KALAMAZOO, Mich.- Senior Sheldon Dries is commonly known throughout the Western Michigan hockey program as a person of very few words. Not a very vocal person he leads in another way, by example.
At the age of 17, Dries left his home in Macomb, Mich., and headed eight hours away to Green Bay, Wis., to join the Green Bay Gamblers in the United States Hockey League. Over two seasons with the Gamblers, Dries amassed 41 goals and 46 assists, piquing the interest of several collegiate hockey teams, including Western Michigan.
Dries was already familiar with the Bronco program, as his father, Todd Dries, suited up for the Brown & Gold from 1986-87.