i was glad to see dan hardy assert himself in the 4th quarter after spending a majority of the first half just jogging around, content to pass. he's enormous if you've ever seen him in person and i don't know how anyone can cover him for 4 quarters. him and ken nims are going to be stellar for years.

it was great to see steve brooks back physically and mentally after last year's knee injury. he has returned to form from the '05 campaign, and this team has an absolute wealth of talent on attack and midfield.

can anyone cover pat perritt? he's going to get good matchups in games because of the stacked midfield, and he can just run around any shorties teams throw at him. i feel he's going to have a 1st team AA type of season.

hobart has great talent and some serious shooters and will make some noise this year. veltman has the ability to really control games as seen in the 1st quarter.

coluccini looked better than last year, losing all that wait certainly helped his quickness. the big thing was that he didn't get rattled, and made some big time saves in the second half.

lastly, did anyone see steve panarelli's circus behind the back check in the 4th quarter? i know he didn't get the ball when he stripped the kid, but my goodness that guy has some huge balls for throwing checks like that haha.