By Ed Sessa
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12/06/18
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
12/06/18
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Release Date: Thursday, December 6, 2018
ACROSS
1 Free-speech
inhibitor
7 Rep.’s opponent
10 Southwest art
colony
14 From the
beginning
15 Blood type
letters
16 Palindromic
French pronoun
17 Heist that really
puts a burglar on
the map?
20 Seeded
21 Corrida cheer
22 Cable network
that airs vintage
sitcoms
23 Place for rest and
exercise
24 AFL partner
25 Retro renege?
32 “Me too”
33 Word with goal or
detail
35 Remote power
sources
36 Bucks
38 Top of le corps
39 Purplish reds
41 Oil __
42 Unexpected
visit from a
hippie?
45 Two for dinner?
46 Made a getaway
47 Performer with a
record 21 Oscar
nominations
51 ESPN
broadcaster
Shriver
52 Energy units
56 Scene-stealing
understudy?
59 Sushi seaweed
60 Trauma ctrs.
61 Delicate
62 Did 90, say
63 Took a load off
64 Relaxed
DOWN
1 Speaks freely
2 Spherical hairdo
3 Went up a size
4 Low-fat
5 Say “pretty
please,” say
6 Actress
Goldberg
7 Oasis fruit
8 Weaken
9 Wednesday’s
mom
10 Blue-green hue
11 __-Seltzer
12 Lena of “Alias”
13 Really excite
18 __ Bator
19 Call to mind
23 Master moguls
24 Fenway great
Yastrzemski
25 Corporate body
26 Red who put out
fires
27 Jerry’s neighbor
28 Help for a child at
a parade
29 Like some bar
offerings
30 Development
sites
31 Grand __
National Park
32 __ bunt:
productive MLB
out
34 Mink lair
36 Marshmallow-
filled treats
37 Burden
40 Clip
41 “__ appétit!”
43 “Shoot!”
44 Wyndham-
owned chain
47 Taxpayer IDs
48 Firebird roof
option
49 More than pink
50 City near Vance
Air Force Base
51 Hissed attention-
getter
52 Pop singer
Brickell
53 “Mazes and
Monsters”
novelist Jaffe
54 Inner workings
55 Lid problem
57 FDR agency
58 __ King Cole
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Sports
Thursday, December 6, 2018 — 5A
Though Michigan can only
have one of freshman Strauss
Mann
or
junior
Hayden
Lavigne in the net at a time,
and a permanent starter may
emerge among them, the two
goaltenders continue to forge a
relationship unique to the two
of them and the position itself.
Yet,
they
remain
in
competition.
Lavigne
and
Mann are hovering around .500
with Michigan looking for a
spark.
Both netminders have almost
identical stat lines — 3.28
goals
allowed
against, 177 saves
and a .881 save
percentage
for
Mann
compared
to 3.20, 179, .877
for Lavigne. Still,
each player brings
something unique
to the table. While
Mann is more of a
rangy goaltender
that wanders out
of the net, Lavigne prefers to sit
back patiently in the crease.
“I think goalie is a special
position,”
said
Michigan
coach
Mel
Pearson.
“With
forwards you have 15 forwards
and you play 12 ... It’s a little
bit different. It’s a unique
relationship between goalies.
Goalies are different.”
Pearson’s
sentiment
also
holds true in the way that
Lavigne and Mann process the
ups and downs of the game.
Lavigne is someone who rides
the waves of his emotions —
positive or negative — while
Mann is more straight-lined,
not having or showing much of
a reaction to anything.
“Mann’s
always
been
very
upbeat,
very
positive,
intelligent,
competitive
and
he’s an easy guy to talk to and
he’s always been that way,”
Pearson said. “He’s a pretty
level-headed kid. I don’t think
he can tell if he’s won a game
or lost a game. His highs aren’t
really high, but his lows aren’t
really low.”
In Michigan’s run to the
Frozen Four, LaFontaine served
as
Lavigne’s
confidant
—
someone
whose
shoulder
he
could
lean
on in spite of
the
ongoing
competition.
Mann doesn’t
fulfill
this
role,
and
shouldn’t
necessarily. As a freshman, he
needs time to adjust to college
hockey and get comfortable
himself
at
Michigan
—
something that Lavigne and
LaFontaine had the luxury of
doing together.
Rather,
Mann
guides
by
example more than by direct
emotional
support.
Though
Mann was thrown into the
fire in his first start in a 6-5
loss at Western Michigan and
withstood a 12-goal offensive
onslaught to split two starts at
Penn State, his reaction was no
different to those games than it
was in wins.
“I think it’s important to
show excitement when it’s due,
but at the same time you have
to be able to restrain that (non)
excitement when it’s negative,”
Lavigne
said.
“Looking
at
Strauss, that’s something I can
learn from him, he’s really good
at just goaltending without
getting frustrated. There’s stuff
we can learn from each other,
and the median between us
both is the spot that we want to
try to get to.”
It’s exactly that collaborative
mindset, though, that keeps
Mann level-headed in the face
of the competition and season
at hand. Sure, it might have
stung not to get a start in either
game in the Wisconsin series
after playing both games in
State College. He and Lavigne,
however,
know
that
every
moment, whether it’s on or off
the ice, serves as an opportunity
to help the team out and further
their respective career arcs.
“The interesting part about
the goalie-partner relationship
is that there can only be one guy
in the net,” Mann said. “So just
that being a fact, it gets very
competitive between the two
goalies, because at the end of
the day you want to be the one
in the net. But at the same time,
you have to realize that your
career is a journey, and even if
you’re not playing you can still
get better in so many ways and
learn stuff from your partner.”
In midst of competition, Mann and
Lavigne learning from each other
RIAN RATNAVALE
Daily Sports Writer
EVAN AARON/Daily
Junior goaltender Hayden Lavigne is competing with freshman Strauss Mann for the Wolverines’ starting job.
The kid from somewhere else:
Cam York commits to Michigan
When Cam York took the ice
at Yost Ice Arena for the first
time as a member of the U.S.
National Team Development
Program’s U18 team, he didn’t
know that it would be his
future home arena.
York
initially
committed
to Boston College back in
2016, largely because of then-
associate head coach Greg
Brown. Brown coached the
defensemen, which drew York
to the Eagles. When Brown left
to be an assistant coach for the
New York Rangers, York went
looking for other options.
“With
(Boston
College)
losing
their
defensive
head
coach,
that was a big
reason
why
I went there
in
the
first
place, so it was
disappointing
to me,” York
said.
“I
decommitted
from there and
looked at other options and
Michigan was the place for me.
I think with their coaching
staff and their facilities and
what they have to offer, I knew
that Michigan was the right
choice.”
While
he
was
leaning
toward Michigan, York was
still
uncommitted
when
the NTDP played at Yost in
October.
But it didn’t take too long
during that game for the crowd
to show him what Michigan
hockey is all about.
“I think that was kind of
the cherry on top,” York said.
“That’s what kind of sold me,
for sure. Just the atmosphere
of that place and just the way
that Michigan fans support
their team. It’s a special
place.”
And
just
a
few
weeks
after
playing
that
game,
York
officially
announced
his
commitment
to
the
Wolverines. He is Michigan’s
12th commitment for the class
of 2019 — a class that ranks
first in the nation, according
to Neutral Zone.
York is eligible for the 2019
NHL Entry Draft, and many
expect him to be a first-round
pick. He ranks inside the top
20 among eligible prospects by
four of the six major scouting
websites.
His skill as a two-way
defenseman is exemplified by
the fact that he has 16 points in
22 games this season, as well
as a plus-minus
rating of plus-
nine.
The
NTDP
has sent quite
a
few
players
to
join
the
college
ranks
at Michigan in
the
past
few
years, including
sophomore
defenseman
Quinn Hughes and sophomore
forward Josh Norris. York’s
class seems to be no exception,
as
he
and
forward
John
Beecher are set to join the
Wolverines next fall.
“We’re super excited,” York
said. “Me and (Beecher) have
become pretty good friends
here. He’s a really good player,
so I’m really excited to be able
to play with him at the college
hockey level.”
In
addition
to
playing
with his current teammate,
York is also excited to play
for a team that has such
widespread support. Hailing
from Anaheim Hills, Calif.
— not exactly a hotbed for
hockey — the fervor with
which Michigan fans support
the Wolverines was one of the
first things he noticed when he
started thinking about coming
to Michigan, even outside Yost
Ice Arena.
“You
see
guys
wearing
Michigan
hoodies,
there’s
Michigan on license plates
and stuff like that,” York said.
“The state of Michigan just
supports their team so much
and I think that’s something
that I really noticed and was
really drawn to as a kid from
somewhere else.”
If York gets drafted as high
as he’s expected to be this
summer, he’ll take the ice for
the Wolverines next year with
plenty of attention.
Those Michigan fans he’s
so drawn to will have their
eyes on him — the kid from
somewhere else.
BAILEY JOHNSON
Daily Sports Writer
FILE PHOTO/Daily
Michigan coach Mel Pearson recently secured Cam York’s commitment.
“The state of
Michigan just
supports their
team so much.”
“It gets very
competitive
between the
two goalies.”