SB Nation College Hockey - Hockey East Week 1 Coverage: October 11-13, 2013College Hockey's Home on the Blogospherehttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/49993/wchb-fav.png2013-10-14T08:00:06-07:00http://www.sbncollegehockey.com/rss/stream/45908732013-10-14T08:00:06-07:002013-10-14T08:00:06-07:00Roy Continues to Power Northeastern
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<p>Northeastern will go as far as Kevin Roy leads them this season.</p> <p>
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Even on his skates, <span>Kevin Roy</span> does not stand out. The 5-foot-10 forward, who solidified himself as one of the premier threats in all of Hockey East last season, is tough to pick out in the pregame. But once horn sounds, and Roy gets his feet moving and his stick on the puck, the small, shifty forward doesn't need to be pointed out.</p>
<p>And Roy didn't take long to make his presence felt when his sophomore campaign began.</p>
<p>Just 46 seconds into the Huskies' first contest against Alabama-Huntsville, a great individual effort by Roy led to his and Northeastern's first strike of the season on his very first shot.</p>
<p>Two more goals and an assist later, Roy finished off a big opening night with four points, and a lot to smile about.</p>
<p>"You always want that first one as soon as you can, and that always is really good," said Roy after Friday night's opener. "It gets you going a little bit."</p>
<p>Last season, in games that Roy scored, the Huskies went 5-4-2, as opposed to the 4-17-12 record they posted in games he did not find the back of the net.</p>
<p>"I think all lines were going great," said Roy after the Friday night's Huntsville game. "We got a lot of speed up front; a lot of creativity.</p>
<p>"And we get the puck deep and we try to outwork teams down low."</p>
<p>When the visiting Chargers posed a much more difficult threat to the Huskies in the team's second matchup on Saturday, Roy found other ways to influence the game. He registered the primary assists on two Northeastern goals, as the Huskies held on for a 3-2 win against the Chargers.</p>
<p>"The power play feels great. We had some good looks today," said Roy, who's two assists both came on the man-advantage. On the weekend, the Huskies special teams units went 5-13 combined.</p>
<p>"We're still working it out, but I think we have a lot of good players out there," he said.</p>
<p>And both assists showed why Roy will help Northeastern even when he's not scoring.</p>
<p>"On our unit, I try to get shots through up top, and just make space for the other guys to make plays also," said Roy, who was even able to draw attention from his point spot.</p>
<p>Last year, Roy averaged a little over a point per game in the 29 games he played. Through two games this season, he's averaging a point per period. With new linemates, he'll have to build some chemistry, especially with freshman John Stevens, but so far, it looks like that won't be an issue.</p>
<p>"I really liked the line with Braden Pimm, he's such a hard-worker, does everything the right way, and Stevens is a freshman, and he's playing great with us.</p>
<p>"He sees the ice pretty well, and he does everything right too, so it makes how I play easier. "</p>
<p>But Roy and the Huskies know the competition will get stiffer. Northeastern will travel to Holy Cross this Friday for the first of a home-and-home against the Crusaders, a team that almost stole a game at Agganis Arena against Boston University in its opener.</p>
<p>"You can't win when you get into the league when you're trying to kill nine penalties off a game," sad Madigan. "The teams are just too good.</p>
<p>With a host of new players alongside Roy, the Huskies and Madigan will be charged with the task of adjusting to new roles quickly in a tough league.</p>
<p>"We're working on our systems, and we're also working on a mindset and mentality that will carry us through from game-to-game, and make sure we keep on improving from game-to-game," said Madigan.</p>
<p>But if Northeastern is going to be successful against Hockey East opponent, the onus will likely fall on Roy. With a very young team—Northeastern played eight freshmen in two games this weekend—the sophomore is one of the Huskies only proven commodities. While freshman Mike Szmatula registered five points in his first two collegiate games, the Huskies will likely go as far as Roy can take them.</p>
https://www.sbncollegehockey.com/hockey-east/2013/10/14/4835306/ncaa-men-hockey-northeastern-kevin-royEvan Sporer2013-10-14T02:38:26-07:002013-10-14T02:38:26-07:00Hockey East: What We Learned This Weekend
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<p>Four Hockey East teams got off to a perfect start at 2-0.</p> <p> </p>
<p>Several Hockey East teams got off to good starts this weekend while there were some bumps in the road for others. Providence, Notre Dame, Boston University and Northeastern all are now 2-0 after the opening weekend of regular season action. UMass-Lowell was upset by hapless Sacred Heart on the night that was supposed to honor the accomplishments of last year's team. Merrimack and Maine went winless on the first weekend.</p>
<p>Let's take a look at some things we learned this weekend:</p>
<p>1. It is no surprise to anyone who follows Hockey East that Providence is a program on the rise, but this weekend showed that Nate Leaman's team could be ready for the primetime this year.</p>
<p>The Friars swept WCHA preseason favorite Minnesota State in rather convincing fashion. Super sophomore Jon Gillies stopped 63 of the 64 shots he faced on the weekend, including all 38 on Saturday night. Three different Friars, John Gilmour, Mark Jankowski and Ross Mauermann, scored twice on the weekend.</p>
<p>Nate Leaman is one of the nation's top coaches, and the Friars are beginning to stockpile enough talent to compete with the big boys of college hockey. With Gillies in net there is no telling how far this team could go. This weekend just proved that, but there will be another tough test in two weekends when Miami comes to town for two.</p>
<p>2. Hockey East newcomer Notre Dame had a remarkable weekend, shutting out Western Michigan on consecutive nights. Senior goaltender Steven Summerhayes wasn't tested much, but he made all the necessary saves. Jeff Jackson preaches a defense-first philosophy, but the Irish have a solid nucleus of seniors up front, as well.</p>
<p>This might be the first year in their new league for the Irish, but expect big things if this weekend was any indication. WMU might not have the most potent offense in the land, but the performance just solidifies my opinion that Notre Dame is for real.</p>
<p>3. Merrimack's goal scoring woes continue, as evidenced by coming up scoreless on the team's weekend trip to the mile high city. The Warriors lost to Denver, 1-0 and 4-0, but even more concerning was the complete lack of quality chances.</p>
<p>Mark Dennehy's defense and goaltending will keep them in games, but you can't win unless you score. It's early, but it's looking like last year's offensive ineptitude has stuck around North Andover.</p>
<p>4. The David Quinn era got off to an undefeated start at Boston University, but there were certainly some areas of concern. In the Terriers 3-1 victory over UMass-Amherst Friday night, the Minutemen forwards looked quick and speedy maneuvering around the BU blue liners. UMass outshot the Terriers by a wide margin.</p>
<p>The offense will not be a problem, and BU has two stellar goaltenders. However, a concern for Terriers fans should be the defensive zone.</p>
<p>5. Maine couldn't get new head coach Red Gendron a win in his collegiate head coaching debut as the Black Bears lost twice at St. Lawrence. A lack of discipline and mental mistakes cost Maine in its own zone, and save for a few nifty offensive moves, the forwards couldn't get much going.</p>
<p>It's still early, and there is some talent in Orono, but depth is definitely an issue. Turning around the program won't be an overnight fix for Gendron.</p>
<p>6. The league's coaches and media both pegged Vermont to finish in ninth place, but the Catamounts had a good showing in Grand Forks even while shorthanded due to injuries. Last year's starting goaltender Brody Hoffman didn't make the trip, nor did junior forward Kyle Reynolds whose knee injury will keep him out the entire season.</p>
<p>UVM held a 3-1 lead on Friday night at North Dakota before falling 5-3, and then erased a two-goal deficit to force a 2-2 tie Saturday night. Kevin Sneddon's team will be a pesky team to play against all season.</p>
<p>Jeff Cox covers college and junior hockey, NCAA recruiting, NHL Draft prospects and the AHL for SBNation. Follow him on twitter @JeffCoxSBNation.</p>
https://www.sbncollegehockey.com/hockey-east/2013/10/14/4836058/hockey-east-uvm-providence-unh-bu-bc-merrimack-umass-lowell-northeastern-maine-notre-dameJeff Cox2013-10-13T18:46:18-07:002013-10-13T18:46:18-07:00Boston College Rolls Past RPI, 7-2
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<p>Three Boston College freshmen scored their first career goals in the rout.</p> <p> </p>
<p>Chestnut Hill, Mass. - Boston College bounced back from a tough loss by capitalizing on RPI's mistakes and taking advantage of opportunities. Three freshmen scored their first career goal and rookie goaltender Thatcher Demko picked up the win in his debut between the pipes for the Eagles.</p>
<p>Three freshmen, <span>Ryan Fitzgerald</span>, <span>Chris Calnan</span> and <span>Steve Santini</span>, scored their milestone goals. "It's good to get those young guys with goals early. You can get to press a little bit going through the season," said BC coach Jerry York. However, it was a usual suspect who led the BC offensive charge. Junior Johnny Gaudreau, a Hobey Baker Award finalist from last season, tallied a goal and added two assists.</p>
<p>It only took a little over two minutes for Gaudreau to show off his offensive flare. After receiving a pass from freshman defenseman Scott Savage, Gaudreau dangled through a pair of RPI defenders before dishing it to <span>Kevin Hayes</span> who slid it into the net for an easy power play goal.</p>
<p>RPI evened the score with 2:55 to play in the opening period just after a BC penalty to <span>Michael Matheson</span> had expired. Milos Bubela poked home a loose puck from in front of the net. Matt Tinordi and Mike Zalewski assisted on the goal that had to be reviewed to make sure there was no goaltender interference.</p>
<p>The visitors from the ECAC dominated the first period territorially and on the shot chart. RPI outshot the Eagles, 13-2, in the opening stanza, but only struck gold once.</p>
<p>"Obviously we had a good start to the game. We did a lot of good things in the first period. I thought they did a good job of weathering our push and Demko was extremely good for them in the first period," said RPI head coach Seth Appert.</p>
<p>With the score still knotted at one, a 13-second sequence about six minutes into the second frame turned the tide in BC's favor. Johnny Gaudreau was slashed on a break-in attempt from the left side leading to an Eagles power play. Just eight seconds into the man advantage, Gaudreau scored off a failed clearing attempt.</p>
<p>Just 13 seconds later, Quinn Smith and Calnan broke in on RPI goaltender Jason Kasdorf who saved the initial shot by Calnan. However, the kick save left the puck right on the stick of Smith who buried it into the back of the net.</p>
<p>"In a big moment against a really good team some of our older guys had some uncertainty. We got away from things that gave us success. All of a sudden we give them basically two freebie goals," said Appert. "We didn't execute on a faceoff on a penalty kill. That's an execution error by a senior. We won the draw and should have cleared it," explained Appert of the second goal given up.</p>
<p>"As a championship team does, they respond and seize control in the middle part of that game to really take over," said Appert.</p>
<p>RPI's Jimmy DeVito cut the Eagles lead to just one on a breakaway when he lifted a backhander past Demko, but Fitzgerald regained the two-goal lead for the home team before the second intermission. Fitzgerald, a <a href="https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Boston Bruins</a> 2013 draft selection, got his stick on a cross-crease pass from fellow rookie Austin Cangelosi.</p>
<p><span>Bill Arnold</span>, Calnan and Santini added insurance markers in the final period. Santini, a <a href="https://www.allaboutthejersey.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">New Jersey Devils</a> prospect, joked with teammates after the game about the length of time in between today's goal and his last score, according to York.</p>
<p>Demko made 25 stops on 27 shots faced. The former US National Team Development Program goaltender was making his collegiate debut after backing up junior Brian Billett Thursday night in Ann Arbor. "Thatcher made some really key saves for us. RPI had a lot more opportunities early than we did," said York.</p>
<p><i>Jeff Cox covers college and junior hockey, NCAA recruiting, <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nhl-draft" class="sbn-auto-link">NHL Draft</a> prospects and the AHL for SBNation. Follow him on twitter <a target="_blank" href="http://www.twitter.com/jeffcoxsbnation">@JeffCoxSBNation</a>.</i></p>
https://www.sbncollegehockey.com/hockey-east/2013/10/13/4834676/boston-college-rpi-ecac-jason-kasdorf-thatcher-demko-seth-appert-jerry-yorkJeff Cox2013-10-13T17:25:51-07:002013-10-13T17:25:51-07:00Northeastern Goalie Battle Heats Up
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<p>With Chris Rawlings gone, Northeastern is looking for its next goalie.</p> <p>
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<p>Boston, Mass. - Last year, Derick Roy sat and waited. Sure, he practiced, but the freshman goaltender, who red-shirted the 2012-2013 season, watched incumbent Chris Rawlings take the majority of the workload like the rest of the Huskies goalies.</p>
<p>On Saturday night, Roy's number was finally called.</p>
<p>"I said in the locker room there weren't a lot of positives that came out of this game from my end," said Northeastern head coach Jim Madigan Saturday night. "I thought our younger players played really well, and I thought Derick Roy was very good in the third period and got us the win by holding the fort down."</p>
<p>If there was ever an environment to ease Roy into the collegiate game, the setting at Matthews Arena might have been near perfect. With his parents and some extended family in attendance, and his older brother Kevin supplying the offense for Northeastern, it was a task made much easier.</p>
<p>"It was my first start, but I have a lot of practice under my belt," said Roy. "It was everything I expected; obviously there was a little butterflies at the beginning of the game, but nothing negative, and a lot of excitement.</p>
<p>"I'm happy we got the ‘w.'"</p>
<p>Of course, Roy could have started the night before, a game in which the Huskies cruised to an easy victory over Alabama-Huntsville, and Northeastern goaltender <span>Clay Witt</span> didn't see many difficult chances.</p>
<p>But when the two teams met again Saturday night, the play was much closer, and a strong third period by Roy solidified the win for Northeastern.</p>
<p>"Obviously it's not what coach wants, with all the penalties, but that's what you want: to be able to make a difference every game you play," said Roy.</p>
<p>On Saturday night, in his first shot at collegiate action, Roy showed definite stretches of leadership. After facing 16 relatively easy shots in the first two periods, Roy turned back 11 shots in the third during a period played at a frenetic pace. The Huskies found themselves shorthanded five different times in the last 20 minutes, and although Roy and Northeastern conceded twice, the damage could have been much worse if not for the freshman.</p>
<p>"He did a real good job for us tonight, and solidified the win for us," said Madigan. "He deserved a start, and I knew he would play well.</p>
<p>"I've seen him in practice for a while, and as he alluded to, he's got to get the butterflies out because he hasn't played in a little bit."</p>
<p>Still, it's tough to compare the performances of Roy and Witt. While Witt allowed fewer goals on Friday, he faced fewer shots, and fewer quality chances.</p>
<p>"I've got confidence in all our goalies; all three of them have worked hard, and Derick has worked hard for a year, beginning his second year now," said Madigan.</p>
<p>However, the Huskies coach was non-committal when it came to the team's long-term plan in net, and praised his trio of back-stoppers.</p>
<p>"We've got three outstanding goaltenders, and I only had two games this weekend," said Madigan of his decision to start Roy and Clay Witt over the weekend.</p>
<p>"They each deserved an opportunity to play, and Clay went Friday, and Derick tonight, and neither one of them played last year because of certain situations.</p>
<p>"Bryan Mountain has worked his rear-end off and will play, and moving forward we'll make those decisions each and every weekend who will get the start in goal."</p>
https://www.sbncollegehockey.com/hockey-east/2013/10/13/4835326/ncaa-mens-hockey-northeastern-goalies-derick-roy-jim-madiganEvan Sporer2013-10-13T11:51:57-07:002013-10-13T11:51:57-07:00RPI at Boston College Line Charts
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<p>Boston College and RPI are meeting for the first time since October 13, 2007.</p> <p> </p>
<p>Chestnut Hill, Mass. - The Rensselaer Engineers will take on the Boston College Eagles today at 3 p.m. in a matinee from Conte Forum. RPI is coming off a 6-0 victory over Sacred Heart yesterday while the Eagles fell to Michigan, 3-1, on Thursday night in Ann Arbor.</p>
<p><b><u>RPI Lines</u></b></p>
<p>Matt Tinordi - Jacob Laliberte - Ryan Haggerty</p>
<p>Mike Zalewski - Brock Higgs - Milos Bubela</p>
<p>Matt Neal - Mark McGowan - Jimmy DeVito</p>
<p>Johnny Rogic - Mark Miller - Jake Wood</p>
<p>Curtis Leonard - Bo Dolan</p>
<p>Guy Leboeuf - Chris Bradley</p>
<p>Luke Curadi - Parker Reno</p>
<p><i>Jason Kasdorf</i> - Scott Diebold</p>
<p><b><u>Boston College Lines</u></b></p>
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<p>Johnny Gaudreau - Bill Arnold - Adam Gilmour</p>
<p>Ryan Fitzgerald - Kevin Hayes - Austin Cangelosi</p>
<p>Quinn Smith - Patrick Brown - Chris Calnan</p>
<p>Destry Straight - Michael Sit - Brendan Silk</p>
<p>Isaac MacLeod - Danny Linell</p>
<p>Scott Savage - Steve Santini</p>
<p>Ian McCoshen - Michael Matheson</p>
<p><i>Thatcher Demko</i> - Brian Billett - Brad Barone</p>
<p>Jeff Cox covers college and junior hockey, NCAA recruiting, NHL Draft prospects and the AHL for SBNation. Follow him on twitter @JeffCoxSBNation.</p>
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<p>After cruising to a victory Friday night, Northeastern got a much tougher game from Alabama-Huntsville on Saturday.</p> <p>
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<p>Boston, Mass - While the score line was dramatically different, the result was the same, as Northeastern was able to squeak out a win over Alabama-Huntsville for the second consecutive night, 3-2.</p>
<p>The Huskies, like they did on Friday night's first match up, took advantage of early penalties from the visitors, and capitalized on the man-advantage in the first period just 3:32 in. Mike Szmatula corralled a faceoff, and Kevin Roy zipped a pass to Braden Pimm whose wrist shot found its way through traffic for the only goal of the first period on the man-advantage.</p>
<p>"I think yesterday we weren't a Division 1 hockey team; today we were a Division 1 hockey team," said Chargers head coach Mike Corbett. "That was the difference.</p>
<p>"We didn't talk about a lot of things today, I gave the kids some time, we just talked about competing, and battling, and things like that, nothing system wise."</p>
<p>The Chargers played a much more physical, aggressive brand of hockey Saturday night, giving Northeastern significantly less space to work with, especially on the power play.</p>
<p>"Obviously it was a win, and we'll take the win," said Huskies head coach Jim Madigan. "I thought Alabama played very well. They really came after it from the opening faceoff.</p>
<p>"They had a lot of energy, and I don't think our guys responded throughout the whole game."</p>
<p>Northeastern's power play, which connected early, lost its rhythm through the middle part of the game, but found the back of the net again in the second period to double their lead. With a two-man advantage, Roy sent a point-to-point pass to Cody Ferriero who buried a one-timer just below the cross bar.</p>
<p>After misconnecting on an opportunity earlier on the same power play, Roy and Ferriero switched point spots, opening up the one-timer for the senior.</p>
<p>"I liked on our energy when we were playing 5-on-5, I liked how we forechecked, when we're playing 5-on-5, the problem is we're not playing too much 5-on-5," said Madigan, who's team committed 11 penalties Saturday night.</p>
<p>Up 2-1 in the third period, the Huskies added what turned out to be a crucial third goal, when Colton Saucerman found the back of the net for his first of the season. After outmuscling a defender below the dots, Saucerman's shot went through the legs of UAH goaltender Carmine Guerriero, and just inside the far post to give Northeastern a 3-1 lead.</p>
<p>"Credit them; I thought their goaltender played extremely well," said Madigan. "Every time we tried to get a little bit of separation from them, they found a way to get back into the game."</p>
<p>Northeastern will hit the ice for its next game this Friday when it travels to Holy Cross for the first of a home-and-home two game series.</p>
https://www.sbncollegehockey.com/hockey-east/2013/10/12/4832584/ncaa-mens-hockey-northeastern-win-alabama-huntsville-kevin-roy-wchaEvan Sporer2013-10-12T15:43:52-07:002013-10-12T15:43:52-07:00Northeastern Set For Second Straight Against UAH
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<p>For the second straight night, the Huskies and Chargers will lock horns at Matthews Arena.</p> <p>Northeastern got off to the start it was looking for Friday night, defeating the visiting Alabama-Huntsville Chargers 9-1 in the Huskies home-opener. Northeastern saw five players record their first collegiate point, and cruised to an easy opening victory. The Huskies received a big contribution from standout-sophomore <span>Kevin Roy</span>, who recorded his second career hat trick as part of a big four point night.</p>
<p>The puck is set to drop in less than an hour on round two between these two teams, and there aren't too many changes to either lineup. The visiting Chargers have made a few minor tweaks up front, and freshman Derick Roy is listed atop the depth chart of Northeastern goaltenders, and will be getting his first collegiate action tonight. Here are the lines for tonight:</p>
<p><b>Northeastern</b></p>
<p>Kevin Roy — John Stevens — Braden Pimm</p>
<p><span>Cody Ferriero</span> — Mike Szmatula — Zach Aston-Reese</p>
<p>Mike McMurtry — Dalen Hedges — <span>Adam Reid</span></p>
<p>Ryan Belonger — Tanner Pond — Torin Snydeman</p>
<p>Dustin Darou — <span>Josh Manson</span></p>
<p>Dax Lauwers — Colton Saucerman</p>
<p>Jake Schechter — Matt Benning</p>
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<p><b>Alabama-Huntsville</b></p>
<p>Alex Allan — Chad Brears — Doug Reid</p>
<p>Regan Soquila — Jeff Vanderlugt — Brandon Clowes</p>
<p>Joakim Broberg — Stephen McKenna — Cody Marooney</p>
<p>Jack Prince — Brent Fletcher — Matt Salhany</p>
<p>Wade Schools — Anderson White</p>
<p>Steven Koshey — Ben Reinhardt</p>
<p>Brandon Carlson — Frank Misuraca</p>
<p><i>Follow me for updates on Twitter for tonight's game </i><a href="https://twitter.com/ev_sporer" target="_blank">@ev_sporer</a></p>
https://www.sbncollegehockey.com/hockey-east/2013/10/12/4832042/ncaa-mens-hockey-northeastern-alabama-huntsville-pre-game-lineups-wcha-kevin-royEvan Sporer2013-10-11T22:04:33-07:002013-10-11T22:04:33-07:00Hockey East: Three Stars of the Night - October 11
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<p>Kevin Roy recorded his second career shutout in Northeastern's 9-1 thrashing of Alabama-Huntsville.</p> <p> </p>
<p><u>#1 Star</u></p>
<p>Northeastern sophomore forward <b>Kevin Roy</b> recorded his second career hat trick as his team downed Alabama-Huntsville, 9-1. The Anaheim Ducks prospect scored a goal in each period and added an assist on Adam Reid's second period tally.</p>
<p><u>#2 Star</u></p>
<p>Providence sophomore defenseman <b>John Gilmour</b> played a great game in both ends of the ice. The Calgary Flames draft pick stepped up into the offense, scoring two goals and adding a helper as his Friars dispatched of WCHA favorite Minnesota State. His second period goal was a thing of beauty. He stepped up to join the rush and looked off teammate Steven McParland before snapping off a wicked wrister that went sailing into the top of the net.</p>
<p><u>#3 Star</u></p>
<p>Boston University sophomore defenseman <b>Ahti Oksanen</b> assisted on all three scores for the home team at Agganis Arena Friday night. After a scoreless first period, the Terriers notched three-second period goals en route to a 3-1 victory over UMass-Amherst in what will be the only conference game until November.</p>
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