Suddenly, A Newfound Respect For Mike Schafer

"You wonder why the guys were pissed at the end at center ice. It's not the kids. They take the lead from us, so yeah, I contributed to it because I'm pissed off at their coach at the end of the game for being such an a**hole." - Mike Schafer, November 8, 2014, after a 1-0 loss at Quinnipiac.

Happy Thanksgiving from WaP

From all of us here at Without a Peer, have a happy and healthy Thanksgiving!

Tough Crowd

Really not much to add today. As a quick note for those not following us on Twitter (and really, if you're not following us on Twitter... why not?), the Engineers added a pair of recruits this week, which we expect should finish out recruiting for 2012-13 with the possible exception of another potential forward. Here's what the Class of 2012 looks like, with the one question mark on 2012 or 2013 in italics. We've linked to Reilly Hamilton's stat-shot of the two new recruits as well, you can find the rest at our yearly pipeline piece that we did last month.

Forwards
Mike Zalewski (Vernon, BCHL)
Mark Miller (Omaha, USHL)
Riley Bourbonnais (Cedar Rapids, USHL)
Travis Fulton (Vaughan, OJHL)
Milos Bubela (Dubuque, USHL)

Defensemen
Chris Bradley (Youngstown, USHL)
Craig Bokenfohr (Camrose, AJHL)

Goaltenders
Jason Kasdorf (Des Moines, USHL)

That's about it for today. As a parting gift, please, enjoy this... thing. Consider it an early pumpup present.