Thursday, August 5, 2010

What ever happened to these guys? (Part 2)

Yep, I'm back at it again with "What ever happened to these guys?" This week I'm looking back on Chris Heisenberg's 2006 Recruits List. This list includes all eight seniors that graduated this past year: Mike Schreiber, Rich Sillery, Mike Wakita, Jason Walters, Jason Shaffer, Mario Valery-Trabucco, Jeff Christiansen, and Jon Lareau. But, there are three other names on the list: Dustin DeGagne, Shaun Williams, and Andrew Estey. Unlike the last segment of "What ever happened to these guys?" all three of these guys actually made it to Schenectady. But, none of these guys finished their careers at Union. I heard of DeGagne and Estey through the College Hockey Video Game, but never heard of Williams. So, here are my findings:

Dustin DeGagne (defense): Like many Union players Degagne played his junior hockey for the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. After juniors, DeGagne headed to Schenectady to play for Union. But just two games and two penalty minutes into his freshman year DeGagne decided to leave. This occurred around January 12, 2007 according to College Hockey News. After this DeGagne transferred to the College of St. Scholastica in Canada where he played on the hockey team. In 70 games with the Saints he registered four goals and 22 assists, and accumulated 62 penalty minutes and +13 rating. For more on DeGagne check out his player profile on the St. Scholastica website.

Andrew Estey (forward): Unlike DeGagne, Estey finished out his freshman year in Schenectady. Estey played in 28 games but only tallied one assist along with 18 penalty minutes. You can check out Estey's player profile on the 2006-2007 roster on Union Athletics.com. After not returning for his sophomore campaign Estey left for St. Thomas University in Canada. Last season in 22 games with the Tommies, Estey scored one goal and had three assists. You can check out his player profile on the St. Thomas website here. You can also take a look at an interview with Estey in December 2005 on Hockeys Future.com.

Shaun Williams (goalie): Williams played for the Chicago Steel (USHL) one year after T.J. Fox did. He then came to Schenectady, but never played a game. According to College Hockey News, this was due to a history of knee problems that forced him to get knee surgery early in the 2006 season and retire from hockey. I couldn't find anything about Williams after his retirement.

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