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With five minutes to go in BC's eventual 33xxx 3-3
tie with UNB, Eagle coach Jerry York was absolutely
drilled in the head with the puck by one of his
own players who wa trying to clear the zone. He was
hustled back into the dressing room but returned about
15 minutes later with a large band-aid on his forehead.
I believe he relinquished coaching dixx duties to his
assistants for the duration.
I went to interview him after the gae for a story I'm
working on and he was very groggy, but noonetheless
was very candid despite the growing bump on his head.
Some BC observations:
Goal: Greg Taylor is a pro playing the college game. He
hasn't looked back since stealing the Beanpot. He stopped
ecx everything he saw including two breakaways by UNB and
seems to be becoming more vocal on the ice now that the defense
has lost its leader in Mike Spalla. Taylor is one less headache
for York in rebuilding the eagles provided he ever gets over the
one he has now.
Defense: Undersized and easily pushed around. The three UNB goals
came when the Reds quickly collaped on the net and BC couldn't handle
the overload. Peter Masters and David Wainright looked overwhelmed
at times.
Forwards: There's some quicknes here but again its not a physical
group. They are really going to miss John Joyce as a finisher and as
a net crasher. Rob Laferriere seemed the least rusty and generated
a lot of speed through the neutral zone setting up a good deal of plays.
York: You can tell why Steve Cedorchuk failed and why York won't.
This is a guy who can go into the midwesta and Canada and sell
the BC program. He'll also be able to Break the BU lock on
recruiting kids from the Super 9 teams( whoops, Super 8) that
began when Ceglarski left. He talked about restoring stability
to what was once (an still partially is) the elite team in
college hockey. Remember, it's not good when one of the top-10 jobs
in the sport on the colegiate level has had basically four head coaches in
four years (Ceglarski, Cedor, Milbury, York).
Also, h he honestly seemed to be enjoying himself (knock to
the noggin included), an impression I never got out of Cedorchuk.
Neil Goldberg, The Daily Free Press, (BU)
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