 And while the BSU men's hockey team has enjoyed their success on the ice this season, senior forward Phil Marinaccio is also enjoying this success, but for another reason as well. After three self-proclaimed up and down seasons, Phil Marinaccio has finally found his place with the Beavers. The senior from Novelton, Ontario is enjoying his finest season of collegiate hockey yet. He has 23 points, nearly matching his three year total of 29 to lead BSU this year. He's seeing success, not only offensively, but he's seeing success in other areas of his game. He's bought in and he feels good about things and when you feel good about things, you're going to have more success and that's where Phil's at right now. He has career highs in both assists and goals this season. His 14 helpers lead the team, while his nine goals rank second. He's stepping up big, like I said, scoring goals, having lots of assists. He's big on the power plays, big five on five, down low. I thought I got better as the years went on and this year I'm just trying to take full advantage of every opportunity that I'm given. But Marinaccio's success hasn't come without hard work. He always could make plays, no question about that, but he's had to learn how to play away from the puck and he's done that and he's learned to be more of a well-rounded player. He's a good forechecker right now. He's coming back hard. I knew what I was capable of doing, but there was other parts of my game that I had to work on and it took a little bit to develop, not only defensively, but just playing away from the puck and all those little things. He's putting it all together right now and that's why sometimes you need four years of college hockey. And he says that hard work and success has allowed coaches to put more trust in him while he's been on the ice. I just have to try and not abuse that trust and just kind of try to make him proud when I do go out there by making the right play or scoring goal, getting an assist, making a hit, back checking just any one of those things just to kind of prove to him like that's why he put me out there. And now in his last collegiate season, he hopes to help his senior class make their mark on the program. This is the best team that we've been on and we want to try and kind of create a legacy here. So when we come back in five, 10, 15 years, we could remember the great things that we did in our senior year. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.