New Team, Same Results for Agostino
The following article featuring Yale forward Kenny Agostino appeared in the January 27 issue of the Yale Daily News.
Bruce Shatel, the high school hockey coach at the Delbarton School in New Jersey, made up his mind after one glance at the five-foot tall, 120-pound ninth grader at his hockey tryouts four years ago. There was absolutely no way this kid was making varsity. Then Kenny Agostino ’14 started skating.
“His decision-making and his poise forced my hand,” Shatel said.
Agostino, now a forward on the No. 1 Yale men’s hockey team, has grown a foot taller and put on 75 pounds since then. The decision-making and the poise have stayed the same. That’s apparent in his statistics: he has scored seven goals in his past seven games and has tallied more points than any other Eli in 2011. It’s apparent from his coach’s decisions: he has chosen Agostino to fill in for the injured Jeff Anderson ’11 on the power play, a role usually reserved for a team’s best forwards. And it’s apparent in the respect of opponents: last week, Agostino earned ECAC Rookie of the Week honors in a vote of the conference’s hockey programs.
