Thank You Seniors

Four Point Weekend, continued Line Shakeup success, and Dan DiLeo

**Edit: I started writing this Tuesday. This week got really hectic. The game commentaries at the bottom are a bit shortened. Sorry about that, I'll do better next week**

It was a great weekend to celebrate the 8 guys in my graduating year. They've accomplished a lot in their four years. It was really classy of Schafer to start 5 seniors, and it made everyone happy to see Dan DiLeo get into the game, and even make a quality save. Schafer always says he thinks the world of Dan's work ethic, and it must be tough to be a member of the team for four years, putting in all the time, and then to see only 5 minutes of game time over the whole four years. It was great to see Lynah give him a roar and a standing ovation, and a lot of fun to see him make a quaity save.

Some random thoughts first and then, since I did not get a chance over the weekend, some comments on each game

In 4 games prior to the line shakeup, our offense was getting average 1 goal per game (2, 1, 1, 0). In 4 games since, we've averaged 3.75 goals per game (4,2,4,5). It clearly has not been long enough to draw conclusions, but those numbers appear astounding. My favorite part about it is the distribution of scoring. Opponents now need to cover 3 quality scoring lines, and it shows. In Harvard and Dartmouth, the Greening was on fire. This weekend the Greening line couldn't get going as well, but that's fine, because one night the Michael Kennedy line picks up the slack, another night the Nash line does. Its easier to get out of a scoring slump when you are not relying on one line to generate all of the offense.

One of the biggest teamwide improvements over past years is (in my opinion) the start of games. Scoring a quick goal really changes the tone of the game. Everyone remembers the big games last season where we would let up 3 in the first 10 minutes, and spend the next 50 trying to claw our way back up. Its much better this way.

FRIDAY, RPI
See what happens when you give Tyler Mugford some time and space to shoot? I really like this line. and I don't think its a coincidence that the first game that Mugford has more ice time, he pots 2.
Overall, we played a great 1st period. I thought we sat back a little bit after that, but hey, when you have a 3-0 lead vs RPI, i guess you can afford to do that

SATURDAY, UNION
Just think if Riley decided to score every night.
A 6 point weekend for Riley Nash, who finally decided to show some of the potential that we've all heard about. Overall, the team played a much more complete game, in my mind. They put a good game together for the seniors.

[Sorry again for the brevity. Back in full force next week]