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Siren and John Edwards responded to Carl Sussman's post about Brown goalie Jeff Holowaty Quite frequently, goaltenders are the most overlooked aspect of a hockey team's practice regimen - there are still schools that don't have any kind of goalie coach, voluntary or otherwise, and I've seen practices where the goalies are viewed more as alternating targets then pupils. Brown, however, probably provides goalies with as much guidance as they could ever want. For one thing, head coach Bob Gaudet was a goalie. For another, top assistant Brian Durocher was also a goalie. Gaudet generally leaves the goalie supervision to Durocher and the two have gotten good results -- witness Geoff Finch two years ago, then the nice Mike Parsons/Brian Audette transition last year. I'm not surprised that Jeff Holowaty has managed to play quite well in his first few varsity starts, nor will I be surprised when (and if) either Parsons or Audette gets another shot and comes through. Very few coaching staffs can juggle three goalies effectively at any level, but Gaudet and Durocher have proven fully capable of doing so. Another example of the benefit goaltender coaching can bring - Princeton in the Jim Higgins/Don Cahoon transition. Cahoon brought in current Merrimack assistant Mike Garagosian to work with Craig Fiander, who developed into a solid starter after floundering under Higgins. Fiander replaced Garagosian as the Tigers voluntary goalie coach. Also note the steady work of Tripp Tracy at Harvard this year now that he has Chuckie Hughes around for some voluntary coaching. On a related note, the Boston Globe reported that Hotchkiss goalie J.P. Prestifillipo (spelling?) is headed to Harvard -- I presume that means he was a) an early admit, or b) made up his mind but won't know officially until April (and minds can always change -- ask Tommy Holmes :-)). Prestifilipo is supposed to be an ace, meaning that Harvard will (once again) have two good ones with current freshman Peter Zackowich already on board. The rich get richer ... Geoff Howell Drop the Puck Magazine HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.