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Miami hockey faces tough early schedule
By Pete Conrad
Miami’s hockey team will have to work hard, starting right away, to keep its national preseason rankings of No. 1 (USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine) and No. 4 (USCHO).
“We have one of the toughest schedules in the country,” RedHawks coach Enrico Blasi said today after practice.
It was suggested to Blasi that his defending national runners-up face a couple early stern tests.
“They get don’t any more stern than St. Cloud State and New Hampshire,” Blasi said.
Miami opens with St. Cloud State (ranked 13th by USA Today and 15th by USCHO) at home on Friday and Saturday and then visits No. 16 New Hampshire Oct. 16-17.
By the time the Christmas break arrives, Miami also will have played No. 4 Michigan, No. 5 Notre Dame and No. 18 Ohio State. That’s 10 contests against Top-20 teams by mid-December.
Blasi is wary of St. Cloud State.
“They’re a very talented team, very skilled,” he said. “They’ll eat you up offensively if you turn the puck over. (Ryan) Lasch and (Garrett) Roe are two of the most dynamic players in the country.”
Lasch, a senior forward, and Roe, a junior forward, have 94 career goals between them.
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