Cheverie, selected in the seventh round of the
2006 NHL Draft by Florida, is one of nine NHL
picks on the 2008-09 DU roster. |
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Key Statistics: After
playing 34 games in his final year in the British Columbia
junior ranks, Cheverie saw action in just five games
as a college rookie. He was 1-0-0 in his lone start,
stopping 26 shots to beat Bemidji State in January.
What He Does: After being
the top guy for much of his hockey career, Cheverie
had a relatively uneventful introduction to the college
game, spending all but a handful of minutes learning
from the bench as Peter Mannino backstopped the Pioneers
to another WCHA playoff title. Cheverie said that year
one included lots of learning in the classroom and on
the ice, as he copied Mannino habits like constant focus
and competing for every puck in practice. With Mannino
gone and two freshman behind him, another trip to the
NCAAs will be Cheverie’s to backstop this year.
The Bigger Picture: Growing
up five minutes from the beach in the heart of the Maritimes,
Cheverie’s hockey career has brought him far away
from his home by the Atlantic, with stops in Saskatchewan
and the Canadian Rockies before finding a college home
in the Mile High City. He says you can still sometimes
find a good “taste of home” in landlocked
Colorado, but he watches his wallet while doing so,
as seafood in Denver is roughly four times as costly
as in Nova Scotia. He admits that all that bench-riding
in year one was frustrating at times, and is pumped
for his chance to follow the likes of Dubielewicz, Berkhoel
and Mannino as Denver’s next netminder of note.
Denver coach George Gwozdecky
on Cheverie: “Marc is the heir apparent
to Peter (Mannino) and he’s very eager to step
into that role. From his freshman year he knows the
league and what to expect in a lot of the rinks. It
was much more of an advantage for him last year to watch
and learn rather than being thrown to the wolves.”
—
Jess Myers |
