Former CDS Student Captures the Stanley Cup!
While The Country Day School has had four alumni go on to play in the NHL, including Mike Cammalleri ’99, Victor Mete ’16 and Jakob Chychrun ’16, not until now has a CDS alumni hoisted the Stanley Cup. Barclay Goodrow ’11 became the first to do so after he helped the Tampa Bay Lightning defeat the Dallas Stars in the NHL’s Stanley Cup finals last month.
Until February of this year, Barclay had played for the San Jose Sharks for the past six seasons. That was when Tampa sought Barclay and traded for him at the trade deadline in a deliberate effort to bolster their roster for a Stanley Cup run. According to his mother, Janice, Tampa was “looking to add ‘grit and truculence’ (along with skill) to their lineup in view of them being swept last season in four straight games in the first round of the playoffs.” The talented right-winger delivered on all of the above – playing a significant role on the team while adding grit, truculence and scoring.
Growing up in Aurora, Barclay started Opti-hockey at the age of 5, then Tyke, followed by two years with Aurora Tigers AA teams. When he was 10, he began playing AAA in Richmond Hill. He went on to play his final years of minor hockey with York Simcoe Express, helping his teams win three OMHA championships in five years.
A CDS student from Grade 7 to 10, Barclay also played school hockey on the U14 and U16 teams with Mr. MacMillan and Mr. Hendry as his coaches. Voted MVP for every sport he played during his time at CDS, Mr. Sherman fondly remembers coaching Barclay on U13 Basketball, as do Mr. Andersen and Mr. Burleigh for U14 Rugby. There’s a great lesson in this – playing multiple sports helps an athlete develop a wide variety of skills.
Barclay was a first-round draft pick for the OHL’s Brampton Battalion in 2009, and played five seasons with Brampton [then North Bay], serving as captain in his final two seasons. He remains the Battalion franchise leader in regular season games played, scoring 229 points in 313 games with the Brampton/North Bay franchise, and the second all-time leading scorer.
Then in March 2014, he signed as an unrestricted free agent with the San Jose Sharks. The rest is history and we wish Barclay all the best as he emerges from the NHL bubble and savours his Stanley Cup victory!
Land Acknowledgment
The Country Day School wishes to recognize and acknowledge the land on which the school operates. Our nearest Indigenous Nations are now the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and the Chippewas of Georgina Island. The Dish with One Spoon Wampum covenant is often cited as an example of the shared responsibility for caring for these lands among the Huron-Wendat, Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples who would call these their traditional territories. CDS respects the relationship with these lands and recognizes that our connection to this land can be strengthened by our continued relationship with all First Nations, by acknowledging our shared responsibility to respect and care for the land and waters for future generations.
School Information
13415 Dufferin Street King, Ontario L7B 1K5
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca
Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca
Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
