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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Gryba Happy!

Eric Gryba has smashed and bashed his way all the way to a "A" on his sweater.

Gryba, along with rising junior Nick Bonino will be the assistants to Kevin Shattenkirk's captainship.


Shatty was slated to co-captain the 09-10 Terriers along with Brian Strait, but Strait has opted to go pro, signing a deal with the Penguins.


GoTerriers.com has the complete story.


This promotion means a whole new responsibility for Gryba. Playing on ultra-talented teams has allowed the mammoth defender to play a secondary role, and often take unecessary penalties without really hurting the team. However, with the top pair of blue-liners gone to the pros, Gryba will assume a position of leadership in his senior year.


This is a big vote of confidence from Jack Parker, showing that he believes in Gryba to tone it down a notch.


The big fella' has amassed 236 penalty minutes over his first three years in Scarlet, including 106 minutes in the sin bin in 46 games in 2008-09.


Gryba is just 52 minutes shy of Freddy Meyer's BU record for career penalty minutes. Let's all raise a glass and hope that one Scarlet "A" doesn't hold Gryba back from making history.