"Of course, every team loves to have size as well, but the guys that can really move and can play at a high pace are so valuable, and Marshall is definitely one of those guys." "The game gets faster and faster every year," Brown said, "and Marshall is part of that new movement of players over, probably, the last decade where speed becomes the foremost attribute. Warren credits his skating prowess to figure skating lessons his mother insisted he take before be he was allowed to play hockey.
I think I put in the work in the summer, and I think I'm going to surprise a lot of people this year with my play on the ice."īrown, a former BC defenseman and captain who played 94 NHL games with the Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins and Winnipeg Jets between 1990-95, said Warren already is a special player, an offensive defenseman with blazing speed.
"And personally, I just want to have a good year for myself, prove myself, dominate like I know I can, set the bar high for myself and have a really strong senior year. "I think this year my biggest goals are for our team to have a good year and for us to make the playoffs, make a run," he said. Warren was tapped for the captaincy after he had a collegiate career-high 21 points (six goals, 15 assists) in 37 games as a junior last season, nearly doubling his sophomore total of 11 points (three goals, eight assists) in 23 games. "So I'm very happy that he's the first captain I've got to work with here." "I was gone just long enough that I haven't coached any of these players, and Marshall has helped me in every aspect, just getting back up to speed with the team," Brown said. Brown was an assistant at BC under Jerry York from 2004-18 but left in 2018 to become a New York Rangers assistant under then-coach David Quinn, and then was coach of Dubuque of the United States Hockey League last season. Warren heads a leadership core that includes senior defenseman Mitch Andres and junior forward Trevor Kuntar as alternate captains.įirst-year BC coach Greg Brown said Warren has been invaluable in helping him get acquainted with players. When the opportunity arrived, it was so hard to pass up." "It's always been a goal of mine to be a leader and to be a captain at Boston College. "Being named captain meant the world to me, especially at a place like Boston College," Warren said.
#Color me mind pro#
166) of the 2019 NHL Draft, delayed turning pro when he was named captain of BC's NCAA Division I men's team in April, becoming the first Black player to have the honor in the college's 100-year hockey history. The 21-year-old defenseman, selected by the Minnesota Wild in the sixth round (No. Marshall Warren decided to return to Boston College for his senior year to proudly serve as captain.
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