The
Wolverines are coming!
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Michigan's
Wolverines come to the big pond |
September
24, 2003 - No it's not an X-Men invasion,
nor is it pack of skunk bear migrating South from
the tundra, it is however a group of navy and maize
striped,
stick
wielding hockey players from Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The University of Michigan's men's hockey club
comes to Champaign-Urbana to open up their regular
season against our
very own Illini hockey club this weekend. The Wolverines
skate in with an 18-11-1 record from the previous
season, and bring
with them two top goal scorers from
last years team . Forward Ryan Anderson, who stands
6' 3"
and weighs
in at 185 pounds, lead the Wolerine club with 21
goals last season and
was followed
closely by Geoff Kobayashi, who knocked in 20 goals
and helped out with 20 assists. Defensively, the
club holds there ground, allowing an average of
around 30 shots to find their way towards their
net per game. Possibly one of the weaknesses of
the
blue and gold
club may be
in its goaltending corps which allowed an over
average of
four
goals per game the prior year. The Illini are looking
to take advantage of any weakness it can find though,
and
would love
to start out their season with a 2-0 record, but
the fairly new team will have to skate around some
Michigan players to do it. The games take place
on the University of Illinois Big Pond Friday,
September
26th at 7 p.m. and then again on Saturday, September
27th at a special 1:45 p.m. start time. Tickets
are still available for both games at the Ice Arena
box
office.
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