The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - November 18, 2002 - 3B FRIDAY'S GAME Lake Superior 1 SMichigan 4 SATURDAY'S GAME Lake Superior 0 Michigan 3 FRIDAY'S GAME MichIgan 4, Lake Superior 1 Lake Superior 0 0 1 -1 Michigan 1 2 1 -4 First period - 1, MICH, Eric Nystrom 4 (Jeff Tam- bellini, John Shouneya) 9:58 (pp). Penalties - Jon Booras, LSSU (obstruction-interference) 5:47; Eric Nystrom, MICH (roughing after the whistle) 6:08; Ryan Branham, LSSU (roughing after the whistle) 6:08; Kory Scoran, LSSU (interference) 9:13; Mark Mink, MICH (interference) 11:55. Second period - 2, MICH, John Shouneyia 1 (Andy Burnes) 0:28; 3, MICH, John Shouneyia 2 (Jeff Tam- belini, Mark Mink) 9:03 (pp). Penalties - Ren Fauci, LSSU (holding) 7:25; Joe Kautz, MICH (rough- ing after the whistle) 10:28; Adrian Kremblewski, LSSU (roughing after the whistle) 10:28; Eric Wern- er, MICH (slashing) 11:06; Ryan Branham, LSSU (high sticking) 19:50. Third period -1, LSSU, Jon Booras 4 (unassited) 1:13 (sh); 4, MICH, Milan Gajic (Andy Burnes, Andrew Ebett) 7:10. Penalties - Nick Martens, MICH (obstruction-holding) 3:12; Eric Nystrom, MICH (elbowing) 12:39. Shots on goal: LSSU 7-10-1128; MICH 15-7-7 29. Power plays: LSSU 0 of 4; MICH 2 of 4. Saves - LSSU, Violin 25; MICH, Montoya 27. At: Yost Ice Arena. Attendance: 6,367. SATURDAY'S GAME Michg3, Lake Superior 0 Lake Superior 0 0 0 - 0 Michigan 1 1 1 -3 First period - 1, MICH, Milan Gajic 2 (Jason Ryz- nar) 13:52; Penaies - Eric Werner, MICH (high sticking) 4:32; David Kelington, LSSU (tripping) 7:06; Brandon Rogers, MICH (tripping) 7:24; Colin Nicholson, LSSU (holding the stick) 11:49; Steve McJannett, LSSU (10-minute misconduct) 14:42; Jeff Tambelini, MICH (checking from behind) 14:58; Mike Adamek, LSSU (obstruction-tripping) 19:06. Second period -2, MICH, Andrew Ebbett 2 (Danny Richmond) 16:01; Penalties - John Shouneyia, MICH (slashing) 9:08; Mark Adamek, LSSU (cross- checking) 13:13; Mike Kautz, LSSU (high sticking) 14:59; Michael Woodford, MICH (tripping) 16:37; Andrew Ebbett, MICH (roughing after the whistle) 20:00; Chris Peterson, LSSU (roughing after the whistle) 20:00. Third period - 3, MICH, Eric Werner 3 (unassited) 18:07. Penalties - Jon Booras, LSSU (delaying the game) 5:31; Andy Burnes, MICH (slashing) 8:41; Michael Woodford, MICH (checking from behind) 12:22; Michael Woodford (game misconduct) 12:22. Shots on goal: LSSU 6-10-5 21; MICH 9-10-8 27. Power plays: LSSU 0 of 7; MICH 1 of 6. Saves - LSSU, Violin 24; MICH, Montoya 21. At: Yost Ice Arena. Attendance: 6,721. CCHA STANDINGS 'M'downs lacking Lakers By Bob Hunt Daily Sports Writer For Michigan coach Red Berenson, it was a nice move from someone who hasn't produced that much this season on or off the ice. But for Lake Superior coach Frank Anzalone, it was a sign of something his team doesn't have. As a Michigan powerplay was wind- ing down late in the first period, Milan Gajic juked out a Lakers defender along the goaline, shot the puck, found his own rebound and then put it between the right leg of the Lakers' goalie Matt Violin and the left post. It was just one goal, but to the Lak- ers it was a backbreaker. "(Gajic) went backhand-forehand- backhand," Anzalone said. "I don't have a guy like that." Gajic's second goal of the season ended up being the game-winner as the Wolverines went on to defeat the Lak- ers 3-0 to sweep the weekend series after winning 4-1 on Friday. Michigan upped its record to 5-0-1 in CCHA play and now stands tied for third place in the league with Ohio State. The Wolverines trail just Miami and Ferris State, who have each played two more contests than the Wolverines. While the Lakers are the only CCHA team that leads its all-time sea- son series with Michigan, they had significant trouble generating offense. Other than a couple breakaways that the Wolverines gave up while they were on the powerplay in the second period, the Lakers' scoring chances were few and far between. This lack of scoring was just another sign that Anzalone has a long way to go in rebuilding a team that he lead to a national championship 14 years ago. STEVE :: I JACKSON Henson's baseball stock plummets to all-time low When Drew Henson left Michigan, he was follow- ing his dreams. Less than two years after signing his $17 mil- lion Yankee contract, the famous Benedict Arnold needs to be awak- ened from his fantasy world and shown how truly awful he is at our national pastime. "I'm a baseball player," Henson told The New York Times last week. "I love the game of baseball. I love being a baseball player." Wake up Drew! You're hitting less than .200 in the developmental Ari- zona Fall League. Henson also said that the NFL "is the furthest thing from my mind." The man tha Wake up Drew! won a Heism You're leading your TOM FELDKAMP/Daily Sophomore forward Milan Gajic scored twice this weekend to help Michigan to a two-game sweep of Lake Superior. "We're young, we're not highly skilled, we're not going to get any of the top 20 recruits in the nation," Anzalone said. "We just have to get back to our style, which is being strong over the puck and being tough to get the puck back from." The Wolverines took advantage of the Lakers' penalty kill, which ranks as the worst in the CCHA. Gajic scored seconds after the Lakers has killed a penalty, and freshman Andrew Ebbett scored on the powerplay in the second. Danny Richmond passed the puck through the zone to Ebbett who was open near the right side of the net and beat Violin top shelf. Then Michigan held on with the help of its top unit: the penalty kill. Lake Superior was able to muster just six shots despite spending more than 15 minutes with an extra man. Up 2- 0, Michigan had to kill a five-minute major when Michael Woodford checked Lakers forward David Kellington into the boards, injuring him in the process. But the Lakers weren't able to take advantage of the extra man as they only fired two shots on goal. Then with Violin pulled in the game's final minutes, Eric Werner shot the puck from the blue line into an empty net to secure the sweep. "The penalty killing had to be the dif- ference in the game," Berenson said. But the Lakers have been unable to create many chances on anyone this season, scoring just 17 goals in 12 games this season. "We don't have a John Shouneyia," Anzalone said. "We're not going to score many goals, so we're not going to win many games. It stinks to lose every game, but that's just where we're at right now" t C ian Brothers Kautz will have to wait By Courtney Lewis Daily Sports Writer Mike and Joe Kautz have played plenty of hockey games, but not many together. The brothers were teammates for just one year in high school and have never faced off on opposite sides. So the Lake Superior freshman and the Michigan junior were looking forward to this weekend, when they would get a rare chance to share the ice. They missed each other by one game. After sitting out Friday night, Mike, a defenseman who has appeared in half of the Lakers' contests this year, got in the lineup Saturday - just in time for Joe to be scratched. The elder Kautz skated in Michigan's 4-1 win on Friday, but watched while sophomore Jason Ryznar returned from a shoulder injury to take his place as the Wolverines blanked the Lakers 3-0 the next night. "It was tough' Mike said. "I wanted to play against him, but certain things happen for a reason, so maybe next time." The weekend had been marked on the Kautz calendar since Mike committed to Lake Superior, but there wasn't much trash talking leading up to the potential matchup. Mike said while the two talk every day, hockey is rarely the topic. Although the No. 11 on both players' sweaters is more a coincidence than little brother emulating big brother, Mike said he has always looked up to Joe, and instead of being competi- tive, the Des Plaines, Ill. natives are "pretty much best friends." At 6-foot-2 and 190 pounds, the defenseman stands two inches taller than the winger but gives up six pounds to his older brother. Mike chose Lake Superior partly because he wanted to join a team that was rebuilding, but that process hasn't been easy. The Lakers have struggled to put the puck in the net and are 0-8 in the CCHA. Mike has relied on Joe's experience to help him stay positive. "He's had tough years, I've had tough years," the younger Kautz said. "But he knows how it is, he knows how it is to be on a winning team. So he talks me through it and knows what it's about." Lake Superior coach Frank Anzalone said Kautz, who wasn't highly recruited, has handled the difficult season well so far. "He's done great," Anzalone said. "We took him like a lot of other guys - we watch kids that are not the prime guys. I think he's going to be a really good player some day. He's a really good team guy, doesn't play every game, (but) stays upbeat. He's not a bad player for a nobody." He also had quite a contingent in the stands this weekend, for a "nobody." Kathy and Michael Kautz made the trip from their suburban Chicago home to watch their sons play, and they brought the boys' grandparents, who had never seen them in a college game before. Mike and Joe's biggest critic, their 16-year-old sister Katie, also came. Kathy Kautz said she was "disappointed" not to see the brothers on the ice together. Michigan and Lake Superior face off in another weekend series Jan. 23 and 25, and with a little luck, maybe one of those games will feature two No. Ils, skating against each other for the first time. last-place team and last fall now ne the entire AFL in five hits in a ro strikeouts and errors (32 Rob Deer spe- get his averag cials and 11 Chuck playing weight. Knoblauch tosses in just 32 games). Whether or not Henson wants to admit it, he is a potentially Pro- Bowl-caliber quarterback that is trapped in pinstripes. Will he ever be the player that he was expected to be? The local scouts don't make that prospect seem very promising. After watching Henson swing at some atrocious pitches last week, including a curveball that bounced about five feet in front of him and a fastball at eye level, one scout told The New York Times that Henson "was overmatched and demonstrated no recognition of the strike zone and no discipline." If I were standing in the batter's box that day, I imagine the scouts would say essentially the same thing. No one is offering me $17 million contracts for exactly that reason. Henson's manager, former Yankees pitcher Tommy John, said that the 6- foot-5 220-pound "Golden Boy" still needs to learn how to hit. How long will that take for the 22-year-old? According to John, Henson needs at least 1,000 more at bats and two more full seasons. If the Yankees keep Robin Ventura until Henson is ready, he might still be manning the hot corner when Derek Jeter is giving his Hall of Fame speech. The man that could have won a Heisman Trophy last fall now needs to get five hits in a row just to get his average up to his playing weight. While Tom Brady, a player with much less talent and the source of much less hype entering Michigan, was winning Super Bowls and hav- ing a fling with the ultra-hot Tara Reid, Henson was striking out in Arizona and watching "American Pie" on the team bus. If Henson had finished out his career at Michigan before embark- e DI e ing on this fruitless journey, most Michigan fans would have been cheering and supporting him all the way. But after Henson reneged on his promise to stay for his senior season and forced John Navarre into the starting role, Henson's failures in minor league baseball were met with little sympathy in Ann Arbor. It's always been easy to be jealous of Henson; his career at Brighton High School is almost too impres- sive to believe. In addition to his marvelous skills under center, Henson was an All- State basketball player. On top of being one of the best prep pitchers in the history of the could have state, Henson's prodi- Trophy gious power at the plate was beyond com- Reds to get pare. He set national W just to records in home runs (70) and grand slams e up to his (10), and no high school player had ever driven in more runs (290) or scored more runs (259) than Henson. Just in case you aren't impressed by feats of athletic excellence, Hen- son was also valedictorian of his class and scored a 1360 on his SAT. As a freshman, Henson hit the first pitch he saw over the fence; in his second game, he hit two grand slams. He was a man among boys. Everyone from Lloyd Carr to George Steinbrenner thought that he could do no wrong, and every kid from Alpena to Ypsilanti envied him. But despite all these honors, records and accomplishments, Hen- son and the people that worshipped him missed out on one key fact: Baseball is the most humbling of sports. The list of amazing talents that failed to succeed in baseball is long for a reason. Michael Jordan, the greatest ath- lete of this generation, found that no amount of hard work could give him the skills he needed to be a big-lea- guer. Jim Thorpe excelled at every- thing from football to lacrosse, but he managed an on-base percentage of just .286 during his short stint as a baseball player. Danny Ainge, John Elway and Garth Brooks also did pretty well for themselves despite failing at baseball. Josh Booty and Chad Hutchinson have already made the jump from third basemen to NFL quarterbacks in the last two years. ESPN.com expects that Henson will be selected late in this year's NFL draft, just in case. Wake up Drew! This might be your last chance. Steve Jackson can be reached at sjlackso@umich.edu. Team Ferris State Miami Michigan Ohio State Northern Michigan Western Michigan Michigan State Notre Dame Alaska-Fairbanks Nebraska-Omaha Bowling Green Lake Superior w 7 6 5 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 0 0 CCHA V L 7 1 ( 3 2 30 46 C 3 3 3 3 2 5 2 4 ( ) 7 9 0 8 ( Overall Pts W L T 14 9 3 0 12 11 3 0 11 8 2 1 10 6 4 1 8 4 7 1 6 5 5 0 6 4 3 2 5 3 6 1 4 3 6 1 1 2 8 1 0 3 9 0 FARED HOW THEY Old 1-2 for Shouneyia and Gajic No.1 Boston College (7-0-1) def. No. 7 Boston University 3-2. No. 2 New Hampshire (6-1-2) def. No. 11 Providence 3-0. No. 3 Denver (9-2-1) tied Michigan Tech 3-3, def. Michigan Tech 5-2. No. 4 North Dakota (9-1-0) def. Alaska- Anchorage 4-2, def. Alaska-Anchorage 1-0. No. 5 Michigan (8-11) def. Lake Superior State 4-1, def. Lake Superior State 3-0 No. 6 Minnesota (5-3-3) lost to No. 8 Colorado College 7-3, tied Colorado Col- lege 2-2 No. 7 Boston University (5-3-2) lost to No. 1 Boston College 3-2, lost to No. 10 Maine 7-3. No. 8 Colorado College (0-0-0) def. No. 6 Minnesota 7-3, tied No. 6 Minnesota 2-2 No. 9 Cornell (4-1-0) def. Vermont 8-0, lost to Dartmouth 5-2 No. 10 Maine (81-I) def. Northeastern 8- 2, def. No.7 Boston University 7-3. No. 11 Providence (8-2-0) lost to No. 2 New Hampshire 3-0. No. 12 Ferris State (9-3-0) def. Western Michigan 6-2, lost to Western Michigan 4-1 No. 13 Miami (11-3-0) def. Findlay 9-4, def. Findlay 4-3. No. 14 St. Cloud (54-1) lost to Minnesota State-Mankato 7-6, def. Minnesota State- Mankato 7-2. No. 15 Brown (4-1-0) lost to Clarkson 5-1, def. St.Lawrence 5-1. CCHA ROUNDUP Fsd's aes: By Dan Rosen Daily Sports Writer John Shouneyia and Milan Gajic came back this weekend to score their first goals of the season. And their second. Shouneyia notched his first two tal- lies in Michigan's 4-1 win over Lake Superior on Friday night. He also had an assist on Eric Nystrom's powerplay goal midway through the first period. "The good thing about his injury is that he could skate with the team," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "Obviously, he's playing right back where we expect him to be." Shouneyia's first goal came on a slap shot from the point. Defenseman Andy Burnes moved the puck away from the congested right boards to the center of the ice. Shouneyia slapped the puck into the top left corner of the net to give the Wolverines a 2-0 lead just 28 sec- onds into the second period. The senior added his second tally on a scrappy play in front of the net on the powerplay nine minutes later, forcing a rebound past goalie Matt Violin to make it 3-0. "It's nice to finally score a goal," Shouneyia said. "I kind of got two lucky goals, two lucky breaks really. The puck kind of just bounced out into the slot on the first one - Burnes took a guy (out of the play) - and the second one was kind of just a tap in. So they were two kind of lucky goals, | Y-- ...k .O-Lot-' Tn rm |nP but I'll take them." Shouneyia led Michigan in scoring last season, but went down with an injury in this year's opening exhibition game against the University of Toronto Oct. 5 and missed five weeks. He had just one point, an assist, in his return against Bowling Green last weekend. Gajic sat out against the Falcons due to an academic suspension. In his first weekend back, he made his presence felt. The sophomore forward fired a slap shot passed Violin on Friday to make it 4-1. He added another in the first peri- od on Saturday by slamming home a pass from Jason Ryznar just two sec- onds after a Lake Superior penalty had expired. "Parts of the game he played really hard and that's the way he has to play," Berenson said. "He can be a good play- er. He just needs to learn to be a good player every shift and every game." The Burnaby, British Columbia native could have had more points on the weekend. Gajic had a breakaway seven minutes into the second period on Saturday. But after he deked a few times on Violin, the puck slid left and the sophomore was forced to LIKE.DRE., WE.HAVE NO RECOGNITION OF TH E STRIKE ZONE AND4 NO DISCIPLUNE. .DAvwy SPORTS. I TOM FELDKAMP/Daily Senior John Shouneyia had two goals and an assist in Friday night's 4-1 win. take a low angle shot off of the side of the net. "It just rolled right off of my stick," Gajic said. "I was trying to go back- hand, and I had it probably open, it just kind of rolled off at the last second." The' Off ;c& of Ne-w StudevW Proa-raunw is now recruiting for Summer 2003 Orientation Leaders New Student and Parent Orientation Programs For more information and to pick up an application, attend a Mass Meeting: Tuesday, November 19 6:00pm--1436 Mason Hall Wednesday, November 20 6:00pm-1436 Mason Hall U I HEALTHY, MEDICATION-FREE VOLUNTEERS.