HOCKEY KINGS TRANSCRIPT
ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 10/15 © THE SPORTS BROADCAST CORPORATION
JAKE CONNELLY: WE’LL CONTINUE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE SITUATION over in New Jersey. Losing Novachuk will be a massive hit, but I will say, the Devils have always been able to bounce back from unlucky incidents. They had that nasty streak of injuries about five years ago—remember the season where their entire starting line was out with injury?
GARRETT GRAHAM: They’ll recover, no doubt.
CONNELLY: Moving over to the college world now. Obviously, it’s still early in the season, so all these games aren’t necessarily indicative of which D1 schools will be at the top of the pack come February. But UConn is
looking so good.
GRAHAM: Phenomenal.
CONNELLY: Three consecutive wins and shutouts. They’re off to a great start. Your alma mater, not so much.
GRAHAM: Well, this is something we discussed in July. The so-called superteam and how they’d perform.
CONNELLY: Well, this superteam is off to a devastating start—lost their first three games. With that said, did you see the stick-handling from Luke Ryder against Boston College last night? Wow. You’ve got these other guys, the flashy stickhandlers, who are all pop and dazzle but not necessarily the most effective. Ryder, meanwhile, is effective as hell.
GRAHAM: He is.
CONNELLY: So quick with the puck. Kid possesses the keen ability to throw defenders off with these cool deceptive moves, setting up passes they don’t even see coming. Which is astounding considering his size. For such a big guy, with that kind of reach—and he uses a tall stick too—he shouldn’t be able to stickhandle the way he does.
GRAHAM: All the stickhandling in the world won’t help Briar if they don’t start to gel.
CONNELLY: Three consecutive losses can’t be good for morale either.
GRAHAM: Well, like we said back in the summer, this is a super-team on paper. Which only goes to show that it takes a lot more than individually great players to make a great team.
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