Bill Schafhauser

William Schafhauser is an American retired ice hockey defenseman and head coach who was an All-American for Northern Michigan.

After returning to Marquette, Schafhauser, who was now team captain, found his team struggling to compete in the new-look CCHA. Four teams from the WCHA had joined over the previous summer and the Wildcats were having a hard time keeping up. NMU dropped from 1st to 8th in the conference and were swept out of the conference quarterfinals. The program recovered a bit in Schafhauser's junior season, rising to 5th in the CCHA and finished 3rd in the CCHA Tournament. In his senior season, Schafhauser helped the club to a 4th-place finish but they possessed a losing record overall. Despite the poor record for his team, Schafhauser was named an All-American that season and followed his collegiate career by signing a professional contract.

He played most of the next three seasons for the Kalamazoo Wings but spent 8 games with the Hershey Bears in 1985–86. After wallowing in AA hockey, Schafhauser travelled to Europe and was a point-per-game player for Ritten Sport in 1988, but couldn't help the team stave off relegation. He found himself playing in the Swiss 'B' League the following season and played well enough to earn a contract with EV Zug in the 'A' League for 1990. Schafhauser remained with Zug for seven seasons, the last three serving as alternate captain, and helped the club capture the regular season title in 1995. They finished as tournament runners-up that year.

After retiring as a player, Schafhauser returned home to Minnesota and eventually became the head coach for the Hill-Murray School girls' ice hockey team. He coached at his alma mater for 13 seasons, leading to the team to a state championship in 2014 and 2015. He retired after the 2020 season. He was inducted into the Northern Michigan Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008.

Statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular Season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1978–79 Hill-Murray School MN-HS —————————— 1979–80 Hill-Murray School MN-HS —————————— 1980–81 Northern Michigan CCHA 443121538————— 1981–82 Northern Michigan CCHA 355162142————— 1982–83 Northern Michigan CCHA 405141924————— 1983–84 Northern Michigan CCHA 396212734————— 1984–85 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 8211304187————— 1985–86 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 759455446————— 1985–86 Hershey Bears AHL 80112————— 1986–87 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 826495552————— 1987–88 SV Ritten Serie A 3610283818————— 1988–89 SC Herisau NLB 333111440101348 1989–90 EV Zug NLA 362574120112 1990–91 EV Zug NLA 36571265300010 1991–92 EV Zug NLA 3659143650112 1992–93 EV Zug NLA 36310132850226 1993–94 EV Zug NLA 3649132094486 1994–95 EV Zug NLA 364812431223512 1995–96 EV Zug NLA 2622447911214 NCAA totals 158 19 63 82 138 — — — — — IHL totals 239 26 124 150 185 — — — — — NLA totals 242 25 50 75 280 45 7 12 19 52

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 1982 United States WJC 6th 7 1 0 1 6 1989 United States Spengler Cup 4th 5 0 1 1 —

Awards and honors Award Year AHCA West Second-Team All-American 1983–84