Garman

[ohwangutan]

Sorry if this is an ignorant question, but is there a reason why we get so many players from the Nanaimo Clippers (other than they're good)?  Is Schaf like best friends with the coach there or something?!?

[pfibiger]

[quote ohwangutan]Sorry if this is an ignorant question, but is there a reason why we get so many players from the Nanaimo Clippers (other than they're good)?  Is Schaf like best friends with the coach there or something?!?[/quote]

Craig Buckser says "I am firmly convinced that Brooke Bestwick was the star hockey recruit for the class of 2003," and I totally agree. Her father is the head coach / general manager of the Nanaimo Clippers, and after she came to Cornell to play women's hockey, the pipeline started (with Greg Hornby). I imagine that he came to visit a fair amount, got a feel for the men's program, and got to know Schafer. Clearly he trusts Schafer to take care of kids he's found/groomed, and similarly Schafer knows that he can send kids there for a year to play competitive hockey and learn to play a style of hockey he knows/trusts.