I pretty much agree with Kathleen ... the Under-18 team was no match for 
our upperclassmen, though I really liked their Saponari ( forward headed 
to BU) and Warsofsky (defense).

Dave Wilson was OK in goal; it will be interesting to see how he plays 
in Denver, if Ben Bishop can't play.  Travis Ramsey and Simon 
Danis-Pepin were terrific on defense, with Vince Laise and Billy Ryan 
stepping it up from good work last season.

The freshmen had ups and downs, and generally looked like promising 
freshmen.   Very active were Tanner (built like a) House and Andrew 
(this is so) Sweetland (sorry!).

My 12-year-old said he'd rather have seen a Blue-White game than a game 
against high schoolers. ;-)  The attendance was *much* better than a 
Blue-White game.  Official attendance was 5,111, but I estimated 1500+ 
empty seats.  With school on holiday, there were only 150 or so students 
discussing the U-18 goalie mouthpiece.  Still, this is far greater 
income for the University than a Blue-White game, so look for similar 
events (exhibition) in future years, IMHO.

But so many players can look very good with less-strong competition, and 
blend into the background or look awful against the best.   Look for the 
weekend with Denver to tell us a lot more about the freshmen and how our 
2007-2008 season might go.

cheers, wayne

Kathleen Esposito wrote, in part,  on 2007-10-07 5:13 AM:
> Billy Ryan looked really impressive tonight with some sweet moves. 
> He's definitely going to be the team point leader this season. Laise 
> also looked really good and was all over the place in all the action. 
> A LOT of freshman played tonight. House was also in all the action and 
> I liked him a lot. Banwell was solid on D and made a great pass to 
> House that almost lead to a goal. Sweetland got some pretty assists, 
> including one that I think was from behind the net.
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