The defensive end: Kislin returns to the Freehold Township defense after a sophomore season in which delivered 32 points on nine goals and 23 assists, and landed himself the leading role on Sports Center’s Top 10 (you can find that highlight reel video here), “Our philosophy is to build from the net out, so to pair the guys we have coming back with a bunch of real good freshmen defensemen that are coming in, that’s a solid core of players. “But the guys we have coming back are all skilled in their own rights and logged major minutes last year.” “Will it be tough to replace that sort of leadership and talent, absolutely,” Celano said. Though the loss of former Patriots captains Zach Berzolla and Greg Russo – the latter was lost to graduation while the former opted to forego his senior season to compete with the Muskegon Lumberjacks of the USHL – will be felt, the effect will be lessened as Freehold coach Mike Celano can insert New Jersey Titans 16U National pivot and recent Northeastern University commit Julian Kislin, amongst a core of talented returning starters that includes goaltender Nick Raiola, defensemen Erik Borschevsky and Ryan Ford, and forwards Max Halvorsen, Tyler McNamara, and Brendan Liebross. The scenario: How do you replace a Colorado College hockey commit on your blue line, and one of the top scorers in program history? With another NCAA Division I signee and a bevy of talented returning starters of course…or at least that’s how Freehold Township does it. Division/Classification: Class A North, Public A
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