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Title: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: cbuckser on November 08, 2006, 12:18:22 PM
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.
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: pfibiger on November 08, 2006, 12:20:45 PM
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).
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: Chris '03 on November 08, 2006, 12:24:54 PM
[quote 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).[/quote]

Isn't there another Moulson in the pipeline somewhere too?
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: calgARI '07 on November 08, 2006, 01:53:05 PM
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.
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: calgARI '07 on November 08, 2006, 01:54:02 PM
Still need a couple of stud defensemen plus Nash as Pfibiger said.
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: ithacat on November 08, 2006, 01:56:40 PM
[quote Chris '03]
Isn't there another Moulson in the pipeline somewhere too?[/quote]

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.
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: RazzBaronZ on November 08, 2006, 02:03:14 PM
As of Jan. 10, 2006, he was 17 and in 12th grade:

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1136934123997
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: scoop85 on November 08, 2006, 04:03:56 PM
[quote RazzBaronZ]As of Jan. 10, 2006, he was 17 and in 12th grade:

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1136934123997[/quote]

I'm surprised they would include the information about a learning disability in that blurb.
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: Jerseygirl on November 08, 2006, 04:19:23 PM
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.
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: scoop85 on November 08, 2006, 04:23:33 PM
[quote 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.[/quote]

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.
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: KeithK on November 08, 2006, 04:23:34 PM
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.
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: calgARI '07 on November 08, 2006, 04:43:04 PM
[quote 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.[/quote]

I believe things are scaled a bit different in parts of Canada though I could be wrong on that.
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: underskill on November 08, 2006, 04:47:13 PM
a 70 is a B-; 80 is an A-
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: CowbellGuy on November 08, 2006, 04:50:43 PM
I should have gone to school in Canada. 80 was B-, 90 was A- in my high school.
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: Robb on November 08, 2006, 04:54:56 PM
[quote underskill]a 70 is a B-; 80 is an A-[/quote]

So, Hotel School, then.  

:-P
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: scannon on November 08, 2006, 05:04:15 PM
Hey, at college in England 75/100 is an A+
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: KeithK on November 08, 2006, 05:29:18 PM
[quote calgARI '07][quote 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.[/quote]

I believe things are scaled a bit different in parts of Canada though I could be wrong on that.[/quote]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. :-)
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: billhoward on November 08, 2006, 07:51:57 PM
[quote CowbellGuy]I should have gone to school in Canada. 80 was B-, 90 was A- in my high school.[/quote]

Depends on whether that was before or after applying the exchange rate.
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: Drew on November 08, 2006, 09:13:14 PM
[quote KeithK][quote calgARI '07][quote 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.[/quote]

I believe things are scaled a bit different in parts of Canada though I could be wrong on that.[/quote]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. :-)[/quote]
Noted, and appreciated. ;-)
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: Jeff Hopkins '82 on November 09, 2006, 12:23:24 PM
[quote scannon]Hey, at college in England 75/100 is an A+[/quote]

At Cornell, I had plenty of exams where 40/100 was a B-
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: CM cWo 44 on November 09, 2006, 12:45:33 PM
[quote 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.[/quote]

Chris Moulson, the School of Hotel Administration. The School of Hotel Administration, Chris Moulson. ::bang::
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: pfibiger on November 09, 2006, 01:07:44 PM
[quote CM cWo 44][quote 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.[/quote]

Patrick Kennedy, the School of Hotel Administration. The School of Hotel Administration, Patrick Kennedy. ::bang::[/quote]

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.
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: Al DeFlorio on November 09, 2006, 01:21:08 PM
[quote 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.[/quote]
Whose sole connection to Cornell at this point in time is that he's Matt's brother.
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: jkahn on November 09, 2006, 02:22:46 PM
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.
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: Robb on November 09, 2006, 02:27:06 PM
[quote jkahn]Anyway, he should consider Cornell so he can have his name on the front of his uniform.[/quote]
Yeah - screw you, Herb Brooks! (et. al.)  :-D
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: jtwcornell91 on November 09, 2006, 03:18:23 PM
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.
Title: Re: 2007 recruit: Patrick Kennedy
Post by: Jeff Hopkins '82 on November 09, 2006, 04:44:25 PM
[quote 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.[/quote]

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 ::innocent::

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.