I am sure BRIAN Yandle will be allowed to play plenty of offense in
Durham.  They question is, will KEITH ?  (Sorry, couldn't resist!)  ;-)


-Deron

--- james acheson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I hate to be a wet blanket, but don't you suppose that if the BDN had
> written an article about landing Tim Maxwell last year, it would have
> read the same?
>
> "Maine lands a top scoring defenseman in Tim Maxwell"
>
> I sure hope that Brian is "allowed" to play some offense
>
> Anthony DelMonaco <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=115259
>
> UM gets top-scoring defenseman
>
> Keith Yandle, a defenseman who was the leading scorer at Cushing
> Academy (Mass.) this past season, has verbally committed to attend
> the University of Maine.
>
> He is the younger brother of University of New Hampshire defenseman
> Brian Yandle, who was one of the nation's top scoring defensemen last
> season with 13 goals and 22 assists in 41 games.
>
> "I was supposed to go to UNH, but things fell through so Maine jumped
> on the opportunity and, luckily, they had a full scholarship still
> open," said Keith Yandle, who had 14 goals and 40 assists in 34 games
> for Cushing.
>
> The 18-year-old Yandle said his former Cushing Academy teammate,
> Billy Ryan, who was a freshman left winger at Maine this past season,
> played a role in his decision.
>
> "Billy is my best friend, I'm around him all the time, and he told me
> how much he loved it at Maine. I think I'll feel comfortable up
> there," said Yandle who has been invited to the U.S. N! ational
> Junior team's tryout camp in Lake Placid, N.Y. on Aug. 5-14.
>
> Both are from Milton, Mass.
>
> The 6-foot-2, 195-pound Yandle said he talked to Maine players like
> center Derek Damon and that he was aware of the winning tradition at
> Maine.
>
> He added that he talked to head coach Tim Whitehead and assistant
> Grant Standbrook "and they sold me on the program. I feel I can learn
> so much from both of them."
>
> Cushing coach Steve Jacobs said Maine landed "quite a catch."
>
> "I think he's going to be a dominant player right away. He can really
> skate, he has great vision and he's a real tough kid," said Jacobs.
> "He's got the long reach and can really dangle with the puck. He has
> great imagination out there and can really make things happen."
>
> He was an All-New England first-team selection and is a "great
> leader" according to Jacobs.
>
> Yandle, who had 14 goals and 48 assists for Cushing two years ago,
> quarterbacked the Cushing Academy power play and t! hat has been a
> Black Bear weakness in recent years.
>
> Yandle said he has been an offensive-oriented player his whole life
> and is hoping to help the Bears out in that department next season.
>
> Yandle's status is dependent upon his admission to the school and his
> being cleared by the NCAA Clearinghouse.
>
>
>
> "I was supposed to go to UNH, but things fell through so Maine jumped
> on the opportunity and, luckily, they had a full scholarship still
> open."
>
> Keith Yandle
>
>
>
>
> If you don't have the best of everything, make the best of everything
> you have
>
> -Shawn Walsh
>
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