The following article featuring former Cornell forward Raymond Sawada appeared in the March 29 issue of the Des Moines Register. 

By LISA COLONNO
Register Staff Writer  

Raymond Sawada was sitting in the library at Cornell University in New York on Thursday morning when he got a call from Scott White, the Iowa Stars' director of hockey operations.

"They said, ‘You better get home and get packing,'" Sawada said.

In a whirlwind 36 hours, the right wing signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Dallas Stars, was assigned to Iowa and experienced weather-related travel delays and flight cancellations before arriving in Des Moines Friday afternoon.

Complete article can be accessed via the Register's Web site by clicking here.