The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - October 1, 2001- 3B
Queens coach offers
insight on Cold War £
RAPHAEL
GOODSTEIN
By J. Brady McCollough
Daily Sports Writer
This past weekend, the Queens Uni-
versity Golden Gaels had the unfortu-
nate task of taking on Michigan State
and Michigan -- a week before the
two powers clash in front of 72,000
fans in Spartan Stadium.
The Golden Gaels were used like a
crash-test dummy by the Spartans and
Wolverines on consecutive days, los-
ing Saturday to Michigan State 14-2
and yesterday to Michigan 9-0.
With the "Cold War" getting closer
by the minute, it would be easy for the
Spartans and Wolverines to use the
other team's performance against
Queens as a tool for preparing for Sat-
urday's game. Michigan coach Red
Berenson didn't pay much attention.
"I just went home," Berenson said
when asked if he saw the Michigan
State game on Saturday. "I got a good
night's sleep last night."
One coach who was forced to pay
close attention to both games was
Queens coach Chris MacDonald,
whose team was outshot 51-15 against
Michigan State and 66-10 by Michi-
gan.
"(Michigan State) is a big team,
they're strong," MacDonald said. "I
think Michigan has great speed. What
I'm thinking is that I'd love to have a
ticket to that game next weekend."
The first thing MacDonald noticed
about the Spartans was their goal-
tender, last season's Hobey Baker win-
ner Ryan Miller.
"He's a pro. I don't know how much
longer he's going to be in college,"
MacDonald said. "Once you get past
their defense who are all returning
players and are very mobile, and you
get a chance to shoot, there's this guy. I
would be shocked if he doesn't play in
the NHL next year. He's that good."
The Golden Gaels lacked offensive
punch all weekend long, but did man-
age two goals against Miller, who
played all 60 minutes. Scoring two
goals on Miller and the Spartan
defense was something that didn't hap-
pen very often last season.
"I think the defense at Michigan
State is more mobile and has a little
more speed," MacDonald said. "They
like to jump up into the play a little
more. Although we lost big, we still
had some chances that we created
because their defense was getting up
ice, getting a little greedy. They
seemed to have a cowboy mentality -
they liked to gamble, run up, see what
they can do on offense."
Gimmicks will not
help college hockey
So Saturday is college hockey's day
in the sun. The Cold War. When
college hockey becomes a major
sport.
Just like Magic-Bird in '79.
Blackbum-Miller.
Right?
We'll see.
Everyone thinks this will be the best
thing to happen to college hockey since
whatever the last big milestone in col-
attention moves back to the same sports
that always receive attention, these fans
will stop paying attention to college
hockey.
Fans who attend this game just
because of the hype won't attend games
in two months.
Regular college hockey games won't
get as much attention with the press.
This game has become the party that
everyone is going to because everyone
else is going.
TOM FELOKAMP/Daily
Freshman Eric Nystrom will get a crack at Michigan State's defense Saturday.
Michigan's defense never allowed
the Queens offensive attack to get off
the ground. MacDonald felt the
Wolverines came out with a more con-
servative approach at the blue line than
the Spartans.
"Michigan strikes me as a team that
likes to stay at home and move the
puck," MacDonald said. "When it
comes down to playoff time and you
want to keep your goals-against down,
I like Michigan's defense."
Michigan State was able to convert
on four out of eight powerplay oppor-
tunities against the Golden Gaels. The
Spartans also held Queens scoreless
when they were under-manned. The
Wolverines also were able to tally four
powerplay goals, two coming off the
stick of freshman Eric Nystrom.
"I think both teams have great spe-
cial teams," MacDonald said. "I don't
see a major difference between their
powerplays. I wouldn't want to be the
referee calling a penalty late in the
game against either of those two clubs,
because it's probably going to make
the difference."
'lege hockey was.
But I'm not so con-
vinced.
There are a few reasons
for this pessimism: First
and foremost, this scheme
was concocted in East
Lansing and what was the
last good idea to come
from there?
As a general rule of
thumb, "great" ideas from
"E.L." really aren't that
great.
Everyone thinks
this will be the
best thing to
happen to
college hockey
since whatever
the last big'
milestone in
college hockey
was.
If college hockey is to
grow, it needs to find a new
market outside of Midwest
and the East Coast.
Like the NHL did, col-
lege hockey needs to find a
market in college campuses
that normally don't care
about the sport.
The NHL had the bene-
fit of marketing players
average fans had heard of.
Twin killing: 'M' beats
Gophers, Hawkeyes
By Charles Paradis
Daily Sports Writer
Erin Moore's 38th kill of the
Dweekend deflected off two Min-
nesota players and landed out of
bounds to win the match and cap off
a critical two days of Michigan vol-
leyball (2-2 Big Ten, 5-5 overall).
The Wolverines prevailed in both
matches, beating Iowa (1-2, 2-8) in
a five-game match, and then defeat-
ing No. 17 Minnesota (2-2, 8-4) in
four games.
The win over the Golden Gophers
arked the Wolverines first win
over a ranked team this season and
also raised Michigan's record to
.500 - a season-long goal for the
team. Last weekend's loss to North-
western was a set back for the
Wolverines as they lost a game they
thought they would win.
"We put our backs against the
wall last weekend by going 0-2,"
*Michigan coach Mark Rosen said.
After the loss to a weaker oppo-
nent, Michigan knew it would have
to win against a stronger team to get
back to .500.
That win did not come easily for
the Wolverines. In the third game,
Minnesota proved too much for
Michigan, handing the Wolverines a
26-30 loss. This win came after the
Gophers had lost the first two
games in the last points. In the
beginning it looked like the Wolver-
Wines would cruise to victory as they
quickly took-an 8-4 lead. But the
Gophers would not be so easily
defeated. Rallying back, Minnesota
tied the score at 14. The teams trad-
ed points back and forth for a few
minutes until the Gophers went on a
four-point run to make the score 22-
18. Minnesota held onto its four-
point lead all the way to 27-23.
Then the Wolverines tried to mount
a comeback - but the Gophers
proved too strong.
The game stopped a five-game
losing skid for the Gophers, who
had lost to the Spartans on Friday
night in straight games. With
renewed confidence, Minnesota
took to the court in the fourth game
to prove it was a top 25 team. The
Wolverines again jumped out to an
early lead, this time 9-4. Again,
Minnesota was able to come back
and tie the game at 16.
But the Wolverines would not let
the Gophers come all the way back
this time. Refocusing, Michigan ral-
lied around two big kills in a row
from Chantel Reedus to move ahead
20-16. From there the Wolverines
cruised to a victory (30-26, 30-27,
26-30, 30-27).
The weekend was packed with
big kills as offensive stars stepped
up for Michigan. Katrina Lehman,
Jennifer Gandolph, Reedus and
Moore each had double-digit kills
against Iowa.
Moore's phenomenal match was
highlighted by a career-high 25 kills
and a .500 attack percentage. Moore
credited much of her success to the
play of senior Shannon Melka.
"We got the ball on the money a
They're usually dumb, and alcohol-
induced.
But all cheapshots aside, if the idea
here is to showcase college hockey, why
is a gimmick needed?
College hockey isn't what's being
showcased. Michigan State's ability
to play Don King is what's being
showcased.
Can it get fans to pay attention to a
game that they normally wouldn't?
What's more, this game isn't even
being showcased to such a large
audience.
Yes Spartan Stadium will be sold out.
But the reality is that college hockey is
already very big in East Lansing and
Ann Arbor. About as big as it'll ever be.
The sport has a cult following in these
cities, and it's unlikely that the sport will
ever reach college basketball's level of
popularity because hockey doesn't have
the potential that basketball does.
For the most part, hockey is only
played in cold-climate areas, and these
are the areas where the sport is popular.
While NHL expansion has helped
introduce the sport to places like Ari-
zona and Florida, few in these areas care
about college hockey, they really just
care about their team.
And as far as this game goes, just
because fans are going to this game,
doesn't mean that they will attend more
games in a month. In fact, once the
College hockey doesn't have such
stars - regardless of what Michigan
State thinks of goaltender Ryan
Miller.
But how does this game reach any of
new markets?
ESPN won't sacrifice college football
for the game. In fact, ESPN2 didn't even
pick up the game.
The game will be televised on Fox
Regional -- that's right, Fox Regional.
The fans who will watch the game on
television are fans who would watch the
game no matter where it was being
played.
What's more, hockey wasn't made to
be played outdoors.
What happens if it rains?
It would hurt the Astroturf at Spartan
Stadium.
Now, many are likely wondering, if
this game isn't good for college hockey,
why are nearly 80,000 fans going to see
this game
Once a ticket becomes hot, people
take an interest. But any publicity isn't
good publicity.
The University of Michigan should
hold itself to higher standards than
shenanigans like helping Michigan State
set an attendance record that few know
about and fewer care about.
Even if college hockey doesn't.
Raphael Goodstein can be
reached at raphaelg@umich.edu.
ALYSSA WOOD/Daily
Erin Moore's 38 kills led Michigan to wins over No. 17 Minnesota and Iowa.
lot. Our setters were great," Moore
said.
Melka started this weekend in
place of freshman setter Lisa
Gamalski, who had been starting
earlier this season.
Rosen started Melka to infuse the
lineup with more experience and
also to help stabilize a very young
lineup.
Reedus, who also credited Melka
with her success, was not far behind
Moore. Against Iowa, she posted a
career-high 22 kills. Coming off of
an injury that sidelined her last
week, Reedus led the team with 39
kills over the weekend.
The Wolverines remain undefeat-
ed at home this year and with Fri-
day's win over Iowa, the team
improved its "Rock the -louse" win
streak to seven consecutive years.
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