Re: SCSU Off-season thread 2; DL's NOT DEAD!
Not a good way to start.
First practice, Eddy goes down, out at least a month.
Bad news out of the first day of practice for the SCSU men's hockey team. Freshman forward David Eddy suffered a "lower-body" injury on Friday and was unable to participate in the first official day of workouts on Saturday. He is expected to miss the first 4-6 weeks of the season, based on a preliminary diagnosis, according to Huskies coach Bob Motzko. Eddy's absence leaves the lineup for Sunday's exhibition against Lethbridge University looking like this:
Forwards
Jordy Christian-Drew LeBlanc-Mitch Ryan/Ryan Peckskamp
Jared Festler-Garrett Roe-Brian Volpei
Ben Hanowski-Aaron Marvin-Ryan Lasch
Tony Mosey-Nick Oslund-Travis Novak
Defensemen
Nic Rioux-Garrett Raboin
Sam Zabkowicz-Chris Hepp
Oliver Lauridsen-Brett Barta
Jon Ammerman
Goalies
Dan Dunn will play the first period, Mike Lee the second and Nate Hardy the third.
The only healthy scratches are senior defenseman Craig Gaudet and freshman defenseman Taylor Johnson.
In other news, Motzko said the team has engaged a volunteer goaltending coach to replace Justin Johnson, who returned to his alma mater, the University of Minnesota. The new addition is Michael Ayers, a 29-year-old former New Hampshire goalie whose career topped out with 28 games in the AHL -- most recently with Norfolk in 2006-07. A native of Higham, Mass., now in Minnesota, he was a sixth-round pick of the Chicago Blackhawks in 2000. He also played briefly in Sweden in 2007-08. Husky fans will better remember Ayers as the Wildcats goalie who stopped 35 of 37 shots to beat SCSU 5-2 in the 2003 NCAA Tournament.