The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - November 25, 2002 - 3B FRIDAY'S GAME Notre Dame 2 Michigan 4 SATURDAY'S GAME W Notre Dame 4 Michigan 3 FRIDAY'S GAME Michigan 4, Notre Dame 2 Notre Dame 0 1 1-2 Michigan 2 2 0-4 First period - 1, MICH, John Shouneyia 3 (unas- sisted) 6:11 (pp); 2, MICH, Andrew Ebbett 3 (unas- sisted) 19:49. Penalties -Joe Zurenko, ND (boarding) 4:16; Jason Ryznar, MICH (obstruction- holding) 10:16; Notre Dame (delaying the game) 12:50; David Moss, MICH (diving) 16:23. Second period- 3, MICH, Michael Woodford 2 (Nick Martens) 2:44; 1, ND, Brett Lebda 1 (unas- sisted) 16:33; 2, MICH, Mark Mink 5 (Dwight Helmi- nen, Danny Richmond). Penalties - Evan Nielsen, N, (interference) 6:06; Andrew Ebbett, MICH (roughing) 9:23; Mike Roemensky, MICH (tripping) 10:53; Eric Nystrom, MICH (roughing after the whis- tle) 11:25; Connor Dunlop, ND (roughing after the whistle) 11:25; Eric Werner, MICH (roughing after the whistle) 11:25; Aaron Gill, ND(roughing after the whistle) 11:25; Connor Dunlop, ND (roughing after the whistle) 11:25; Jake Wiegand, ND (rough- ing after the whistle) 14:08; Danny Richmond, MICH (roughing after the whistle) 14:08; Evan Nielsen, ND (roughing after the whistle) 14:08; Milan Gajic, MICH (roughing after the whistle) 14:08; Michael Chin, ND (roughingsafter the whistle) 14:08; John Shouneya, MICH (roughing after the whistle) 14:08; Chris Trick, ND (roughing after the whistle) 14:08; Nick Martens, MICH (roughing after the whistle) 14:08; Alex Lalonde, ND (roughing after the whistle) 14:08; Jeff Tambellini, MICH (roughing after the whistle) 14:08; Alex Lalonde (slashing) 14:08, Third period - 2, ND, Jake Wiegand 1(Aaron Gill, Neil Komadoski) 0:58. Penalties - Charlie Hender- son, MICH (charging) 9:13; Brett Lebda, ND (minor penalty) 12:36; Mark Mink, MICH (roughing) 17:02. Shots on goal: ND 615-16 37; MICH 7125 24. Power plays: NDOof 7; MICH 1of 5. Saves - ND, Cey 20; MICH, Montoya 35. At: Yost Ice Arena. Attendance: 6,776. SATURDAY'S GAME Notre Dame 4, Michigan 3 Notre Dame 0 1 3-4 Michigan 1 1 1-3 First period- 1, MICH, Dwight Helminen 5 (unas- sited) 6:45 (SH); Penalties - Rob Globke, ND (goal- tender interference) 0:51; Neil Komadoski, ND (cross-checking) 2:51; Milan Gajic, MICH (slashing) 5:58; Michael Woodford, UM (tripping) 10:01; Team, ND (too many on ice) 10:58; John Shouneyia, MICH ___ (high-sticking) 19:28 Second period - 2, ND, Rob Globke 8 (Evan Nielsen) 3:44; 3, Eric Nystrom 5 (Milan Gajic, John Shouneyia) 16:28 (PP); Penalties - Brandon Rogers, MICH (roughing after the whistle) 8:06; Mike Walsh, ND (roughing after the whistle) 8:06; Milan Gajic, UM (goaltender interference) 9:34; Alex Lalonde, ND (obstruction-hooking) 13:43; Joe Zurenko, ND (roughing) 16:17. Third period - 4, ND, Tom Galvin 1 (Connor Dunlop, Rob Globke) 5:26; 5, ND, Cory McLean 3 (Neil Komadoski) 14:20; 6, UM, Milan Gajic 3 (Dwight Helminen, Eric Werner) 16:05; 7, ND, Rob Globke 9 (Connor Dunlop, Joe Zurenko) 16:20. Penalties - Brandon Kaleniecki, UM (roughing) 2:48; David Moss, MICH (obstruction-hooking) 6:37; Neil Koma- doski, ND (high-sticking) 10:48; Jake Weigand (hold- ing) 12:07. Shots on goal: ND 11-13-7 31; MICH 9-5-14 28. Power plays: ND 0 of 6; MICH 1 of 7. Saves - LSSU, Cey 25; MICH, Montoya 27. At: Yost Ice Arena. Attendance: 6,698. HOW THEY FARED No.1 Boston College (9-1-1) lost to No. 2 New Hamsphire 3-2, def. Northeastern 4-1 No.2 New Hampshire (7-2-2) def. No. 1 Boston College 3-2. lost to No. 7 Maine 4-1. No. 3 North Dakota Denver (11-1-0) def. Wisconsin 2-0, def. Wisconsin 3-2. No. 4 Denver (10-2-2) tied Alaska- Anchorage 2-2. def. Alaska-Anchorage 3-1. No. 5 Michigan (9-2-1) def. Notre Dame 4- 2, lost to Notre Dame 4-3. No. 6 Colorado College (9-1-2) did not play No. 7 Maine (9-1-1) def. No. 2 New Hamp- shire 2-1. No. 8 Cornell (6-1.0) def. No. 15 Har- vard 5-2, def. Brown 5-0. No. 9 Minnesota (7-3-3) def. Michigan Tech 4-2, def. Michigan Tech 2-1. No. 10 Boston University (6-3-2) def. Mass.-Lowell 3-2 'M' lacks " " drive In defeat By Bob Hunt Daily Sports Writer STEVE JACKSON Entrepreneur Burns will Michigan coach Red Berenson talked with his team during practice all week about the desperation the Wolverines would need if they werex going to sweep Notre Dame and stay unbeaten in the CCHA.a But that desperation was far from the Wolverines' radar screen for mosty of this weekend.< Playing its most talented opponent since it lost to North Dakota Oct. 12, Michigan was outworked by Notre Dame. The Wolverines were outshot in both games in a weekend for the first time this season. If not for a couple breaks and an outstanding perform- Sophomore Eric Nystrom gave the Wolveri ance by freshman goaltender Al Mon- Saturday. But Notre Dame rallied behind t toya on Friday night, the Wolverines though, was not because they didn't easily could have been swept. get powerplay opportunities. Michi- "There are a lot of areas where we gan had seven chances with an extra didn't match their intensity," sophomore man on Saturday - including a 41- forward Milan Gajic said. "Everything second two-man advantage midway they did was hard and it seemed like through the third period - and five there were points where we didn't do it on Friday night, but it only capitalized as hard as them, not even close. That has on two of them. to hit you in the head." Down the final stretch on Saturday, Through the first five periods of the Wolverines started to show a little play this weekend, the Irish outshot the more determination as Gajic, Jeff Tam- Wolverines 61-38 and generated many bellini and Michael Woodford all had more scoring opportunities. Until Eric chances to tie the game. But it wasn't Nystrom gave the Wolverines the lead enough to beat Irish goaltender Mor- late in the second period on Saturday, gan Cey. Michigan had just two shots on net for "The first time this whole weekend the period In that period the Irish got when we played with desperation was in the Wolverines' faces, blocking half in the third period," Montoya said. of the shots they attempted. "But that's how we have to play every The Wolverines' lack of chances, single night every period." leers defend Montoy; RYAN WEINER/Daily ines a 2-1lead late in the second period hree third-period goals to notch the 4-3 win. Michigan had handled its opponents for the most part this season, but until this weekend, the only team with a winning record that the Wolverines faced was North Dakota. Its first three CCHA opponents - Alaska-Fair- banks, Bowling Green and Lake Supe- rior - have a combined conference record of 3-21-3. But now the schedule gets much tougher, and the Wolverines know that they are going to have to put up a bet- ter effort if they are going come out on top against their upcoming opponents. "I've tried to be honest with every- one saying that we've played well enough against teams that haven't won much," Berenson said. "But these are the tougher tests for our team now." a in seru-m By Kyle O'Neill Daily Sports Writer There are unwritten rules in hockey. Unwritten rule 85.a says don't mess with the opposing team's goalie. Unwritten rule 85.b states that if you violate 85.a, expect that goalie's team to annihilate you and your teammates. On Friday night Notre Dame violated 85.a and found out how badly Michigan was going to enforce 85.b. HOCKEY With 14:08 left in the second period, Michigan goalie Al Montoya was tripped Notebook by one of the Fighting Irish after the whistle had blown. Before the perpetrator could get into his next stride he found five Wolverines circling, then pounding on him. "It makes me feel real confident as a goaltender when my teammates will he there for me and stick un for me no matter what," Montoya said. It was obvious that the five Wolverines on the ice - defensemen Nick Martens and Danny Richmond and for- wards Milan Gajic, John Shouneyia and Jeff Tambellini - were only thinking about avenging their blindsided teammate and not the size advantage that each of the Fighting Irish had. Forward Michael Chin had two inches and 26 pounds on Martens. Senior Jake Wiegand had three inches and 46 pounds on the freshman Richmond. Defenseman Chris Trick was five inches taller and 39 pounds heavier than Tambellini. Shouneyia and Gajic were outsized against their two oppo- nents as well, giving three inches and 15 pounds each to for- ward Alex Lalonde and defenseman Evan Nielson. Yet, the Wolverines stood their ground in the five-on-five standoff. Shouneyia even took control of his bout with Lalonde thanks to a solid headlock. "It was a good sign that both teams were emotionally involved in the game ... but it's unnecessary and we don't need (any fighting) after the whistle," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "You worry about the other team taking liber- ties with your goalie." Montoya was hit unintentionally just once after the 10-man melee, and even Notre Dame goalie Morgan Cey felt his fair share of whacks when Michigan forward Charlie Henderson was penalized for accidentally running into him. "I hope (the final shot on Montoya) wasn't intentional," Berenson said. "You don't want to get into the battle of run- ning into each other's goalies. That's why I don't think they would. If they were running into our goalie and we run into theirs, that eliminates two great goalies." BOUNCING BACK: For Montoya, the hits he took on Friday aren't the only thing he'll have to recover from this weekend. The freshman goalie gave up four goals for the third time this season in Saturday's 4-3 loss to the Fighting Irish - the first two letdowns were against North Dakota in a 5-4 over- time loss and Bowling Green in a 6-4 win. Michigan fans can take solace in the fact that each time Montoya has given up four or more goals in a game, he has rebounded spectacularly. He shut out Merrimack following the North Dakota loss and gave up just one goal to the Fal- cons after allowing four the previous night. "I'm going to put (the Notre Dame) game behind me, move on and play at my best next weekend," Montoya said. make soccer Michigan men's soccer coach Steve Burns helped launch the coffee house prolifera- tion of Ann Arbor. And despite nar- rowly missing the NCAA Tournament this year, his latest project may be just as successful. A life-long entrepreneur, Burns and his wife, Judy, borrowed $20,000 in 1991 and started selling cappuccinos, frappuccinos, espres- sos and lattes from a curbside stand near the corner of South University and East University. It was an instant success. Burns cashed out quickly and went on to start two other small businesses (an adven- ture travel company in Costa Rica and a Burns is pouri semi-pro soccer and soul into franchise in Michi- gan) before return- Michigan soc ing to his alma successful bu mater for his great- est challenge -_ venture to da turning Michigan into a "soccer school." "My personality is I like to start things from nothing, nurture them, watch them grow and make them great," Burns said. "I get a kick out of that. I find this extra source of energy deep inside and use that to get all the little details done - to make something out of nothing." Burns may not be the most expe- rienced coach in the country, and he may not be beloved by every player on his team. But one thing is for sure - Burns is a builder. And he is pouring his heart and soul into making Michigan soccer his most successful business venture to date. When he arrived on campus, Michigan had no varsity soccer pro- gram, and the men's club team was nothing to write home about. He started by changing the expecta- tions of how much work a club team needed to do. After cracking up the commitment of his players, Burns led the Wolverines to a 121- 51-26 (.677) record in seven years as head coach, including back-to- back club national titles in 1997 and 1998. Burns, who captained the club team as a student in the 1980s, was inspirational in the process of bringing varsity status to the men's soccer club. When he was named the program's first head coach in 1999, the building process started all over again. "I know that I loved starting busi- nesses, and soccer is a business so I decided to go about the business of being a coach," Burns said. "I always hoped that I would be able to get this program started. It's been really kind of a fairy tale, taking this thing from just plans on paper and making it real." In each of Burns first three sea- sons, the Wolverines have improved. After a 6-10-0 opening campaign, Michigan stormed out to a 7-1 start last season. But the Wolverines fell apart down the stretch, finishing with a 10-7-1 record and missing the NCAA Tournament. This season, Michigan faced its toughest schedule to date, including games against new opponents like California-Santa Barbara and Yale. The Wolverines weathered the storm of its sub-par start by finish- ing the year with a bang. Despite playing without star midfielder Knox Cameron for the last several weeks of the season, Michigan fin- in m Is to big business ished second in the Big Ten regular season standings and lost in the championship game of the Big Ten Tournament. With an all-time best record of 11-7-2, the Wolverines appeared to be a lock for the post- season. All the players dressed nicely for the ESPNEWS cameras and stood together in Crisler Arena as they anxiously awaited the announce- ment of the program's first NCAA berth. But then came the bad news - the brackets were filled with 48 other teams and Michigan's season was done. Players reacted with g his heart a variety of emotions raking ranging from sadness and bewilderment to er his most bitter disappointment iness and even anger. But Burns didn't waste time complain- ing about who was on the selection committee or lament- ing his team's unfortunate setback. He was already looking forward to a 2003 season with 10 returning starters and just one departing sen- ior (Robert Turpin). Amid all this emotional turmoil, Burns knew that this was the best thing for the suc- cess of the program. "Is this the best thing? In the long term, I'd say yes at the expense of short-term expectations and short- term desires," Burns said. This stumbling block will leave a sting in the hearts of Michigan's leaders, and will provide the entire team with a limitless source of motivation between now and next September. "When it's a Thursday morning in the middle of February and it's cold and dark and all the guys are sleepy-eyed, we will pull this out. That will give us all the motivation we need to get us over the edge," Burns said. This incident is just the sort of juice that can force budding stars like Cameron, Peter Dzubay and Mychal Turpin to become the lead- ers that Burns needs them to be to reach the next level. They have seen what it takes to start strong and to compete with Indiana, Penn State and the other elite teams of the col- lege soccer world. They know what they can accomplish together, and they have the motivation to get there next year. I'm excited about watching this team take the field next season, but performance is just part of Burns' vision. And he won't relax until Michi- gan soccer becomes the most success- ful business enterprise of his life. "I won't sit back and put my feet up until we have a nationally compet- itive team playing on a soccer-only field with lights and more than 2,500 fans at every game," Burns said. That's an impressive vision for a team that still needs to shoo away the intramural softball players before its home matches at Elbel Field. But as unlikely as it sounds, I actually expect to come back to Ann Arbor in a few years, grab a cap- puccino and watch with thousands of other soccer fans as the Wolver- ines knock off Indiana, Wake Forest or UCLA. Steve Jackson can be reached at sjackso@umich.edu. ALYSSA WOOD/Daily Michigan defenseman Nick Martens was one of 10 players penalized for extracurricular activity behind the Michigan net. IRISH Continued from Page 18 Two minutes later, Gajic took a pass from Michigan goalie Al Montoya dur- ing a Notre Dame line change and skat- ed in for another good look. But Cey was there again. Finally, with 3:55 left, the Wolverines were able to capitalize on an opportuni- ty. Defenseman Eric Werner held off Notre Dame's pressure and kept the puck in its zone. It caromed forward to center Dwight Helminen, who skated in on the one Irish defender still back. Just as it appeared he might be forced aside, Helminen whipped a pass across the ice to Gajic, who slammed it in. The crowd erupted into a frenzy, but the celebration was short-lived. On their first possession after Michi- gan's tying goal, the Fighting Irish put a lot of pressure on Montoya. The Glen- view, Ill. native stopped the initial sh'ot, but four loose rebounds in front of the net proved to be too much. Notre Dame's Rob Globke finally forced the puck home for his second goal of the night to lead his team to an upset. "I kicked the puck out on the third shot," Montoya said. "But I didn't even have time for the (next shot)." It was Notre Dame's first regular-sea- son win at Yost Ice Arena since Oct. 22, 1982. Since rejoining the CCHA in 1992-93, the Fighting Irish had com- piled a 0-14-1 record in Ann Arbor before Saturday night. "They just kept working," said Gajic of Notre Dame. "They never gave up. They never laid back. We knew it was going to happen, but for some reason we decided not to pay attention." ~1 Michigan Spring Break Trips* Seats are Limited. Reserve NOW! Don't miss the Early Booking Discount Cancun GOOD: 7 nights, air $599 GREAT: 7n, air, all-inclusive, pesos $1,079 Las Vegas Sun-Thurs $407 4n, air, Circus-Circus Options: Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon, Vegas at Night Washington, DC sat-Wed $696 Complete tour package, 4n, meals Ski Blue Mountain, Canada $575 Bus, 4n hotel, daily lift tickets, meals