Monday July 19, 2004 sports.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com SPORTS 11I NHL duo imay sway back to 'M' By Shad Mattu Daily Sports Editor An article in Friday's New York Post brought good and bad news to Michigan hockey coaches, players and fans. The bad news is that Al Montoya may be willing to leave Michigan after two years for the New York Rangers' system u The good news is that the New York Ragers may not give him the contract he iademding din the process may push him back to An ror. With an NHL lockout all but a cer- JEFF LEHNERT/Daly tainty, there will likely be a more restric- Al Montoya and the Rangers may be far apart in contract negotiations. Meanwhile, tive salary system for draft picks than Steve Shields and Marty Turco have told him about the benefits of staying at Michigan. the one that currently exists. According Though the wait for a decision has at Michigan, Steve Shields and Marty to the Post, Montoya wants a deal simi- been torturous, Michigan associate Turco. Though they were both picked in lar to what the New York gave Dan coach Mel Pearson thinks that the longer the fifth round (Montoya was drafted Blackburn, a goaltender it selected 10th it takes, the more likely Montoya will sixth overall), they can tell him why overall in 2001, while the Rangers are return to Michigan. spending four years in Ann Arbor was offering less money. "He's really taking his time, and I the right decision for them and may be It remains unclear how badly New think the more time he takes, the better it for Montoya. York wants to sign Montoya. Last week is for us," Pearson said. "He'll probably Hearing this from Turco may be espe- they hired Benoit Allaire, considered to hear from people who think he should go cially convincing. Turco won two nation- be one of the top goaltending coaches. If back for at least one more year and then al championships, set the NCAA record the NHL isn't operating, it would be an look at the situation" for career victories and then quickly excellent opportunity to have him work Two of those people are current NHL advanced through the minors and into closely with Montoya in Hartford. goaltenders who were four-year starters See MONTOYA, Page 12 0 SWIMMING Urbanchek gets good send-off at U.S. Trials By Seth Gordon Daily Sports Editor In the second week of the U.S. Olympic Trials, the river of Michigan swimmers named to the U.S. Olympic team dried up as no more current or former Wolverines qualified for the upcoming games in Athens, Greece. Junior Chris DeJong might have had best chance to be the sixth Michi- gan swimmer to qualify, but he faced stiff competition in the 200-meter backstroke event. In the first semifinal heat, DeJong swam a strong race and placed second behind swimming phenom Michael Phelps. In the final, DeJong clocked a time of 1:59.00 - 1.20 seconds below the Olympic 'A' qualifying standard - finishing in fourth-place as Aaron Peirsol shattered his own world-record with a time of 1:54.74. Both Peirsol and Phelps will represent the U.S..in the event at the Olympics. Sophomore Davis Tarwater found himself in a similar position to DeJong, as he finished seventh in the final of the 100-meter butterfly. Tar- water wasn't fast enough as Ian Crocker beat Phelps and broke his own world-record in the event with a time of 50.76. "(DeJong) swam extremely well," outgoing Michigan head coach Jon Urbanchek said. "He was extremely close to making the team, but he got beat by two world-record holders. As for (Tarwater) he did a great job as well. Any time you make the finals at an event like this it is a very big accomplishment." Current Club Wolverine member Ktete Keller and former Wolverine Chris Thompson failed to qualify in the 1,500-meter freestyle on Wednes- day, finishing in fourth and seventh, respectively. Sophomore Peter Van- derkaay qualified for the event final as well but decided to sit out the final race as he has already qualified in the e 800-meter freestyle relay along with Keller and senior Dan Ketchum The last two Wolverines to make the team were junior Andrew Hurd and former Wolverine Tom Malchow. Hurd set a Canadian record in the 400-meter freestyle with a time of 3:49.67 and will also compete against his Wolverine teammates in the 800- meter freestyle relay. Malchow quali- fied for the team in the 200-meter butterfly, finishing in second-place behind Phleps. Despite ending the meet on a sour note, Urbanchek was very pleased with the performance of his athletes at what was his last meet as the head coach for Michigan. See SWIMMING, Page 12 PJ'S RECORDS & USED CDS 617 Packard U(p. 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