V V V V V U S U M -W -67 v a 4B - The Michigan Daily - FACEOFF 2001 - Thursday, October 4, 2001 The Michigan Daily -- FACEOFF 2001 - 2000-2001 Michigan hockey schedule Team 1. Michigan State 2. Miami 3. Michigan 4. Nebraska-Omaha 5. Northern Michigan 6. Western Michigan 7. Ohio State 8. Ferris State 9. Bowling Green 10. Alaska-Fairbanks 11. Notre Dame 12. Lake Superior Record 21-4-3 17-10-1 16-9-3 15-10-3 12-10-6 12-10-6 13-13-2 9-15-4 8-15-5 7-14-7 7-15-6 8-20-0 Team 1. Michigan State (6) 2. North Dakota (7) 3. Minnesota (2) 4. Michigan 5. Providence 6. Colorado College 7. Boston College (4) 8. Harvard 9. St. Cloud 10. Maine 11. New Hampshire 12. Nebraska-Omaha Points 263 243. 236 191 169 166 147 126 118 114 91 90 1. Michigan State (22) 2. Michigan (1) 3. Nebraska-Omaha (1) 4. Ohio State (1) 5. Northern Michgan 6. Miami (1) 7. Western Michigan 8. Bowling Green 9. Lake Superior 10. Ferris State 11. Notre Dame 12. Alaska-Fairbanks 306 273 241 207 184 182 172 110 101 98 90 64 Date ... ... .. . ... ... T , FE r .1~ Fri.. t1 rmne Migign t#e (Fox) East Lansing . A fAMAMVERCK STAMPEDE Providence Oma Minesota-Duluth or UNO Omaha Westem Michigan* Kalamazoo 05 p.m. 7:35 pm 5:05 p.m. 5or8:05 Northern Michigan 2000-2001 Record: 18-13-7 CCHA Finish: 5th Key Returners: F Bryce Cockburn G Craig Kowalski Key Losses: G Dan Ragusett Rating: A Bowling Green 2000-2001 Record: 16-19-5 CCHA Finish: 9th Key Returners: F Greg Day F Scott Hewson Key Losses: F Ryan Murphy Rating: * * Alaska- Fairbanks 2000-2001 Record: 9-19-8 CCHA Finish: 9th Key Returners: F Bobby Andrews Key Losses: F Jim Lawrence Rating: * * 1 0 Ferris State 2000-2001 Record: 13-20-5 CCHA Finish: 8th Key Returners: F Rob Collins Key Losses: D Jim Dube Rating: * Notre Dam 2000-2001 Record: 13-23-0 CCHA Finish: 12th Key Returners: F David Inman Key Losses: F Dan Carlson Rating: - 7:05 p.m. THE MICHIGAN DAILY CRITICS' PRESEASON PICKS Michigan CCHA finish CCHA champion CCHA runner-up CCHA tournament winner CCHA player of the year Hobey Baker winner f CCHA Coach of the Year Michigan MVP Surprise CCHA team Steve Jackson 2nd Michigan State Michigan Michigan State Ryan Miller (MSU) Ryan Miller (MSU) Mike Kemp (UNO) Mike Cammalleri Western Michigan J. Brady McCollough 2nd Michigan State Michigan Michigan Mike Cammalleri(UM) Devin Rask (PROV) John Markelf (OSU) Josh Blackburn Bowling Green Eric Nystorm Michigan State Providence Michigan State North Dakota Michigan Providence Michigan State 2nd Michigan State Mhlgan Michigan State Ryan Miller (MSU) Devin Rask (PROV) Frank Anzalone (LSSU) Josh Blackburn Northern Michigan Eric Nystrom Michigan State Providence North Dakota North Dakota Colorado College Providence Michigan State 2nd Michigan State Michigan Michigan Mike aishai(WMU) Mark Cullen (CC) Red Berenson (UM) Mike Cammalleri Northern Michigan Milan Gajic Michigan State Michigan North Dakota Michigan State Michigan Providence Colorado College Freshman to watch Dwight Helminen Cold War winner Michigan State Maverick Stampede winner Michigan GLI Champion North Dakota NCAA Frozen Four Michigan State (Champion in bold) Maine Minnesota Boston College Sat., Oct. 20 Western Michigan* Ann Arbor 7:35 p.m. Fri., Oct.26 Northern Michigan* Ann Arbor 7:35 p.m. Sat., Oct. 27 Northern Michigan* Ann Arbor 7:35 p.m. Fri., Nov. 2 AlaskaFairbanks* Fairbanks 7:0O.5m. Sat: Peks+ AlaskaFarbants* Fairbanks Fn., ! . Nebraska(ra* Omaha .p.. Sat. 17.Nebraskat m *On 705'p.m. CO, E HOCKEY SHOWCASE Fn., Minnesota Ann Arbo; 7:35 p.m. Sat rWinsin A:or 8:05 p.m. Fn., N(w.30 Fems t Big Rapids 7:35 p.m. Sat., Dec.1 Ferris Ste* Ann Arbor 7:35 p.m. Fri., Dec. 7 Miami* Oxford 7:35 p.m. Sat., De$ M i* Oxford 7:35 p.m. Sat .c HArk:Arborp 3 7th O JL GREAT Af Fri., Decftc ttt Sat., Deq 29 Mhan Ted or M .S# *9 Fn. te *:{t) South Rend Sat, Jan. Notre Dame* South Bend 7:05 p.m. Fri., Jan.11 AlaskaFairbanks* Ann Arbor 7:35 p.m. Sat., Jan.12 AlaskaFairbanks* Ann Arbor 7:35 p.m. Sat., Jan. 9 MichigState* (Fox) Ann Arbory 7;35 p.m. Fri., Ja25 BwnG n ArArbor 7 pm. Sat., Bi g;re(n* ,.Ann Art 35 m Thu., JLak 3 Lke Supenor* M Mare Sat., Feb,2 4Akeupeor* Det# p m Fr., Feb.8 .. Ndxrfk m * (Fox) A ArtQ: hp.M.% Sat., Feb. 9 Nebrakama* "35p. Sat., Feb.16 Michig Sta.e (Fox) Qetroit # 7:35 p.m. Fri., Feb, 22. AAS" * N rbor 7$p m. Sat., Feb.23 O iSte* Annkbxr 7:35 p.m. Fri., Mar.1 Westem Michigan* Ann Arbor 7:35 p.m. Sat., Mar. 2 Western Michigan* Kalamazoo 7:35 p.m. :: 4A TOURNAMENT March 10 CHA FrsrOund Series s $ Fri. Ma 1# CCHA Seoond Rud Sa Mar 16 CCHA Sem'ifinals (Fox) t # Sur, Mar. 17 CCHA ChmOrSIp (Fox) De NCAA WEST REGIONAL Fn., Mar22 FirstRod Ann Arbor Sat., Mar.23 Second Round Ann Arbor J S4 Bookstore says.... NORTHERN MICHIGAN: After finishing tied for fifth in the CCHArstandings last season, Northern Michigan coach Rick Comley feels that his team has a legitimate chance at contending for the CCHA title. Comley, the only coach in Northern Michigan's 26-year hockey history, believes that the strength of his team will lie among the juniors and seniors. Northern Michigan will have 12 returning juniors and seniors on its ros- ter. At forwardjuniors Bryce Cockburn. Terry .Harrison and Chris Gobert should shoulder the offensive load for the Wildcats. Cockburn was last sea- son's leading goal scorer on the team with 21. Defensively, Comley has confidence that junior Jimmy Jackson could potentially be one of the best in the nation. In goal, the Wildcats had to deal with the loss of their goalie from last season Dan Ragusett. Despite this key loss, Comley feels . that sophomore Craig Kowalski could potentially be the permanent goaltender for the tearn. "Every year is a new challenge for our team because the league really has grown tremendously," Comley said. "More and more teams have the oppor- tunity to challenge the top teams in the conference." BOWLING GREEN: The Falcons finished 2000-2001 with a bang - upsetting No. 2 Miami in their best-of-three first-round series and losing a hard-fought battle to even- tual CCHA tournament champion Michigan State, 2-1. Bowling Green finished 16-19-5 last season, making their series victory over Miami even more important for the team's confidence going into this season. "Last year we were in an awful lot of close games," Bowling Green coach Buddy Powers. said. "We just couldn't get the goal when we needed it. We kept preaching to our guys that if they hang in there it was going to turn around. They had a tough time believ- ing that when we got into February. It would have been really easy for them to fold up. but they didn't." The Falcons return 14 letter-winners from last year's team, which means that eight freshmen will join the squad. Luckily for Bowling Green, senior captain Greg Day, who tallied 40 points last season, and senior alternate captain Scott Hewson return to lead the offense. ALASKA-FAIRBANKS: It was clear to everybody in the room. Alaska-Fairbanks coach Guy Gadowsky was full of frustration after receiving a slap in the face from the media by being voted last in the CCHA preseason media poll.. "I couldn't help noticing, it wasn't reflected in the polls, but we made a lot of strides last year," coach Guy Gadowsky said. "We had four more points than we have ever had in th CCIA." As far as its team goes, Alaska- Fairbanks will rely heavily on their three returning seniors to lead the team, but expect most of its offensive production to come from junior Bobby Andrews. Andrews led the team in every major statistical category including points (25) and goals (13). Gadowsky also points to the perfor- mance of his sophomore class as an indication for how his team will do this year. FERRIS STATE: It is now a reality in college hockey that there is no guarantee top players will stay around for all four years of their eligibility. That is exactly what happened to them this summer when All-CCHA second team goalie Phil Osaer decided to leave the team for the St. Louis Blues organization. Coach Bob Daniels is now left with two freshmen goaltenders, Mike Brown and John DeCaro to replace Oscar. "What was a strength is now, I wouldn't say a weakness, but a ques- tion mark," Daniels said. "Ideally I would like to split our two goaltenders. I don't think I want to throw it on one or the other." This will make the return of five defensemen, easily their deepest posi- tion, even more important to the transi- tion of the young goalies. The defense will be led by senior Chad McIver, who is among the best defensive' defensemen in the CCHA, and two- way player Troy Milam. "We're going to explore opportuni- ties of creating more offense," Daniels said of his team's outlook. "However, at no time do I want us to veer from our philosophy of playing strong team defense." NOTRE DAME: Attention, focus and order. Three things that were missing from the Notre Dame hockey team last sea- son. Coach Dave Poulin is determined not to let the vices of last season carry into the 2001-2002 campaign. He decided for the first time, at the advice of Michigan coach Red Berenson, to keep his team in South Bend over the spring to build camaraderie. "We had 17 out of 18 players there all summer so I think that is going to be substantially significant both from a physical and a bonding standpoint," coach Poulin said of his teams outlook. "People are going to see a much hun- grier team out there," Poulin said. "When you go through a year like that you certainly have an appreciation for it." Returning for the Irish will be senior David Inman and a sophomore class that was thrust into the role of offen- sive leaders. Comprised of Rob Globke, Aaron Gill and Brett Lebda, all of whom had 26 points last year, the sophomore class should continue their growth and become even stronger. LAKE SUPERIOR: After finishing last in the CCHA last season, the Lakers will enter the season with a new man at the helm. Now Lhru I c I S t C t ? f c r I r i I it L h s it u fi Blue Hock Check out our HUGE inventory - .of MICHIGA Memorabilia! ... -clothes, glassware, flags, watches, pens, rings etc. : Order from our" DorsOpen at Noon 10 and Over v 11U1 rte.. 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