It's a new era at Canton. Longtime boys hockey coach Brian Shuman announced his retirement after 23 seasons with the Bulldogs, including 21 as head coach. He informed the school, players and families last week. Shuman goes out on top after guiding the program to its fifth MIAA title this season, as No. 1 Canton beat No....
It's a new era at Canton.
Longtime boys hockey coach Brian Shuman announced his retirement after 23 seasons with the Bulldogs, including 21 as head coach. He informed the school, players and families last week.
Shuman goes out on top after guiding the program to its fifth MIAA title this season, as No. 1 Canton beat No. 2 Tewksbury, 2-1, in the state final. Shuman's son, Teddy, was a senior captain on the team as the Bulldogs finished 24-1-0, ending the season with 15 straight wins.
"It is impossible to overstate the impact that (Shuman) has made here over his more than two-decade career," wrote Canton athletic director Danny Erickson. "Coach Shuman created something in the CHS Boys Hockey program that redefined what a successful, championship program really looks like.
"Our run of success over the past 15 years is unlike anything the program has seen in the past. The team this year played a level of hockey rarely seen in any high school team. ... The success of the Bulldogs boys hockey team under coach Shuman is something that our entire Canton community, and more specifically, our hockey alumni community, should be enormously proud of."
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Shuman is the winningest coach in Canton history across any sport, posting a 371-72-38 career record that included five state titles and 19 Hockomock titles, averaging 18 wins per season. He was the 2019 USA Today national high school hockey Coach of the Year, and he is slated to be inducted into the Massachusetts State Hockey Coaches Association Hall of Fame on May 17.
"I want to thank coach Shuman for everything," Erickson continued. "For being a great role model for his student athletes and his fellow coaches. For dedicating so much of his time, love and care to our boys. For setting a very high bar of excellence for all CHS coaches to continue to strive towards. And for making the world a better place."
