{"id":354,"date":"2008-04-12T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-12T20:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/blogs\/frozen-four\/frozen-four-2008\/chris\/20080412\/thoughts-from-friday-skills-competition.html"},"modified":"2008-04-12T15:52:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-12T20:52:00","slug":"thoughts-from-friday-skills-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2008\/04\/12\/thoughts-from-friday-skills-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts from Friday &#8211; Skills Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The skills competition still needs some work, but it&#8217;s getting there. I wish there were more emphasis on the players themselves and less on trying to make sure the audience was having &#8220;fun&#8221;. People I talked to were there for the competition and not the promotions and comments from the various people with mics. My unsolicited advice: interviews with the players and <strong>correctly<\/strong> announcing what was going on &#8211; good. Trying to get cheers going for East vs. West, left hand people vs. right hand people, kids spinning around on hockey sticks until they get dizzy, etc. &#8211; bad.<\/p>\n<p>My hat&#8217;s off to St. Norbert&#8217;s Kyle Jones, who I had the pleasure of watching pitch back-to-back shutouts in the Division III Frozen Four in Lake Placid a couple of weeks ago. Jones, the Division III Player of the Year, had 25 career shutouts and posted a 1.08 GAA and a .950 save percentage this season.<\/p>\n<p>Jones (#35 in the picture) was the only D-III player in the skills competition, and he proved he could play with the best, not allowing a single goal in any of the skills challenges.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uscho.com\/images\/colorscans\/20072008\/jonescongratulatingvuk.jpg\" alt=\"Kyle Jones #35\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I ran into his coach, Tim Coghlin, on Thursday night after the semifinals and he said to me, &#8220;Maybe three of the four teams tonight could have used Kyle Jones.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The skills competition still needs some work, but it&#8217;s getting there. I wish there were more emphasis on the players themselves and less on trying to make sure the audience was having &#8220;fun&#8221;. 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