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...Harvard’s 12 NHL draft picks impressed pro scouts with their size, their skating or their shot, Turano’s greatest skill has always been difficult to quantify. But if players were judged on the great intangible statistic of effort per shift, he might be an All-American...
Going away to college isn't the same these days. Once upon an All-American time, Mom and Dad unloaded the station wagon as their starry-eyed scholar surveyed the campus with a heart full of hope and a mind on fire with plans. The mood was wistful and optimistic; the future looked bright despite the tearful farewells. But a shadow has fallen among the ivory towers. A growing number of students arrive on campus suffering from depression and other emotional disorders--some diagnosed, some hidden. So that traditional moment of new beginnings is haunted by deep anxiety and gloom...
...Last year was a very incomplete season,” said junior all-American defenseman Noah Welch. “We won 20 games, but we had a restless offseason because we know we have something to prove...
...addition to Cavanagh, Welch must improve upon his performance from a year ago, a year in which he was named an all-American. He garners accolades from opposing coaches wherever he plays. Dartmouth coach Bob Gaudet has credited Welch as that rare kind of player who makes all those on the ice with him better, and BC coach Jerry York has labeled him as one of the best rear-guards in the country. But there were times last season when Welch’s youth showed through, primarily when taking a bad penalty. He has, and has shown, the ability...
That’s a lot of hypotheticals—if Harvard can win 12 of its first 15 games, if an all-American can improve on his performance from a year ago, if a junior can replace two of the best centers the Crimson has seen in the last decade. If, if, if. Lots of hypotheticals, but lots of possibilities as well. The foremost among those possibilities—the chance to succeed where the last two Harvard hockey teams have not, in the crucial season-making-or-breaking games...