October 8, 2009

Union Ready for Next Step

The following article appeared in the October 8 issue of the Times Union.

 

By TIM WILKIN
Staff writer

SCHENECTADY -- In six of the past seven years, playoff hockey has come to Messa Rink. A season ago, the Union hockey program made history when the Dutchmen won a playoff series for the first time.

In the six years that Nate Leaman has been calling the shots for Union, the Dutchmen have taken little steps on skates. This winter, perhaps those baby steps will begin to grow. Union was picked to finish sixth in the ECAC coaches' poll, although no one in the league takes those prognostications all that seriously.

"Ultimately, we want to see our program take the next step and play for our league championship at the end of the year," Leaman said, sitting behind his desk in his second floor office at Messa Rink. "But there are so many factors that go into getting to that goal."

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