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Re: Cornell lacrosse 2024 - polls 4/22 - Yesterday
Cornell hockey won the ECAC and qualified for the NCAAs this season in large part because they didn’t have to beat anybody especially good on their way to the title.by BearLover - Other Sports
Re: Alumni in the pros 23-24 - 2 days ago
osorojo Anybody know about what percentage of current NHL hockey players are college graduates? I would like to see how this number compares to the percentage of college graduates playing in other major professional sports. Comparing hockey to other sports doesn’t make much sense. For example, almost 100% of NFL players are Americans who had no options besides playing NCAA football. Hockey isby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Attendance at Lynah - 3 days ago
Interesting to revisit some of these old threads. I think fan attendance and energy is clearly not as good as it was 15 years ago, but at least it’s mostly plateaued over the past 10 years. My general thoughts —winning doesn’t have much of an effect on attendance. There doesn’t seem to be any correlation between the two. I can imagine that, if you’re a marginal fan, Cornell winning the gameby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Men's Lax Tournament 2024 - rankings after 4/20 games - 4 days ago
billhoward upprdeck whats a 4 way tie look like? It looks unlikely in the extreme. As a practical matter, Cornell ain't gonna lose to 0-5 Dartmouth. C’mon, man.by BearLover - Other Sports
Re: Men Dating Men: Celebrating Adulation and Pull - 5 days ago
More evidence Syer will be Cornell’s next head coachby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 5 days ago
adamw BearLover ugarte There is literally no information that indicates Syer might be the next Cornell head coach. That Syer is interviewing elsewhere when Schafer sometimes suggests that he may be ready to retire soon indicates, if anything, the opposite. You aren't getting more information because adam has done everything but send you a letter with a wax seal that says "i heard this off thby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 5 days ago
ugarte There is literally no information that indicates Syer might be the next Cornell head coach. That Syer is interviewing elsewhere when Schafer sometimes suggests that he may be ready to retire soon indicates, if anything, the opposite. You aren't getting more information because adam has done everything but send you a letter with a wax seal that says "i heard this off the record and i'mby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 5 days ago
ugarte BearLover ugarte BearLover TBH, my guess is that your conclusion was based on faulty information or faulty assumptions, because you posted a pretty definitive statement of “X, Y, and Z won’t be Cornell’s next head coach” and didn’t offer any justification, and at this point I can’t really understand what this justification could be. I’m not sure if you’re being tight-lipped about it becausby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 6 days ago
ugarte BearLover TBH, my guess is that your conclusion was based on faulty information or faulty assumptions, because you posted a pretty definitive statement of “X, Y, and Z won’t be Cornell’s next head coach” and didn’t offer any justification, and at this point I can’t really understand what this justification could be. I’m not sure if you’re being tight-lipped about it because you’re unable tby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 6 days ago
adamw BearLover Dafatone pfibiger Dafatone BearLover adamw I should probably just shut up - but I'm not good at that. I think Ben Syer and Topher are great guys. Neither will be the next coach. Casey Jones is one of my favorite people in hockey, and I think he's a great coach. However, he's only 4 years younger than Coach Schafer - and so it won't be him either. I’d be curious to hear adamw’sby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 6 days ago
Al DeFlorio BearLover Dafatone pfibiger Dafatone BearLover adamw I should probably just shut up - but I'm not good at that. I think Ben Syer and Topher are great guys. Neither will be the next coach. Casey Jones is one of my favorite people in hockey, and I think he's a great coach. However, he's only 4 years younger than Coach Schafer - and so it won't be him either. I’d be curious to hear adby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 6 days ago
Dafatone pfibiger Dafatone BearLover adamw I should probably just shut up - but I'm not good at that. I think Ben Syer and Topher are great guys. Neither will be the next coach. Casey Jones is one of my favorite people in hockey, and I think he's a great coach. However, he's only 4 years younger than Coach Schafer - and so it won't be him either. I’d be curious to hear adamw’s response to theby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 6 days ago
Dafatone BearLover adamw I should probably just shut up - but I'm not good at that. I think Ben Syer and Topher are great guys. Neither will be the next coach. Casey Jones is one of my favorite people in hockey, and I think he's a great coach. However, he's only 4 years younger than Coach Schafer - and so it won't be him either. I’d be curious to hear adamw’s response to the CHN report that Syby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 6 days ago
abmarks BearLover abmarks chimpfood CHN has syer as a finalist for the Princeton head coaching job. Leave a link next time? For those of you looking, its at Also, it doesn't exactly say he's a finalist. It says " Among those who have interviewed, or were expected to, are Cornell assistant Ben Syer, Michigan assistant Rob Rassey, and Arizona State assistant Dana Borges" Reby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 7 days ago
abmarks chimpfood CHN has syer as a finalist for the Princeton head coaching job. Leave a link next time? For those of you looking, its at Also, it doesn't exactly say he's a finalist. It says " Among those who have interviewed, or were expected to, are Cornell assistant Ben Syer, Michigan assistant Rob Rassey, and Arizona State assistant Dana Borges" Re: bearlovers questby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 7 days ago
Trotsky Iceberg chimpfood CHN has syer as a finalist for the Princeton head coaching job. Funny considering quite a few of the past years Syer has subbed for Schafer behind at Princeton due to illnessHe's something like 9-1 (yes, I know the results go to Mike). That was before Schafer was out with an illness in 2021-22. Syer’s record wasn’t as good that year.by BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 7 days ago
adamw I should probably just shut up - but I'm not good at that. I think Ben Syer and Topher are great guys. Neither will be the next coach. Casey Jones is one of my favorite people in hockey, and I think he's a great coach. However, he's only 4 years younger than Coach Schafer - and so it won't be him either. I’d be curious to hear adamw’s response to the CHN report that Syer is a finalist foby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Recruits 2024 and Beyond - 7 days ago
randyranger Robertson will be 20 this September. To be eligible for the ‘24 draft you have to be under 20 on 12/31/24 Says here . “Ice hockey players born between January 1, 2004, and September 15, 2006, are eligible for selection in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft.” Robertson was born September 18, 2004, so would be eligible. The 2023 draft is the only draft he has been eligible for so far (untilby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 10 days ago
Swampy arugula BearLover Laughing at teams like BC/BU/NoDak/Quinnipiac losing just doesn’t hit the same when they’ve won national championships recently. (BU fans might try to claim 15 years is a long time, but to a Cornell fan it’s definitely not.) At the same time, each brutal loss by Cornell feels extra crushing because it’s been so long since we’ve won at hockey or lacrosse (“our sports,” asby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 11 days ago
Laughing at teams like BC/BU/NoDak/Quinnipiac losing just doesn’t hit the same when they’ve won national championships recently. (BU fans might try to claim 15 years is a long time, but to a Cornell fan it’s definitely not.) At the same time, each brutal loss by Cornell feels extra crushing because it’s been so long since we’ve won at hockey or lacrosse (“our sports,” as scoop85 puts it). I’d shrby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Men's lax: CU-Notre Dame Sunday 4/14/24 - 11 days ago
Refs blew the non-call. The idea that refs should call the game differently in the final minutes is the absolute stupidest notion in sports. Then Cornell blew the pass to the open man. It would be a shame if this costs them the NCAA tournament.by BearLover - Other Sports
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 11 days ago
upprdeck Denver was lucky to win the first 3 games and then played a really nice final game to win it all. They were pretty lucky to win the final too. To win the NCAA tournament, extremely good luck is basically a prerequisite.by BearLover - Hockey
Re: Recruits 2024 and Beyond - 15 days ago
Pghas marty BearLover Pghas My understanding is that Wishart is headed to play at Middlebury. Such a difficult thing to predict who will develop and how. Guys who lit it up in juniors sometimes get to college and are a little fried and maybe don't push as much as they once did. Or maybe they hit a ceiling while other kids really do not. I have a son who is a good player and what they tellby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Recruits 2024 and Beyond - 16 days ago
Pghas My understanding is that Wishart is headed to play at Middlebury. Such a difficult thing to predict who will develop and how. Guys who lit it up in juniors sometimes get to college and are a little fried and maybe don't push as much as they once did. Or maybe they hit a ceiling while other kids really do not. I have a son who is a good player and what they tell you is that as you movby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 20 days ago
George64 Gabe Seger was a student at Union for three years, before transferring to Cornell for two additional years. - AHCA All-American Scholar (2020-21) - ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team (2019-20) - ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22) Union’s 2020-21 season was canceled due to COVID, so he only competed for four years. Could Gabe play another year as a grad student aby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 20 days ago
pjd8 jtwcornell91 Trotsky I knew about the 5th year. But I thought it had to do time lost to COVID. Not counting time played during COVID is seriously weird to me. I may just have mentally blocked it out as absurd, like MLB extra innings a d professional allowed in the Olympics. I did not know that either, but then I've paid less attention to college hockey in the past few years. Still, iby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 20 days ago
Trotsky I did not know that. Yikes. Yeah no offense but have you really never clicked the stats page of an opposing player on CHN or a similar site? This has been happening in every college sport, not just hockey, since 2020-21. When Quinnipiac won the title last year, they had like nine players playing the fifth full college hockey season.by BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 21 days ago
Trotsky ugarte George64 He played two years at Colorado College (41 games) and two years at St. Cloud State (44 games), isn’t his eligibility used up? I assume he’s a grad student, how much time does he get? Does the odometer turn back to zero?probably still a COVID bonus yearI thought COVID only gave you an extra year to do your 4. I'm at a loss to see how somebody with 4 full years can comeby BearLover - Hockey
Re: ECAC Early and Grad Departures 2024 - 21 days ago
Trotsky arugula Hopefully Q losing their top guns has the impact Harvard losing theirs did. Watch Rand's head explode...Q can just reload with whatever's available. Harvard has to at least ostensibly pretend to observe admissions requirements (I know, I know). Quinnipiac can take anybody out of the portal at any time. Harvard really can’t, whether for admissions reasons or (more often) becauseby BearLover - Hockey
Re: ECAC Early and Grad Departures 2024 - 21 days ago
Trotsky Fillion leaves Q, to go with Quillan and soon to be Graf. Rand will just go shopping in the Portal, but still nice to see the volatility. We're stating to look like preseason favorites. I’m still confused, do you want the ECAC to be strong or not? Good Q players transferring out is bad for the strength of the league.by BearLover - Hockey