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October 24, 2011 - 3B
NORTHERN
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wick. "His emotions got to him
(on Friday). He's not usually like
that."
Michigan dominated the first
period on Saturday after play-
ing a sloppy opening frame on
Friday. The Wolverines outshot
Northern Michigan, 12-4, in the
first period of the finale and reg-
istered goals from Treais and
junior forward Lindsay Sparks.
Sparks's goal came on Michi-
gan's first power play opportu-
nity. Sparks began the play on
the wing and moved the puck to
senior defenseman Greg Pateryn
at the blue line. Pateryn quickly
moved the puck to sophomore
defenseman Mac Bennett who
skated towards the goal, wound
up for a slapshot and then moved
the puck to Sparks for the easy
finish.
The Wolverines failed to con-
vert on the remaining four power
plays, including the five-minute
advantage at the end of the third
period into the overtime frame.
"In the beginning we were
trying to play more of a 2-3 (on
the power play) and move the
puck around high to low," Sparks
said. "They started to read it a
bit, and also on our chances we
didn't move the puck great. Pass-
es weren't on the stick."
Michigan logged 44 penalty
minutes on 11 penalties on Friday
but only wentto the box four times
on Saturday. All of those penalties
came in the second period.
The penalties cost them, as
Northern Michigan scored two
power play goals in the second
period.
"They really moved the puck
well," said Michigan coach Red
Berenson. "They got a little bit
of puck luck too on the second
one. It hit one of their players in
front and bounced right over to a
wide-open player."
A brawl in the second period
of Friday's contest changed the
dynamic of the game. Before the
fight, neither team scored. The
sides combined for eight goals
afterward. The Wildcats thwart-
ed a late comeback to take the
game, 5-3.
The brawl began after a
Northern Michigan breakaway.
Hunwick made a glove save, and
the puck squirted loose. The
speeding Wildcat collided with
Hunwick and upended him.
Meanwhile, forward Reed Seck-
el boarded a Michigan player in
the corner after the whistle.
Players from both teams
exchanged blows near the goal
and the site of Seckel's infrac-
tion. Hunwick landed a punch
on Cherniwchan's jaw, and Mof-
fatt got into a fight for a moment
before being thrown to the ice.
The referees needed several
minutes to sort out the mayhem
and many more to sort out the
penalties. They ejected Hun-
wick, Moffatt and Cherniwchan
and gave Seckel a double-minor
for boarding.
Michigan received a tie and
two points, not three, for the
shootout win.
"This is CCHA hockey,"
Berenson said after Friday's loss.
"It's a battle every night."
HUNWICK
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was because of Hunwick. That
sounds harsh, but here's the
thing: Hunwick is a fifth-year
senior. He's the oldest player
on the team by more than two
years. He's not a fresh-faced
kid who has never handled
adversity before.
"We can't have one of our
senior captains lose his cool
like that, no matter what hap-
pens," said Michigan coach
Red Berenson. "We'll address
that."
Before he was ejected, he
already had 17 saves and was
carrying an offensively slug-
gish Wolverine team. Hunwick
is not only one of Michigan's
best players - he is one of the
best players in the country.
With Hunwick in the net,
the Wolverines have the abil-
ity to beat anybody. He is that
good.
But Janecyk is not, and
Hunwick has to know better
than to get himself ejected.
That's nothing against Jane-
cyk. He just isn't Hunwick
There's a fine line between
playing with passion and play-
TREAIS
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Treais.
Treais scored the Wolver-
ines' first goal of the evening
and Sparks' goal three minutes
later extended his current game
point streak to three - the two
were the ideal "snipers" that
Berenson wanted to take the
shots.
But freshman forward Phil
Di Giuseppe was a less obvi-
ous choice. Di Giuseppe didn't
tally any points this weekend
and hasn't seen as much game
action as Treais or Sparks. But
that's why Berenson thought he
would be most advantageous.
"Di Giuseppe has been one
our good young players," Beren-
son said. "I thought he might be
ing with a hot head.
You can be competitive
without allowing emotions to
control the game.
And for Michigan to be suc-
cessful this year, Hunwick is
going to have to geta much
better grip of that line. If you
were the opposing team, why
wouldn't you try to start some-
thing every game?
Every team and every
fanbase now has a blueprint
against the Wolverines,
because there's no replacing
Hunwick if he gets ejected.
He can't throw punches,
challenge the entire Northern
Michigan bench to a fight and
then taunt the fans behind
him.
Provocation doesn't matter.
It's understandable that Hun-
wick was upset on Friday. But
he has to know that he's Mich-
igan's most important player.
He has to play smarter.
"We are not trying to take
penalties and retaliate, but
that's the way the game was
played," Berenson said. "Hock-
ey is a game of emotion. You
just have to play with more
control."
On Saturday, he did. Hun-
wick didn't play his best game
able to surprise the goalie."
Wildcat goalkeeper Jared
Coreau didn't seem too sur-
prised after Di Giuseppe and
Sparks both tried and missed.
Michigan (0-1-1 CCHA, 4-1-1
overall) had scouted Coreau
and knew he had a "weak
glove," according to Sparks.
But Coreau was easily able to
read their moves as they skated
down the ice.
Di Giuseppe backhanded the
puck into the Coreau's block-
er and Sparks' shot hit him
squarely in the chest.
Treais learned he would be
the third to take the ice just
about 40 seconds before he
actually went out. And that
didn't leave him much time to
come up with an idea.
"I didn't really have a plan
going in there," Treais said. "I
of the year, allowing three
goals, but he played well
enough to keep Michigan in
the game. The Wolverines
went on to win in an overtime
shootout, where Hunwick
stopped all three Northern
Michigan shot attempts.
Hunwick kept his compo-
sure, staying out of scuffles
near the net and ignoring a
hostile Wildcat student section
that was in his ear all night
He even ignored a 400-pound
Wildcat fan who took off his
shirt in order to shake his fat
all over the boards next to
Hunwick's net.
But if Janecyk had been in
Hunwick's spot on Saturday,
Michigan would've lost. A
kid who has never started a
game doesn't have any chance
at denying all three shots in
a shootout, especially on the
road. There was much discus-
sion after Friday's game as
to whether Hunwick would
be suspended for Saturday's
game. If he didn't play on Sat-
urday Michigan would have
lost, simple as that.
With Hunwick in net, the
Wolverines will always have
a chance. Without him, they
won't.
saw a little spot (in the goal)
and picked it."
And although Treais was
the only Wolverine to score
during the shootout, the team
also gives credit to fifth-year
senior goalie Shawn Hunwick,
who is known for his ability to
perform in big games. Saturday
was no exception - he blocked
all the shots he faced during the
shootout.
In fact, he only had to save
two shots - the Wildcats' first
shot went wide. The other two
shots were denied by Hunwick's
blocker. During the unfamiliar
situation, his presence on the
ice provided a sense of ease for
Michigan.
"He took us to the Frozen
Four last year," Treais said. "I
think everyone's got confidence
in him."
NOTEBOOK
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The third-period goal from
Hyman - Berenson's most
prized recruit among the fresh-
men - added to his season tally
of two assists. The freshman has
been tabbed as a dangerous scor-
ing threat.
Berenson hoped that by scor-
ing in a hostile road environ-
ment, Hyman will build more
confidence around the net.
Another freshman contribu-
tor, forward Travis Lynch, is a
regular starter for the Wolver-
ines who also picked up valuable
experience on the road.
MAN DOWN MAYHEM:
Michigan's penalty kill unit was
every bit as troubling this week-
end as the third line was promis-
ing.
The Wildcats enjoyed sus-
tained success when skating
with a man advantage. Two of
their three goals on Saturday
came with a Wolverine in the
penalty box.
"I would give them credit,"
Berenson said. "(But) they got a
little bit of puck luck on the sec-
ond (power play)."
Earlier in the week, Beren-
son had noted that a challenge
of playing on the Olympic-sized
rink at the Berry Events Center
was how spread thin the Wol-
verines would be on the penalty
kill. With 15 additional feet of
ice in the width of the rink, there
was concern about how Michi-
gan would prevent goals on the
penalty kill.
Though the playing conditions
deteriorated as the game wore
on, Berenson knows that the unit
needs to improve as CCHA play
continues.
"The ice wasn't good at the
end, but that's no excuse," Beren-
son said.
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