Player Profile

I'm a defenseman for Slippery Rock's Division 3 Inline Hockey team. More notably, I'm more of the stay at home type of defenseman. With that being said, I play a very defensive minded game. I'm not one to make a lot of offensive rushes or try to score a lot. I prefer trying to prevent the opposition from scoring and I rather try to set plays up because I feel like my skating abilities and passing abilities are stronger that my scoring abilities.

My preferred defensive position is on the right side because that helps to keep my stick more in the middle of the rink. I feel as if I can complete my passes better and get better shots on net while being on the right side of the rink.

I am a left handed shot. For those of you who don't know, when a player is a left handed shot that means their right hand is on the top of the stick and their left hand is placed around the middle of the stick to do most of the shooting work.

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Preseaon Rankings

Before every season is started, preseason ranks are released based on predictions of who the top teams in the nation will be.

But before I dive into the rank of my team here at Slippery Rock University, I feel like it is important that you know the breakdown of the divisions. You have your normal top two divisions in Division 1 and Division 2, and Division 3 which is the division my team competes in. Now Division 3 is not just a normal division. It is a division where if you have a team competing in either Division 1, which the division Slippery Rock fields their top team in, or Division 2 and you can field a second team, the second team of your school gets placed in Division 3, formerly known as B Division.

Now back to the preseason rankings. The preseason rankings are based off of your teams previous years record and success. Last year, Slippery Rock's Division 3 team went 13-3 throughout the regular season and finished in the final four at nationals. So with the success this team had last year, this year we have the pleasure of starting off with a preseason rank at number 4 in the nation.

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