Rutland Herald Winter Sports Guide 2018-2019
Hockey Preview Continued
Wideawake, Taylor Surething and Alexis
Patterson are the other returning players.
The Raiders’ new forwards are Elise Lind-
stone, Molly Abatiell, Tessa McLaughlin,
Sydney Wood and Isabel Crossman while
Steupert plans to use Abigail Stoodley and
Alyssa Kennedy at forward and defense.
“I have asked some of them to do two things
because my job is to put the best, hard-work-
ing players out there,” Steupert said.
The Raiders have their fi rst scrimmage on
Monday (Dec. 10) at Stowe and will open
the season at home next Saturday at 4 p.m.
against Hartford.
Katherine Pate, a four-year player at the Uni-
versity of Vermont, is Steupert’s new assistant
and he feels blessed to have her on board.
“She’s done an outstanding job,” Steupert
said.
Coincidentally, she is charged with
helping Steupert get the Raiders back to
the fi nals at her old ice sheet at Gutterson
Fieldhouse. But that’s not really on the
radar just yet.
“My thing is because of the big freshmen
class is they have to be comfortable with
the team,” Steupert said. “We’re taking
one game at a time. I just want them to get
better from day one to the end.”
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Rutland High’s Ben Simpson in action during a recent practice in Spartan Arena.
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