Re: Union College Hockey 2014-2015 "ReUnion 2015? Why "Nott"?
http://www.timesunion.com/sports/art...ff-5841397.php
Nice article on Vecks in the TU. As much as he probably can't keep up his current scoring pace, he really could have an unprecedented season by Union standards. His skill level is phenomenal and I would think 40-50+ points is not out of the question. He also plays good D and wins 2/3rds of faceoffs.. its pretty amazing how good he is as just a soph. Hopefully he will stick around another year or 2, though wouldn't bank on it.
The article also mentions something that I think was the main key to last season and continues to be one of U's "secret weapons" - that so many players return from summer break significantly improved. It really blew me away last season that not only players that had previously been 3rd or 4th liners improved, but that players like Carr, Ghost, Ciampini also were better - in Champ's case very significantly better. Its become something that I think most of us expect now, but I can tell you that this doesn't happen in most programs and certainly didn't happen much at all in U's first ~15 years in D-I. The coaches and support staff obviously do a great job of identifying players weaknesses and helping them find ways to work on them, but as Bennett says in the article, a lot is just the mindset and culture of the players/team that they're not going to just sit back and have a couple cold-ones on the dock over the summer.
http://www.timesunion.com/sports/art...ff-5841397.php
Nice article on Vecks in the TU. As much as he probably can't keep up his current scoring pace, he really could have an unprecedented season by Union standards. His skill level is phenomenal and I would think 40-50+ points is not out of the question. He also plays good D and wins 2/3rds of faceoffs.. its pretty amazing how good he is as just a soph. Hopefully he will stick around another year or 2, though wouldn't bank on it.
The article also mentions something that I think was the main key to last season and continues to be one of U's "secret weapons" - that so many players return from summer break significantly improved. It really blew me away last season that not only players that had previously been 3rd or 4th liners improved, but that players like Carr, Ghost, Ciampini also were better - in Champ's case very significantly better. Its become something that I think most of us expect now, but I can tell you that this doesn't happen in most programs and certainly didn't happen much at all in U's first ~15 years in D-I. The coaches and support staff obviously do a great job of identifying players weaknesses and helping them find ways to work on them, but as Bennett says in the article, a lot is just the mindset and culture of the players/team that they're not going to just sit back and have a couple cold-ones on the dock over the summer.
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