Originally posted by HockeyRef
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They have plenty of experienced and proven players amongst their upperclassmen - who, may take a back seat in general talent to the underclassmen but absolutely have to contribute for this team to be successful. And aside from any contributions their JOB as upperclassmen is to make sure the team is ready to play every night and/or set the tone with ply of their own...
Even Wyse, Blackburn, Grasso and BVR have all played well over 50 games at UNH - filling primary roles from day one.
Of course the two FR D have been thrown right into the fire - but a hard-luck +/- last night and a bad Fri turnover for Gildon aside - the goals against problems this weekend were on the G and the F's (exactly what they identified and worked on coming into and early in the season), in my opinion, and two areas where they aren't that young...
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They also got stoned on a number of offensive chances this weekend - I'm talking about one on one with the goalie or gaping net type chances. The offensive 'leader' now has five goals this season - all coming in a total of three games. Which means he's on pace for half his production from last year and has been a non-factor on the scoresheet 14 out of 17 nights....
Dramatically lifting his linemates was my pro-Hobey argument for him at the time and its been further proven this season - TK was the dominant player in college hockey last year...
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