Education
He attended a try-out with the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League prior to the start of the 1979-1980 season, but was released to play out his final year of junior eligiability with the Bighorns.
He attended a try-out with the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League prior to the start of the 1979-1980 season, but was released to play out his final year of junior eligiability with the Bighorns.
Stafford played major junior hockey with the Billings Bighorns of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He went on to play professionally for seven seasons, predominantly with the Milwaukee Admirals of the International Hockey League (IHL), where he scored 131 goals and 219 assists for 350 points, while earning 228 penalty minutes, in 355 games played, before hanging up his skates following the 1986-1987 IHL season.
