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Berenson rests starters
to use younger players

NICK WILLIAMS/Daily
Freshman forward Justin Selman scored one goal and had another called back against Windsor on TuesdayW
Freshmen shine as
blows out ancers, 7-3

By LIZ VUKELICH
Daily Sports Writer
Michigan's three-man rota-
tion of goalies with either mini-
mal or no collegiate playing time
was supposed to be the storyline
for the No. 3 Michigan hockey
team going into its Tuesday night
exhibition game against Wind-
sor.
But that WINDSOR 3
story got MICHIGAN 7
quickly
overshadowed - it was the for-
wards who effortlessly stole the
spotlight in Michigan's 7-3 route
of the Lancers.
"It was good to get a game
under our belt where we're play-
ing against a team other than
each other," said Michigan coach
Red Berenson. "It was a good test
for our team."
Despite what the score might
reflect, it wasn't a smooth path
to the win, especially when the
first period started off shaky for
the Wolverines. Freshman Jared
Rutledge madehisdebutbetween
the pipes for the first period,
and in the opening moments of
the frame, senior forward A.J.
Treais' shot found the back of the
net.
But the captain's goal was
waved off and Windsor subse-
quently took control of the game.

Midway through the frame, a
Windsor shot from the point
was deflected several times
before finding, twine after being
knocked in from the left side of
the net with three seconds left on
a Michigan penalty kill.
Waved-off goals seemed to be
something of a trend for the Wol-
verines during the first period.
Freshman forward Justin Sel-
man eagerly celebrated what he
thought was his first goal in a
Michigan sweater.
"I think we missed some of our
best chances in the first period,"
Berenson said. "It wasn't easy. It
was a good game for us because
(Windsor is) a good team, and
they gave us a good game for half
the game."
As per Berenson's plan, each
period brought a new goalie.
Freshman netminder Steve
Racine entered in the second
period, along with a Wolver-
ine offense that finally found its
groove.
Seconds after receiving the
opening faceoff from' Treais,
sophomore forward Phil Di
Giuseppe brought the puck up
through the slot. He found junior
forward Luke Moffatt situated in
front of the crease and Moffatt
knocked it in to tie the game at
one.
Not long after, Selman found

the back of the net again and this
celebration was justified. And
after that, the goals kept rolling.
And rolling. And rolling - three
goals in the remaining five min-
utes of the second period.
The Wolverines were graced
with back-to-back power play
goals after Windsor was penal-
ized for too many men on the ice.
The first belonged to Moffatt,
who received a blast feed from
freshman defenseman Jacob
Trouba at the point, and the sec-
ond went to Di Giuseppe.
Freshman forward Andrew
Copp rounded out Michigan's
scoring in the waning minutes
of the second frame. He was
assisted by fellow freshman Boo
Nieves and Selman.
Junior forward Derek DeBlois'
two third-period goals continued
the carnage against the Lancers.
Though Windsor managed to cut
the lead to 7-3, it just couldn't find
the rest of the goals needed to
close the ever-increasing deficit.
According to Berenson, junior
netminder Adam Janecykwas on
the short end of the stick by com-
ing into the game's final stanza.
"(The third period), that's a
tough period to come in," Beren-
son said. "He hasn't come in in
two periods and then he comes
in and our team is laying back a
little bit."

By MICHAEL LAURILA
Daily Sports Writer
Six men clad in suits sat in an
aisle of chairs along the third
story balcony by the northeast
corner of Yost Ice Arena Tues-
day night.
Normally this wouldn't be an
anomaly, but considering the
six men are current Michigan
hockey players and five of them
combined for 108 points last
year, it was a little strange.
Most notable of the scratches
were junior defenseman Mac
Bennett and senior defenseman
Lee Muffle.
As captains, Bennett and
Moffie are two of the most vocal
leaders for this experienced yet
youth-laden Michigan hock-
ey team. They also make up a
defensive pairing that is expect-
ed to be one of the best in the
CCHA.
The choice to sit the six play-
ers stemmed from Michigan
coach Red Berenson's pre-game
decision to let some of the fresh-
men and more inexperienced
players see more ice time than
they normally would.
Sophomore forward Zach
Hyman, senior forward Kevin
Lynch and redshirt sophomore
Luke Dwyer also watched from
afar.
"We've got a lot of depth
on this team and I wanted to
see all our freshmen in the
lineup and all seven of them
played tonight," Berenson said.
"You know Lynch, Guptill and
Hyman and those five will be
back in the lineup on Thursday."
The decision also likely
stemmed partly from Wind-
sor's 6-1 loss on Monday night
to Michigan State.
But even against the lesser
Lancers, the Wolverines got off
to a slow start on Tuesday. But
after trailing 1-0 after the first
period, Michigan rallied for five
goals in the second finishing the
game with a 7-3 defeat of the
Lancers.
There wasn't a lack of leader-
ship for the Wolverines on the
ice, though.
They have a plethora of
upperclassmen that are more
than capable to step into the
game and control the tempo for

Senior defenseman Lee Moffie was one of five starters that was scratched
fnrom the starting lineup vs. Windsor on Tuesday at Yost Ice Arena.
some of the younger players. ongoing netminder debate for
"We're a good group of guys," who will take over following
said junior Luke Moffatt. "We the departure of Sean Hunwick.
all have the same character if It seems likely the competition
the captains are around or if will be between freshmen Jared
they're not around. Obviously, Rutledge and Steve Racine.
we want those guys around Along with giving the fresh-
men a chance to see plenty of ice
time, the decision to sit the six
players also allowed Berenson
"W e've got to play some skaters who have
often been scratched from the
a lot of depth starting lineup.
Senior forward Jeff Rohrkem-
on this team ." per, who played significant min-
utes Tuesday, appeared in just
13 of Michigan's 41 games last
season.
us to help lead us during the "We thought this was a
game, but (senior forward) A.J. chance to see, for example,
(Treais) took over and he led (sophomore defenseman)
by example. Some of us older Michael Szuma, and to give him
upperclassmen tried to step up alot of ice time," Berenson said.
too." "He only played in two games
Dwyer, who didn't register all last year and Rohrkemper
any playing time last season, got to play a lot (Tuesday), and
was the only goalie who didn't guys that you're not sure how
see the ice on Tuesday. He is much they're going to play dur-
not expected to be part of the ing the year."

McAtee, Wolverines top Oakland in physical home game

By JACOB PLOTNIK
For the Daily
On Tuesday, Oakland Univer-
sity made the short bus trip from
Rochester Hills, Mich. to Ann
Arbor and rolled in with a lot
of momentum. In their last five
games, all which were wins, the
Golden Grizzlies had outscored
their opponents, 19-2. But the
Michigan men's soccer team put
a halt to Oakland's hot streak,
winning the match, 1-0.
Michi-
gan coach OAKLAND 0
Chaka MICHIGAN 1
Daley did
not coach the game from the
sidelines because of a leg inju-
ry he suffered earlier in the
day. Instead, Daley sat in the
press box while assistant coach
Tommy McMenemy filled in
on the sidelines for the injured
Daley. However, McMenemy
said that the team makeup was
not affected by the coaching
change.
"There wasn't really a ton of
coaching to be done," McMen-
emy said. "The plan is in place
long before kickoff."
Save a single shot by Oakland
midfielder Shawn-Claud Law-
son, the first half was all Michi-
gan.
The Wolverines had four
solid scoring opportunities by
the 10th minute, but couldn't
capitalize on any of them.
The Wolverines' attack came
to fruition in the 13th minute.
Junior forward T.J. Roehn set

For the rest of the first half,
both offenses cooled off and the
physicality of the game picked
up.
"Pretty physical game, on
both sides of the ball," McMen-
emy said. "If people are noticing
that the game on our end of the
ball is getting a bit more physi-
cal, then we're doing something
right."
In the second half, both goal-
keepers played well. Each team
had their fair share of face-to-
face encounters between attack-
ers and goalies, but in all cases
the netminders stood strong.
There were a total of 13 shots,
six of which were shots on goal.

Grinwis was challenged a
final time in the game when
Oakland midfielder Matt Dud-
ley was coming down the right
side of the penalty area. Grinwis
charged at Dudley, who booted
it right to the goalie.
A minute later, Grinwis
punched a dangerous ball away
through a crowd of players, seal-
ing the win for the Wolverines.
The Wolverines (1-1-1 Big
Ten, 4-5-1 overall) will travel to
Madison to play Wisconsin (0-2-
0, 3-5-3) in their next matchup.
"We're playing Wisconsin,
it's a huge game," Roehn said.
"We've just got to keep bringing
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PAu sHERMAN/Daily
Redshirt freshman Colin McAtee scored the game-winner against Oakland at the U-M Soccer Complex on Tuesday.

up redshirt freshman midfielder up, played the ball in, and Colin
Colin McAtee was there to
with a pass, get on the end
and McAtee ofit. That's the
snuck the ball eWe've just got second game
just left of the in a row we've
fingertips of tblinked up for a
Oakland goal- goal."
keeper Scott the fire." Oakland,
Messner. having scored
"I saw the 31 times on the
play develop- season, turned
ing," Roehn said. "I just looked up the pressure after Michigan's

goal. Still, a shutout by Michi-
gan redshirt sophomore goal-
keeper Adam Grinwis kept the
Golden Grizzlies from finding
the back of the net.
It didn't come easily, though.
In the 20th minute, after an
Oakland through ball, Grinwis
found himself one-on-one with
Lawson. Grinwis came off of his
line and stuffed Lawson, and
then trapped the ball between
his legs.

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