Coach Jerry York quickly learned to take cover from Alex Newhook’s shenanigans. Then a freshman in York’s Boston College program, Newhook always liked to douse himself with water before his hockey games, but now the ritual was expanding.
Newhook gathered water bottles, carried them up and down the bench and splashed every one of his teammates to energize them – an audacious initiative for a freshman on a team loaded with seniors.
“The first couple of games he did it, I’m like, ‘This kid’s out of his mind,’” assistant coach Mike Ayers said. “And then it got to the point where everybody was looking for it.