Depleted 'M' to try again against State
Minus four regular players, including first-line wingers Jason Botterill and Bill Muckalt, the No. 1 Michigan hockey team will host No. 6 Michigan State tonight at 7 o'clock. Botterill, Muckalt and defenseman Bubba Berenzweig received game disqualifications for fighting in Saturday night's 4-1 victory over Bowling Green at Yost Ice Arena. All three will be eligible to play tomorrow at 7 p.m., when the Wolverines visit Bowling Green for a rematch.
A battle for pride: Blue, Lions look for redemption
With the actual postseason still over a month away, No. 16 Michigan and No. 11 Penn State meet tomorrow in another type of bowl game. Call it the underachievement bowl. While this may be a bit of a stretch, the point is clear. Neither team figured to be in its current position at this point in the season - tied for fourth in the Big Ten and out of the Rose Bowl race.
After Purdue, Blue can only get better
If Michigan holds true to form this weekend, the Wolverines will take care of Penn State. After all, in big games against Colorado and Michigan State, Michigan came up with big victories. Before their fourth-quarter collapse against Northwestern, the Wolverines were also beating a very good team.
Changes for women cagers begin tonight
Transition. For the Michigan women's basketball team, the word has many implications. Against the Slovak Republic tonight at 7:30 at Crisler Arena, the Wolverines will try to stop the transition game of the VSS Kosice team in Michigan's first public exhibition this season.
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