2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy

Chris Heisenberg resports that Michael Kennedy's younger brother Patrick has committed to Cornell. He is a 6'3", 200-pound left wing in the midst of a breakout year in his age-18 season. He has 13 goals and 7 assists in 11 games for the St. Thomas Stars (WOHL), Michael's old team. Last season, Patrick had 10 goals and 25 assists in 46 games for the Stars. He is further along in his physical and offensive development than Michael was at the same age.

Heisenberg has him as the 6th ranked forward in Ontario/Eastern Canada. He's a NHL Central Scount "B" Player To Watch.

Now that we've landed Patrick Kennedy, we just need to get Brendon Nash's brother Riley, and then we'll have 4 sets of doubled jerseyes (Nash, Kennedy, Devin, Davenport).

pfibiger
Now that we've landed Patrick Kennedy, we just need to get Brendon Nash's brother Riley, and then we'll have 4 sets of doubled jerseyes (Nash, Kennedy, Devin, Davenport).

Isn't there another Moulson in the pipeline somewhere too?

Great pickup for Cornell. Mike has been excellent this year and is a great two-way player. Patrick is a little bigger and more skilled.

Still need a couple of stud defensemen plus Nash as Pfibiger said.

Chris '03
Isn't there another Moulson in the pipeline somewhere too?

Chris Moulson is playing junior B in the Mid-West Ontario league for Listwel. He's tied for 10th in the league in scoring and was recently named the player-of-the-week. He's got a 15-11-12-23 line this year.

fwiw, one of the long-time Lynah watchers told me that their dad thinks Chris might be more talented at the same age than Matt was (though Matt sounds like he was a very driven and hard working young man), and that if given the opportunity would come to Cornell. I hope he's right.

I found Chris listed as having been born in 1988. I think that makes him a year younger than Matt was when he entered Cornell. Matt played in the same league that Chris is playing in, but Matt had a monster of a last year.

Chris is currently averaging 1.5 pts per game -- Matt averaged 1.33 goals per game. In 42 games Matt scored 56 goals (28 powerplay), had 46 asists, was the MVP of the All-Star game and the co-MVP of the league. Those are pretty impressive numbers.

As of Jan. 10, 2006, he was 17 and in 12th grade:

[www.thestar.com]

RazzBaronZ
As of Jan. 10, 2006, he was 17 and in 12th grade:

[www.thestar.com]

I'm surprised they would include the information about a learning disability in that blurb.

Well, considering it says he wants to raise money for learning disability-oriented charities, it's quite possible that he wanted it included. You know, like how Dave McKee made his ADHD diagnosis public to help raise awareness.

Jerseygirl
Well, considering it says he wants to raise money for learning disability-oriented charities, it's quite possible that he wanted it included. You know, like how Dave McKee made his ADHD diagnosis public to help raise awareness.

Fair point. I hope that if his desire is to come to Cornell, it will work out. His brother was a great player for us, and we have a great track record with siblings.

Anyone know what a grade average of 74 means/ Is that 74 out of 100? If so I'd imagine he'd have a hard time getting into Cornell. I'd certainly hope so anyway.

KeithK
Anyone know what a grade average of 74 means/ Is that 74 out of 100? If so I'd imagine he'd have a hard time getting into Cornell. I'd certainly hope so anyway.

I believe things are scaled a bit different in parts of Canada though I could be wrong on that.

a 70 is a B-; 80 is an A-

I should have gone to school in Canada. 80 was B-, 90 was A- in my high school.

underskill
a 70 is a B-; 80 is an A-

So, Hotel School, then. <ducks>

Hey, at college in England 75/100 is an A+

calgARI '07

KeithK
Anyone know what a grade average of 74 means/ Is that 74 out of 100? If so I'd imagine he'd have a hard time getting into Cornell. I'd certainly hope so anyway.

I believe things are scaled a bit different in parts of Canada though I could be wrong on that.

That's what I was wondering. I can't imagine someone from my high school, where a 74 was a solid C, having a chance at getting into Cornell. My point naturally is that I think Cornell ought to maintain high academic standards even for skaters with natural goal scoring ability.

In the interest of flame avoidance I will make no comment as to whether a B average in high school (which is what underskill says 74 equates to) is good enough for Cornell.

CowbellGuy
I should have gone to school in Canada. 80 was B-, 90 was A- in my high school.

Depends on whether that was before or after applying the exchange rate.

KeithK

calgARI '07

KeithK
Anyone know what a grade average of 74 means/ Is that 74 out of 100? If so I'd imagine he'd have a hard time getting into Cornell. I'd certainly hope so anyway.

I believe things are scaled a bit different in parts of Canada though I could be wrong on that.

That's what I was wondering. I can't imagine someone from my high school, where a 74 was a solid C, having a chance at getting into Cornell. My point naturally is that I think Cornell ought to maintain high academic standards even for skaters with natural goal scoring ability.

In the interest of flame avoidance I will make no comment as to whether a B average in high school (which is what underskill says 74 equates to) is good enough for Cornell.

Noted, and appreciated.

scannon
Hey, at college in England 75/100 is an A+

At Cornell, I had plenty of exams where 40/100 was a B-

KeithK
Anyone know what a grade average of 74 means/ Is that 74 out of 100? If so I'd imagine he'd have a hard time getting into Cornell. I'd certainly hope so anyway.

Chris Moulson, the School of Hotel Administration. The School of Hotel Administration, Chris Moulson.

CM cWo 44

KeithK
Anyone know what a grade average of 74 means/ Is that 74 out of 100? If so I'd imagine he'd have a hard time getting into Cornell. I'd certainly hope so anyway.

Patrick Kennedy, the School of Hotel Administration. The School of Hotel Administration, Patrick Kennedy.

I think there's some confusion here. That GPA isn't Patrick Kennedy's, it's from an article written a while ago about Matt Moulson's younger brother.

pfibiger
I think there's some confusion here. That GPA isn't Patrick Kennedy's, it's from an article written a while ago about Matt Moulson's younger brother.

Whose sole connection to Cornell at this point in time is that he's Matt's brother.

I noticed on Heisenberg's list of unsigned 2007 recruits a
Mike Cornell-LD, Walpole(EJHL).
Last I had heard, Brian Cornell was living in the Boston area, but a quick web search couldn't verify any relationship. If not related to Brian, maybe to Ezra? Anyway, he should consider Cornell so he can have his name on the front of his uniform.

jkahn
Anyway, he should consider Cornell so he can have his name on the front of his uniform.

Yeah - screw you, Herb Brooks! (et. al.)

This is why I preferred not to give students percentage grades. You got however many points you got on a test (say 43/60) and that was converted into a letter grade (say B), or more precisely a number on the grade point scale (say 3.1). The conversion depended on the difficulty of the exam.

jtwcornell91
This is why I preferred not to give students percentage grades. You got however many points you got on a test (say 43/60) and that was converted into a letter grade (say B), or more precisely a number on the grade point scale (say 3.1). The conversion depended on the difficulty of the exam.

It depended on the course. Most of our courses were really handled the way you describe, except for the denominator was 100. The absolute number was irrelevant, the relative number was everything. When the mean was a 40 and the highest score was a 70, you learn rather quickly to ignore the absolute number. It also helps to be an engineer

OTOH, I had one professor ("Uncle Ray" Thorpe) who gave a 10 point "quiz" every other week. There were no prelims. Anyone who had a total point value above a certain threshhold after 7 quizzes got an A and didn't have to (or need to) take the final. Anyone below that threshhold had to take the final. I believe that if you got an A on the final, you got an A in the course, no matter how you did on the quizzes. Uncle Ray's point was that if you demonstrated you knew the material by the end of the course, you deserved an A.