{"id":30828,"date":"2009-12-03T14:05:46","date_gmt":"2009-12-03T20:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2009\/12\/03\/this-week-in-the-ecac-eastnescac-dec-3-2009\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:57:33","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:57:33","slug":"this-week-in-the-ecac-eastnescac-dec-3-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2009\/12\/03\/this-week-in-the-ecac-eastnescac-dec-3-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in the ECAC East-NESCAC: Dec. 3, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
With the final two Division III conferences kicking off their campaigns, already there are some surprises. Some teams have already surpassed expectations, others who have fallen short. But there is the holiday break coming and then the grind of January and February that will determine where everyone lines up for the playoffs. <\/p>\n
So if your team is off to that quick start you dreamed about, enjoy it and hope it can carry over into the new year. If your team is off to a bad start, take solace in the knowledge that there is a lot of hockey yet to be played and most teams improve when all of the parts get put together and players grow more comfortable with their systems and teammates.<\/p>\n
For those of you who overdosed on turkey with all of the trimmings or even that other sport played with a pigskin, there were several great tournaments held over Thanksgiving weekend. Reference the sidebar for a quick summary of the winners and participants in the annual events.<\/p>\n
The Bowdoin College Polar Bears spent most of last season in search of an offense to support what was anticipated to be a better defensive team with solid goaltending. For much of the year, goals were hard to come by so this season head coach Terry Meagher made it clear to several players that they needed to step things up offensively and so far the results have been pretty good.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We really needed a few guys who didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t not have comparable numbers last year to the prior season, to find their touch and become more effective offensive players,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Meagher. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We knew we had the talent to be a good offensive team and seeing players like [senior Ryan] Sisson and [sophomore Graham] Blossom get off to good starts on the opening weekend was great to see.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n