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Offense<\/b><\/p>\n

Colgate hasn’t bullied anyone in a while, and doesn’t look especially belligerent this year either. Burton (23-18-41) and Winchester (8-29-37) finished one-two on the team scoring chart last season, and accounted for a quarter of the team’s total points. That’s the mark of an unbalanced offense right there.<\/p>\n

“It is what it is. We had some great players in Jesse, Tyler and [goalie] Mark [Dekanich],” said Vaughan, “but we have other players, who were hiding in the shadows a bit … and now it’s their time to shine.”<\/p>\n

To take their place, Vaughan looks to McIntyre (15-17-32), junior Jason Williams (9-8-17) and a slew of new and unproven players to pick up the slack.<\/p>\n

“I’m looking forward to McIntyre picking up where he left off,” said Vaughan. (McIntyre had four goals an an assist in the three-game quarterfinal upset at Clarkson.)<\/p>\n

The seasoned general also made note of recruit Austin Smith — a slim five-foot-11 19-year-old out of the British Columbia Hockey League — who was the 128th pick in the 2007 draft. <\/p>\n

“He’s very talented, and may play both power-play and penalty-killing roles,” said the coach. <\/p>\n

Defense<\/b><\/p>\n

Graduated senior Matt Torti (1-3-4) played all 42 games for the Raiders, but was the only player to leave the D-corps this offseason. That leaves the blue line in the experienced hands of such players as McNamara, junior Wade Poplawski (2-8-10), and seniors Mark Anderson (5-9-14), Jason Fredericks (2-5-7), Nick St. Pierre (1-6-7) and David Sloane (2-3-5). Every one of them played at least 32 games last year. (That said, McNamara may well miss the entire season while recovering from recent hip surgery.)<\/p>\n

Thrown into the mix will be big six-four, 210-pound Corbin McPherson. The 87th pick in the 2007 Draft, the New Jersey Devils prospect ought to fit right in with Vaughan’s disciplined defense-first perspective.<\/p>\n

The Raiders’ top seven scorers last year were forwards, which seemed a minor novelty: defense playing defense, and little else. Make of it what you will.<\/p>\n

Goaltending<\/b><\/p>\n

\"VAUGHAN\"<\/p>\n
VAUGHAN<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Like Dartmouth, Clarkson and Harvard, the Raiders will be trying to pick a new goalie from a thoroughly green variety of options.<\/p>\n

Junior Charles Long put in his time backing up “Dex” and even Dekanich’s backup Justin Kowalkoski.<\/p>\n

“Charles … knows what it takes, from the mental part of the game. Maybe he has an [edge] on the other guys,” Vaughan mused. However, “we’re going to go with the guy who will win games. I like to have one guy … but it’s not an absolute,” he said, expressing a preference for a go-to guy rather than a rotation.<\/p>\n

The other goalies vying for time will be Bryan Bessette and Alex Evin, both six-foot-one Canadians for whom Vaughan has reserved any judgment prior to a few days of practice.<\/p>\n

Outlook<\/b><\/p>\n

The Raiders will need to melt some banana curves into their blades and play their home games with Junior Mints for pucks if they want to be considered for a top-half finish. While the defense looks solid, the offense and goaltending make for big punctuation marks right now … by season’s end, the Maroon, Gray and White are praying that the marks look more like this: !! … and less like this. :(<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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