March 7, 2010

Pothier's Path Linked to Triangle

The following article featuring former Rensselaer standout Brian Pothier appeared in the March 7 issue of the News & Observer.

 

BY CHIP ALEXANDER
Staff writer

RALEIGH -- Brian Pothier spent most of 2008 wondering if his hockey career was over.

A two-hour session with a Raleigh optometrist helped save it, he said, but that's getting a little ahead of the story.

Pothier and Matt Cullen were on the ice Thursday night at the RBC Center. Pothier now plays for the Carolina Hurricanes and Cullen for the Ottawa Senators, the result of recent trades, but that Pothier has been able to see his way back into the NHL, back into hockey, has a lot to do with Cullen.

Complete article can be accessed via the News & Observer Web site by clicking here.