Word: jessiman
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Dates: during 2003-2003
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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...
Mazzoleni purposely matches Welch against Jessiman, believing that his All-American defenseman has the size necessary to move the 6’5 Jessiman off the puck. And against smaller, faster forwards like Eaves and Kariya, Welch uses his long reach to poke the puck away before those players can maneuver too far into the Harvard end. His play against Kariya and the rest of Maine’s talented forwards impressed Black Bear coach Tim Whitehead...
...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...