But if you really want to know where Schwartz gets that rabid puck pursuit ability, ask him about his late sister, Mandi. She was a hockey player, too, suiting up for the Yale Bulldogs.

Schwartz will wear No. 17 next season in honor of his sister, Mandi, who was diagnosed with myeloid leukemia in 2008 and passed away in 2011 at the age of 23. Mandi wore the No. 17 with the Yale ...