I'm not sure there is room for "playing offense" on a UMaine team,
especially defenders. A turnover that's not deep in the offensive zone
is just too costly for a team that rarely scores. I hope Brian is
allowed to play some offense and Keith is taught to be a complete player!
cheers, wayne
james acheson wrote, in part, on 6/20/2005 9:56 AM:
> 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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