Canada has an impressive youth hockey infrastructure, with an excellent system of junior hockey leagues as well as college leagues. Even here at Cornell, around half of the men’s hockey team and most of the women’s hockey team hails from the Great White North. Knowing Canada’s hockey tradition, as Cornell men’s hockey prepares to face two Canadian colleges in exhibition games this weekend, one might logically expect the Canadian teams to be two challenging opponents. The reason for this seeming contradiction is that the most talented Canadian hockey players go to the top Canadian junior leagues, where there is a clearly-paved path to the NHL. However, Schafer is more fluid with his power play line-up than most NCAA coaches, and just like the other focus areas, a strong performance could earn a player more power play time during the regular season.

Source: Daily Sun October 11, 2017 23:15 UTC