10B - The Michigan Daily SportsMonday - October 5, 1998 Blackburn solid in first appearance; freshman Comrie adds goal, assist OPENER Continued from Page 18 takes a while for them to get back in the game." The defense hasn't had a problem getting into the game early in the season. In the Blue/White game, Blackburn and the White team pitched a 5-0 shutout, a rarity in a traditionally high-scoring game. "I didn't have many tough shots out there," Blackburn said. "They played very well defensive- ly." Fellow freshman goalie Kevin O'Malley also held his own for the Blue team, only allowing two goals during the first two periods. The White team finally took com- mand in the third period, beating senior Greg Daddario three times in the midst of sloppy defense. Matzka led the scoring charge for the Wolverines, netting two goals. Matzka drew first blood halfway through the opening period as he took a Crozier pass and beat O'Malley. His second goal, at 3:55 into the third period, came off a feed from Ritchlin. Crozier added his own goal in the second period, as he cleaned up a Bubba Berenzweig rebound and shot the puck past O'Malley. Krikor Arman scored a goal and assisted on a Justin Clark goal in the third peri- od, helping cement the White team's domination. "I'm glad I don't have to play in another Blue-White game," assistant captain and Blue member Bobby Hayes said. "I'm oh-for-four and I have only scored two points in a normally offensive game." 0 I LaSalle Career O pportunities MARGARET MYERs/Daidy Bubba Berenzweig was a physical presence this weekend, punishing not only his team in the Blue/White game, but Guelph on Saturday. The Wolverines defeated the Gryphons 3-1 In their home opener, a game that counts only as an exhibition. 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By Mark Francascutti Daily Sports Writer The first weekend of the Michigan hockey team's season is complete. And even though they've played only two games - and those two were exhibitions - the Wolverines feel they are in good pads this season. _______-_- Replacing gradu- ated goaltender Hockey Marty Turco, who led Notebook the team to a national__.-- ____- championship last season, are freshmen Josh Blackburn and Kevin O'Malley. Saturday night against Guelph, Blackburn took the starting role and played the whole game. After facing just seven shots in the first period, the young goalie's truest test came in the second, when Guelph had two 5-on-3 advantages and almost eight minutes of power-plays. Blackburn stood strong in his first 'real' game, making several key saves that preserved Michigan's 3-0 lead. But the shutout couldn't last in the third period, when Guelph's Derek Boyer slapped the puck in early into the last stanza. "I felt comfortable today; the last goal, I could have stopped that normal- ly,' Blackburn said. "I made some mis- Location Education Job Fair '98 takes and we'll work on things I messed up on." Michigan coach Red Berenson was complimentary towards his young goalie. "He played well, not knowing the shooters' Berenson said. "Guelph didn't give him much work in the first period, and that's a typical Michigan-type game - where maybe you don't get a lot of work, and then when you do, they're tough shots." Berenson did not officially name the starting goalie for the season, but came as close as any coach can after the game against Guelph. "I said before the season that Blackburn would probably be our start- ing goalie'" Berenson said. "And until that changes, he probably will be our starting goalie." Blackburn even kept focused when a Guelph player plowed into the goalie, knocking his mask off. He was just happy that they stopped the play immediately after. "I didn't want to lose any teeth," Blackburn said. Berenson also O'Malley may get ice time down the road, depending on the team's situation. NOT AS BAD AS TURCO: On Friday night, the two goalies faced off against each other in the annual Blue/White exhibition. Both had only one hope: Don't play as bad as Turco did in his initial Blue/White game. "I was just thinking about what hap- pened to Turco, his first game," Blackburn said. "I was hoping that did- n't happen." Turco, in one of his worst perfor- mances at Michigan, gave up seven goals in his debut. Thankfully for the two young goalies, they were able to maintain their composure. Blackburn stopped all 22 shots in a shutout performance while O'Malley gave up two goals, one of which he had little chance to save. Still, Blackburn gave O'Malley due credit. "O'Malley had a lot tougher shots than I did, he kind of got shelled," Blackburn said. PEE-WEE SUPERSTARS: During Friday's Blue/White exhibition, the little guys took over the ice. Two teams from the Ann Arbor Mini- Mite league played two five-minute con- tests in the first and second intermission. While people walking to the conces- sion stand were faster than the six-to- eight year-old kids trying their hardest to skate down the ice, the action was still fast-paced enough to get the whole crowd riled up. In the first game, neither team could capitalize on several breakaways, but in the second game, 7 year-old Chad Tickner, with all his might, slid the puck into the goal with only a few seconds remaining. When asked about how he liked* playing at Yost and scoring the only goal, he had one big word to say: "Yeah." UNIFORM WOLVERINES: While the Wolverines performance over the weekend echoed that of last years strong start, something was a little dif- ferent - their uniforms. While nothing too dramatic changed, the Wolverines will be sporting uniforms that have fewer stripes near the bottom and a solid block 'M' appears on the chest of all three types. Fans might notice a few other minor changes, but overall, the team wanted to keep a "classic" look. Michigan officials said that fans will be able to buy the new sweaters some- time in November. _______________________________________________________ ' I ____________________ I, .1 N' 3 i { ~ C i! 1' ii +" 5 y 8 r _'. ,' ' _ ..j . - u - .' _ , ; .r 1-Tm a " Price Matching Plus * Guaranteed Buyback White 5, Blue 0 Blue 0 0 0 -0 White 1 1 3 -5 First period -1. WHT, Matzka (Crozier), 10:00. Penalties - WHT, Comrie, (tripping), 13:33. Second period - 2. WHT, Crozier (Berenzweig) 15:58. Penalties - WHT, Matzka (holding), 14:48. Third period - 3. WHT, Clark, (Arman, Trainor), 2:21,pp; 4. WHT, Matzka, 2 (Ritchlin), 3:55; 5. White, Arman (unassisted) Penalties - BLU, Rominski (high sticking), 1:11; Shots on goal - BLU 6-10.6 - 22; WHT 9-8-11 - 28. Power Plays - BLU, 0 of 1; WHT 1 of 2. Saves -BLU, O'Malley 8-7-x - 15; BLU, Daddario -x-8; WHT, Blackburn 610.6 -22. Referee - Don Cline. Linesmen - Dave Kronenberg, Pat Bracco. At: Yost Ice Arena. A: 2,531. FACEOF '98. THE PUCK DROPS OCTOBER 15. Michigan 3, Guelph 1. Guelph 3 0 0 -3 Michigan 0 0 1 - 1 First period - 1. UM, Crozier 1 (Berenzweig, Matzka), 2:23 (pp); 2. UM, Koch 1 (Comrie), 9:14; 3. UM, Comrie 1 (unassisted), 19:00. Penalties - Gue, Sweitzer (tripping), 1:57; UM, bench (too many men), 10:40; UM, Huntzicker, 11:39 (trip- ping); Gue, Reesor (hooking), 12:46. Second period - No scoring. Penalties - Gue, Flanagan (hooking), 2:19; Gue, Stark (roughing). 2:56; UM, Arman (high sticking) 4:59: UM, Langfeld, (roughing after the whistle), 7:39; Gue, Reesor (tripping), 13:24; UM, Koch (high sticking), 18:05. Third period -1. Gue, Boyer 1 (Monkman, Rosebush), 5:08 (pp) Penalties - UM, Arman (cross checking), 3:26; Gue, Grundy, (checking from behind), 14:39. Shots on goal - UM 16.16-10 - 42; Gue 7-11-5 - 23. Power Plays - UM, 1 of 6; Gue 1 of 7. Saves- UM, Blackburn 741.4 -22; Gue, Gowan 13-16.10 - 39. 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