Most Exciting Maine players I've seen in my 7 years at UMaine... 1. Jean Ives Roy: this guy "invented the game" offensively (to steal a line from Ken Dryden about Guy LaFleur in "The Game")... whenever he was on the ice I looked for something new... a side-step here, a through-the-defensemen's-legs pass there, a soft touch goal here, etc... he nearly single-handedly beat NMU in the NCAAs a few years ago... 2. Scott Pellerin: this guy epitomized clean physical play (if such an animal exists)... he more than anyone on the Maine squad could captivate a crowd with his thunderous checks (with apologies to the hyper-skating of Steve Tepper)... In Portland last year against Notre Dame, he grabbed the puck at the blue line, skated back across the red line to HIS OWN blue line, started his rush, side-stepped two or three Notre Dame defenders, BULLED his way across the goal mouth in a patented Pellerin move, and then dished it off to someone else for the goal... (bahh to goals counting more than assists)... 3. David Capuano: especially in his junior year, Capuano did Roy-like things out on the ice... I recall the time he scored a short-handed goal while penalty-killing in a 5-on-3 situation... I think he had 6 short-handed goals that year... It got so that we would look forward to a Capuano penalty killing shift... 4. Paul Kariya: what I've seen of him I'm still processing, BUT I've never before seen a stick-handler like that at UMaine... 5. Mike McHugh: I don't know about talent, but this guy was the reason why I'm a Maine hockey fan... one of the best in front of the net Maine has ever had...