03-29-2015, 10:23 AM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Gillies article:
http://www.pressherald.com/2015/03/2...idence-hockey/
Quote:
This is the first time Providence has reached back-to-back NCAA tournaments, and Gillies is a big reason. The 6-foot-5 junior ranks seventh in the nation with a 1.95 goals-against average and sixth with a .931 save percentage.
Gillies downplayed his significance, focusing instead on a strong defensive corps that helped Providence lead Hockey East this season by allowing only 2.00 goals per game.
But his coach, Nate Leaman, left no doubt how much of his team’s success will ride on Gillies this weekend.
“Look, the ice surface is 200 feet. Even if you play great defensively, the puck is going to get to the net at least 20 to 25 times,” Leaman told the Providence Journal. “It’s tough to win if you don’t have a good goalie. Fortunately we have one of the best in the country – if not the best.”
This also might be Gillies’ collegiate swan song. A third-round draft pick of the Calgary Flames, he is likely to turn pro after the season. Which he’s hoping happens in two weeks at TD Bank Garden, at the bottom of a dogpile of ecstatic teammates.
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