Union College Athletics

Profile
Born March 5, 1984 … Shoots left … A 2002 graduate of St. Albert High School … Favorite hobbies are fishing and golf … Favorite professional hockey team is the Edmonton Oilers … Favorite hockey player is Steve Staios … Majoring in mechanical engineering … Parents are Paul and Priscille Caffaro.

2007-08
Named to the All-ECAC Second Team … Finished fifth on the team with 13 assists … Produced three goals and 16 points … Played in 33 games … Member of a defense that held opponent to two goals or less 16 times … Tallied first point of season with an assist against Ferris State on 10/13 … Had an assist against RPI on 10/26 … Had an assist against Yale on 11/03 … Assisted the game-winning marker at Quinnipiac on 11/30 … Registered an assist against Connecticut on 1/4 … Had a goal and an assist against Colgate on 1/11 … Tallied two assist at RPI on 1/19 … Assisted on the game-winning goal against #19 Princeton on 2/1 … Had an assist against Harvard on 2/8 … Had the game-tying goal and two assists against #11 Clarkson on 2/22 … Tallied an assist at Yale on 2/29 … Netted a goal against Cornell on 3/15.

2006-07
Led all defensemen and ranked fifth on the team with a career-high seven goals and 18 assists for 25 points … Served as an assistant captain … Ranked third in the league in scoring among defensemen … Played in 34 games and all but one conference contest … Ranked second on the team with 16 power-play points on five goals and 11 assists … Led team with 63 penalty minutes … Tallied six multiple-point games, starting with two assists against RIT on 10/14 … Had a pair of assists against Quinnipiac on 11/3, against #14 Massachusetts on 11/25 and against RPI on 1/12 … Had three goals and three assists in a six-game point streak from 1/20 to 2/9 starting with a power-play goal against #10 Clarkson on 1/20 … Scored the game-winning goal in the season opener at Ferris State … Scored four goals and added nine assists in league play.

2005-06
Appeared in 29 games … Ranked sixth on the team and led defensemen with five goals and 11 assists for 16 points … Posted an eight-game point streak from 10/14-11/12 … Tallied his first career point with an assist against Colorado College in his collegiate debut … Capped his point streak with his first collegiate goal, a shorthanded tally, against No. 20 Quinnipiac on 11/12 … Posted two goals against Yale on 1/20 for his first career multiple-point game … Scored the game-tying goal at RPI on 2/4 … Led the team with 101 penalty minutes … Ranked 12th in the ECACHL among rookies and 15th among defensemen in scoring … Netted the game-winning goal against Wayne State on 11/26 … Assisted on the game-winning goal at Princeton on 11/11.

Before Union
Played for the Fort McMurray Oil Barons of the Alberta Junior Hockey League under head coach Gord Thibodeau … Was one of the top scoring defensemen in the AJHL that season with 11 goals and 33 assists … Also had 125 penalty minutes … Was a first-team AJHL All-Star … Selected as the team captain in 2004 and was co-captain the two previous seasons … Named as the team’s top defenseman three years in a row.