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(above) Luke Salazar has been the surprise of DU's star-studded Freshman Class

From: College Hockey News
by Joshua Berhow

To Luke Salazar, Patrick Wiercioch and Joe Colborne can cast a pretty big shadow.

All three came to Denver this fall as freshmen, and Wiercioch and Colborne were both drafted during the summer, Wiercioch 42nd overall by Ottawa and Colborne 16th overall by Boston. Both had plenty of hype surrounding them.

As though their draft status wasn’t intimidating enough, standing at 6-foot-4 and 6-5, respectively, the pair towers over fellow Pioneers freshman Salazar, who stands at 5-7 and barely 150 pounds. But Salazar’s play as a rookie has helped him emerge from the shadow and start casting his own on the ice. [read rest of article]

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