It’s not easy for a first-year Head Coach to step into a new role, implement a new system, and somehow manage to compensate for losing 13 seniors last season but that’s exactly what Rutgers Men’s Ice Hockey’s D1 Head Coach, Joe Dickson, is doing.
One of the most difficult aspects of being head coach this year is implementing an entirely new system, one that’s more focused on defensive zone (and neutral zone) play, sending more pucks to the net, and overall just playing better team defense.
Dickson didn’t change the system when he took over in January but did at the beginning of the 2017-18 season in September.