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From start to finish, Blue
victory full of emotion
Large crowd, Michigan pep band energize Wolverines
By Kurt New was a very long week waiting for sports that I've ever had, a
naiy Spors Writer today." been playing hockey for I
If there were one word that could Throughout the contest, the now," senior Amy Helber said
&'curately describe Michigan's game Wolverines outhustled Michigan THE No GOAL P
igainst Michigan State on Sunday, it State and beat the Spartans to almost Throughout the season
'ould be emotion. every loose ball. Leading the emo- Wolverines have used the te
Before, during and after the game tional charge was Michigan defender Goal Patrol" to describe thei
,the atmosphere surrounding Phyllis Shelley Johnson. sive prowess.
Ocker Field was overflowing with Johnson spent much of the game This mentality was in full
manotion. diving to the ground fully extended during Sunday's game. Eve
Tlie tone was set before the game attempting to break up a Michigan the game had long since beer
Cs'err began, thanks in large part to State pass. ed, Michigan remained deterr
the loudly support- The intensity displayed by keep Michigan State off of th
we., crowd. A total M 9 :11 Michigan was constant throughout board.
611 people were g the game and was reflected by Whenever the Spartans rei
in. attendance, easi- Michigan's 16-6 advantage in shots penalty corner Michigan pla
ly' the largest 0 taken. the bench could be heard
turnout of the sea- ' G d4 Yet, it was once the game ended "NGP, Michigan, NGP!"
son, that Michigan's emotion really The Michigan players on f
Further adding to exploded. The entire Michigan bench showed the same desire to I
the- anticipation of ' stormed the field and created a huge the shutout. With less than a
the $ame to come pile of celebrating Wolverines in the to go, the Spartans had two
twas the appearance middle of the field. chances at point-blank ran
of the Michigan pep band, whose The celebration continued as Helber made both saves to ke
every presence symbolized the magni- Michigan took a cool-down lap at bay.
tude, of the game and caused the around the field. "The shutout means a lot
cro d to become even more boister- As they approached the bleachers, Herber said. "We lost to
ous. the players applauded the crowd for overtime on their home tu
On top of all this, the game was the their support while the pep band ser- meant a lot to shut them out
final home game for the six enaded them with a rendition of"The exciting for the team, becau
Iichigan seniors. Victors." the shutout was an entir
T mark this occasion, each player Of course, no celebration would be effort."
was given a bouquet of flowers and complete without a cooler of FINISHING IN STYLE: Fla
had their parents come out on the Gatorade being dumped on the head been the marquee goal sc
field to congratulate them, while the coach. year for Michigan, so it see
rdd and their teammates cheered "They got me, I was caught totally fitting that she wrap tip her
. ld)y. by surprise," Michigan coach Marcia Phyllis Ocker Field with a h
Once the game began, the Pankratz said. The three goals add to her
Wolverines channeled this emotion The Wolverines then savored the impressive totals, giving
into one of their most intense perfor- victory with family and friends who goals, 61 points, and 10 ga
rnances of the season. The had come to show their support, in no ning goals for the season
Wolverines clearly wanted this victo- hurry to end the celebration for Michigan records.
ry more than the Spartans did, and it which they had waited so long. Flachs, however, was t
was evident in the way Michigan "This isn't just about this year," low-key about her accomplis
played. senior Aimee Remigio said. "This "I just wanted to go out
"We couldn't wait for this game," was four years in the making. bang," Flachs said.
Michigan senior Julie Flachs said. "It "This is the greatest moment in
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chigan's Amy Philbrook (5) celebrates with Kelli Gannon (3) in the Wolverines' 4-0 victory over Michigan State. After
chigan found out that Penn State had lost, the Wolverines could officially call themselves Big Ten champions.
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here. It's Michigan capitalized on the emotional atmosphere.
se today Despite playing in the most pressure-filled game of their
re team collegiate career, the Wolverines appeared poised and
relaxed and took the offensive early.
chs' has Through the first 20 minutes, the Wolverines dominated,
orer all rarely letting Michigan State get the ball past midfield. Yet,
ins only the score remained knotted at zero as Michigan was unable
career at to convert on several penalty corners.
at trick. Finally, with 10:42 remaining in the half, Michigan's
r already constant pressure was rewarded with a penalty stroke when
her 28 the Spartans conmitted a foul that prevented a goal. Senior
me-win- Julie Flachs took the penalty stroke and blasted it over the
- all sprawled out Spartan goalie, Beth George.
With the score only 1-0 at halftime, Michigan's precari-
ypically ous lead was still far from safe.
shments. There would be no letup on this day, however. Michigan
with a came out with an even fiercer intensity to start the second
half. Ten minutes into the half the Wolverines got the insur-
ance goal they were looking for. Off a penalty corner,
Flachs ripped a blistering shot into the net to make the
first collegiate goal
score 2-0.
Just 37 seconds later, Gannon took a perfect centering
pass from junior Amy Philbrook and poked it under George
to give Michigan an insurmountable 3-0 lead.
All that remained was for the remaining seconds to tigk
away before Michigan would claim its first-ever Big Ten
championship.
In a moment that seemed almost trivial .due tp
Michigan's total dominance, Flachs closed out the scoring
with another scorching slapshot off of a penalty corner, t
give her a hat trick.
"That's just how Julie is," senior Aimee Remi io said.
She always shows up for the big games, I'm just surprised
she didn't score four.'
As the final whistle blew, the Wolverines stormed the
field in wild celebration. While they would have to wait to
see if Penn State lost before they would know if their Big
Ten championship was outright, it was clear among the
hugs and tears of the Michigan players that nothing would
diminish what they accomplished.
"Right from the beginning the players bought into t,
system, their attitude was excellent, and they worked ve.
hard," Michigan coach Marcia Pankratz said. "They
isn't so plain
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Kosick's
By Chris Farah
Daily Spots Writer
Intrinsically, there's nothing very special about a
hockey puck.
About three inches in diameter, made of hard, black
rubber, pucks are easy to find - a couple bucks will
buy you one at any discount sporting goods supplier.
But pucks can take on a value and meaning much
greater than their physical properties would suggest. In
certain circumstances, a puck can be almost priceless.
Just ask Michigan freshman Mark Kosick.
Kosick scored his first collegiate goal during
Michigan's game against Alaska-Fairbanks on Friday.
At 9:50 in the first period, the center scored off a pass
from Michigan right wing Sean Ritchlin.
"We had the puck in their zone for maybe 20 or 30
seconds, Kosick said. "We were just cycling the puck
down low. (Michigan forward Greg) Crozier cycled it
down to Ritchlin, and they thought he was going to
wrap it around, but he gave it out to me in the front.
"I just deked the goalie and slid it through his legs."
One of the Wolverines collected the puck for Kosick
as a keepsake of the goal.
The puck was just plain black. No logo, no nothing.
Fairbanks hasn't gotten around to ordering any special
game pucks yet, so the Nanooks were using normal,
ordinary, unmarked pucks against the Wolverines.
The puck may not have had any marking - it
looked like any puck, from any store, much less one in
Alaska - but Kosick's first goal made it different.
"One of my teammates went to get the puck, and it
was just there for me in my locker afer the game"
Kosick said. "I was happy to get the puck because it
was my first goal."
Although his first goal may not be memorable for all
the right reasons, Kosick will undoubtedly have more
goals in the future - certain to more than make up for
the disappointment.
It fact, Kosick's first goal wasn't even his only one
of the night. He went on to score twice more during the
game, marking the first hat-trick by a Wolverine this
season. Kosick's two assists in Saturday night's game
against the Nanooks gave him five points on the week-
end - more than any other Wolverine.
A possible explanation for Kosick's scoring outburst
is the line rearrangement made by Michigan's coaching
staff going into last weekend. Kosick and Crozier were
moved from the first line, on which they had played
with Bill Muckalt, to the second line, joining Ritchly-
Kosick said that he, Crozier and Muckalt had pr
lems finishing plays when they skated together.
"Muckalt, Crozier and I were on a line for pretty
much the whole season up until this weekend," Kosick
said. "We were playing really well, we were getting'a
lot of chances, but we weren't really scoring as much
as we should've been.."
Considering Michigan is a young squad, there will
probably be other line changes in the future. But
Kosick said the Wolverines on his current line seemto
work particularly well with each other.
"If things aren't working out, the coach is goingo
switch up the lines and see if somebody works better
with somebody else," Kosick said. "This weekend vas
our weekend for our line. Everything went well for us.
We passed the puck well, we skated well, we got a lot
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demonstrated. And with their opportuni-
ties, the Wolverines capitalized.
"They were definitely dirty at times,
but we kept our composure and we got
quite a few power-play opportunities
because of it," Michigan center Mark
Kosick said. "We got them back on the
scoreboard instead of retaliating."
A minute after Greg Crozier's opening
goal, Michigan forward Josh Langfeld
added a power-play goal.
Fairbanks' Scott Mcllroy then fired a
shot past Michigan netminder Marty
Turco to open the scoring for the
Nanooks in the second. After goals by
Chris Fox and Sean Ritchlin, the
Wolverines were up, 4-I.
Michigan held off a rally at tie end of
the third, as the Nanooks added two
goals within a few minutes of each other.
While Saturday's game was exciting
for the fans, Friday's Halloween matclh
was downright frightful for the Nanoos.
Fairbanks was down early to the
Wolverines, as it scored three goals in the
first period. Michigan then squelched any
hopes of a Fairbanks comeback in the
third period, adding another trio of goals.
After heading into the third period
down 3-2, the Nanooks seemed to have
the momentum shift in their direction,
after scoring twice in the second period.
But Mike Van Ryn stopped the bl'
ing for the Wolverines, scoring from te
right point. Kosick then settled the issue
by adding two goals to give him a hat
trick for the evening.
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