A 0 0 0 Thursday, October 14, 1999 - Faceoff 2B - The Michigan Daily - Faceoff '99 - Thursday, October 14, 1998 Production crew The Class_ Hockey writers.............................................Geoff Gagnon Chris Grandstaff Stephanie Offen Uma Subramanian Editor in Chief..........................................Heather Kamins Managing Sports Editor...............................Rick Freeman Sports Editors...................................................T.J. Berka Chris Duprey Josh Kleinbaum Andy Latack Cover Photo ...............................................Louis Brown Photo Editors ............ .........Louis Brown Dana Linnane Special Thanks............................................Jason Gerdom John Lowe Jacob Wheeler Michael Kern Mark Francescutti Shout outs..............................................David Den Herder Grandstaff's mom Fight Club (whoa) tcbrawl@umich.edu Regina Public Library the drummer from Def Leppard Mike and Linda Roger everyone who was awake at 7:05 a.m. Tuesday Professor Rubadeau I PEACH Continued from Page 17 hospital. We never caught anything, just little fish, but it was just fun to get out." For most people, it's easy to look up to someone who knows how to have fun and truly enjoy themselves. In hockey its important to have leaders that can be respected because in that sport, the cap- tain shoulders a lot of responsibility. For instance, in a game situation, the captain is the only person who can argue calls and represent the team. But more importantly, the captain unites the team. That's a role Peach enjoys. "We're a close team," Peach said. "That's why we're successful on the ice. We do things together. We'll go bowling and party together. You see the guys every day, they're like your brothers, so you have to be close." Any coach will attest that good chem- istry creates a successful team. For the players that cohesion is all the more important, especially on the ice. Trio leads 'M' freshman class TRIO Continued from Page 15 he was young did not garner the same recruiting attention as his Compuware peers immediately. Perhaps. recruiters thought his size would not translate well at the col- lege level, or perhaps they felt he was the product of several talented teammates. Whatever the reason - they were dead wrong. Swistak has already established himself as a force to be reckoned with in the conference. Calling him merely an aggressive player would be like calling a rabid pit bull on speed a little dangerous. The 5-foot- 8, 175-pound Swistak, who has knocked unconscious players twice his size, plays with an uncanny tenacity that almost appears to be, well, insane. "He's crazy," Shouneyia said. "If a guy opens up to him he better watch out because he's going to get killed." But Swistak, whose play both on defense and with the puck speaks loud and clear, is not the most vocal person off the ice, Shouneyia said. "I had this class for two years with J. and he never said a word," Shouneyia said. "Then all of a sud- den he opened up, but I used to think it was pretty funny." Swistak's play is anything but funny for the opposing team. His hits will soon make him a fan favorite among the Yost faithful - appropriate, considering he credits it as his inspiration. "With the crowd here it's just amazing," Swistak said. "The adren- aline flows nonstop. Back on the Ambassadors it was tough some- times because there weren't many people at the games, but here, with the amount of people that come out for every game it just gets you pumped up and ready to run.'y And early on in the season that's exactly what Shouneyia, Mink, Swistak and the rest of the Michigan recruiting class seem ready to do. In that respect, Peach has definitely found his niche at Michigan. But in Canada, it isn't common for a skilled player to play college hockey. Most athletes opt instead for playing in Canada's Major Junior leagues. Playing for a Major Junior team makes a player a professional athlete and therefore nixes their college eligibility. For a while, Peach wasn't sure he'd go to college either. Then several influential people convinced him otherwise. "To tell you the truth, I didn't expect to go to college," Peach said. "I wanted to go to the Western Hockey League. My brother (Scott) got a scholarship to Dartmouth and he helped me maintain my focus on school which was tough because I was getting recruited by these other western league teams. "The only school I heard about out west was Michigan." Peach said he was also influenced by a childhood role model, former Michigan player Robbie Gordon. ..Like most Canadians. the Peach brothers got into hockey early. Their par- ents put them both into the sport at an early age. "We got into hockey probably because our parents didn't want us in their hair," Scott Peach said. "It's Canadian stuff. Everyone always plays soccer, lacrosse and hockey. Bowling's pretty popular too." The older Peach, who currently works in Chicago, said he also had an interest- ing time adjusting to life in the United States. "Probably my biggest adjustment was getting used to the fact that there was no curling," he said. "It's a great game, you can watch it for hours." Though the brothers are close, some of their successes could be attributed to the rivalry that developed when they were kids. "Sean was always the younger brother trying to keep up with his bigger broth- er," Peach's father said. "That was where a lot of his heart came from. He was always following his brother around and hanging out with the boys a couple of years older than him. That made him more intense as a player." Though intense on the ice, Peach said that off the ice, he's pretty laid back. In fact, to relax he enjoys bowling and experimenting with a guitar - relatively low key activities. The guitar is a relatively newfound hobby, picked up when several of his teammates started playing, but bowling has been a diversion for many years. But that too required an adjustment period when Peach first got to the United States. In Canada, bowlers use a ball with no holes that can be palmed. They also bowl with only five pins which are arranged in the same v-shape, but are more spread out. "I like to bowl," Peach said. "I'm still trying to get better, but it's taken me a while to get used to 10-pin bowling. With five-pin, you get three chances." Throughout his hockey career, Peach has met numerous high profile athletes. B w H Ti Pei m ac hi or C ec hi to it's Pe it's gr I c a t int 1o ing hc The 1999 Fresl Name Pos. Ht. Wt. 180 Mike Cammalleri F Andy Hilbert F Mark Mink F John Shouneyla F J. J. Swistak F Jed Ortmeyer F 5-9 5-11 184 5-11 175 5-9 5-8 6-2 175 175 175 iMOESKATfE &iSURF Nor I ROLLERBLADE A h.A .../ 3Urton /, . O:"00 "n n3 ).. DANA UNNANE/Daily John Shouneyia, who led Junior A Compuware in scoring last season, will add much needed playmaking skills to the Wolverines this year. Fri ,I A ICe Arena HOME OF MICHIGAN WOLVERINE HOCKEY PUBLIC SKATING TIMES KziiGarden **P Kong (734) 995-1786 Szechuan 116 S.Main St. 8 Carrout and Maniy reservations accepted. 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