Q: You were the 2006 AHA Player of the Year, a two-time All-AHA First Team pick, a third-team All-American, a two-time AHA Champion and finished your career with 137 points. What were some of your fondest memories of playing hockey at Holy Cross?
They say memories are supposed to fade a little bit, but I still vividly remember so much. Sitting at the lunch table in Kimball, working out with Coach Oliver, road trips, classroom stuff, etc. The one common theme is that my teammates are involved in all of those memories and stories. I remember it all. The accolades are humbling, but such a small part of it all.
Q: Do people still bring up your overtime goal against Minnesota in the 2006 NCAA Tournament? What do you remember from that play and that moment?
It gets brought up at the most random times. My kids will want to watch the YouTube highlight video from time to time. I work with the Notre Dame athletic department and we are around their rink a lot too, their staff are aware about it and it comes up whenever they play Minnesota during their Big10 schedule.
Again, I remember the entire weekend. But as for the play; I recall being on the bench before that shift at the start of OT, [Matt] Burke’s pass, Blair [Bartlett] going to the net, seeing the open net, except for the ~8 seconds after the goal. I know [Dale] Reinhardt tackled me, and I snapped out of it when Pierre [Nappert-Frenette] was on top of me in the ensuing pile, screaming. The highest high we could ever imagine in sports.
