OK....who were the three stars of the blue/white..game?? also what were the stats on that game?? > ---------- > From: Deron Treadwell[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, October 15, 1998 7:24 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Goalie and Blue/White Comments > > At 08:36 AM 10/13/98 -0400, Zolt, Jeff wrote: > >Any thoughts on who will be starting goalie this year for U/Maine??? > > I just wanted to weigh in on this question and post some other > observations > from the preseason as we get ready for Game 1 Friday night. > > The goalie job is Alfie Michaud's to lose, but Mike Morrison has > really > impressed me in the preseason. In both the Hockey Maddness and > Blue/White > scrimmages, he may very well have been the best goaltender. He's big > and > aggressive. I like him and I think he's an excellent addition to the > program. > > Matt Yeats won't be available till December, but I think he's clearly > the > #3 goalie and if he's not needed it might be good to try and red-shirt > him. > The only problem I see with that is that he will have already been > here > one year as of January. Tough to ask a kid to be a freshman NEXT fall > after being here a year and a half. > > That said, Alfie looked good too. However one problem is he still > can't > stop a breakaway to save his life. One of the problems he has had > over the > past couple of years is stopping players in alone. Now, you can say > that > should never happen, but it will. In the Blue/White game Alfie faced > two > breakaways and let in two goals. We'll see what happens. > > The defense looks great for Maine. Metcalf and Janik are smooth > rookies > and while I haven't seen the starting defensive pairs yet, I'd expect > both > to be starting. Defense was certainly a weak point and to have such a > great recruiting class on the blue line is wonderful. I've heard good > things about Ed Wood too, but he was hurt during the Blue/White game. > > Up front, Maine looks much deeper than they have been in any year > recently. > Many good players will sit for the Black Bears. Barrett Heisten is > the > real deal. This kid came in highly touted and so far he's shown why. > He'll play with Kariya and could put up some big numbers. > > Another guy who I love early on is Brendan Walsh. Every other team in > Hockey East is going to hate this kid because he is so feisty on the > ice. > He is a scrapper and hopefully he won't take dumb penalities, but > there is > a lot of potential there. > > Kariya looks faster and more skilled every year! Dan Kerluke has a > new > hair color and I was real impressed with him this preseason. His > intensity > was terrific and he already has a cannon of a shot. Anders Lundback > continues to impress on defense, he'll be a mainstay. Cory Larose > netted a > pair of goals in the Blue/White game. Two straight 40+ point seasons > for > Larose, this is a key year for him. It would be great to see him turn > into > an elite player in the league. > > A couple other notes. One, the intensity in the two scrimmages I saw > was > incredible. Everyone played hard and you could tell that both sides > wanted > to win. I think this is important as we enter the season that the > intensity is already there from the start. > > Finally, I want to give credit to BILL STEWART for his remarkable pick > of > the Three Stars of the Blue/White game. He picked it exactly.. now > I'd > like to see him post his Hockey East/National picks!! I'll throw my > own > out there for discussion later! > > Too bad no one locally is picking up the games this weekend on TV. > > Drop the Puck!! > > --- > Deron Treadwell - [log in to unmask] >