S ortoay JAMES COLLER/Dail Michigan earns Two-face defense plagues first win, splits Wolverines in series split 0 Wre s ss 4 O IL;1 1q o CL U -L "O u Aft Fri reb ;er poor showing No. 10 Michigan (1-2) controlled the puck for the iday, Wolverines majority of the first period, outshooting the visitor, 11-7. But ound with gritty the Wildcats' power-play goal' rfo with 1:20 remaining in the first period was enough to deflate the home team. By ERIN LENNON "I can see why it looks that Daily Sports Writer way, but it shouldn't have been (a big momentum swing)," said hat happened Friday: junior forward Andrew Copp. chigan fans started to leave "It was a power-play goal late before the end of the game in the period to put us down 1-0, eir first opportunity to see and we've been through that Michigan hockey team in before, but we needed to have a gular season. better push back. & Wolverines allowed five "It looks like that's where the swered goals in 29 minutes game shifted, but it shouldn't w Hampshire (1-2), a team have been anything big." was winless all-time in Ann Whatever it was, it silenced r until Friday night. See SPLIT, Page 7A Berenson turns to later, holding the Wildcats to just one goal and scoring two youth for change in goals of its own Saturdaynight. "It was just the attitude," defense after poor Berenson said. "Just the whole work ethic part, stopping and showing Friday starting on the pucks, finishing your checks, identifying your By ZACH SHAW man, getting your head on a Daily Sports Writer swivel. All the little things that we have been talking about and With two freshmen, three doing in practice every week. sophomores and only one senior "For some reason we got away in the regular defensive lineup, from that last night. Tonight, we Michigan coach Red Berenson were a different team." knows the unit is going to be hit- Friday night started out or-miss this early in the season. well enough for the defensive Over the weekend, both corps, as New Hampshire (1-2) extremes were on display in the mustered just three shots in No. 10 Michigan hockey team's the first 18-and-a-half minutes. split with New Hampshire. But when senior forward Zach After surrendering five goals Hyman went to the penalty Friday night, the young defense box, the wheels began to fall responded strongly 24 hours off. Michigan (1-2) allowed four quick shots on the power play, the last of which gave the Wildcats their first goal. Things went from bad to worse in the second period. Defensive miscues in transition gave New Hampshire three easy goals and another one in the third as the Wolverines suffered their worst home loss in nearly two years. "Part of it is mental," Berenson said Friday. "When you are sitting on the bench and you watch your teammates struggling and making mistakes, and then you go out there and try to solve it yourself. You can't solve it yourself, but what you can do is do what you are good at for your team" So Berenson put sophomore Michael Downing back on the first pairing and gave freshman Cutler Martin an opportunity to make his collegiate debut on the third at the expense of senior defenseman Brennan Serville, all inhope ofchangingthe unit's approach Saturday night. Both decisions paid off. After helping hold New Hampshire to just seven shots in the first, both Downing and Martin made their marks even more evident early in the second period with back- to-back goals from just below the blue line. They transformed a scoreless game into Michigan's game in amatter of 82 seconds. "I think everyone in that locker room knew that they had to play better (Saturday)," Berenson said. "They had to prepare better and had to contribute in a team way rather than an individual way. See DEFENSE, Page 3B WI Mi well in th the N the re Th unans to Ne that Arbor . NO SHORT CHANGE One coaching decision cost Greg Ryan his job with the U.S. Women's National Team. Michigan is glad he's in Ann Arbor. SportsMonday Column, Page 2B ROCK CRACKED * Though Slippery Rock fans enjoyed their time in Ann Arbor, The Rock didn't fare too well Saturday afternoon. Page 3B