From: Inside College Hockey.comby Jess Myers
Key Statistics: After playing 34 games in his final year in the British Columbia junior ranks, DU goaltender Marc Cheverie saw action in just five games as a college rookie. He was 1-0-0 in his lone start, stopping 26 shots to beat Bemidji State in January.
What He Does: After being the top guy for much of his hockey career, Cheverie had a relatively uneventful introduction to the college game, spending all but a handful of minutes learning from the bench as Peter Mannino backstopped the Pioneers to another WCHA playoff title. Cheverie said that year one included lots of learning in the classroom and on the ice, as he copied Mannino habits like constant focus and competing for every puck in practice. With Mannino gone and two freshman behind him, another trip to the NCAAs will be Cheverie’s to backstop this year.
The Bigger Picture: Growing up five minutes from the beach in the heart of the Maritimes, Cheverie’s hockey career has brought him far away from his home by the Atlantic, with stops in Saskatchewan and the Canadian Rockies before finding a college home in the Mile High City. He says you can still sometimes find a good “taste of home” in landlocked Colorado, but he watches his wallet while doing so, as seafood in Denver is roughly four times as costly as in Nova Scotia. He admits that all that bench-riding in year one was frustrating at times, and is pumped for his chance to follow the likes of Dubielewicz, Berkhoel and Mannino as Denver’s next netminder of note.
Denver coach George Gwozdecky on Cheverie: “Marc is the heir apparent to Peter (Mannino) and he’s very eager to step into that role. From his freshman year he knows the league and what to expect in a lot of the rinks. It was much more of an advantage for him last year to watch and learn rather than being thrown to the wolves.”
What He Does: After being the top guy for much of his hockey career, Cheverie had a relatively uneventful introduction to the college game, spending all but a handful of minutes learning from the bench as Peter Mannino backstopped the Pioneers to another WCHA playoff title. Cheverie said that year one included lots of learning in the classroom and on the ice, as he copied Mannino habits like constant focus and competing for every puck in practice. With Mannino gone and two freshman behind him, another trip to the NCAAs will be Cheverie’s to backstop this year.
The Bigger Picture: Growing up five minutes from the beach in the heart of the Maritimes, Cheverie’s hockey career has brought him far away from his home by the Atlantic, with stops in Saskatchewan and the Canadian Rockies before finding a college home in the Mile High City. He says you can still sometimes find a good “taste of home” in landlocked Colorado, but he watches his wallet while doing so, as seafood in Denver is roughly four times as costly as in Nova Scotia. He admits that all that bench-riding in year one was frustrating at times, and is pumped for his chance to follow the likes of Dubielewicz, Berkhoel and Mannino as Denver’s next netminder of note.
Denver coach George Gwozdecky on Cheverie: “Marc is the heir apparent to Peter (Mannino) and he’s very eager to step into that role. From his freshman year he knows the league and what to expect in a lot of the rinks. It was much more of an advantage for him last year to watch and learn rather than being thrown to the wolves.”
5 comments:
Gorgeous George: "It was much more of an advantage for him last year to watch and learn rather than being thrown to the wolves."
Sounds like a good plan - why change now? :)
The good news for Chevy is DU should score plenty of goals this year, given the returning talent and the anticipated contributions of the incoming class. The bad news: if DU plays the same undisciplined, sloppy defense like it seemed to do in several games last year he'll see plenty of rubber.
12:55...
When your Capt is an undisciplined, hot headed defenseman it's going to rub off on the whole team. So hopefully that trend will be erased this year and we'll have the solid defense that DU normally has.
I look forward to seeing what Chevy brings to the ice! Is it October yet?!
8:06 --
Are you saying that Thomas was more hotheaded than Testwuide??? Are you serious???
I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about...
8:06.....Thomas "undisciplined and hot-headed"?? That's laughable. Thomas was one of the best captains the program has had. He was hard-nosed and played with an edge...exactly how d-men should play. What games were you watching??
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