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Player Spotlight highlights the finer details and elements while supplying insight to the fans on what a player's thought process may be pertaining to a certain play, game or situation. It brings the intensity, passion, and inner most thoughts of the individual player that otherwise may not be felt or heard. |
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Kevin M. Neibauer caught up with National Lacrosse League Most Valuable Player, Athan Iannucci. It was Iannucci's first full game back after he suffered a serious knee injury in the offseason. Iannucci attempted to play in a game earlier in the season, but, didn't feel comfortable and decided to sit the game out. Upon his return, he scored three goals against the Minnesota Swarm. So, without further ado, | |
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So, Athan, how does the knee feel? |
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Good, it's nice to get back out there, I felt a little winded.You know, I'm not quite in game shape, you can train all you want but there is no substitute for playing in the game. |
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You were cutting good, almost looked like nothing was ever wrong. |
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When you start getting tired, you start thinking about it a little bit more, but, it went as good as I could have hoped.When I'm playing, or engaged my mind is on the game, but when I am kind of floating on the outside, I do think about it a little bit. When my mind is on the game, it goes right out of my head, like that one goal I scored when I dove, I jumped off the right foot and landed on my knees and everything was fine.
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At this point, is it more psychological than physical? |
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You have to get your confidence back and take it one game at a time. First step, so I take it up from here.
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So, the MVP is apparently back.
| PLPA Correspondent Kevin M. Neibauer has been contributing articles to several on-line sites in the Philadelphia, Pa. area. Currently acts as the Philadelphia Correspondent for InTheCrease.com and also Just Hockey. Kevin has been writing for Just Hockey for three seasons and for InTheCrease for two. Currently being published each month, Neibauer covers both the Philadelphia Phantoms and the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League for Just Hockey. Kevin also contributes feature stories and interviews for that site. Besides those two sites, Neibauer has contributed to several Lacrosse sites, as well as writing for three Philadelphia based, All-Sports sites. Kevin was introduced to the indoor game of Lacrosse in the 1970's, when as a child, he would attend games in the old Eagle Pro Box League. Other Lacrosse background: Served as a referee in the Philadelphia Box Lacrosse Association. Neibauer, by day, is a Union Sheet Metal Worker out of Local 19 in the Philadelphia Pennsylvania area and is married and lives in Philadelphia with his family. Kevin can be reached at KJIEN@aol.com |
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