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...Real World” has become progressively more plastic and prefab. These days, it’s impossible to watch it without experiencing deja vu. To be sure, individuals once roamed free around the outrageously outfitted “Real World” pads—Puck in San Francisco, for example. But now, even the Individual is an established role (see: Teck from Hawaii and Irene from Seattle). And the same personae keep reappearing in younger incarnations—Coral in New York carried the superbitch torch that Flora abandoned, while Matt in New Orleans filled the religious vacuum...
Meanwhile, the Eagles will play without their starting goaltender, freshman Allison Rutledge, for the Saturday contest. Rutledge received a game disqualification for fighting in Niagara’s 2-1 victory over Findlay. The skirmish erupted when Findlay players crashed into Rutledge after she covered up the puck late in the third period...
...Puck Awareness
Mazzoleni purposely matches Welch against Jessiman, believing that his All-American defenseman has the size necessary to move the 6’5 Jessiman off the puck. And against smaller, faster forwards like Eaves and Kariya, Welch uses his long reach to poke the puck away before those players can maneuver too far into the Harvard end. His play against Kariya and the rest of Maine’s talented forwards impressed Black Bear coach Tim Whitehead...
...Welch is great, he’s outstanding,” Whitehead said. “His poise with the puck, his strength on the puck. He’s very defensively aware. I think he’s a very good player...