The Mighty Class of '03

[zg88]

This year's 7 juniors (29% of the roster) accounted for 170 of the team's 316 points (54%). B-]  The three top scorers (each w/32 pts.) were all juniors.  That class also gave us 4 of the top 5 scorers (i.e., 4/5 of that awesome power-play unit) and 6 of the top 9 scorers.  Impressive bunch!

By contrast, this year's 6 seniors represented only 66 of 316 points (21%).  (Yes, that includes Undy's assist.  :-)  )  And, since this year's freshmen & sophomores only made up a combined 25% of the scoring ::uhoh::, I'm really hoping that the incoming freshmen inject some serious firepower into the mix.  ::help::

So, next year's squad will be bursting with kick-ass senior firepower, and '03 should be our "year of destiny".  This will be especially true if the '06-ers produce right away.  If, however, next year's freshmen do not live up to their promise, then '04 may be quite a letdown (i.e., it will be rather difficult to defend our national title!).  :-P


Class - '01 pts. - '02 pts.

2001 ..... 23 ...............

2002 ..... 41 ......... 66

2003 .... 100 ....... 170

2004 ..... 34 ......... 43

2005 .................... 37

Totals: .. 198 ....... 316


(Please excuse my short-bus formatting.)

(Check out last year's seniors!!!) ::twitch::

This year's seniors, while not exactly burnin' up the scoresheets, at least had their share of improvement.  The sophomore class... well... the sophomore class was Ryan Vesce -- he contributed 70% of that group's production!  As for the freshmen... Knoepfli & Cook were the offense there (combined 70%).  That class will be known more for their defensive ability (Cook, Downs, LeNeveu).

Summary:  Thank God (and Schafer) for the Class of 2003!!!

(P.S. -- Just for fun, I added up this year's production of our Recruit Class of '02 (5 forwards & 1 d-man -- next year's freshmen)... 399 points!  Woo-hoo! (I know, I know... more games, different style of play, etc.... but DAMN!!!))

[Stewart]

Very interesting stats. It would be interesting to see how all that pans out if the PP stats are removed... obviously difficult, but with such a good PP, those stats get skewed towards our awesome tandem of Paolini, Bâby, Vesce, Murray, & McRae...

[zg88]

Yeah, it would be interesting to net out the even-strength points and see what that does to the table... maybe the next time I "need" to procrastinate...  ;-)

[DeltaOne81]

'03 rocks! ;-)

[Ben Doyle 03]

:-D I'll second that!!!! :-D

[Big Ben 03]

right behind ya boys!

[CowbellGuy]

Don't forget that Sammy did next to nothing his freshman year. I expect big things from Knoepfli and Iggulden before all is said and done. Also, Iggy was sidelines and hampered by that broken wrist for a lot of the year too.