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> Cheyne knows role with CC, and he's a tiger about it
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> By Steve Page
>
> Travis Cheyne stands 6-foot-2 and weighs 210 pounds.
>
> That combination of height and weight makes the sophomore left wing from
> North Battleford, Saskatchewan, the heftiest of Colorado College's Tigers.
>
> Cheyne makes no bones about his bones.
>
> "I guess I'm just a big guy," he said. "My job is to lay some bodies on the
> ice, and create some room for (right wing Peter) Geronazzo and (center
> Colin) Schmidt."
>
> Cheyne's style of play works.
>
> Geronazzo, a senior from Trail, British Columbia, is the No. 2 overall
> scorer in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association with 14 points on eight
> goals and six assists. He leads the league in goals.
>
> Schmidt, a senior from Regina, Saskatchewan, is eighth with 11 points on six
> goals and five assists.
>
> Cheyne has one goal and four assists and is happy about that.
>
> "Anything I do offensively is a bonus," said Cheyne (rhymes with Shane).
> "I'm just supposed to go get the puck. I don't look at myself as the guy to
> finish it. Their job is to put the puck in the net. As long as we're scoring
> five-on-five, it's good."
>
> Good enough to help keep the Tigers at No. 2 in the Gazette Telegraph's
> composite poll as they head into this weekend's WCHA series at Michigan
> Tech.
>
> Schmidt's line plays the game about as subtly as, well, hockey players.
>
> The trio's size and background have much to do with that. Schmidt runs 6-0,
> 198; Geronazzo is 5-11, 190.
>
> All three revel in crashing the opposing nets.
>
> "We're three boys from Canada," Cheyne said. "We all played in Saskatchewan
> at one time or another. In Saskatchewan, that's the kind of game you play."
>
> Schmidt says Cheyne fits.
>
> "He works well with us," Schmidt said. "He knows how to get in the corners
> and dig for the puck. We all have a role, and he knows what his is."
>
> Cheyne said he just forgot how he arrived last season. That cost him his
> spot on this line until this year.
>
> "They threw us together for a while last year," he said. "I guess I slacked
> off.
>
> "Now, I know if I keep my work ethic up, I'll stay. It's a lot more fun."
>
> So is playing, Cheyne said, after the Tigers were idle last weekend. A week
> earlier, they improved their record to 5-0-1 with a 7-1, 10-1 sweep at
> Northern Michigan. Cheyne scored a goal and set up two others in the 10-1
> romp. He has scored 12 of his 16 career points on the road.
>
> "It'll be good to get on the road again and challenge a pretty good team,"
> he said.
>
> "Last week was a nice change. But it just feels like you should be doing
> something else."
>
> Like banging people around and getting the puck to his linemates.
>
> TIME CHANGE: It appears CC will play its Nov. 18 home game against Northern
> Michigan at 1:35 p.m., rather than the scheduled 7:05. The change, which
> should become official today, was necessitated by Air Force moving its home
> football game against Notre Dame to 6:30 p.m. to accommodate ESPN.
>
> While it awaits construction of a proposed municipal arena, CC plays its
> home contests at the academy's Cadet Ice Arena.
>
 
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