Coming Off Season Plagued by Inconsistency, Princeton Emphasizing Toughness
The following article appeared in the October 20 issue of the Town Topics.
By Bill Alden
After enduring a 2009-10 season characterized by uneven play and some dispiriting losses, Princeton University women’s ice hockey head coach Jeff Kampersal is espousing a basic formula to get more consistency out of his team in the upcoming campaign.
“We need to be the hammer, not the nail,” said Kampersal, whose team went 13-14-4 overall last winter and was swept 2-0 by Harvard in the quarterfinals of the ECAC Hockey playoffs. “The key is focus. We need to work on being mentally ready to play every night, worrying about ourselves and not the other team.”
To help increase his players’ focus, Kampersal has racheted up the intensity in preseason training.
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