This year's Yale lineup features only three seniors and three juniors.
"They're not as experienced as they once were," Kerr said. "They're a lot like we are, they have a lot of young but very important players."
The most prominent player in Yale's youth movement is sophomore forward Jay Alberts, who leads the team in scoring with seven points in ten games. Alberts was named last year's Ivy League Rookie of the Year in 1999 after finishing second on the Bulldogs in scoring with 21 points in 18 games.
Alberts has notched seven points in this young season. Another sophomore, defenseman Stuart Yingst, is second on the team with six.
This more youthful Bulldog squad has already suffered a league loss to Ivy co-leader Dartmouth, and is tied with Columbia and Cornell for fourth place.
However, Yale's early season losses are deceiving. The Elis have been forced to play much of the season without their goaltender and leader, captain Danny Moss.
Moss tore cartilage in his knee during an early-season practice, and had corrective surgery on Sept. 11. The injury k ept him out of the season's first six games.
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