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Discussions about the Cornell men's and women's hockey teams
Re: Recruits 2023 and beyond - 7 weeks ago
The Rancor Ol' Joey Nieuwendyk comes to mind as well. Blue chip, but alas... he only won it all as a pro. Ken Dryden too. But he was planning to go to Princeton, and Ned convinced him to go to Cornell instead. And IIRC, his brother was already playing for the Chicago Black Hawks.by Swampy - Hockey
Re: Recruits 2024 and Beyond - 7 weeks ago
BearLover Trotsky Moving over from the older thread, it would be interesting to note our most-hyped incoming players. I'm not privy to that information, so I have no insight. It's also easy to be polluted by the actual results of careers once here. I do recall Riley Nash as having a "thank god he chose us!" presence in fans' minds before he entered. I seem to recall Ryan Hughesby Swampy - Hockey
Re: Indoor sports facility announced - 7 weeks ago
upprdeck the upkeep on turf fields is still there, just not the mowing. And the watering, fertilizing, etc, ?by Swampy - Other Sports
Re: NCAA ruling impact on hockey - 7 weeks ago
abmarks BearLover Trotsky chimpfood If anything this should help us no? I could see teams like Harvard struggle as the super talented players that they usually recruit will just go elsewhere but our team is always built around players staying all four years and those types of players don’t typically get recruited by many, if any, better colleges.The blue chip factory players may stay longer if thby Swampy - Hockey
Re: NCAA NIL/Subdivision Proposal - 8 weeks ago
BearLover Swampy abmarks Swampy And so it begins.... So they built a software platform. Doesn't mean that there are any athletes at Brown worth more than the price of a big Mac a month. You may be right. But I see Brown as a harbinger of the remaining 7 Ivies getting into the NIL game. All you would need is a player like Adam Fox choosing Brown over Harvard because of the potential NILby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: NCAA NIL/Subdivision Proposal - 8 weeks ago
abmarks Swampy And so it begins.... So they built a software platform. Doesn't mean that there are any athletes at Brown worth more than the price of a big Mac a month. You may be right. But I see Brown as a harbinger of the remaining 7 Ivies getting into the NIL game. All you would need is a player like Adam Fox choosing Brown over Harvard because of the potential NIL $, and Harvard woby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: NCAA ruling impact on hockey - 8 weeks ago
BearLover RichH BearLover Troyfan BearLover Troyfan Cutting sports that aren't profitable might prove to be a backdoor benefit for Cornell. The $$$ to compete in football and basketball might get to be so huge that programs like Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin will be forced to choose between them and minor sports. Even schools like Minnesota-Duluth and Denver might get squeezed. Women's spby Swampy - Hockey
Re: NCAA ruling impact on hockey - 2 months ago
Trotsky BearLover abmarks As i understand It, the payments are to come from revenues. Unless schools can boost their revenues, if they pay any of the athletes, they're going to be having to cut back somewhere else. The money doesn't come from thin air. I haven't seen anything that mentioned the revenues definition, like whether booster funds would be considered revenues. Unless you can cby Swampy - Hockey
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2024 - 2 months ago
billhoward Local MotionRegardless, the future is bright for Cornell lacrosse and Go Big Red!!! Agree with all you said. At some point when older alumni fans look at lacrosse or hockey, we'd kind of like our present to look bright. Same way you feel as a graduating senior hearing next year looks bright when you've come close the past four. For older alums, there may no longer be enough tomorrows lby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Alumni in the pros 23-24 - 2 months ago
Trotsky 3. When was the last time the conference finals were all four 1s? During the Calgary - Vancouver game last night, the announcers answered this question. The answer is: "Never."by Swampy - Hockey
Re: Power Play - 2 months ago
arugula Of course Mika and Kreider have played together for 8 years. Was this thanks to COVID?by Swampy - Hockey
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2024 - 2 months ago
mike1960 Local Motion Actually Gilmartin against Penn leveled a guy that knocked the ball out and set up a quick score by Cornell. Cornell has some exciting rising sophomores going into next season. Cornell has the fire power, but all I am saying is our defense needs to be more physical. Even though Cornell had a great season, we lost the overall season turnover battle 202 to 215. In comparby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Bye-bye Ben - 2 months ago
The Cornell website still has Ben as Associate HC. But unless he can be Cornell's AHC and Princeton's HC at once, I suppose this has to be updated. Does anyone know for sure that Flanagan is being promoted or what other coaching changes for Cornell Men's Hockey are afoot? Also, since Ben oversaw recruiting, have any recruits coming in 2024 changed their minds? What about those lined up forby Swampy - Hockey
Power Play - 2 months ago
There's been lots of complaining about our power play in recent years. I suggest Schafer have the team study this power play goal: video: And then practice it all summer long (captains' practices, of course).by Swampy - Hockey
Re: Cornell football 2024 - 2 months ago
CU2007 Ken711 Cornell had their spring game yesterday. Now it's waiting until training camp begins in August. And somehow Cornell still couldn’t come away with a win Of course. They're getting ready for the fall.by Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Men's Lax Tournament 2024 - 2 months ago
arugula arugula scoop85 upprdeck Kirst rumored to come back. Lets see. The key part of the game were the 2 TWO min penalties we didnt even really generate shots down 2. A few bad unforced turnovers in a game like that hurt as well. Kirst and Long both coming back How is Long coming back? Is the line on his 6th year? Sorry too quick-isn’t he like in his sixth year? During peak COVby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Men's Lax Tournament 2024 - 2 months ago
upprdeck Kirst rumored to come back. Lets see. The key part of the game were the 2 TWO min penalties we didnt even really generate shots down 2. A few bad unforced turnovers in a game like that hurt as well. Additionally, Penn scored 2 goals while our defense was ball-watching instead of sliding. And we let Firth (who's listed as "Attack" but has been playing offensive midfieldby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Men's Lax Tournament 2024 - 2 months ago
CU77 Georgetown beats Villanova in a wild Big East championship game, 11-10 OT. Big Red's hopes have dodged the first of 3 bullets. We're all Pennsylvanians now! Michigan over PSU 16-4. We're all in mourning now.by Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2024 - 2 months ago
Gosh, with 2 of our players drafted by the pros, it's remarkable that our record during their time here was so abysmal.by Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Men's Lax Tournament 2024 - polls 4/29/24 - 2 months ago
billhoward ... which Kirsch contributions outside Goals/Assists the voters will recognize. One hopes. Matt Brandau, Yale 45-54--97 3CT 33GB CJ Kirst, Cornell 45-21--66 16CT 32GB Pat Kavanagh, ND 19-34--53 10CT 26GB Quint Kessinich, laxallstars.com 4/29 column For my money, Pat Kavanagh and CJ Kirst sit atop the Tewaaraton race entering May. The pack chasing this duo includesby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Men's Lax Tournament 2024 - polls 4/29/24 - 2 months ago
billhoward Kessinich on Cornell We are going to Ithaca! Cotter, Carc and I will be at Cornell (9-4) for the Ivy League tournament on Friday night and Sunday at 1pm. (ESPNU) “Hardhat 21” took care of business at Dartmouth 15-10 to wrap up their regular season. Cornell’s offense was led by senior CJ Kirst who had seven points while freshman Ryan Goldstein added five points. Goalie Wyatt Knustby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Men's Lax Tournament 2024 - game times - 2 months ago
billhoward Heh! That actually makes sense: play the later game, take a little off the advantage of playing at home. Assuming the Ivy League made rational decisions. I was thinking they were thinking more people would turn out for a late game. Or they (ILT wizards) were thinking: More Cornell folk are local when it's in Ithaca, so the late game is no big deal getting home. Whereas the Yale andby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2024 - 2 months ago
Trotsky billhowardAnd the non-stars will support Cornell lax as alumni.I wonder if we have ever had a guy on the lax team, or really any person on any Cornell team, only because they were rich AF and being groomed as a future money hose. Look at recent years to see which guys majored in business and went on to work on Wall Street. Then go back and eliminate the ones who started during their lasby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Men's Basketball 24-25 - 2 months ago
dbilmes I don't know if this story has a paywall, but there was a nice article about Anthony Nimani, a guard from Connecticut who will play at Cornell next season. Nimani, a 6-foot-4 guard with a good handle, deep range and the ability to drive, adapted quickly to play in the highest division of the New England Prep School Athletic Conference. Four games in, he put up 31 points against Tabor Acaby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Men's Lax Tournament 2024 - game times - 2 months ago
billhoward This year, Friday games are 6 and 8:30. When the day's temp will reach the high 70s in the afternoon. Won't be as nice Sunday, rain not (yet) forecast. I don't like that 1 v 4 is the late game and 2 v 3 is early. In the Northeast in early May temperatures usually are very comfortable at 6 PM. And the late start is a disadvantage when teams are evenly matched and young athletes needby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2024 - 2 months ago
billhoward Right! The Omar Kanjis of the lacrosse world work just as hard as the starters and the stars. If their parents and siblings and girlfriend see them in a game for 5 minutes, it is worth a lot. I think it ripples back to the recruiting candidates about which are the teams you want to play for. And the non-stars will support Cornell lax as alumni. Not to mention the fact that today's noby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2024 - polls 4/22 - 3 months ago
mike1960 Swampy BearLover abmarks BearLover 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. So what. We'd have had a better shot at winning the whole thing if we'd learned from (and beat).much better teams. You want a lottery ticket. I'd rather have a much stronger chancby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2024 - polls 4/22 - 3 months ago
BearLover abmarks BearLover 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. So what. We'd have had a better shot at winning the whole thing if we'd learned from (and beat).much better teams. You want a lottery ticket. I'd rather have a much stronger chance of winning theby Swampy - Other Sports
Re: Goodbye Alumni Fields... - 3 months ago
upprdeck All students get free bus passes all over the city now. you can bus up to EHP. Its not that far. compare it to many colleges. Look at PSU football. from the center of many of those dorms its a mile to the stadium. from the center of Cornell campus its just over a 1.5 miles to baseball. Look at Syracuse soccer/softball fields. Thats about 1.5 from center of campus as well.by Swampy - Other Sports