January 27, 1979 (vol. 89, iss. 98) • Page Image 7
… Yost Ice Arena as the Blue icers 'downed Notre Dame 6-4, halting an eight game losing streak and giving the 'Wolverines renewed hope in their late 'season run at the playoffs. MICHIGAN UPPED their record…
… Wheeler and knocked past Notre Dame goalie Dave Laurion, giving the Wolverines a 4-3 lead going into the final period. By MARK MIHANOVIC ?C? v:":i ii Ly{? ti !' %: .fi ?i ' i4 ii fJ {$:ti; 4 '?< rte? }j…
… points. Indiana coach Jim ''Doc " Counsilman put it sin ply: "Of course, Chelich was great." The Michigan victory set up a possible showdown between the Wolverine and Hoosier swimmers at the Big Ten…
… realizing that Orr is working with a team of only moderate talents, the better. And for that same reason I think that the Wolverines' 49-48 victory over the Spartans was a coaching masterpiece. Orr took a…
… collection of individual talents and parlayed them to the ut- most against the Spartans, who quite frankly are a better overall team than Michigan. As in the loss to Ohio State, the Wolverines were up against…
… least, that criticism of Orr is unwarranted. The Wolverines started out sluggishly on offense, and the Spartans would have blown the Wolverines out in the first half were it nqt for Staton's defensive…
… handcuffing of Earvin Johnson. Offensively the Blue cagers were penetrating but missing inside shots, and the Wolverines found themselves down by a 28-17 margin. Despite Michigan's intensity, it looked like…
… things were getting out of hand. Enter Marty Bodnar. The 6-3 sophomore canned a pair of set shots from the corners and the Wolverines regained some of their lost momentum, narrowing the gap to 30-23 at the…
… right over into the second half. He (Bodnar) was in on four baskets-he hit two and assisted for two, and he really got us moving." In the second half the Wolverines went back to the starters and went back…