Friday, December 31, 2010

CLIFFORD COMMITS TO NIAGARA UNIVERSITY

Press Release

DES MOINES - The Des Moines Buccaneers and Head Coach & General Manager Regg Simon announced today that forward Doug Clifford has committed to Niagara University.

The 20-year-old Woodhaven, MI native spent last season with the Traverse City Stars of the NHAL. He appeared in 56 games and accumulated 20 goals and 33 assists – leading the team in scoring. This season Clifford has appeared in 19 games for the Buccaneers with 8 goals and 7 assists.

“Doug has been a major contributor for the Buccaneers, has put in his time in junior hockey and has earned this opportunity,” said Coach Simon. “I think most scouts looked at him as not being fast or big but he has proven himself as a warrior and a strong hockey player and you can never have enough of those types of players on your team.”

The Niagara University Men’s Hockey Team is a Division I School in the Atlantic Hockey conference coached by Dave Burkholder. They are currently 10-6-2 overall and 7-4-0 in the Atlantic Hockey conference.

With the addition of Clifford’s commitment, the Des Moines Buccaneers now have a total of twelve players who have committed to NCAA Division I schools. Michael Shibrowski (Colorado College), Peter Stoykewych (Colorado College), Connor Kucera (Bowling Green State University), Blake Doerring (Vermont), Kevin Irwin (Ohio State), Cal Decowski (Minnesota-Duluth), Justin Selman (Michigan), Dajon Mingo (Bowling Green State University) Chris Joyaux (Ohio State), Ethan Prow (St. Cloud State University), and Mitch Cain (Bemidji State University).

(Nathan can be reached at fourniern@students.nescom.edu)

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