-->  I'm certain that Scott Beattie's senior year (91-92) resulted in far
-->  less scoring than his earlier ones because he WAS shadowed (not to
-->  mention undressed!) by nearly everyone NMU played, both home and away.
-->  It also probably accounts for the extraordinary year Dallas Drake had,
-->  and in part for Jim Hiller's scoring resurgence last year.
 
For the _true_ offensive greats, "shadowing" does not affect them much...
 
Just kidding... Some players are able to handle the shadowing better than
others...  The scouts can see this when they watch how other teams handle
big players... For one, Joe Juneau, could have as many as 3 guys on him but
when he had the puck, he was unstoppable...  Kariya will probably see the
same being such a high profile freshman high scorer he can look forward to
three years of everything but the kitchen sink...  "Shadowing" does work
on some but you leave others with potential open to take up the slack
of the "shadowed" big gun...
 
- Steve C.