Luhning. Brendan Morrison
took the opportunity to skate dowr
the slot, pass left to Jason Botteril '
who shot, followed his own rebound
and scored at 8:56.
That goal gave Michigan a 1-0
lead at the end of the first, a lead that
would not have held up if not for the
play of goaltender Marty Turco.
The Broncos had plenty of quality
opportunities on their three first
period power plays, but Turco stoned
See BRONCOS, Page 14

 e Western
Michigan last
' night, finished
the game with
30 saves and was named the No. I star
of the game.
"For me it's always just another
game," Turco said. "Tonight, (Western
Michigan) fired it a little bit more than
usial at me and I just stood my
ground."
Sure, Turco could downplay the
game. But the Michigan goaltender
made a statement - early and often.
Michigan had trouble getting off
shots in the early going. In fact, the
Broncos outshot the Wolverines, 7-1 at
th seven-minute mark of the first peri-
Turco made kick saves on numerous
occasions. Hie also was quick with his
~gove, swiping the puck out of mid-air
on slapshots from the Broncos' Steve
Duke and Joe Corvo, three minutes into
the game.
Turco faced his biggest challenge
from the Broncos in the remaining
ioments of the period. Western,
Michigan went on the power play with
l46eft in the period.
The Broncos came into the game as
he CCHA's leader in power-play effi-
ciency and their 18 goals also topped
the league.
Turco was outstanding - stopping
Broncos' leading scorer Justin
Cardwell twice in front of the net.
Turco had five saves in that span. But
what was so impressive about the saves
was that he stopped every kind of shot
a slap-shot from the point, a
rebound in front of the net and a screen
shot.
At the end of the first period, Turco
already had 15 saves and thwarted all
three of the Broncos' first-period power
plays. Michigan just had seven shots on
goal.
"Turco kept us in the game in the
See TURCO, Page 14A

entered last night's game with the
best power play in the conference
(.327 conference games, .309 over-
all), but it was Michigan (14-1-1, 7-
1-1) that took advantage of its. spe-
cial teams, scoring its first two goals
on power plays.
The biggest goal for Michigan,
however, came with a man down in
the third period. With Michigan
leading 2-1, Western Michigan's
dangerous power play had a chance
to tie the game.
Instead, John Madden got control
of the puck, took it across the middle
of the Broncos' zone and shot from

WARREN ZINN/Daiy
Western Michigan wasn't quite able to upend Michigan last night, as Dale Rominski and the Wolverines managed to right
themselves and dispatch the Broncos, 3-1, before 6,210 at Yost Ice Arena.

Broncos not intimidated by Wolverines' No. 1 label

By Mark Snyder
Daily Sports Writer
Sometimes, just being the No. 1
team in the nation isn't enough. For
the Michigan hockey team, last night
was one of those times.
Michigan escaped Yost Ice Arena
with a 3-1 victory over Western
Michigan but Michigan had to fight
to hold serve on its home ice.
Michigan entered the game on a
roll. A hard-fought victory over.
Minnesota and a thrashing of
Wisconsin left Michigan sitting on
top of college hockey.
The defending national champions
ranked first in all of the major polls
and were nearly a unanimous selec-
tion in every one.
But through one period at Yost Ice
Arena, Michigan was not its domi-
nating self.
The normally stringent defense
allowed all unusual 15 shots on goal.
Fortunately for Michigan, there is a
last line of defense - goaltender

Marty Turco.
Turco was saving shots left and
right. He made glove saves while
standing, blocked shots while lying
down, and even trapped a puck
between his legs until play could be
stopped.
But what was unusual was that
Turco rarely faces that many shots,
and Western had him working.
"We struggled at the beginning to
control what was going on,"
Michigan center John Madden said.
"They got a lot of shots through (the
Michigan defense)."
But, as the statistics showed enter-
ing the game, the difference would
be on the power play.
Western Michigan came into the
game ranked first in the league with
an extra man. The 18 power-play tal-
lies lead the CCHA, as did the
Broncos' 33 percent conversion rate.
The Broncos' attacking style in the
first period put Turco on the spot.
Western defenseman Steve Duke

alone sent eight shots at the net and
kept the pressure on Turco.
Despite only one goal in 60 min-
utes last night for the Broncos, their
lone score came with a man advan-
tage.
"They stayed in the game,"
Michigan coach Red Berenson said.
"You have to give them credit."
For Western to stay close late in
the game, the man between the pipes
at the other end of the ice had to
work as well. Turco's opposite num-
ber held his ground.
Last season, the Broncos were the
only team to break the Yost barrier,
behind 29 saves from goaltender
Marc Magliarditi.
But his decision to leave school
early opened the door for Matt
Barnes, who kept the Broncos in the
game.
Michigan has not lost at home
since.
Barnes, who is listed at a mere 5-
foot-4, stood tall against Michigan.
His 27-save effort kept the Broncos
in the game until the very end.
Western's tight checking and out-
standing goaltending threw another

wrench into Michigan's plans.
Barnes' outstanding play is nothing
new, left wing Justin Caldwell said.
"Barnes has been solid for us all
year," he said.
Although the final two periods
were more in line with the rest of
Michigan's games thus far, the three
goal-output by
the Wolverines
last night
sharply con-
trasted the pow-
erhouse offense
which produced
eight goals only ,. ....
four days earli-
er.
tThat was
because of what Bames
occurred in the
transitions from offense to defense.
The neutral zone was the area on
which Western coach Bill Wilkinson
wanted his team to concentrate and
he was satisfied with the results.
"We wanted to try and track them
down and delay as much as possible
through the neutral zone," Wilkinson
said. "It created some difficulty for

Michigan to get any kind of speed
coming through past the blue line."
Western knew where to agitate
Michigan and got under the home
team's skin.
Third-period game misconduct.
were handed out to Michigan captauW
Brendan Morrison, forward Bill
Muckalt and defenseman Chris Fox
when a brawl ensued deep in the
Western zone.
Even the public address announcer
got flustered. When informing the
crowd of the final-minute mark in
the third period, the man behind the
microphone stumbled over his
words.
Western played its game and cam.
up a little short.
"We thought we had a really good
chance," Caldwell said. "They got us
tonight with a couple of botnces."
The sixth-place team in the confer-
ence gave the defending league
champs trouble in their own build-
ing.
It wasn't the first time as last sea-
son's victory was impacting as the
only home loss of Michigan's se4
son.
Michigan faced yet another scare
from the Broncos, but this time, the
home team came away with the vic-
tory.


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