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Vaughan and Wohlberg create new offensive threat
By CASANDRA PAGNI
Daily Sports Writer
For proven scorers like Louie
Caporusso, Matt Rust and Carl
Hagelin, the pressure to net pucks
this season is on.
But with the spotlight shin-
ing on the three seniors who led
the Michigan hockey team in
goals last season, two Wolverines
- junior left wing David Wohl-
berg and senior left wing Scooter
Vaughan - have quietly but quick-
ly stated their own cases as offen-
sive threats this season.
Wohlberg and Vaughan cur-
rently lead No. 4 Michigan in scor-
ing, with four lamplighters and
one assist each. Both Vaughan and
Wohlberg have had quick starts in
2010, and their recent offensive
spark has been a key boost for the
Wolverines.
"I really think that's essential
(to get off to a good start)," Wohl-
berg said. "It builds confidence."
Wohlberg has spent most of
this season playing left wing on
a line with Caporusso and junior
right wing Luke Glendening. But
after Michigan (2-0-0 CCHA,
3-1-2 overall) dropped the series
opener to No. 10 Nebraska-Omaha
on Friday, Michigan coach Red
Berenson shook up the lines, mov-
ing Wohlberg to play with Rust
and sophomore right wing Chris
Brown on the top line.
The move paid off, as Wohlberg
scored the fastest goal in recorded
Wolverine history on Saturday
against Nebraska-Omaha (2-0-0
WCHA, 5-1-0 overall). Just eight
seconds into the first period,
Wohlberg's shot found the net
after the puck deflected off a Mav-
erick defender from Rust's faceoff
win. The goal was a critical first
score and set the tone for the sec-
ond game of the series.
But even in Friday's game, in
which the Wolverines had trouble
sustaining any offensive pressure
in the Nebraska-Omaha zone,
Wohlberg managed to find the net
with five minutes remaining in the
third period.
His goal on Friday came one
minute after sophomore right
wing Kevin Lynch scored the first
Wolverine goal of the game. Wohl-
berg's score in game one cut the
Maverick lead in half, and his suc-
cess visibly carried over into the
beginning of Saturday's contest.
Berenson said Wohlberg's goal
in the second game to put Michi-
gan on the board early was "an
important goal ... no matter when
it went in." ARIEL BOND/Daily
See NEW OFFENSE, Page 3B Juniorforward David Wohlberg (right) scored a goal on consecutive nights in the Wolverines' weekend split with Nebraska-Omaha.
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