'Blue offense By Uma Subramanian Gran Daily Sports Writer Michiga After cruising through its first I I games route to with an average of five goals per game, the games. Michigan hockey team came to a screech- "We ing halt after it ran into a wall that bore a big sav striking resemblance to Lake Superior Josh BL State's goalie, Jayme Platt. some g 0 The weekend series was more than a little big." fru,;trating for the most prolific offense in Rega college hockey. Michigan (7-3 CCHA, 10-3 Michiga overall) recorded only two goals against the the nati Lakers (5-3, 5-5), both of which came in the glaring second period of the second game. didn't h In fact, Platt held the Wolverines score- tion of less for 85:37 -- an impressive feat, con- reason sidering Michigan's forwards have into the outscored their opponents 57-30 this sea- "We son. But as the Wolverines said, it was just do," Co ne of those weekends. but we s "There are nights when the passing is off, didn't s the shots are off and you're just out of things ti sync," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. start of "That's exactly how our team played. You "We don't do it by design or intentionally and weeken then things happen in the game and things bounces just don't go your way." always Being shut out at home on Friday Michigan scoring was a touch more desperate at game time If you Saturday. To compensate the coaches made will con ome line changes and even switched starting Perha coaltenders giving L.J. Scarpace the nod in net. came as Yet nothing worked, and the shots just would because not go in. Wolveri ICCHmA Season standings CCHA OVERALL TeamW L TPts GP GF-GA W L T ichigan State 10 2 0 20 13 44-15 10 3 0 Michigan 7 3 0 14 13 41-26 10 3 0 Northern Michigan 6 1 1 13 14 29-15 10 3 1 Ferris State 6 6 0 12 14 31-33 8 6 0 Western Michigan 5 5 2 12 12 ' 39-36 5 5 2 Lake Superior State 5! 3 0 10 10 23-21 5 5 0 Miami , 4 3 2 10 13 28-22 7 4 2 Nebraska-Omaha 2 4 4 8 10 26-34 2 4 4 Notre Dame 3 5 2 8 12 23-32 4 6 2 o lingGreen 3 6 036 11 27-35 3 8 0 ,Ohio State 2 9 1 5 15 22-49 3 11 1 laska-Fairbanks 2 8 0 4 12 21-36 3 9 0 turda's ReultsFridav's Results Fnis State 5, Bowling Green 4 Ohio State 5, Nebraska-Omaha 2 Cake Superior state 4, Michigan 2 Lake Superior State 3, Michigan 0 Miami 3, Michigan State 0 Ferris State 3, Bowling Green i Nebraska Omaha 2, Ohio State 2 Miami 3, Michigan State 2 No them Midigan 4, Mich. Tech 2 NEXT WEEKEND Friday: vs. No. 5 Wisconsin, 7:30 p.m. Saturday: vs. Minnesota, 7 p.m. Tickets are still available for the Ameritech College Hockey Showcase hosted by the Wolverines at Yost Ice Arena. SportsMonday - November 22, 1999 - The Michigan Daily - 78 I "l falters against Lakers ted, Platt was a big thorn in an's side rejecting 69 attempts en being named the No. I star in both couldn't score, and (he) had some 'es," injured Michigan goaltender ackburn said. "It was him. We had reat opportunities but he came up rdless of the team's results, an center Mike Comrie still leads on in points with 24. But the most image from the weekend was what happen. Comrie, who is the defini- a scorer, had nine shots and for one or another not one worked its way net. didn't do what we were supposed to mrie said. "(He) is a good goalie, shot at him. We shot to shoot, but we shoot to score. That's one of the hat made us such a good team a the the year. didn't come prepared to play this d. Both games we didn't get a few , but we didn't play our game. You want to contribute to the team, but points isn't the only way to do that. play well and play hard the points e." ps the reason the weekend's results s a shock to Michigan fans was heading into the series, the nes looked unstoppable. The only game they had lost was a 4-2 road decision to Alaska-Fairbanks. But Michigan captain Sean Peach had other ideas. "The season has been going smoothly, but we've had some bumps along the way." Peach said. "Things like this will catch up to you sometimes. We've been careless defensively. We can't give up that many goals and expect to score when we give them up. It's tough to play from behind." In the meantime, the Wolverines must learn some valuable lessons from the week- end and move on. Fortunately for them, first place Michigan State had a rough weekend, too. The Spartans lost twice to Miami, so second place Michigan remained six points behind them in the CCHA. "This is behind us now; we can't do any- thing about it," junior winger Scott Matzka said. "It's disappointing that we lost. But, you lose your confidence pretty easily. When you're scoring you feel like you can score from anywhere." When you're not scoring, Matzka said, "You lose your confidence out there. The net shrinks down, the goalie looks a lot big- ger and you seem to shoot it into his pads a lot" The Wolverines will look to improve their scoring over the Thanksgiving week- end, when they will host two WCHA oppo- nents, Wisconsin and Minnesota in the Ameritech College Hockey Showcase. Lake Superior 3, MichiganwO. Lake Superior 1 2 0--3 Michigan 0 0 0 -0 First period--1. LSSU, Bachusz 3 unassisted. Penalties - UM, Huntzicker (elbowing), 1:19;UM, Jillson (cross-checking), 2:10; LSSU, ightingaIe ~10min mscoduc),10:6;UM. Peach (Checking from behnd), 10:29: LSSU. Palmer (holding), 13:16; LSSULKnox (cross-chckng), 17:19; LSSU, Walford (slashing . 17:19; LSSU. Vigilante islasning), 1817 UM. Shiouneyra (slashng), 19:31. Second period -2. LSSU., Bachusz 4 (Vigilante. Walford) 3:2 7; 3. LSSU, Nightingale 2 (Bachusr), 7:30 (sb). Penalties- LSSU, Cheeseman (hook ing), 4:11; LSSU, team (too many men on ice), 6:24; UM. Mink (roughing), 8:46; LSSU, Thompson (r('ughiflg,8:46; LSSV. Magnuson (slashing). 9:06: LSSU, Vin.e (obstruction interference), 12:37; UM, Koch (slashing), 15:30; UM, Koch (fighting, game dq), 15:30; 1SSU, Thompson (fighting, game dq), 15:30; UM, Huntzicker (cross-checking), 15:59;,- LSSU, Palmer roughing), 19:05. Third period - no scoring. Penaltiles = LSSU. Vnoe (high-sticking), 1:05; UM, Jillson (high-sticking), 1:05; LSSU, Vince (high-sticking). 1:05; UM, )illson (tripping), 1:05:s 2S5, Bast (charging), 11:45:UM, Shouneyia (hooking), 12:50; 1SSU, McCauley (cross-checking), 15:51; UM, Langfeld (elbowing), 15:51; UM, Ortmeyer (elbowing), 16:23; LSSU, Bast (slashing), 19:26: LSSU. Slukynsky (crosscheck ing), 20:00; UM. Comrie (cross-checking), 200. Shots on goal - LSSU, 9-6-5 - 20; UM, 14818- 40, Power Plans -LSSU 0of 8;UM, 0of 11.