Other thread closed so I better get this going. Last year we opened some eyes with one of our best recruiting classes in some years. With a year's experience I can only think they are going to be even better. We have seven forwards that can skate with any opposing lines in our league, if not in all of college hockey. Five sophomores, Spink, Spink,Baun,Murphy, and Bortkowski, Lidgett and Wilson are juniors. Some serious speed there, and all coming back next year.
Six freshmen forwards will give us some depth, I don't know too much about them(sorry) but if two or three of them can produce and are fast we will have three very talented lines. Andrew Black 44 GP 30 goals 36 assists looks like he can be our eighth forward, Derrick Freeman 6-1 200#, Tim Harrison 6-3 180# will add some size and fight for starting time. We should have a balanced three line attack which we haven't had in some time, in the past it was stop our best line and you stop Colgate, not anymore.
In goal freshman Charlie Finn comes in rated very highly, 39 GP eight shutouts 2.15 GAA .941 SAA. He is supposed to be a major impact player immediately, as they say, it all starts with your stopper. Finney and Mihalek have shown glimpses of great play so it will be an interesting battle for the #1 job.
Defense will be led by Goulakis(nothing needs to be said about him) sophomores Johnston and Lough, Corcoran, and two incoming frosh Corkey, Kulevich(6-2 190#). We are thin defensively, if we have an Achilles heel it might be our lack of depth in this area.
Overall the sky is the limit for this team, very fast, very talented and with Spiro leading the power play we should have no problem scoring. At one point last year we were nine for sixteen on the PP. Let's hope the defenseman mature quickly and stay healthy.
Great home schedule opening against Ferris State(two)St Cloud St (two), and UMass (two), interesting game vs The Russian Red Jr team on New Years eve . I am very optimistic(not cautiously) plus the fact we only lose two players this year. The immediate future is good !
Six freshmen forwards will give us some depth, I don't know too much about them(sorry) but if two or three of them can produce and are fast we will have three very talented lines. Andrew Black 44 GP 30 goals 36 assists looks like he can be our eighth forward, Derrick Freeman 6-1 200#, Tim Harrison 6-3 180# will add some size and fight for starting time. We should have a balanced three line attack which we haven't had in some time, in the past it was stop our best line and you stop Colgate, not anymore.
In goal freshman Charlie Finn comes in rated very highly, 39 GP eight shutouts 2.15 GAA .941 SAA. He is supposed to be a major impact player immediately, as they say, it all starts with your stopper. Finney and Mihalek have shown glimpses of great play so it will be an interesting battle for the #1 job.
Defense will be led by Goulakis(nothing needs to be said about him) sophomores Johnston and Lough, Corcoran, and two incoming frosh Corkey, Kulevich(6-2 190#). We are thin defensively, if we have an Achilles heel it might be our lack of depth in this area.
Overall the sky is the limit for this team, very fast, very talented and with Spiro leading the power play we should have no problem scoring. At one point last year we were nine for sixteen on the PP. Let's hope the defenseman mature quickly and stay healthy.
Great home schedule opening against Ferris State(two)St Cloud St (two), and UMass (two), interesting game vs The Russian Red Jr team on New Years eve . I am very optimistic(not cautiously) plus the fact we only lose two players this year. The immediate future is good !
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