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...deal for the average fan. Six goals had already gone in--what's one more? But the center was Rob Wheeler, playing in his first varsity game at Bright. Wheeler's last varsity goal came four years ago while playing for Exeter Academy against arch-rival Andover. In that game the Exeter scoring king notched five goals, despite the efforts of Andover star defenseman Neil Sheehy to contain...
...Then Wheeler quit, hanging up his skates in favor of tennis. Ever restless, though, he used the athletic ability which made him the leading scorer for Exeter hockey his junior year (50 points in 22 games) to take charge of the squash team as its MVP his senior year. As a Harvard junior, Wheeler just plays hockey--Providence's Proulx found that out the hard way last night at Bright...
Coming back after three years off the ice wasn't easy. Wheeler started skating again in June, once tennis season had ended. Six months later he was among four new players initiated by this year's varsity...
...Wheeler never doubted he could make it. "I had a cocky attitude at first," he says. "I didn't realize how much skill I had lost--I thought I could just come out and play...
Instead, it took a lot of work. The three-year layoff hurt his physical and mental command of hockey far more than Wheeler realized at first. "In June I found I had lost my instincts, quickness, and tendency to make the right play on the ice," Wheeler recalls...