Gordie Stafford has been the director of girls hockey at Shattuck-St. Mary's School Hockey Center of Excellence in Faribault, Minnesota, since 2004, and coached Brianna Decker during her four years at the school from 2005 to 2009. In his time at Shattuck-St. Mary's, Stafford has won 13 national championships between the Prep and under-16 teams. Decker helped the school win three national under-19 championships (2005, 2006, 2009) and returned in 2022 to work as an associate coach with Stafford for three seasons.

I first met Brianna Decker when she was 14 years old. I was in my first year as director of girls hockey at Shattuck-St. Mary's, and she had been highly recommended to our program. She was a force from the start, and that became evident in her very first days at the school.

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