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...group of young forwards that includes two lunch-pail-and-hard-hat guys with talent—Mike Knoepfli and Shane Hynes—who any coach would take on their team. Those expecting a precipitous drop will be disappointed, especially given that Cornell has one of the best bench coaches in college hockey, Mike Schafer. Mark it down: This team will make the NCAAs...
After one of his finest seasons behind the Eli bench (18 wins), coaching legend Tim Taylor ’63 must retool this year, in the wake of star center Chris Higgins’ early departure to the Montreal Canadiens. And while the absence of Higgins is a big blow—he would have been an early Hobey Baker front-runner—the cupboard is not empty in New Haven...
...what a couple months it’s been in Hamilton. First, coach Don Vaughan takes leave of his post for the year to become interim athletic director, leaving head bench duties to trusted assistant Stan Moore. Then, prized recruit Justin Anderson left school in late September because of homesickness. On top of that, the university announced last week that it will begin offering athletic scholarships. Amid the hubbub, it’s amazing Moore has kept his guys coming to the rink everyday. But not only has he done that, he’s led them to a solid...
Having graduated five talented seniors who guided the Crimson to the championship, including Jennifer Botterill ’02-’03, the all-time leading scorer in women’s Division I history, Harvard will have to rely on the depth of its bench and look to last year’s supporting cast to step up and play leading roles for the team...
...past, everybody said “play more people, play more people,”” Stone says. “But you can’t let that type of player sit on the bench for too long, like a Botterill or an Ingram, when they are so talented and effective on the ice. And that’s why we’ve become so good...