| John Ronan |
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 | Class: Senior
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 | Hometown: South Boston, Mass.
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 | Height / Weight: 5-11 / 215
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 | Position: Forward
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 | Birthdate: 07/06/1980
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 | Last Team: Walpole Junior Stars
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2003-04: Played in 43 games, missing only one game ... Had six goals and eight assists for 14 points, all career highs ... Scored his first goal of the season against Holy Cross (10/18) ... Added a goal against Merrimack (10/30) ... Had two assists against Vermont (1/4) ... Notched a goal and an assist against New Hampshire (1/30) ... Biggest game of the season came when he assisted on a power play goal in the first period and then scored the game winner in overtime against #2 ranked Boston College (3/6), earning the game's first star ... Scored a shorthanded goal in the third period to tie the game in the Hockey East quarterfinals against Merrimack (3/13). 2002-03: Saw action in 24 games for the Black Bears his sophomore season ... One of the hottest Black Bears towards the end of the season, as he scored three goals in his last six games ... Notched the game-winner against Massachusetts (2/22) ... Appeared to have scored the game-winner vs. Boston University (2/28) before the Terriers came back to score three goals in the final two and a half minutes ... Tallied a goal against Massachusetts (3/6) in the Hockey East quarterfinals ... Received the Richard Britt Coaches' Award at the team banquet. 2001-02: Capped off a solid freshman season by scoring the game-winning goal in overtime in 4-3 win over Harvard in the NCAA Tournament ... Scored five goals and added four assists for nine points ... Dished out two assists in Hockey East quarterfinal win over Boston College (3/7)... Scored a goal in victory over Boston University (3/1) ... Scored two goals and added an assist versus Massachusetts (2/22) ... Registered a power play goal in his first collegiate game against Bowling Green.
BEFORE MAINE: A proven goal scorer who captained former Black Bear player Dave LaCouture's Walpole Junior Stars 2001 team ... One of three Black Bears to play for the Walpole Junior Stars' 2001 Eastern Junior Hockey League (EJHL) Championship squad ... Led EJHL in scoring last season with 83 points (39-44-83) in 35 league games ... EJHL Championship Most Valuable Player Award recipient ... Single-handedly erased a 2-0 lead by the Junior Bruins in the championship game by scoring the Stars' first two goals to tie the game, and then assisting on the game-winning third goal ... EJHL Player of the Month in October and EJHL Player of the Week March 11 ... Walpole's 2001 Most Valuable Player Award winner ... 2000 Junior Stars' Unsung Hero Award recipient.
PERSONAL: Born July 6, 1980 ... Son of Denise and John Ronan ... A communications major.