June 26, 2010

Cancer Fight's Perfect Score

????????????The following article featuring former Yale standout Brennan Turner appeared in the June 26 issue of the Ottawa Citizen.

 

By Wayne Scanlan
The Ottawa Citizen


With more than 140 minutes in penalties last season with Elmira of the ECHL, Brennan Turner isn't afraid to fight.

However, it's the fight for Mandi Schwartz's life that occupies most of Turner's time these days.

Schwartz, 22, from Wilcox, Sask., and a member of Yale's women's hockey team, is suffering from acute myeloid leukemia, the cancer that once afflicted the younger brother of former Gloucester Rangers defenceman Erik Gudbranson.

Complete article can be accessed via the Citizen Web site by clicking here.