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It’s an area of the ice that comes with some hard knocks, but can be a gold mine, he says.
"There’s a lot of goals to be had there, so the faster you can get there, the better chance you have. My game is taking pucks to the net, that’s something I pride myself in and it makes me an effective player. Any chance I can get to the net, with or without the puck, that’s how I create," says Appleton.