4B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - December 13, 2004 LINE OF THE WEEK TJ. Hensick Forward Friday vs. Bowling Green 2 goals, 1 assist, +2 rating NOTABLE QUOTABLE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK "I don't know whether it's the pucks they use or we just bring out the worst or the best in that rink." - Michigan coach Red Berenson on crazy bounces at Bowling Green Steve Brudzewski (Bowling Green) Brudzewski sparked the Falcons with two first-period goals Friday. His team couldn't hold the lead, however, and eventually fell, 8-3. Matt Hunwick (Michigan) As if his hat trick on Friday wasn't enough, Hunwick tallied two assists in the second game. One helper was for the game-tying goal, and one was for the game winner. FRIDAY'S GAME r Bowling Green Falcons Brudzewski (2), Rogosheske Michigan Wolverines Kaleniecki, Hunwick (3), Gajic, Hensick (2), Porter 3 8 Bowling Green goalie announces illness SATURDAY'S GAME A'2: '$ Michigan Wolverines 5 Dest, Moss (2), Kaleniecki, Hensick Bowling Green Falcons 4 Falk, Whitmore, Unger, Geelan By Gabe Edelson Daily Sports Writer The game was secondary Saturday night in Bowling Green. Before the puck dropped for the contest between the fourth-ranked Wolverines and the Falcons, Bowling Green's senior goalie and cap- tain, Jordan Sigalet, announced that he had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in March. "What Jordan has exhibited over the past Michigan 5, Bowling Green 4 Michigan 2 1 2 - 5 Bowling Green 1 2 1 - 4 First period - 1. BGSU, Mike Falk 2 (Derek Whitmore) 2:12; 2. MICH, Jason Dest 1 (Eric Nystrom, Andrew Ebbett) 18:47; 3. MICH, David Moss 3 (Jeff Tambellini) 18:52. Penalties - Brett Pilkington, BGSU (cross-checking) 2:43; Charlie Henderson, MICH (hooking) 7:26; Kevin Porter, MICH (obstruction-hooking) 11:31; Ryan Min- nabarriet, BGSU (charging) 15:07; Bryan Dobek, BGSU (roughing) 17:26; Mike Brown, MICH (roughing) 17:26; Brandon Kaleniecki, MICH (slashing) 19:53. Second period -4. BGSU, Derek Whitmore 7 (Jon Horrell) 1:14; 5. BGSU, James Unger 5 (Bryan Dobek) 8:12: 6. MICH, Brandon Kalen- iecki 5 (T.J. Hensick, Milan Gajic) 15:56. Penal- ties -Jason Ryznar, MICH (hooking) 0:43; Steve Brudzewski, BGSU (obstruction-hooking) 3:50; Kevin Porter, MICH (checking from behind) 10:01; Alex Rogosheske, BGSU (hooking) 13:12; Taylor Christie, BGSU (slashing) 13:45; Alex Fos- ter, BGSU (boarding) 16:49. Third period - 7. BGSU, Ben Geelan 4 (Brett Pilkington) 2:09; 8. MICH, T.J. Hensick 11 (Matt Hunwick, Mike Brown) 3:43; 9. MICH, David Moss 4 (Nick Martens, Matt Hunwick) 6:52. Penalties- Alex Rogosheske, BGSU (slashing) 6:23; Matt Hunwick, MICH (charging) 8:14; Brandon Rogers, MICH (slashing) 18:36; Brandon Rogers, MICH (10-minute misconduct) 18:36. Shots on goal: MICH 9-15-10 34;BGSU 6-7-13 26. Power plays: MICH 1 of 7; BGSU 1 of 7. Saves - MICH, Al Montoya (5-5-12) - 22; BGSU, Jon Horrell (7- 14-8) - 29. Referee: Brian Aaron At: BGSU Ice Arena Attendance: 4,537. nine months, both physically and mentally, is nothing short of extraordinary," Bowling Green coach Scott Paluch said in a written statement. "His ability to deal with his disease and perform at the high level he has is unbeliev- able." , . ° ; '; Sigalet had kept his condition out of public knowledge, only alerting his family and coach- es upon the initial discovery. Since Sigalet's diagnosis, he has missed just three games due to his illness, including his absence on Saturday. Junior Jon Horrell got the start in Sigalet's place against Michigan, whose players and coaches learned of the announce- ment just before the game started. Multiple sclerosis is a disease that attacks the central nervous system. Vision, muscles and reflexes are affected by the disorder, which can also cause numbness. Sigalet - who made last year's All-CCHA First Team and was named to the All-CCHA Preseason Second Team at the start of this sea- son - was a seventh-round draft pick of the Boston Bruins in 2001. His shoes were big ones for Horrell to fill against a resilient and tal- ented Michigan squad. "It was a bit nerve-wracking at first," Horrell said. "You find out in the morning that your goaltending partner is kind of sick and he might not be able to play. You just have to get ready to go. It's hard coming into a game against one of the top teams in the nation." In a statement, Sigalet cited the desire to help others with multiple sclerosis, along with the possibility of learning more about the disease, as reasons for going public with his condition. "What (Sigalet) has done and how he's han- dled himself through the first half of the sea- son has been as courageous as anything I've ever been around from an athlete," Paluch said. "Certainly, I know our players and our staff certainly learn a lot and draw a lot from Jordan over the last nine months and as we move for- ward on this." Sigalet tops Bowling Green's all-time save percentage list with a career mark of .915. His 3.00 goals-allowed per game ranks second in Falcons history. Sigalet's 1,140 saves during last year's regular season were the most by any goalie in the country. "I was really sorry to hear about Jordan Sigalet and his situation," Michigan coach Red Berenson said after the game. B-DAY FOR T.J: During the second period of Friday's game, the crowd at Yost Ice Arena sang "Happy Birthday" for sophomore for- ward T.J. Hensick. Hensick, who turned 19, responded by scoring the game-winning goal 1:09 into the third. "I was talking to Al (Montoya) at the pregame meal, and I was like, 'You know, it would be interesting to see if (the crowd sings)' because I remembered (Montoya) getting one last year," Hensick said. "It was nice of the crowd - to see the support from them." But Hensick wasn't through after scoring Michigan's fourth goal. Michigan's leading scorer with 24 points, Hensick assisted on Kevin Porter's goal five minutes later, which gave Michigan a 6-3 lead. He added his sec- ond goal of the night 15:03 into the final period to push the Wolverines' lead to four. Hensick's two goals and three points both tied season highs. COMEBACK KIDS: Michigan's comeback from a 3-0 deficit on Friday marked the first time since March 26, 1999, that the Wolverines won a game after trailing by three goals. The last time came against Denver in the NCAA East Regional in Worcester, Mass. Michigan ulti- mately won the game, 5-3. The Wolverines came back, but settled for a 4-4 tie, after fall- ing behind to Western Michigan by three goals on Jan. 20, 2001. I 4 'M' STATS Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Hensick 17 11 13 24 +6 12 Tambellini 18 8 13 21 +14 12 Gajic 18 8 10 18 -1 30 Moss 18 5 12 17 +6 14 Ebbett 18 2 13 15 +6 10 Kolarik 18 7 6 13 0 14 Werner 16 5 8 13 +6 24 Porter 18 6 6 12 +4 26 Hunwick 18 4 7 11 +5 32 Ryznar 18 3 8 11 -1 20 Rogers 18 2 8 10 +12 46 Kaleniecki 18 5 4 9 +3 16 Nystrom 14 3 5 8 +4 21 Rohlfs 16 4 2 6 +7 6 Martens 16 1 5 6 +3 14 Brown 17 2 2 4 +5 38 Dest 18 1 1 2 +10 22 Woodford 6 1 1 2 +2 6 Olson 4 0 1 1 +2,4 Cook 18 0 0 0 +71- Henderson 2 0 0 0 0 2 Montoya 18 0 0 0 -- 16 Player GP W L T GAA P Montoya 18 13 4 1 2.55 .8 Ruden 3 0 0 0 0.00 1. CCHA STANDINGS A Sht 55 80 48 36 43 43 22 22 21 29 35 62 18 23. 13 37 24 6 rk2 4 3 0 CT 96 000 fl St UN tH/II~l~L'U1y Bowling Green goalie Jordan Sigalet faced Michigan on Friday. On Saturday, he announced he suffers from MS. OFFTHERAW alk to the his, 4% r Rq nde Herbert NOER SCOUT - Skating w/ puck '' Skating w/o puck . . . Pass - - Shot tty hit or miss How it happened: This play was set up by Hunwick, but it oya this week was really all Hensick. Hensick grabbed the pass from his team- period of the mate at the bottom of the circle and went to work. He man- as one of his aged to maneuver his way around a Bowling Green defender rebounded by and hurled a wrist shot at the far side of the net. The shot got rebou Fakds past Falcons goalie Jon Horrell, who was filling in for star net- t two. n Sat minder Jordan Sigalet. layd well but Analysis: Much like Friday night, the score was tied at three goal while he going into the third period. But unlike Friday night, the Wolver- J the net. ines didn't come out of the break and score five goals. Since the EThRMINATION Falcons took the lead just two minutes into the final period, the pressure was on Michigan to score. And they looked to Hensick. / //5 He seemed to put the burden on himself to score with the game on the line. 4 Team CCHA Overall Michigan 11-1-0 Ohio State 9-2-1 Northern Michigan 7-3-2 Nebraska-Omaha Bowling Green Alaska-Fairbanks Lake Superior Michigan State Western Michigan Notre Dame Miami (Ohio) Ferris State 6-7-1 5-5-2 5-6-1 5-6-1 5-7-0 4-7-1 3-8-3 3-7-2 3-7-2 13-4-1 11-5-2 9-4-3 8-7-1 8-6-2 6-7-1 6-9-1 8-9-1 8-7-1 4-9-4 7-9-2 6-10-2 FRIDAY'S RESULTS: MICHIGAN 8, Bowling Green 3 NOTRE DAME 3, Michigan State 2 Northern Michigan 2, ALASKA-FAIRBANKS 2 Ferris State 3, MIAMI 3 Ohio State 3, CLARKSON 3 SATURDAY'S RESULTS: Michigan 5, BOWLING GREEN 4 MICHIGAN STATE 4, Notre Dame 1 Northern Michigan 5, ALASKA FAIRBANKS 3 NEBRASKA-OMAHA 5, Lake Superior 1 CLARKSoN 3. Ohio State 1 FALCONS Continued from page 1B started on Saturday in place of Sigalet. "I didn't have to do anything," Moss said. "I just put my stick on the ice, and he shot it off my stick, and it went in." In the second period, the puck took some strange bounces. Just 15 seconds into the period, the puck ricocheted off the boards and Mon- toya found himself out of position behind the net. He dove back in front of the net and made a sprawl- ing save. But exactly one minute later, the Wolverines wouldn't be so lucky. Falcons freshman forward Derek Whitmore dumped the puck into the Michigan zone along the right boards. Montoya left the net to play the puck and had no chance when the puck mysteriously changed direction and slid into the open net. "It was a crazy game," Berenson said. "I don't know whether it's the pucks they use or we just bring out the worst or the best in that rink. But ever since I've been here, every time we come to Bowling Green, it's crazy. We had a bounce off the boards, and I don't know if it's ever bounced off the boards like that into the net." The bounces weren't the only odd occurrences in Saturday's game. Despite scoring nine combined goals, neither team ever held a two- HUN WICK Continued from page 1B been significant," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "And the thing that con- cerned me was that he only had four or five shots in the first 16 games on the power play. See what happens when you shoot the puck?" The sophomore's prolific night increased his season goal count expo- nentially, raising his total from one to four. His offensive contribution was especially timely because of senior defenseman Eric Werner's absence. In Thursday's practice, Werner collided with Chad Kolarik and injured his knee. According to Berenson, Werner will be sidelined for approximately two more weeks. Prior to the games this weekend, Werner had netted five goals this season while the rest of the defensive core had combined for just two. Appropriately, Werner was the last Wolverine defenseman to register a hat trick. He accomplished the feat in last season's Great Lakes Invitational against Michigan Tech. "We were really worried about not having Eric Werner back there tonight," Berenson said. "He's our most dangerous offensive defenseman, and he's a big part of our team. But I thought our defense did a pretty good job without him." Hunwick helped to pick up the slack and made his presence felt on the power play - where Werner may be missed the most. "Coach has been telling the defense to establish our shot on the power play," Hunwick said. "It makes it a lot easier for our forwards because then (our opponent's) penalty killers really have to respect us up high, and it gives our for- wards a lot more room." Hunwick's hat trick was Michigan's second this season. Tambellini netted three goals in Michigan's 5-2 win over Miami (Ohio) on Nov. 5. After the game, Hunwick said he was not sure if his teammates were focusing on getting him his third goal and even claimed that he was consider- ing passing up the shot, but Gajic was not convinced. "He was going to shoot every puck he got," Gajic said right before he turned to Hunwick with a smile on his face. "You're so full of it." 4 RYAN WEINER/Daily Michigan and New Hampshire may play each other in the GI over the holidays. UP NEXT: GREAT LAKES INVITATIONAL Michigan (11-1-0 CCHA, 13-4-1 overall) RYAN WEINER/Daily Sophomore T.J. Hensick had three goals and two assists during the weekend series. really didn't want to give up a goal that early - I mean, we didn't want to give up a goal at all," Berenson said. "For them to get back in the game and take the lead again. it out loud on the ice. It's a great atmo- sphere, but it's tough to play when you can't hear on the ice." On a power play just minutes later. Hunwick collected a feed HOW THE USCHO TOP-15 FARED USCHO Poll for the week of Dec. 6 Games updated through yesterday Team: Last week: Up Next: 1. Minnesota beat St. Cloud State 2-1, 4-2 Merrimack 2. Wisconsin lost to Minn St. 4-3, beat Minn St. 3-2 Yale 4,