4B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - October 7, 2002 SATURDAY'S GAME Michigan 8, Toronto 1 Toronto Michigan 3 3 2 - 1 - 8 Montoya gets first start for 'M' Icers Alternate captain Shouneyia injures his wrist; Back-up goalie Gartman academically ineligible A Rrt peiod- 1. UM, Shouneyia (Nystrom, Tambellini), 5:33; 2. UM, Richmond (Werner), 14:14(pp); 3. UM, Moss(Wood ford, Helminen),14:49. Penaltes-TOR, Mike Nason, (obstruction tripping), 1:03; TOR, Wilson (hooking), 8:57; TOR, Trion, (slashing), 12:52; UM, Nystrom (high sticking), 17:07. Second period-1. TOR, Malcolm (Hynes, Hutchinson), 1:30 (pp); 4. UM, Kaleniecki (Ebbett, Ortmeyer), 3:22; 5. UM, Gjic (Tambellini, Burnes), 15:39 (pp); 6. UM, Ebbett (Tam- bellini, Nystrom), 15:51. Penaltes- UM, Nystrom (checking from behind), :53; UM, Nystrom (roughing), 4:34; TOR Hoar (roughing), 4:34; UM, Werner (high sticking), 6:42; TOR, Pal. lotta (roughing), 10:34; UM, Nystrom (slashing), 12:02; TOR, Todd (slashing), 12:02; TOR, Wilsion (hooking), 14:20; TOR, Johnson (holding), 18:26; UM, Henderson (rw),18:26; TOR, Todd (slashing),18:26. ThId peod- 7. UM, Kaleniecki (Ebbett, Henderson), 13:23; 8. UM, Ryznar (Gajic, Ortmeyer), 13:23. PenaIes - TOR, Snale (roughing), 10:34; TOR, Hynes (high sticking) 14:21. Shots ongoal-TOR, 346 -13; UM,1820-17--55. Power P~ys-TOR, 1of 3;UM, 3of 8 Saes-TOR, Bruno-47-55; UM, Montoya -6-7, Ruden -6-6. Reeree-Brian Aaron nesmen -Kenneth Landis, Jonathon Morrison At Yost Ice Arena. Attendance: 6,215 FRIDAY'S GAME Blue 4, White 4 By Dan Rosen Daily Sports Writer Freshman goalie Al Montoya had been nervous for two days before the Blue/White scrimmage. It HOCKEY would be his first chance as a Notebook Wolverine to play in front of the raucous Yost Ice Arena crowd that he had been dreaming of for years. As if the moment couldn't get any more special, Montoya was going to be the first man out of the tunnel. Michigan's new goalkeeper would lead his team onto the ice to open the 2002-2003 campaign. But things don't always work out the first time around, and Montoya fell victim to a bit of a freshman prank. "They just gave me a little tap, they were like 'let's go guys,"' Mon- toya said. "I thought everyone was going out. But I look back and there's no one there." Montoya was the first one out, as he expected. But what he didn't realize was that the rest of the team wasn't following him. Despite the joke, Montoya had nothing but good things to say about his first action at Yost. "Coming down the stairs was the greatest feeling," Montoya said. "When you hear the band playing and the crowd cheering, it's the greatest feeling ever." In the game, Montoya was able to fight off his early nerves and show some flashes of why he will become the fifth straight Michigan goal- tender to start as a freshman. The Glenview, Ill. native gave up just one goal in two periods of action. He faced 11 shots in the 4-4 tie. On the weekend, Montoya let in two goals on 17 shots. He played a total of four periods over the two exhibitions. After the game against Toronto on Saturday, Michigan coach Red Berenson was encouraged by what he saw from his freshman goalie. "The puckhandling is always an issue but Al does a good job of it for the most part. He made a mis- take but made up for it, a la (former Michigan goalie) Marty Turco," said Berenson of a turnover Montoya made early in the first period that required a diving save. "He looked fine. It was good for him to get in there and have a good experience." DINGED up: A number of Wolver- ines are banged up after Michigan's opening weekend. Alternate captain John Shouneyia jammed his wrist during the second period of Saturday night's contest. He left the game and did not return. Afterwards, Berenson was hesitant to pass any early judgments on the extent of the injury. "Johnny is going to get an MRI on his wrist tonight," Berenson said Saturday. The injury was not believed to be serious. Captain Jed Ortmeyer sat out of Friday night's scrimmage to rest his left knee. The senior had surgery on Blue White 1 1 2 - 4 0 4 0 -4 Fistpeod- 1. BLUE, Rogers (Gajic, Rogers), 8:54. Penal ties -WHITE, Fraser (holding), 9:13; BLUE. Anderson (hold- ing the stick), 12:13;BLUE, Wyzgowski (slashing), 17:14. Second pediod -1. WHITE, Woodford (Martens. Moss), 1:21; 2. WHITE, Shouneyia (Tambellini), 6:23; 3. WHITE, Moss (Martens, Helminen), 8:28 (pp); 4. WHITE, Shouneyia (Nystrom), 9:45 (pp). 2. BLUE, Gajic (Ryznar),19:34. Pena- ties-BLUE, Kaleniecki (obstruction-hooking), 7:47; BLUE, Anderson (obstruction-hooking), 9:04; WHITE, Moss (interfer- ence), 15:53. Third peod- 3. BLUE. Henderson (Kaleniecki, Ebbett), 3:43;4. BLUE, Gajic (Ryznar),19:42. Penalties- BLUE, Kaleniecki (ot),10:31 Shots on goal - BLUE, 3.46 -13; WHITE, 18&20-17 - 55. Power Plays- BLUE,1 of 3; WHITE, 3 of 8. Saves-TOR, Bruno-47-55; UM, Montoya -6-7,.Ruden -6-6. Reeree-Brian Aaron nesmen- Blake MatatallNeil Stafford At Yost Ice Arena. Attendance: 1,873 CCHA ROUNDUP (- denotes exhibition) Friday's games: Bowling Green 4, Niagra 1 Lake Superior 4, Western Ontario 1 # Miami 12, Air Force 1 Notre Dame 4, University of Toronto 1# Ohio State 6, Waterloo 2 # Saturday's games: Michigan 8, University of Toronro 1 # Northern Michigan 4, Michigan Tech 1 Western Michigan 12, Waterloo 0 # Miami 2, Bowling Green 1 Ferris State 9, Western Ontario 5 # Michigan State 4, US Under-18 3 # Alaska Fairbanks 4, Mt. Royal College 0 # - Yesterday's game: Nebraska-Omaha 6, Manitoba 0 # Tomorrow's game: Western Ontario at Michigan State, 7:05 p.m. # BRENDANO'DONNELL/Daily Michigan freshman goalie Al Montoya started for Michigan in an exhibition game against Toronto on Saturday night. In two periods of work, Montoya made six saves on seven shots. it during the off-season and Beren- play) just as a precaution." other new goalies, junior transfer son wanted to be cautious to start Junior forward Joe Kautz did not Chris Gartman, was declared ineli- the year. play either game because he had his gible for the fall semester because "We sat Jed only because we didn't wisdom teeth pulled on Friday. of a problem with transfer credits. want him to play back-to-back nights Berenson was unsure when he might Berenson said that he will be able to so soon with his knee," Berenson be ready to get back on the ice. play in the Great Lakes Invitational said. "The knee is good but (he didn't TOUGH BREAK: One of Michigan's in late-December. Freshmen make debut to the tune of Enrique By Kyle O'Neill Daily Sports Writer Freshmen defenseman Danny Richmond and forward Jeff Tambellini are Michigan's version of Pavel Bure and Sergei Fedorov. And it has nothing to do with their talent. It does have to do with their potential for steal- ing Anna Kournikova away from pop-sensation Enrique Inglesias, for they are the best of Anna's two worlds. They have Enrique's youth and love his music, plus the two roommates have skills on the ice. They don't hide it, just ask the two roommates. "Our pregame ritual includes some music being played in our dorm room," Richmond said. "We lis- ten to a little bit of Enrique, I'm not going to lie." Just check out the pair's stats from Michigan's 8-1 exhibition win over Toronto. Richmond scored the game-winner and had a plus-2 rating. Tambellini found a way to hit the posts four times, but made up for his absence of a goal with a plus-2 rating and three assists - including an unbelievable pass to Milan Gajic for Michigan's fifth goal. "I try to make things happen out of nothing," Tambellini said. "Tonight there were openings, like the pass to Gajic. I just try to find a way to put pucks through and put things to the net." Saturday night was also the first time to see if Richmond's pairing with junior defenseman Andy Burnes would work as well as it had in practice all week. Since the duo never allowed a goal, it's safe to say that their first game together was a success. Richmond even admitted to mirroring Burnes defensively after practicing with him so much. "It's good because he's taught me so much about the defensive game of hockey. Just learning from him and watching him, I kind of feed off of him," Richmond said. "I see myself doing things that he does. I think we're feeding off of each other. It's good to know what we have back there and know our real chemistry out in a game." Tambellini was part of the opening surge that helped Michigan build a 3-0 lead, and he also assisted on both of the Wolverines' two tallies in a 12-second span late in the second period. "It felt good tonight," Tambellini said. "It was one of those days where we clicked right from the start. We had a big start with (Eric) Nystrom and (John) Shouneyia, we clicked right from the beginning. "It was one of those games where everyone got in the game. There was a lot of tempo going, and I think the whole team really felt it from the begin- ning and we skated pretty well tonight." For both, playing in front of the Yost crowd (filled almost to capacity on Saturday) was unbe- lievable. Richmond even admitted getting a laugh out of the students' chants. "It was the first time we really played in front of the crowd so far, and I understand it gets even nuttier, so I look really forward to that," Richmond said. The crowd at Yost got its first viewings of the two freshmen and left impressed. If Anna had been watching, Enrique would be learning how to skate very soon. 40 Magic Michigan owns rival Spartans for eighth straight By Brian Steere Daily Sports Writer 8-ball says. M' i 0 Not even Mother Nature seems capable of stopping the red-hot Michigan field hockey team. Withstanding gusting winds and a torrential down- pour on Friday afternoon at Ocker Field, No. 2 Michigan edged No. 5 Michigan State 1-0 to earn a win that coach Marcia Pankratz called the biggest victory of the season. Senior Molly Powers scored the game-winner with just over 10 minutes remaining in the second half to give the Wolverines (2-0 Big Ten, 10-1 overall) their 10th straight victory and ninth straight over the Spar- tans (1-1, 10-2). With the Michigan State defense crowding its circle, Powers stole the ball on the near side and moved like a gazelle along the baseline to the goal, where she stroked a beautiful wrap-around shot into the right corner of the cage. "I was looking to get a corner actually because I didn't think I had a shot," Powers said. "But they backed off because they were protecting their feet. I was then alone for a second so I just took the shot since I had it." Powers has now scored four times in Michigan's last three games, and her tally against Michigan State gives her 10 goals for the season, tying her with April Fronzoni for the team lead. "She has an uncanny ability to score goals," Pankratz said. "She has great timing, and I told her at halftime that she had the green light and that she should take it to them as much as she wanted to. I told her that she should take it upon herself to be a big- time player and she did that." Powers's goal was enough of a cushion because the Michigan defense was phenomenal throughout the entire game. After a back-and-forth first half, the Spartans came out on fire in the second half and controlled the tempo. But the Wolverines' suffocating defense was up to the challenge, as it turned away numerous Michigan State charges and penalty corners. "Our defense played awesome," Pankratz said. ccma naTUonV~~ hatl+yVt )n~n wins Offenses don't live up to the hype thanks to the 'D' By Brian Schick ]aily Sports Writer In a game that was supposed-to be a shootout of two offen- sive powerhouses, the game between the Michigan field hock- ey team and Michigan State provided a ho-hum one goal and 19 total shots. FIELD HOCKEY Coming into this game, the Wolver- ines boasted the fifth-ranked offense in Notebook the nation, and the Spartans had the third. Both teams averaged more than three goals per game, but the defenses stole the show and created a very tight game. Even from the early going, it appeared that just a single score would be enough to secure the win for either side. "In the first half, I really thought we'd take it to them and we'd score and win by a couple of goals," forward Molly Pow- ers said. "In the second half, we were on our heels and I thought we only needed to get one in." Facing its toughest offensive threat this season, the Michi- gan defense answered the challenge by posting its fifth shutout, limiting the Spartans to just nine shots on goal. Goalkeeper Molly Maloney had four saves - her second highest total of the season - and her five shutouts this season places her sixth on Michigan's all-time shutout list. This sea- son, the defense has been making her job easier by keeping opponents' shots out of her zone. "By keeping it out of the zone, we could see what could happen at the other end," Maloney said. "I was focused on keeping things simple." DANGER POWERS: While April Fronzoni has received much attention this year for her spectacular ability to score goals, Powers has quietly matched Fronzoni with 10 goals on the season. Powers has notched a tally in seven of the Wolverines' 11 games this season. Powers has developed into a second go-to forward and has now begun to make a name for herself in the Michigan record book. She is now tied for sixth all-time with 39 career goals and appears to be on pace to shatter her personal record for a season (15) from 2000. "Your big money players have to score big goals in big games, and Molly did that for us today," Michigan coach Mar- cia Pankratz said. RAIN, RAIN, COME AND STAY: Although Friday afternoon saw a heavy rainstorm over Ocker Field, Pankratz discounted the imnt.r fnzn .r.in nth- te knfr n c xweren't ~ nrnlnrxn'r Ti. I I TOM FELLUAMi-'/aily Michigan's Molly Powers (13) and April Fronzoni (12) celebrate Powers' game-winning goal against No. 5 Michigan State. The 1-0 win was the Wolverines' eighth straight against the Spartans. i