Monday, July 2, 2001 - The Michigan Daily - 15
chardnamed to
-America team
ichigan forward LaVell Blan-
trd has earned a spot on the 2001-
Playboy Preseason All-America
im.
3lanchard and the nine other
yers will be honored with a ban-
et at the Omni Hotel in Chicago
Sly 14.
hile in Chicago, the players will
ticipate in a basketball clinic and
;e for the group photo.
[he complete list of honorees will
be published until the December
ue of Playboy magazine, which
nuld be available in mid-Novem-
or the last two years Blanchard
led the Wolverines in both scor-
and rebounding.
' nchard's 17.8 points and 8.4
unds per game helped the 6-
t-7 junior earn second team All-
Ten honors from both the Big
coaches and the Big Ten media
'001.
rhe Ann Arbor native is also one
16 finalists for the U.S. World
ampionship for Young Men
iM.
Sard commits: Daniel Horton
tly gave a verbal commitment
Michigan coach Tommy Amaker.
Texas native becomes the sec-
member of the Wolverines'
12 recruiting class, joining Lester
ram of Pontiac Northern.
lorton, a 6-foot-3 point guard,
raged 25 points and four assists
Cedar Hills High last year.
daybe next year: Kelly Whitney
ned to play basketball at Michi-
ast November.
the 6-foot-8 220-pound for-
rd from Chicago, failed to meet
NCAA's academic qualifying
ndards.
Vhitney currently plans to attend
ristian Faith Circle, a prep school
North Carolina. He still hopes to
y for the Wolverines after this
son.
lometown guy: Former Wolver-
*osh Asselin is expected to be
the Pistons' summer league team,
ch starts practice on July 7.
-- Staff reports
ominator dealt to
etroit for Koslov
3UFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Dominik
sek was traded by the Buffalo
to the Detroit Red Wings late
:urday night for left wing Vyach-
av Kozlov, a 2002 first-round draft
ice and future considerations.
Ihe Sabres had until the end of
urday to pick up Hasek's one-year,
million contract option, trade him
lose him to unrestricted free
ncy.
[he announcement ends almost
onths of speculation involving
sek, who said he wants to play for
least one more year - but only
h a contending team.
y acquiring Hasek, it is not clear
ga theRed Wings will do 'with
ir starting goalie Chris Qsgod.
WAR
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That will take some getting used to."
The current record for most fans to attend a hock-
ey game is 55,000 set in 1957 when Sweden defeated
the USSR 3-2 in the World Championships in
Moscow.
"This is more than just another hockey game
between two old rivals - it's an event," Michigan
State Athletic Director Dr. Clarence Underwood said
in a press release. "The initial response from fans has
been overwhelming and our goal is to break the
world record for hockey attendance."
As of Friday, Michigan State reported over 49,000
tickets sold.
Once just a pipedream, the use of a rock concert's
worth of lighting and materials will help the dream
become a reality.
"My assistant coaches warned me that Braun
Record-breaking sales
At 5 p.m. Friday, 49,000 tickets had been sold for the
Michigan vs. Michigan State hockey game at Spartan
Stadium in East Lansing.
The all-time world record hockey attendance of 55,000
was set at a 1957 world championship game in Moscow.
Spartan Stadium holds 72,027
Tickets can be purchased by calling (734) 764-0247 or
by downloading the ticket application:
http://www.mgoblue.com/ticketoffice/hockeyat-msu.pdf
Michigan State's ticket office will also take orders at
1-800-GO-STATE.
All remaining seats cost $10.
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This is an artist's rendition of what the view of the rink will look like from the stands of Spartan Stadium.
wanted to talk about this game,' Berenson said. "But "When you play in Joe Louis in the spring, it can
for the players' sake and for the spirit of the competi- get up to 70 or 80 degrees on the ice," Berenson said.
tion, this has to be a legitimate playing surface and "We are hoping this time of year it will be reasonable
that was my first concern with Ron and he has reas- and with a little movement in the air. So it is probably
sured me at length that this won't be a problem." going to be okay. But obviously we will have to
The staging will be laid down on top of the turf by address it."
first placing a thin poly surface cover directly over Both teams will be given the Friday before the
the artificial turf and then a layer of plywood. This game to practice on the ice surface and adjust to the
will be followed by a staging platform on the playing play of the boards and glass. This practice time is
field with another level of plywood on top of that. crucial for Michigan's Josh Blackburn and Michigan
The ice rink will be centered on midfield of the State's Hobey Baker winning Ryan Miller who will
stadium, extending beyond the 20-yard lines. The ice be unfamiliar with the play of the glass, making it
surface is to be supplied by the same company that unfamiliar territory for both goalies.
provided an outdoor rink for the motion picture In the situation that inclement weather makes the
"Mystery Alaska" and an NHL game hosted in game unplayable, the rain-out date is set for Sunday,
Tokyo, Japan. The ice, frozen by a 281-ton refrigera- Oct. 7, still providing crews ample time to decon-
tion unit and a series of aluminum plates, is capable struct the rink and stage for Michigan State's home
of handling most any type of weather conditions. football game the following Saturday.
'M' sports takes fourth in nation
By Steve Jackson ing 100 points.
Daily Sports Editor The Wolverines scored points in I11
women's sports, but could only count
According to the Sears Directors' the points for the top 10 finishers.
Cup, Michigan has the fourth The points from that final sport
strongest athletic program in Division would have moved Michigan into
I. third place.
Stanford took home its seventh The women's rowing team posted
consecutive first-place finish with the most points this year (90), after a
1349.5 points. taking second place at the NCAA
Michigan finished with 864.5 meet this spring.
points, trailing only Stanford, Both the men's and women's
UCLA (1138), and Georgia gymnastics teams scored well.
(890.5). The Wolverines were in The third-place ladies earned 80
second place after completion of points, while the men earned 70
the winter sports season. for a fourth place finish.
Michigan took third place last The hockey team took its
year and sixth in 1999. show all the way to the Frozen
Other Big Ten schools in the top 25 Four this year, good enough for 75
included: No. 6 Ohio State (861), No Sears Cup points.
10 Penn State (774.5), No. 19 Wis- Coach Carol Hutchins took the
consin (671.5) and No. 23 Minnesota softball team to the College World
(639.5) Series in Oklahoma, its seventh place
Points are awarded based on each finish earned the Wolverines another
institution's finish in up to 20 sports 60 points.
- 10 for men and 10 for women - The success continued at Canham,
with each national champion receiv- where the Michigan men's and
women's swimming teams took 63
and 50 points, respectively.
The Citrus Bowl victory over
Auburn helped the Wolverine football
team earn 56 points.
Michigan women's golf had its best
season in years, and it has 49 points
to show for it.
The Wolverines also scored in
women's cross country (44), field
hockey (40), women's soccer (30),
women's basketball (30), volleyball
(30) and men's tennis (20).
Goin' fast
The Michigan ticket office began
selling single game football tickets
on June 26.
Tickets can be purchased by calling
(734) 764-0247 or by downloading the
ticket application:
http://wwwmgoblue.com/ticketoffice/
football/2001-ind-game-a pp. pdf
Games against Washington, Illinois,
Western Michigan, Purdue, Michigan
State, Minnesota and Wisconsin are
sold out.
Rrmmweems:
Sept. 1 vs. Miami(Ohio) - $43, 47, 51
Oct. 6at Penn State-$40
Oct. 27 atIowa-$28
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