In his first two seasons with the team, Kaufmann played well but the Bulldogs weren't very good, finishing both years with losing records.

[3] Yale and Kaufmann began to see a change in 1991 when his point production nearly doubled and the team posted its first winning season in 5 years.

The Bulldogs held firm in Kaufmann's final season but he increased his scoring to more than two points per game and was named an All-American.

At the tail end of the 1996 season, he signed on with the Portland Pirates and helped the team reach the Calder Cup finals that year.

He continued to work as the CEO of LingQ while also serving as President of KP Logix, a software company located in the Vancouver area.