Barber setting offensive career highs
Malcolm MacMillan
Going into the season, Nepean's Brad Barber would most likely be described as a stay-at-home defenceman.
Reliable and physical on the blue line, Barber hadn't been the type to take offensive chances going into this, his third year in the league. He went goalless in 2005-2006 and 2006-2007. One goal in last year's playoffs was the sole time Barber had lit the red light in his CJHL career.
But Mr. Stay-at-Home has quickly evolved in Mr. Offence.
He scored twice in two 2007-2008 preseason games, and that offence was a sure sign of things to come.After denting the twine in just the second game of the season, Barber went through a dry spell before exploding in late November. In the last six games, Barber has six goals - including a pair scored Dec. 4 in Kanata. Four of his tallies have come on the power play, and the 1988-born Nepeanite leads the team's defencemen in scoring by a mile.
There's no question that Barber is enjoying his best stretch of hockey in the CJHL, and it's the Raiders who are reaping the rewards.
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