Billy Fotanot, Marple Newtown

Mike Martin, Pennridge Class of '06

OK i have the rare opportunity of playing with a lot of the players on these list from the 1997-2002 years and now coaching in the league today.

My old players list.

Kev Underwood Abington
George Bannon Henderson
Matt Knox East
John Brennan Radnor
Rayn Cell Springf D
Chris Mace "
Joe Testa Marvern
Higgans Lasalle forget first name
Phil McQuan Malvern,i think thats spelled wrong
Barry Burgoyne Henderson
Oaks Carrol drafted by MLB team
Pete Menan Henderson
Rob Scales OHara
Mike Lane East
John Lafrance OHara

Ok thats all I can come up with right now.

Therse a couple I cant believe people thought they where tough?

Chris Brennan- great player but wasnt scary on the ice.

Nick Averona- If this was the Averona that played around 02ish he wasnt tough and wasnt that good even.

Tim Wochuk- Little pest, not tough at all. Really fast though.

Lou Hoey- Maybe he was tough with Radcliff next to him but thats about all.

Those are all kids I played with against so I know first hand.

Current

Eric Knodel East
Greg Strootman Garnet V
Chad Barthelmess Methacton
Bj Blaker Henderson
Nick Ramondo Henderson
Pat McHugh East
Brian Warner Conestoga

Ok enough insomnia, im going to bed.

I thought the topic was Physical, not "tough", there is a difference. Former Flyer Dan McGillis was very Physical, I wouldnt go as far as to call him tough.

1-Radcliffe was one of the softest players I have ever seen, especially for his size.

2- Radcliffe Played at Conwell Egan, Hoey Played at CB West...so I'm not sure how that fits in.

Ahh ok thats my fault, I never played v. them on a high school level only club. They played on the same team and i thought they did in high school too. I also was saying he looked tough next to Radcliff not either of them where, but Radcliff was about 6'5".

Isnt the biggest knock on Knodel that fact that he is huge, and isnt very physical?

Also, there were 2 Averona's, and both were physical and tough.

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Originally posted by hgp fan:
Isnt the biggest knock on Knodel that fact that he is huge, and isnt very physical?

Also, there were 2 Averona's, and both were physical and tough.

Ok I thought so, Will was the one I played against and he wasnt tough. I cant speak for Nick though I havent seen him.
Knodel is a tough player, he might not go out of his was to destroy people but thats because he doesnt have the speed to recover but every hit he makes along the boards takes something out of you.

ask Hayden how tough EK is. Hayden took a run at him 2 weeks ago. Hayden dropped like a pile of rocks. Ask Christie from PV. EK hit him on the first shift last Friday and Christie flew 5 feet in the air.