Various news articles from the past week or so have quoted both Coach
Berenson and various players on this question.  Everybody cites that "Lost
Weekend" as the beginning of the run.  Those losses emphasized the
importance of team defense.  The team seemed to get the message and has
responded well.
 
Crozier was very impressive in the early weeks of the season and even
earned the right to play on the top line.  After his production fell off,
however, he kept getting moved down through the lines.  For most of the
second half of the season he has been on the fourth line.  Finally he seems
to have his confidence back again.  It was surprising to me how much ice
time the fourth line got last night - coaches often cut the playing time of the
fourth line in big games.
 
GO BLUE!!
 
Bill McNitt
 
>>> Leigh M Torbin <[log in to unmask]> 03/29/96 01:44am >>>
        I'm wondering what impact that sweep in the Soo had on the team.
I saw them early in the season schmucking Maine and they clearly had "the
right stuff." Then, although I didn't see too much of the team, reports here
had the team slowly declining, all up until that nasty weekend on the upper
peninsula. Since then I've seen all or part of three Michigan games on TV,
and that's not the same team as the one from mid-season. That's the team
that clobbered Maine. How much of an impact did the Lake State sweep
have in the grand scheme of things and full-season overview, and what was
done to make the turn-around?
                                * * *
        Excuse me while I indulge myself for a moment. When recruiting lists
were coming out this time last year, people talked about a down year overall
for Michigan recruiting wise, but having known his abilities from prep
school,
I warned the CCHA to beware Greg Crozier. Guess I was right tonight. A
pair of goals for the former Spartan (Lawrence Adademy Spartan that is)
turned Wolverine.
                                * * *
        The mood at Rafters in Amherst was jubilant. People here remember
well how BU ran up the score in our playoff loss there, and gladly put
conference pride aside to revel in BU's defeat. Yes, Tommy Noble was
given BU's very own sieve chant after each goal...a nice tough me thinks.
And one guy in a Michigan sweatshirt was overheard singing "Hail to the
Victors."
        College hockey was the big winner in the deuling TVs. No one really
wanted to watch the Bruins blow a 3-1 third period lead against
Montreal, and despite St. Joe's carring the A-10 flag in the NIT title game,
most attention was focused on a TV showing the action on
Cncinnati's not-so-frozen pond.
 
Leigh [log in to unmask]
Who'll probably say "Go Blue!" against CC, but cerainly will be rooting
against the guys in blue Saturday night about 8 p.m.
 
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