March 09, 1955 (vol. 65, iss. 108) • Page Image 3
… Tigers certainly aided Vic Heyliger's Michigan Wolverines on their march to the NCAA playoffs. One of the main reasons that the Wolverine icers were able to land the second place spot in the league…
… to earn the playoff slot with another late season surge, a trademark of the last three Wolverine hockey seasons. Although any NCAA hockey fan would admit that the playoffs just wouldn't be the same…
…, in their minds they know only too well that most likely their Tigers will have to take care of Vic Heyliger and his squad if they are to win the title. In Colorado Springs the Wolverines are known as…
… the "New York Yankees of college hockey," a squad that will employ every trick in the book to win a game. The local fans respect the Wolverines, but at the same time they dislike them intensely. When…
… intense, the Wolverines appearing as "mean" hockey play- ers and their coach as a "villain." They blame the failure of Colorado College to win a berth in the 1953 tournament to a last minute eligibility…
… the ruling helped the Wolver- ines to their third straight championship. The "hate Michigan" complex seemed to mount last year when the Wolverines, playing their usual style of close contact hockey…