At 11:14 PM 3/11/96 EST, Tim Mustone wrote on INFO-HOCKEY-L: >When reading the Media information given to us before each game, I was kind of >surprised to read about Dan McGillis for NU. The Northeastern info office had >labelled him a Hobey Baker candidate. Paul had wrote that he had a strong ga >game for NU (in Game #1) and I must disagree with him somewhat. He obviously >was the team leader out on the ice and he made sure to introduce himself to >many of the Riverhawks and then drive them into the glass (McGillis is 6'3", >220 lb). Once the team got behind at the start of the second period, he didn't >seem to do too much out there. In the third, he took some real stupid >penalties that hurt his team more than Lowell. He did draw a Lowell player >with him to even it up, but NU couldn't skate with Lowell 4 on 4. Anyways... This has been my largest knock on McGillis. Ever since the season got rolling, I personally have not considered him a Hobey canidate. Certainly he is a great defenseman. He has great skills, but he is not always a smart player. Tim cites examples of him taking uncalled for penalties, and he hurts his team when he does that. Such a good defensemen is better served by being on the ice killing penalties, rather than putting his team a man down. Tim also talked about McGillis' size (6-3 220lb). McGillis throws this weight around, and is many times the cause for his penalites. McGillis also seems to have a very short fuse, and begins to take his game to a more personal level rather than do his job. Let it be clear that I think McGillis is a great player. I can just think of so many players who would be a better canidate for Hobey Baker than him, even at defense. He is deserving of All-Hockey East, and of much of the praise he's received. --- Deron Treadwell - [log in to unmask] University of Maine - GO BLUE! BEAT LOWELL!! Owner/Administrator: Maine Hockey Discussion List UMaine Hockey on the web: http://maine.maine.edu/~dtread41/mehockey.html --- HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.