October 28, 2010

Bailen Makes Positive Impact on RPI's Blue Line (with Video)

The following article featuring Rensselaer defenseman Nick Bailen appeared in the October 28 issue of the Troy Record.

 

By Ed Weaver
The Record

TROY — When Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute hockey coach Seth Appert heard rumors 1½ years ago that Bowling Green defenseman Nick Bailen was thinking about transferring, he was excited.

“I would have loved to have had the opportunity to recruit him originally,” Appert said. “He’s a competitor, he works extremely hard all over the ice and he has very good offensive skills. He’s very good at moving the puck from the blue line. That’s a very good combination in a defenseman.”

Appert recalls clearly how the sophomore defenseman wound up in Troy.

Complete article and video can be accessed via the Record Web site by clicking here.