If Sam Anas ran or dribbled or threw, his path to collegiate and professional sports would have been much clearer. Dozens of teenagers from his home state earn athletic scholarships every year, and a number have gone on to the NFL and the NBA, providing examples to follow.
But Sam Anas doesn’t run. He skates. He doesn’t dribble or throw. He dekes.
As the offensive catalyst for Quinnipiac ice hockey — the top-ranked NCAA Division I team in the country — Anas is an anomaly, but not because he was a slight, 5-foot-7, 130-pound high school senior when he committed to the Hamden, Conn.