There have been snipers, there have been garbagemen, but there've been few like Caufield.
30 goals in 31 games, 52 total points in the 20-21 season.
That is the most goals in a season* since Gary Shuchuk netted 41 in his 45 games of the 1988-89 season.
To find a Badger who scored more goals in as many games or fewer, only* Bert DeHate shows up on that list, putting the biscuit in the basket 47 times in 31 games back in 1967-68.
*Caveat: the record book only shows who got the most, there may be another player or two in those seasons with fewer goals than the top guys and more than Cole, but i'm not digging that deep.
For the record, Mark Johnson's 48 goals (42 games) in 77-78 and 90 points (40 games (41-49)) in 78-79 are still the program records.
Finishing with 52 points, Cole was just behind Derek Stepan in '09-'10 who had 54 in 41 games (12-42 (a natty year)), Pavelski's 56 (23-33) in 43 games in '05-'06 (another natty year), and Dany Heatley's 57 in the 2000-2001 campaign.
And for whatever it's worth, Blake Geoffrion scored 28 goals in 40 games when he won the Hobey in 2010.
This guy is the best natural scorer we've seen in Cardinal and White since at least the Heater.
He'd have had a top 5 season all-time if the schedule carried the normal number of games.
