43- The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, March 23, 1998
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Quotable:
"If we are to have a home ice ad
tage, our students and our fans
Ann Arbor are going to be the ke
us. Anyone who comes to Yost
weekend is going to be in for a1
You may see the best college ho
you've ever seen."
- Michigan coach Red Berenso
reference to the NCAA West Regio
to be held at Yost this weekend.
The Three Stars
The Michigan Daily hockey writ-
ers' picks for Michigan's three
stars of the game:
Third Star: Bubba Berenzweig
The junior defenseman has been
logging serious minutes, helping
to fill the void left by the injured
Sean Peach (concussion).
Berenzweig, despite increased i
time, has been a force on both
ends and had an assist on Frida)
night.
Second Star: Josh Langfeld
The freshman forward took a
Berenzweig pass from behind thf
net and scored late in the secor
period to give Michigan a 2-1
lead. The goal gave the
Wolverines the lead for a short
while.
First Star: Matt Herr
The Michigan captain was all ov
the ice, playing with intensity.
Herr had several scoring opporti
nities, and he managed to find
the net, scoring the first goal of
the game at 8:16 on the first pe
od. The goal gave the Wolverine
a lead for a short while, even
before Langfeld's goal.
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Buckeyes score two goals on Michigan miscues in the third period to advance to final game
By Sharat Raju second period. With 1:20 left in the second, State)." "Tonight it just happened to tw
Daily Sports Editor Michigan forward Josh Langfeld took a Bubba In Michigan's zone, Hayes played the puck hockey players for Michigan."
DETROIT - Michigan hockey center Berenzweig pass near the doorstep and beat along the boards and passed it across center The Wolverines found themselv
ce Bobby Hayes spoke slowly and in a low voice Ohio State goaltender Jeff Maund to give ice, where it found Ohio State forward Louie two separate occassions during th
outside the Joe Louis Arena lockerroom in Michigan a 2-1 lead. Colsant's stick. Colsant scored the winning to have the Buckeyes score short
y Detoit on Friday night. But that lead was short-lived. Ohio State goal easily, only 2:17 into the third period. Michigan captain Matt Herr score
Although he was quiet, his message was center, and scoring phenom Hugo Boisvert "I just crossed my signals up," Hayes said. "I rebound to give the Wolverines
clear and resounding. ,made the biggest play for the Buckeyes by thought I had a guy in the middle. I didn't. I 8:16 or the first period.
"It's a very disappointing loss," Hayes said. skating in unguarded on Michigan goaltender take full blame for that. I wish I could have it But Ohio State's Todd Compea
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but we let down the name 'Michigan.' We let
down the University today."
The Wolverines (16-5-0 CCHA, 30-11-1
overall) were eliminated from the CCHA play-
offs by Ohio State (19-11-1, 25-12-2) in a
semifinal game, 4-2. The Buckeyes lost the
championship game on Saturday to Michigan
State.
"I can't take anything away from Ohio
State," Berenson said. "They're a real good
team and they've proved that all year long. But
did we put our best foot forward? No."
The Wolverines, although not playing their
best hockey, were still in the game late in the
Marty Turco and beating him through the five-
hole to tie the score at two with 9.7 seconds
left in the period.
"I think when Hugo Boisvert scored that
goal, it was a definite gain in momentum for
us," Ohio State coach John Markell said. "We
answered them very quickly."
The third period - a period that found two
of Michigan's more consistent players making
mental mistakes - was the period in which the
Wolverines gave the game away to Ohio State.
"They won the game in the third period,"
Berenson said. "This was a game that came
down to the third period and they got the goals
they needed. And we gave them to (Ohio
back but I can't."
Just a minute later, Turco would make a sim-
ilar error. The Michigan netminder skated way
out of the crease to play the puck. Similar to
Hayes' miscue, Turco's pass was stolen by Ohio
State center Chris Richards, who scored on
what essentially was an open net.
The two unassisted goals in less than a
minute turned out to be too much to overcome
for the Wolverines.
"It's unfortunate, I feel sorry for Marty and
Bobby," Markell said. "Tonight, they made a
mistake and it cost them. That's the way hock-
ey is. It's a game of mistakes, and it's going to
cost whoever makes more of them.
poke-check at 10:15 to tie the score.
The Wolverines also had a golden opportuni-
ty to cut into the two-goal deficit in the middla
of the third period with two consecutive powA
plays. Michigan couldn't find the net to climb
back into the game.
Yesterday, the Wolverines discovered that
they will be facing Princeton in the first round
of the NCAA West Regional.
The Tigers won the Eastern Collegiate
Athletic Conference Playoffs by knocking off
Clarkson in double overtime on Saturday, 5-4.
The Buckeyes, who lost to Michigan State in
the championship game on Saturday, drew Yale
in the first round of the west regional. a
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Ohio State 4, Michigan 2
Ohio State 1 1 2-4
Michigan 1 1 0 - 2
First period -1. UM, Herr 12 (Hayes. Rominski),
08:16; 1, OSU. Compeau 11(Gubala),.10:15.
Penalties - OSU. Schaffnit (hooking) 0:44: OSU,
Richards (slashing) 2:00: UM, Langfeld (roughing)
2:00: OSUm Schafnit (interference) 3:37; UM,
Rominski (tripping) 18:59.
Second period - 2. UM. Langfeld 18 (Berenzweig.
Hayes), 18:40: 2. OSU. Boisvert 23 (Compeau,
Richards), 19:50. Penalties - UM. Huntzicker
(holding the stick) 6:34; UM, Muckalt (interfer-
ence) 9:38: OSU, Meloche (roughing) 10:42: OSU.
Compeau (roughing) 17:23; UM, Herr (roughing)
17:23.
Third period -3. OSU. Colsant 5 (unassisted),
2:17; 4. OSU, Richards 22 (unassisted). 3:10.
Penalties --OSU, Shaffnit (slashing) 4:24: OSU,
Jestdat (interference) 7:40: OSU. bench, served by
Coisant (too many men) 9:31: UM. Hayes (cross
checking) 18:09.
Shots on goal - OSU 9-8-7 - 24: UM 97-7 - 23.
Power Plays - OSU 0 of 4: UM 0 of 6.
Saves - OSU. Maund 8-6-7 - 21: UM. Turco 8-7-5
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DETROIT - When Michigan coach
Red Berenson came out to speak with
members of the media following his
team's 4-2 loss against Ohio State, he
was disgusted.
But while his Wolverines failed to put
their best game on display, Berenson
knew it was the Buckeyes' night from
start to finish.
"We did not deserve to win the game."
Berenson lamented. "It was Ohio State's
game."
And for Ohio State, Friday's game
was a long time in coming. Considering
the Buckeyes hadn't defeated Michigan
since 1989, Friday's CCHA semifinal
victory was a landmark victory for Ohio
State's program and coach John Markell.
But despite the magnitude of the vic-
tory, Markell refused to blow the victory
out of proportion - especially with the
NCAA regionals on the horizon.
"We're just a young team learning
how to win," Markell said.
Berenson even acknowledged their
legitimacy, for those who might feel that
the Buckeyes' season has been a fluke.
"They've got all the ingredients of a
championship team in our league,"
Berenson said. "Look at their record ...
13-1-1 in their last 15 games. How can
you not respect them? How can you not
respect them when they've got players
that are maybe better than a lot of play-
ers on our team?"
And if Berenson's stamp of approval
didn't silence critics, Ohio State's heart-
breaking 3-2 double-overtime loss to
Michigan State in the CCHA champi-
onship game on Saturday night made
believers out of many.
Ironically, the start of Ohio State's tor-
rid run through the CCHA began with
the same team that gave the Buckeyes
their groundbreaking victory -
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Ohio State goaltender Jeff Maund is a big reason why Ohio State is the hottest
team in the country. Maund made 70 saves this past weekend.
At the age of two, young Andrew Berenzweig
was already quite an entertaining child. Ever
since he was a baby, Andrew had done things
that were a little bit different.
"I would do all sorts of stupid and funny things,"
Berenzweig recalled. "Like. I jumped into a pool
not knowing how to swim. And people had to save
me. Things like that."
And so when he visited his relatives in Texas, his
uncle came up with a nickname for Andrew -
Bubba.
"My uncle told my father that he had the perfect
nickname for me, and it happened to be 'Bubba,"'
Berenzweig said. "My dad liked it so much he put
it on my hockey helmet at age five and ever since
people have been calling me Bubba. And now my
mom doesn't even know who Andrew is anymore
when people call me at home and ask for Andrew."
Off the ice, he still has the same sense of humor
that made 'Bubba' such a perfect nickname for
him. In the locker room, Berenzweig can be count-
ed on to relax his teammates before games.
"He adds a lot to the team," Michigan captain
Matt Herr said. "Sometimes the team is nervous
and you can always depend on Bubba to lighten up
the mood a little. Sometimes it's good, sometimes
it's bad - he's still working on his timing."
When he's playing hockey, though, Berenzweig's
personality is completely different.
"I'm pretty intense on the ice," Berenzweig said.
"I'm pretty focused when I'm playing. Away from
hockey I need to be kind of a clown and really
relaxed - otherwise I think I'd go insane. Because
if I was as intense about life as I am about hockey
I'd go nuts,"
To those who know him, there's more to
Berenzweig's personality than just the intense
hockey player and the lighthearted guy in the lock-
erroom. To his friends, Bubba has a serious side.
"He's got a lot of sides to him," said
Berenzweig's housemate Bobby Hayes. "Bubba's a
great friend of mine. If you have any problems,
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MVP: Mike York,
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The Hobey Baker finalist scored
two power-play goals against Ohio
State in the championship game
on Saturday. York, a senior, also
recorded three assists against
Northern Michigan in the semifinal
game on Friday.
Chris Richards, Forward, Ohio
State
The 5-foot-0, 170-pound junior
recorded three points last week-,
end, including two assists against
the Spartans and a goal and an
assist against the Wolverines. His
goal against Michigan secured the
victory for the Buckeyes.
Todd Compeau, Forward, Ohio
State,
Compeau scored both of the Ohio
State goals in Saturday's loss to
the Spartans. He scored a game-
tying goal against Michigan on
Friday..
Ryan Root, Defense, Ohio State
The hard-shooting defenseman was
part of a strong defensive perfor-
mance by Ohio State, The
Buckeyes held Michigan to two
goals, shutting them out in the final
period of Friday's game.
Tyler Hariton, Defense, Mlchigan
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Michigan.
The Buckeyes acknowledge that their
mid-season revival began after a pair of
hard-to-swallow losses to the Wolverines
on Jan. 2 and 3 in Ann Arbor.
"That's where our season turned
around," Ohio State forward Todd
Compeau said. "We were in the midst of
a four-game losing streak right then, and
we were about a .500 hockey team.
"We took the losses quite hard up
there. We've wanted to beat them for a
while now."
Regardless of how this season ends up
for the Buckeyes, it seems as though the
sky is the limit for the program. Ohio
State's best players, goalie Jeff Maund,
center Hugo Boisvert and forward Eric
Meloche, are all young and are led by an
energetic coach in Markell - who has
done wonders for the Buckeyes in a
short time.
In addition, a state-of-the-art hockey
arena in Columbus - the Schottesnstein
Center - will be completed by next sea-
son, further increasing the spotlight on
the growing program.
Obviously, these efforts only increase
the chances of an Ohio State victory over
Michigan being a rule, rather than an
exception.
"I think Red knows we're recruiting
some good talent, and eventually that
record (against Michigan) is going to
disappear," Markell said. "We have to
live in the present, not the past:'
Spartans capture CCHA title
Two overtime periods needed to put away Buckeyes, 4-2
DETROIT (AP) Michigan State's double-over-
time victory over Ohio State in the CCHA playoff
championship game put Spartan coach Ron Mason in a
reminiscing mood.
"Games like this are what memories are made of,"
Mason said after Shawn Horcoff's goal at 2:30 of the
second overtime gave the regular-season champion
Spartans a 3-2 victory Saturday over the Buckeyes in
the longest playoff game in CCHA history.
Michigan State won its eighth CCHA playoff cham-
pionship and first since 1990. The Spartans are 10-0 in
CCHA playoff overtime games.
"This game reminds me of our first overtime win at
the start of our program 16 or 17 years ago," Mason
said, recalling Michigan State's 4-3 victory over
Bowling Green in 1983.
Horcoff attempted to pass to Bryan Adams from the
Ohio State's Todd Compeau and Michigan State's
Mike York each scored twice as the team went intothe
third period tied 2-2.
York gave the Spartans a 2-1 lead at 10:55 of the sec-
ond period during a power play. York's shot from
behind the goal line hit goalie Jeff Maund's pad and
went into the net.
Compeau tied the game at 13:31 when he was set up
at the edge of the crease by a cross-ice pass from Chris
Richards, also during a power play.
Compeau opened the scoring at 4:19 of the first
period when he beat Michigan State defenseman Chris
Bogas to the puck, whirled and fired from the high slot
area.
York made it 1-1 with a power-play goal at 14:21 as
he found a hole between Maund and the near post.
The Buckeyes hadn't allowed a power-play goal in
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