{"id":28502,"date":"2006-10-05T21:44:36","date_gmt":"2006-10-06T02:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2006\/10\/05\/200607-bentley-season-preview\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:56:38","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:56:38","slug":"200607-bentley-season-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2006\/10\/05\/200607-bentley-season-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"2006-07 Bentley Season Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"
Youth was served at Bentley in 2005-06, as the Falcons’ crop of rookies matured throughout the season, culminating in Bentley’s first-ever appearance in the conference championship game.<\/p>\n
“We’re hopeful that the freshmen from last season will continue to improve,” said coach Ryan Soderquist. “Plus, I think we have some great new players.”<\/p>\n
Soderquist says that as Bentley continues to get better — the Falcons posted their best winning percentage in seven years last season — he continues to be able to bring in higher-skilled players.<\/p>\n
“With our team and our league continuing to improve, it gives us the opportunity to get a better player,” he said. “We still have to battle but we’ve had some success. To get a player like (Mark) Menzione, who was recruited and had offers from some high-profile schools, was very important for us. We’re starting to get in that mix.”<\/p>\n
Bentley’s top four scorers were underclassmen last season: Freshmen Anthony Canzoneri (31 points last season), Jeff Gumaer (16 goals to lead the team),Dain Prewitt (24 points), and sophomore Marc Zwicky (20 points).<\/p>\n
The blue line has a more mature look, with junior Jaye Judd and senior Kyle Larman back. Expect senior goaltender Ray Jean to get the bulk of the work in net.<\/p>\n
“Jean is our main guy and had a solid season last year (.916 SV%, 2.86 GAA)”, said Soderquist. “We expect him to pick up where he left off.”<\/p>\n