Jeff Schaffer
@https://twitter.com/jeff_schaffer13
Jeff is a college hockey and Columbus Blue Jackets contributor for The Hockey Writers. He is a former TV sports reporter who has covered, broadcasted, coached and played hockey at various levels. You can follow him on Twitter @jeff_schaffer13
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Ryan Murray's Columbus Crossroads
July 19th, 2017 Ryan Murray has accomplished a lot for a hockey player of his age. He was selected second overall in the 2012 NHL Draft, has played 220 regular season NHL games, and suited up for Team North America in the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. But despite all that, it's hard to say what the Columbus Blue Jackets truly have in their 23-year-old...
Blue Jackets Post-Playoff Departures
June 19th, 2017 The 2016-17 Columbus Blue Jackets reached new heights for the franchise in a historic season. New regular season heights, that is. Columbus won 50 games, tallied 108 points and went on a remarkable 16-game winning streak. But when the postseason arrived, things went about the same as the team's first two playoff appearances, ending...
Buckeyes Making NCAA Tourney Return
March 24th, 2017 After some tense moments over the last week, the Ohio State men's hockey team got what it wanted: a trip to the NCAA Tournament. "I haven’t come out and said it but we’ve talked a lot about our goals and where we end up wanting to be and our number one goal and our only goal this year to set was let’s get to the tournament,"...
Buckeyes Beginning Postseason Play
March 16th, 2017 The regular season is over for the Ohio State men's hockey team, but plenty is still up in the air. The Buckeyes sit 13th in both the USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls and could receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, but that seems far from...
Rivalry Split Brings out Good & Bad From Buckeyes
March 1st, 2017 The Ohio State men's hockey team's late-season schedule seems to be doing the Buckeyes some favors. Six of the team's final eight regular season games come against Michigan State and Michigan, the two teams at the bottom of the Big Ten standings. Those consecutive tilts against the Spartans and Wolverines present a great opportunity...
Top 3 All-Time Blue Jackets Goalies
February 27th, 2017 Using "all-time" to discuss anything related to the Columbus Blue Jackets may seem a little oxymoronic. After all, we aren't talking about an Original Six franchise, but rather one of the youngest in the NHL. The Blue Jackets are playing their 16th NHL season and have reached the postseason twice, so "all-time Blue Jackets" doesn't carry...