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Harvard coach Mark Mazzoleni lauds Welch??€™s quickness, long reach, and physical play in the defensive zone, a combination that does not always go together. Listed at 6’4 and 212 lbs., Welch has the size to out-muscle nearly every forward who crosses his blue line. What is unusual is to have that strength and size combined with his skating ability...
...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...
...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 to contribute offensively and to dominate his end of the ice. The question now becomes, how consistently can he control a game...
Still, both players made the team and were immediately made defensive partners. Soon after, they became buddies, too, forcing their parents to drive them the 40 minutes between Welch??€™s Brighton home and Lannon’s house in Grafton...
After two years with the Minutemen, Welch was cut, and he switched over to the Boston University Junior Terriers, a squad much closer to home. Half a season later—much to Welch??€™s delight—Lannon followed...