Word: jessiman
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Welch’s ability to take away a forward’s position is highlighted by his battles with Dartmouth’s hulking left-wing Hugh Jessiman, Maine’s diminutive spark plug Martin Kariya, and BC’s quick-skating Ben Eaves...
...over the four games that Mazzoleni has matched Welch and Hafner against that line, the Crimson defense has held Dartmouth’s top two scorers—Jessiman tallied 47 points last year in his ECAC Rookie of the Year season, while junior linemate Stempniak accumulated 49—in relative check...
...match our top defense against [Dartmouth’s best offense],” Mazzoleni said. “[Gaudet] gets last change, so we could have him out there and he has the right to flip them….I don’t think Jessiman and that line has scored a goal on us in how long? Two years? We’ve had some success with that matchup...
This combination of size, reach, strength and skating ability poses problems for Dartmouth. Jessiman, at 6’5 and a bulky 215 lbs., is used to being by far the biggest man on the ice; against Hafner and especially Welch, he is not able to physically move defensemen off the puck as he has grown accustomed to against many teams...
...Jessiman] didn’t have a whole lot of open opportunities, but those two are very good defensemen, and a good goalie...