Former Utica defenseman Josh Teves is settling in during his first season with Rochester. Amerks.com has the story:
The last two seasons, Teves has been with the Utica Comets. With Utica being a team that the Amerks saw over a dozen times last year, Rochester head coach Seth Appert got familiar with Teves' game. Once offseason hit, Teves was one of the players that Appert was adamant about going after.
"First of all, I'll start with last year. I liked him last year when coaching against him and when we talked about players we wanted to bring in, that was a guy that I was really excited about because I really liked coaching against him," stated Appert when asked what he likes about Teves' play.
In his first full season with the Comets last season, Teves recorded four points (1+3) in 23 games. Teves' 34 shots were fourth-most among all Comets defensemen, he had at least one shot in all but three games, and coincidentally, his first professional goal was scored against Rochester on Feb. 26, 2021.
After signing his one-year AHL contract with Rochester in early August Teves, said he had good conversations with Appert leading up to the 2021-22 season.
"We had nice conversations going into the year and I just felt the confidence that he had in me as well. I think it kind of went both ways."
You can tell that Appert has confidence in the 26-year-old defenseman. He likes that he's mobile and he feels good with him in his lineup.
"I like defensemen that can skate and are mobile. He's a really good mobile defenseman. I like his ability to break the puck out in transition and I like that's he got a real bite to his competitiveness for a mid-sized D-man."
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