Clarkson Notes Preview

This week's Clarkson Notes will run Friday (look at our website for the story).

The lead item will be a feature on senior defenseman Jeremiah Crowe, who played in 55 games, but missed 58, during his first three years as he battled with shoulder injuries.

Here's what Crowe had to say, that isn't in the story, about going through the injuries and missing the NCAA Tournament in 2008.

"It's very frustrating. It's never fun. I had surgery after my sophomore year in the summer and it really didn't work out as I planned. I had another injury pretty early in my junior year where (the shoulder) came back out. That was really frustrating because I spent so much time rehabbing and stuff."

(On the missed NCAA games)

"You try and make the best of it and root for your teammates. You can only control what you can control. It was out of my hands, but it was tough and frustrating to be watching. I had played pretty well up to that point."

Another aspect of Crowe's life I did not have room for in the feature was his background, spending his senior year of high school in Missouri and Texas and graduating from high school in Texarkana, Texas.

He played for the Texarkana Bandits in the 2003-04 season and said the team got the name because Texarkana is the location in the 1977 film, "Smokey and the Bandit" where they have to go to get the illegal Coors Beer to haul back to Georgia.

"It was an awesome experience," Crowe said. "People were a lot more slow-paced down south. They talk slower and sometimes the family I lived with would have trouble understanding me because they thought I talked very fast. The town was small and simple, no big stores or anything. I loved it there."