ACROSS
1 Game piece
associated with
71-Across
8 “C’mon, Let’s
Play” store
15 Estate planner’s
suggestion
16 Chess
grandmaster
Karpov
17 Cancún’s
peninsula
18 Copied
19 “Nurse Jackie”
network, briefly
20 Attempt
22 Org. concerned
with the AQI
23 VW hatchback
24 Way out
26 Selective
socializer,
perhaps
29 Geologic periods
31 Soulful Franklin
33 Catch
34 Swallow up
36 Asks for more
38 Fish used as bait
in bass fishing
40 Dagger of yore
41 Apple music
player
45 Chess ploy
49 __ Mahal
50 Much of Oceania
52 Cut with teeth
53 Pass over
55 Recital numbers
56 Cool one
57 Tampa NFLer
59 Polynesian
beverage
61 Spam holder
62 Like some skinny
jeans
65 The United
States, to
Mexicans
68 Carrier to Tehran
69 Critical
70 Training units
71 Word that can
precede the word
in each set of
puzzle circles
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1 Sound from a
crib
2 Fourth-most
populous U.S.
city
3 Dürer work
4 Former Labor
secretary Elaine
5 Word with press
or mess
6 Historic stretches
7 Many a talk show
caller
8 Wage earners’
concerns
9 Person
10 Easily
maneuvered, at
sea
11 Bus schedule
listings
12 1987 film loosely
based on
“Cyrano de
Bergerac”
13 Suffix with glob
14 Australian airport,
in itineraries
21 “Timber!” yeller
23 Awe-full
expression?
25 Revealing
beachwear
27 Wake maker
28 Small shot
30 Sought damages
31 Repeated notes
in Chopin’s
“Raindrop” prelude
32 Square measure
35 Dunham who
created and stars
in the HBO
series “Girls”
37 Reps.
counterparts
39 Hoodwinks
41 Jurist Lance
42 Spray on a pan
43 Lake Huron
natives
44 Earthenware pot
46 Martini & Rossi
parent company
47 “Include me”
48 Demolition stuff
51 Dance music
provider
54 Chances to
play
58 Trendy hi
60 Six-time All-Star
Moises
61 Firm: Abbr.
62 Rap name
adjective
63 Mine output
64 Committed
thing
66 __ de plume
67 Neurologist’s
tool, briefly
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The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
Thursday, December 3, 2015 — 5A
Shenanigans with Shuart and Downing
Two best friends
discuss various
topics in Michigan
hockey
By JUSTIN MEYER &
JASON RUBINSTEIN
Daily Sports Writer
& Daily Sports Editor
Michael Downing isn’t nearly
as intimidating in person as he
looks on the ice.
Sure, the defenseman is big,
standing just over 6-foot-2 and
weighing in at 200 pounds. But
the vicious playing style that
lands him in hot water with the
officials and draws crowds to
their feet doesn’t jump out.
He has broad shoulders, a lean
frame topped by a mop of blond
hair and a wide grin that breaks
out when he’s joking with his
teammate and best friend Max
Shuart.
Shuart, a junior center, doesn’t
smile. Not on the ice, not in his
headshot and certainly not in
the interview room. The fourth-
line
centerman,
sometimes
called “Shu” or “Shuey,” is a true
grinder. A strong jawline frames
the mean mug he likes to carry,
and from his massive thighs, it’s
easy to see why he can fly on the
ice.
But by all accounts, the two
are all but inseparable off the
ice. The Daily sat down with
Downing and Shuart to discuss
the season, Shuart’s odd swag
and who would win in a fight
between the two.
***
Shuart stuck out like a sore
thumb last season. He was the
only Michigan player to wear
a plastic face shield, called the
“bubble,” instead of a caged mask.
He said last season that he “didn’t
want to be the only one,” but he
was suprised when nine of his
teammates opted to join him in
donning the same helmet this
year.
Downing made the switch, but
not by choice. He said he only
switched because of a “personal
reason”
that
his
teammates
know about. But making the
change subsequently removed
one thing Downing could make
fun of Shuart for.
They discussed the bubbles:
Downing: Once a lot of guys
put them on, all the fun went
away. You couldn’t make fun of
him any more.
Shuart: There is a lot of
hypocrisy on the team now
considering some of the opinions
in the past on the bubble.
Downing: I don’t mind it.
Shuart:
It’s
definitely
an
eye-opener about some guys’
character.
***
By not sticking out anymore
and being easily seen on the ice,
Shuart needed to find a different
way to accomplish the task. So
when the team made its stick
orders during the preseason,
he was elated to find out no one
else ordered the same stick as
him — a Bauer 1X.
“In my opinion, he got a
little upset that a lot of people
transitioned from the cage to
the bubble this year,” said junior
forward Tyler Motte. “So he’s
doing something to stand out.”
Added junior forward JT
Compher: “Maybe he thinks it
was made specially for him.”
Perhaps
Shuart
actually
believes that: He has made it
clear no one else on the team
can use the 1X. Before Downing
could answer if he’d order
the stick, Shuart interjected:
“Nobody will be getting that
stick!”
In fact, if Downing were not in
the room with Shuart, the Daily
wouldn’t have learned what stick
it is.
TMD: What stick is it?
Shuart: I don’t want to say in
front of anyone.
Downing: It’s a (Bauer) 1X.
Shuart: It might be a 1X.
Downing: It’s a 1X.
TMD: Why does no one else
have it?
Downing: Because it sucks;
it’s a shitty stick.
Shuart: Say what you will
about the stick, but it’s been
getting the job done, I think.
Downing: You are tied with
JT in goals, right?
Shuart: That’s correct.
TMD: Do you have to special
order it?
Shuart: No. I was kind of
shocked no one else got it,
considering it’s clearly the best
stick available this year. But if
I plug Bauer too hard — I don’t
want the NCAA calling, but it’s
a good stick. For the readers out
there, it gets the job done.
***
Statistically, Michigan has the
fifth-best offense in the country,
boasting 4.09 goals per game. A
large part of that success stems
from
puck
possession
that is helped
by
winning
faceoffs.
While
Shuart
uses
what he thinks
is the best stick
on the market,
it
hasn’t
helped
him
greatly in the
circle. Shuart ranks last of the
Wolverines’ centers in faceoffs,
winning just 34 of the 83 he has
taken. So much for the Bauer 1X.
Shuart:
While
you’re
recording here, maybe throw in
there that I want to improve on
faceoffs.
TMD: Red told us one player
needed to practice 150 faceoffs a
day a couple weeks ago. Was that
you?
Shuart: It might’ve been, but I
take anywhere between 150-200
faceoffs a week.
Before
Shuart
could
finish
talking, Downing interrupted.
Downing: I have to say, if you
were going to make an educated
guess who he told to take 150
faceoffs, I’m not going to say
who, but he could be sitting in
this room.
Shuart:
Anyway,
it’s
something
I’m
looking
to
improve on.
Downing:
You’ve
gotten
better at faceoffs.
Shuart: I appreciate that.
***
When they’re in the same
room,
Downing and
Shuart act a bit
like
brothers
— it’s easy to
imagine them
arguing
over
the
remote.
Teammates
say
their
favorite topic
of
debate
is
who
would
win a fight.
“They probably talk about
fighting every day and never
actually fight,” Compher said.
The Daily dug into the video
archives to analyze the matchup.
Shuart fought a few times in
juniors, and is clearly more of
a counter-puncher than a true
fighter. He is scrappy, but easily
overpowered by opponents with
longer reaches.
Teammates say Shuart’s best
quality is his chin, which seems
appropriate for his grinding
playing style.
Downing, on the other hand,
is a pure fighting talent. A
huge wingspan gives him an
advantage over Shuart. He’s also
a very active puncher, throwing
a flurry of right hands right from
the outset.
“I think that one might go
10-12 rounds,” Motte said. “I
don’t think we’ll ever find a
winner. Shuey would never give
up, and Downing would just keep
going. I’ll take a ticket to that
fight.”
Downing: I got in a couple
fights back in the day (USHL). I
think me and Shuart should’ve
fought once, but he wouldn’t
fight me.
Shuart: It was never specific,
but looking back, we’re such good
friends that we’d like to know
who got the win because we
have pretty different opinions. I
like to bring the physical edge to
my game. I got into a few fights
naturally, but I wouldn’t call
myself a fighter.
TMD: Are you more of a
fighter or trash talker?
Shuart: Those two go hand in
hand in my book. A little bit of
both.
Downing:
What
I
don’t
like about college is guys will
chirp non-stop and call you all
this stuff because you can’t do
anything about it. What I liked
about juniors is that if somebody
wanted to say something, they
knew they would have to back
it up. Whereas college you
can’t. A lot of guys are all talk
in college.
TMD: Your penalty minutes
are down this year.
Downing: I’ve tried to stay on
the ice. It’ll come eventually. It
takes a couple games to get the
timing down. But I don’t want to
get suspended again. It’ll happen
again eventually.
TMD: The suspension or the
big hit?
Downing: (Laughs)
ICE HOCKEY
“I don’t want
the NCAA
calling, but it’s a
good stick.”
Robinson, Wagner play
key roles for Wolverines
By SIMON KAUFMAN
Daily Sports Editor
RALEIGH, N.C. — A year ago,
Duncan Robinson sat on the bench
in street clothes as Michigan
hosted Syracuse in the Big Ten/
ACC Challenge. Moritz Wagner
was in Berlin, Germany, playing
his games for Alba Berlin, a semi-
professional team. Robinson was
a Division III transfer who was
rumored to be a sharp shooter.
He hadn’t proven a thing yet.
Wagner was some far-off forward
unknown to Wolverine fans.
Fast forward a year to the
2015 Big Ten/ACC Challenge in
Raleigh, N.C., and Robinson and
Wagner showed why they’re two
of the most important pieces for
the Michigan men’s basketball
team this season.
With five minutes left in the
first half against the Wolfpack on
Tuesday, Robinson found himself
open — again — from behind
the arc and fired. Swish. With
his fists by his side, the redshirt
sophomore guard flexed, turned
toward Michigan’s bench and
flashed a Hey, did you all see that?
smile to his teammates. It was the
third time North Carolina State
left him open from deep in the
first frame, and the third time he
hit.
“I know I’m surprised (they left
him open), because if we we’re
playing against a guy like Duncan,
we would never leave him open,”
said senior guard Caris LeVert.
“That’s what we’d be preaching.”
In the second half, with
Michigan’s once-15-point lead at
just eight, Wagner caught a pass
from LeVert, bodied his way to
the rim, drew a foul and finished
with a layup. The basket pushed
the Wolverines back to a double-
digit advantage, and the 6-foot-
10 freshman forward stomped
toward his teammates on the
bench, shouted and pounded his
chest.
It’s a role Wagner has embraced
— not just the job of scoring but
that of getting his teammates
pumped up, too.
“Definitely, I think that’s kind
of my thing, to give the team
energy, and it’s what people ask
me to do,” Wagner said. “I really
enjoy that role and feel really
comfortable with it.”
Added LeVert: “Since day one,
Moe’s brought that energy and
intensity. We knew he was like
that. So for him to play like that in
games, it’s amazing. Having him
out there with that great energy,
seeing him smiling and pump up
the crowd, it’s awesome.”
Robinson
transferred
from Williams College — a
small Division III school in
Massachusetts
—
before
last
season, but due to NCAA transfer
rules, he spent last season on the
bench. He could practice with
the team, but he couldn’t play in
games. Now, in just seven games
with the Wolverines, Robinson
has
established
himself
as
Michigan’s top shooter and first
guard off the bench. He’s shooting
57 percent from the field this
year, and his 60-percent shooting
percentage from beyond the arc
ranks third in the country for
players with at least 20 attempts.
“It’s deadly,” LeVert said of
Robinson’s shooting. “When he
hits a couple in a row, you want
to look for him every time, every
opportunity. And he just knocks
them down.”
Unlike
Robinson,
Wagner
didn’t join the Wolverines with a
reputation for shooting, or much
of anything for that matter. He
didn’t commit until April and
came in as the biggest question
mark on the roster. Michigan
coach John Beilein hyped him up
before the season started and said
he’d have some “wow” moments
despite a big learning curve.
In his last three games, the
“wows” that have overshadowed
the
“ohs.”
Since
scoring
19
points against Charlotte in the
Wolverines’ second game at the
Battle 4 Atlantis, Wagner has gone
15-for-19 from the field. He tallied
eight points against the Wolfpack
on Tuesday, and his 23 minutes
were a personal NCAA high — he
played 22 minutes combined in
Michigan’s first four games.
In the Wolverines’ last three
contests, Robinson and Wagner
have produced 68 percent of
Michigan’s scoring off the bench.
And in the Wolverines’ first
true road game at PNC Arena,
Robinson and Wagner didn’t get
distracted by the hype and the
new setting. Robinson also played
23 minutes, and the two combined
for 25 points to help Michigan
claim its second straight Big Ten/
ACC Challenge matchup.
“Of course you feel a little bit
excited before the game when you
step into the gym and you shoot
around,” Wagner said. “But as
soon as you’re on the court, you’re
just focusing on the game.”
That focus, from a high-energy
European and a crisp-shooting
transfer, could be key as Michigan
kicks off conference play later this
month.
RUBY WALLAU/Daily
Moritz Wagner scored eight points against N.C. State on Tuesday.