One minor correction: Eligibility-wise, Dustin Penner is a junior. He'll have one more year as a Black Bear, and the way he's been improving, it should be quite a year. The truly exciting thing about this year's freshman class is that there more of them sitting in the stands as healthy scratches. Last night, we saw Penner (a first-year player, although a junior), Leveille, Hamilton, Jankus, Johnson, and Shepheard at forward and Lundeen and Mushaluk (also a first-year player, and a sophomore). Soares and Aquino are right behind the other first-year forwards, and Zabkowicz has played most of the games on defense. dave w.