Thirteen months ago, Blake Geoffrion walked into the office of University of Wisconsin menâ??s hockey coach Mike Eaves and said something profound.
A captain and highly regarded center in the midst of his junior season, Geoffrion told Eaves he intended to return to UW for his senior year.
Geoffrion, a second-round NHL draft pick of Nashville, had talked it over with his parents during the holiday break and decided he would make a pretty unusual commitment.