As I watched Marc Staal in last night’s preseason game against the Islanders, a moment I experienced a year ago kept running through my head.
Last November, I walked down the stairs into the Madison Square Garden press conference room following a Boston University-Cornell NCAA Hockey game. My assignment at the time was to learn more about Boston University’s defense. What I did not know was that I was actually learning about future New York Rangers’ Head Coach David Quinn.
Boston University were in a somewhat unusual spot of having seven defensemen on its roster who were drafted by NHL teams.