Carvel's Offensive System Paying Off for Saints
The following article appeared in the November 18 issue of the Watertown Daily Times.
By Daniel J. Cassavaugh
Greg Carvel didn’t waste any time once he was hired as St. Lawrence’s assistant coach before this season. He immediately began breaking down film and used his 12 years of NHL coaching experience to dissect what went wrong in SLU’s 13-22-5 season a year ago.
“There was all sorts of energy, passion and excitement, but there wasn’t a lot of structure,” Carvel said. “I wanted to come in and organize that structure and maximize it.”
It was a worthy cause. The problem was these hockey players are not at the same level as those in the NHL. They haven’t played the game as long, aren’t as skilled and, perhaps most importantly, don’t have just hockey to worry about. They also have school.
