The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - October 21,_2002 - 3B FRIDAY S GAME Merrimack 1 igan 4 SATURDAY'S GAME Merrimack 1 Michigan 5 FRIDAY'S GAME Michigan 4, Merrimack 1 WARRIORS Continued from Page 1lB defender's legs, and ripped it across the ice to a streaking Kaleniecki, who redirected it into the open net. The Livonia native added his second goal of the game early in the second period to make it 3-0. "He didn't play his best (Friday), but he came up with a better game, like a lot of our players," Berenson said of Kaleniecki. "I thought to a man, that we had to play better and harder and smarter. And I thought for the most part we did that tonight." Despite the Wolverines 4-1 win on Friday, Berenson was frustrated by his team's inability to take advantage of Merri- mack's 48 penalty minutes. On Saturday, the Wolverines scored two powerplay goals on 13 whistles against the Warriors. ed Both scores were tallied by freshmen, and on the weekend, the newcomers came up with six of the team's nine goals. Their play did not go unnoticed by Berenson. He let the freshmen lead the team in "The Victors" after the game in honor of their strong performance. Defenseman Danny Richmond, who scored the first goal of his Michigan career to make it 4-0 on Saturday, was" happy to oblige Berenson's request. TONY DING/Dail "That's the first time we got to do it," Richmond said. "It's Freshman defenseman Danny Richmond added a goal and an a great song. I'll never get sick of hearing that one." assist to the Wolverines' 5-1 assault of Merrimack on Saturday. enalties leave Warriors at a loss STEVE JACKSON Like Cheddar, the Rally Monkey makes it better Merrimack Michigan 0 0 1 -1 2 1 1 -4 First period- 1, MICH, Jeff Tambellini 3 (Brandon Rogers, Jed Ortmeyer) 3:33 (pp); 2, MICH Jeff Tam- bellini 4 (Dwight Helminen, Eric Nystrom) 14:27. Penalties - David Moss, MICH (hooking) 1:39; Steve Crusco, MER (diving) 1:39; Rob LaLonde, MER (tripping) 2:30; David Moss, MICH (tripping) 15:36, Second period - 3, MICH, Eric Nystrom 2 (Michael Woodford, Nick Martens) 16:34 (pp). Penalties - Tony Johnson, MER (tripping) 2:37; Nick Cammara- ta, MER (checking from behind) 5:39; Nick Cam- marata, MER (game misconduct) 5:39; Tony Johnson, MER (checking from behind) 12:07; Tony Johnson, MER (hooking) 15:08; Cam DeYoung, MER (checking from behind) 15:32: Cam DeYoung, MER (game misconduct) 15:32; Brandon Rogers, MICH (tripping) 17:30. Third period - MER, Steve Crusco 1 (Nick Torretti, Tim Reidy) 8:52; MICH, Mike Roemensky 1 (unasist- d) 18:47 (empty net). Penalties - Andrew Ebbett, MICH (slashing) 6:19; Lucas Smith, MER (high sticking) 9:39; Brandon Rogers, MICH (tripping) 11:31; Eric Werner,MICH (hit after whistle) 12:38; Nick Martens, MICH (hit after whistle) 12:38; Marco Rosa, MER (hit after whistle) 12:38; Bryan Schmidt, MER (tripping) 13:43; Joe Kautz, MICH (hit after whistle) 17:28; Alex Sikatchev, MER (hit after whistle) 17:28. Shots on goa: MER 3-9-1123; MICH 14-6-7 27. Power plays: MER 0 of 4; MICH 2 of 8. Saves -MER, Exter 0-1-1-23; MICH, Montoya 2- 1-0 - 22. At: Yost Ice Arena. Attendance: 6,415. SATURDAY S GAME MichIgan 5, Merimack 1 Merrimack 00 1-1 Michigan 2 3 0 -5 First period - 1, MICH, Dwight Helminen 1 (Jeff Tambellin) 3:37; 2, MICH, Brandon Kaleniecki 1 (David Moss) 14:03. Penalties - Derek Kilduff, MER (tripping) 6:53; Ryan Cordeiro, MER (holding) 9:23; Jed Ortmeyer, MICH (tripping) 10:01; Rob LaLonde, MER (cross-checking) 15:06; Ryan Cordeiro, MER (tripping) 18:07; TEAM, MER (unsportsmanlike conduct) 20:00. Second period - 3, MICH, Brandon Kaleniecki 2 (David Moss, Danny Richmond) 1:41 (pp); 4, MICH, Danny Richmond 1 (ErichWerner) 4:05 (pp); 5 MICH, Andrew Ebbett 1(Eric Werner) 6:40. Penalties - Nick Pomponio, MER (high sticking) 2:12; Michael Woodford, MICH (roughing) 7:35; Ryan Cordeiro, MER (roughting) 7:35; Michael Woodford, MICH (roughing) 7:35: Tim Reidy, MER (roughing) 9:43; Brndon Clark, MER (slashing) 16:18; Michael Woodford, MICH (roughing) 19:26. Third period - 6, MER, Derek Kilduff 2 (Unassisted) 6:35. Penalties - Danny Richmond, MICH (hit after whistle) 3:12; Nick Toretti, MER (hit after whistle) 3:12; Derek Kilduff, MER (tripping) 9:14; Brandon Kaleniecki, MICH (high sticking) 9:34; Nick Martens, MICH (tripping) 14:28; Eric Werner, MICH (hit after whistle)17:42; Eric Werner, MICH (hit after whistle 17:42: Lucas Smith, MER (hit after whistle) 17:42; Lucas Smith, MER (hit after whistle) 17:42; Mark Mink, MICH (roughing) 19:56.. Shots on gal - MER , 35-12 -20; MICH,13-15-8-36. Power Plays - MER 0 of 6; MICH, 2 of 9. Saves- MER, Exter 0-2-1 -31; MICH, Ruden - 8; MICH, Montoya 3-1-0 -11. At: Yost Ice Arena. Attendance: 6,430. HOW THEY FARED No.1 Mnunesota (111) tied No. 3 New Hamp- shire 5-5, lost to No.3 New Hampshire 3. No. 2 Denver (3-1-0) def. Northeastern 3-1, lost to No. 7 Boston College 4-2. No. 3 New Hampshire (2-0-1) tied No. 1 Minnesota 5-5, de No. 1 Minnesota 3-1. No. 4 Boston University (2-0-1)tied Ver- mont 1-1. No. 5 Maine (2-1-0) ost to No. 11 Colorado College 3-0, def. Alaska-Anchorage 4-2. I No. 6 Michigan (3-1-0) def. Merrimack 4-1, def. Merrimack 5-1. No. 7 Boston College (2-1-0) def. No. 2 Denver 4-2. vs. Vermont. No. 8 Cornell (0-0-0) did not play No.9 North Dakota (2-0-0) did not play No. 10 Michigan State (1-1-0) lost to Northern Michigan 10-4, def. No. 14 Northern Michigan 3-1. No. 11 Colorado College (1-1-0) def. Maine 3-0, def. lona 5-0. No. 12 St. Cloud (1-1-0) did not play. No. 13 Harvard (0-0-0) did not play No.14 Northern Michigan (1-1-1) def. No. 10 Michigan State 104, lost to No. 10 Michigan State 3-1. No. 15 Providence (2-0-0) def MSU- Mankato 5-1, def. MSU-Mankato 5-3. CCHA ROUNDUP Friday's gans FERRIS STATE 10, Bowling Green 1 LAKE SUPERIOR 3, Meryhurst 2 MiMMcANi4, Merrimack 1 NEBRASKA-OMAHA 3, Miami 2 NORTHERN MICHIGAN 10, Michigan State 4 Ohio State 6, ALASKA FAIRBANKS 3 Notre Dame 4, WESTERN MICHIGAN 2 Saturday's games: Notre Dame 8, WESTERN MICHIGAN 5 MiciiiN5, Menimack1 Michigan State 3, NORTHERN MICHIGAN 1 ALASKA FAIRBANKS 1, Ohio State 1 FERRIS STATE 5, Bowling Green 1 LAKE SUPERIOR 3, Mercyhurst 1 Miami 5, NEBRASKA-OMAHA 2 CCHA STANDINGS ll across the country, baseball fans are feeling increasingly lienated by their respective franchises. In response, the Anaheim Angels' management team reached deep into its bag of Disney magic to find a gimmick so randomly stupid and powerful, that it could take apathetic Southern California sports fans and inspire them to become dynamic and excited supporters of the Angels. That magical gimmick, of course, was the Rally Monkey, For those of you living in a hole, the Rally Monkey (who also moonlighted as Marcel on NBC's Friends) appears on the scoreboard wearing an Angels jersey when the home team is tied or behind after the sixth inning. It then proceeds to jump up and down, while the fans do the same. Then, in theory, Monkey came out during the seventh inning of a 0-0 tie. Anaheim promptly took a 2-0 lead, then put Minnesota away with a five-run eighth inning. In Game 5, the Twins were winning 5-3 in the seventh. Enter the Rally Mon- key - before Minnesota knew what hit them, the Angels had scored 10 runs and earned a spot in the World Series. In addition to those two wins, the Rally Monkey is believed to be respon- sible for the 42 other comeback wins that the Angels had earlier this season. I tried to repress my memories of watching the classic Disney movie "Angels in the Outfield," but the Rally Monkey magic has been so ridiculous as to make that impossible. I keep expecting Christopher Lloyd, Danny Glover and Tony Danza to get the fans to wave their arms like the mindless By Bob Hunt Daily Sports Writer It might not have been the most tal- ented team on the ice this weekend, but all Merrimack wanted was a chance to compete. But with all the time the Warriors spent in the penalty box, it was hard to say they even got that. Merrimack amassed 74 penalty min- utes in two games, leaving Michigan HOCKEY on the powerplay Notebook for over 32 min-_ utes. The worst point came in the sec- ond period of Friday night's affair, when the Warriors' Nick Cammarata and Cam DeYoung both were given game misconducts for checking from behind. In that period, new CCHA referee John Murphy called seven penalties on Merrimack for a whopping 36 minutes before he gave Michigan's first penalty of the period to sophomore Brandon Rodgers with two-and-a-half minutes left. This gave Michigan at least one extra skater for nearly eight minutes. While Merrimack coach Chris Seri- no admitted that Michigan was the bet- ter team, he did not have many compliments for Murphy's debut. "I'm not going to say penalties lost the game for us," Serino said. "But they didn't give us a chance." After a first period on Saturday night in which the Warriors had four penalties called on them compared to only one for Michigan, Serino had enough. He let his feelings be known to Murphy up close, and it cost his team a two-minute bench minor for unsportsmanlike conduct. "I had just had it," Serino said. "What can you do? Nothing. But I just wanted to voice my opinion." After watching the tape from Friday night's game, Serino felt that it was fine that Murphy called a tight game, but that he was much more stringent on the Warriors than on the Wolverines. "All the penalties he called could have been called," Serino said. "But he could have called eight or nine more on them." Despite being a man down almost all weekend, Merrimack held strong. The Warriors actually outshot the Wolver- ines 9-6 in the second period of Friday's game. Michigan was only able to muster four shots during its four power- plays totaling almost 12 minutes. Michigan did fare somewhat better on Saturday night, outshooting Merrimack 28-8, during the first two periods in which Merrimack had five more penal- ties. "(Friday) was pretty ugly out there in the second period," Richmond said. "But we cam out with a lot more inten- sity (on Saturday). We wanted the puck more than they did, and it showed." While the Warriors feel that they were treated unfairly, Serino had noth-. ing bad to say about the hospitality of Yost even though the student section spent much of Saturday night hound- ing junior goalie Joe Exter and the Merrimack parents. "It's a great atmosphere," Serino said. "What better way to have a kid grow up?" FRESHMAN INITIATION: The Wolverines may have a number of freshmen, but it was tough to tell this weekend. Michi- gan newcomers accounted for six of the team's nine goals, with Jeff Tam- bellini scoring twice on Friday and Brandon Kaleniecki added two on Sat- urday. Danny Richmond and Andrew Ebbett also notched their first goals of the season. Unlike early last season, all of the Michigan freshmen got into this weekend's games, including backup goalie Noah Ruden who replaced fel- low freshman Al Montoya halfway through Saturday's third period. RYZNAR BACK ON TRACK: While Jason Ryznar did not play in either of this weekend's games because of a shoulder injury suffered last Saturday against North Dakota, the sophomore will be able to return for this week- end's CCHA opener against Alaska- Fairbanks. Berenson said that Ryznar could have played in Saturday night's game, but that he would rather make sure Ryznar is 100 percent for the start of league play. the Angels come back and win the game. This practice began on June 6,2000; ironically, the monkey's first appearance accompanied a come-from-behind win in interleague play over the San Francisco Giants, whom Anaheim is "I ain't worried about no monkey," Giants' skipper Dpsty Baker said. "If it were a gorilla, it would be different. I was scared of King Kong." sheep they really are. After random celebrity appearances at the World Series by David Has- selfhoff and Tim "The Toolman" Allen, they would fit in perfectly. But no matter how much the marketing- created Anaheim fans fighting for the World Series title. The Rally Monkey (actually a female Ka'apor capuchin monkey named Katie) failed Saturday in Game 1, as the Angels lost 4-3. But it was still up to its usual monkey business. It showed up on the JumboTron when Anaheim was trailing 4-1, hoping to ignite the crowd and spark another Angels comeback. Troy Glaus promptly tagged his second homer of the night immediately after the pesky primate's first World Series appearance. Shortly thereafter, Brad Fullmer drove in Adam Kennedy to cut the lead to one, and the Angels' fans went crazy. But they were banging their stupid ThunderStix in vain, because Robb Nen and the rest of the Giants shut the door. "I ain't worried about no monkey," Giants skipper Dusty Baker told The San Francisco Chronicle. "If it was a gorilla, it would be different. I was scared of King Kong." Like most people, I think the Rally Monkey is completely absurd, but its growing throng of believers is passion- ate because of this year's American League Championship Series against the Minnesota Twins. In Game 4 of the ALCS, the Rally resemble a Hollywood script, the Angels still lost Game 1, and that does- n't sit to well with the Rally Monkey, who writes a column on the Angels' team website called "Primate Report." "All I know is, I was working my tail off out there, catching air like Tony Hawk, waving my 'Rally Time!!!' sign, the whole thing," Rally Monkey said. "But, hey, I'm only the cheerleader, right? I had nothing to do with those 42 come-from-behind wins this season. Pure coincidence." Despite the monkey's complaints, there was no rally, but that didn't stop him from using his column space to guarantee a victory in Game 2. Quoth the monkey: "Look, I tell you one thing, I'm not much into guaran- tees, but let me make one thing clear: Barry Bonds will wash Jeff Kent's truck while wearing a Tommy Lasorda jersey before those Giants win two straight in my house." Any mammal can see how well that predictioif'Worked out - Angels 11, Giants 10. Steve Jackson can be reached at sjackso@umich.edu. ri ii -. REC SPORTs IN TR A MUlR AL S The University of Michigan Department of Recreational Sports Intramural Sports Program www.recsports.umich.edu 734-763-3562 REC INTRAMURALS DANNY MOLOSHOK/Daily Newcomer Danny Richmond scored his first goal of the season this weekend against Merrimack as Michigan's freshman class had a productive weekend. 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