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We are counting on Hammy to go from GOOD to GREAT, too!!!!5. Andrew Hammond, Bowling Green
Last season, the Falcons stunned the college hockey world with a dramatic CCHA quarterfinal series win against eventual national runner-up Ferris State, then took Michigan to double-overtime in a CCHA semifinal thriller in Detroit. Among the catalysts of the drama, in addition to freshman forward Ryan Carpenter, was netminder Andrew Hammond, who now enters his senior season for Bowling Green.
“We’re hoping that he has a good season, and he’s expected to play most of the minutes this year,” said Bowling Green head coach Chris Bergeron.
As a freshman, Hammond finished with a record of 0-12-2 in 19 games played, a far cry from his 14-win season and postseason heroics a year ago – even though Bergeron is stressing consistency over and over again to Hammond and his teammates. In the national semifinal against Michigan, Hammond made 56 saves on 58 shots from the Wolverines, and that taste of the postseason may have Hammond more motivated than ever entering his final season.
Said Bergeron, “Andrew’s still a work in progress as well. We want Andrew to take his year from ‘good’ to ‘great,’ and so does he.”
GO FALCON HOCKEY!!!!
