{"id":23738,"date":"2001-01-11T15:05:22","date_gmt":"2001-01-11T21:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2001\/01\/11\/umass-adds-defenseman\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:54:10","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:54:10","slug":"umass-adds-defenseman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2001\/01\/11\/umass-adds-defenseman\/","title":{"rendered":"UMass Adds Defenseman"},"content":{"rendered":"
Defenseman Nick Kuiper has been added to the UMass-Amherst roster and is expected to play this weekend.<\/p>\n
Kuiper (6-foot-2, 185 pounds) was in his second year of playing for the Hawkesbury Hawks in the Central Junior A Hockey League in eastern Ontario. He played 32 games and scored seven goals and 10 assists for 17 points.<\/p>\n
He is currently enrolled in the school and is considered a freshman both academically and athletically.<\/p>\n
“Nick is going to be a good addition to our team,” said Cahoon of the 18-year-old. “He skates real well and has great hockey sense. It is going to be a big adjustment for him both physically and mentally.<\/p>\n
“He will help to add some depth and quickness to our defense.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Defenseman Nick Kuiper has been added to the UMass-Amherst roster and is expected to play this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n