Quinnipiac Growth Spurt
The following story appeared on www.insidecollegehockey.com on October 21, 2011 written by Joe Gladziszewski.
The most oft-repeated words from Quinnipiac head coach Rand
Pecknold in describing his 2010-11 team were young and
inexperienced. The best part of using those words one year are that
they are replaced in subsequent years by words like maturity and
confidence.
Loren Barron leads Quinnipiac defensemen with five points through
six games this season.
Early in this season, several signs of the team’s developing
maturity and confidence have been evident and a five-game winning
streak is the result. This development has impacted individual
players, but also has been found in the team ‘s approach and
mentality headed into each game.
“The way I described it last year, was that every game was
like three games,” Pecknold said. “Each period was a
new game, you didn’t know what kind of team was going to show
up.”
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