Canadian Newspaper Profiles David Carle

(left) DU Sophomore David Carle

From: National Post
by Joe O'Connor


The final seconds of David Carle's hockey career were captured on handheld camera. Players dart back and forth in the video shot in April 2008. A small crowd starts the countdown: 10, 9, 8, 7 ... and a celebration ensues. Gloves fly off. Helmets are tossed aside. And the goalie for Shattuck-St. Mary's gets swallowed beneath an avalanche of teammates as the players from the elite Minnesota prep school celebrate winning the United States under-18 national championship.

One of the bodies in the tangled pile belongs to Carle, an 18-year-old defenceman with a shock of red hair and a bright NHL future. (read rest of article)

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