CHS Boys Hockey coach Brian Shuman took the reins of the Bulldog Boys Hockey team during the 2005-2006 season and has been our head coach ever since.
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| Shuman's first Bulldog squad in 2005-2006 |
Heading into this season, his 21st, Shuman was just three wins short of the team's 350th victory during his tenure. The Bulldogs made quick work on getting their coach to this impressive milestone, starting off this season with three impressive wins, the 350th one coming last night over rival Westwood in the Joe Donnelly Cup.
If it feels like it was just yesterday that Shuman notched his 300th win, that's because it basically was! Let's look at some math here. For Shuman's Bulldogs to amass 350 wins in 20.15 seasons, they would need to average 17.4 wins per season. SEVENTEEN and a HALF wins per season.........where most of those seasons had 20 or 22 regular season games. That is insane. It is excellence.
I'm sure Coach Shuman will tell you that it was the kids and the community that deserve the credit and that he has been fortunate to be the steward of the position for the past two decades. He certainly would be correct in his sentiment- we have an amazing hockey community and our kids are the best! But there is only one thru-line that I can see over the past two decades, and that is coach Shuman. His leadership has made such a huge impact on hundreds of our hockey boys and created a program we can all be proud of.
