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Title: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Jim Hyla on June 13, 2013, 04:16:57 PM
Let's start this off with some good news. Maybe this is one reason we like being in the ECAC. Half of the national men's and women's teams that scored over 990 on the NCAA APR rankings were from the ECAC. (http://www.ecachockey.com/women/2012-13/News/20131306_NCAAAPRRankings)

I might as well put up CU's post on this (http://cornellbigred.com/news/2013/6/6/BB_0606130808.aspx) and the NCAA press release. (http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/ncaa/resources/latest+news/2013/june/student-athletes+continue+classroom+success)

USCHO has a nice interactive table. (http://www.uscho.com/2013/06/12/interactive-data-ncaas-academic-progress-scores-for-college-hockey-teams/)
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Trotsky on June 13, 2013, 06:37:32 PM
RIT's march to the top can only be explainbed by John's affiliation with them.  :-)
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Josh '99 on June 13, 2013, 07:14:19 PM
Quote from: Jim HylaLet's start this off with some good news. Maybe this is one reason we like being in the ECAC. Half of the national men's and women's teams that scored over 990 on the NCAA APR rankings were from the ECAC. (http://www.ecachockey.com/women/2012-13/News/20131306_NCAAAPRRankings)

I might as well put up CU's post on this (http://cornellbigred.com/news/2013/6/6/BB_0606130808.aspx) and the NCAA press release. (http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/ncaa/resources/latest+news/2013/june/student-athletes+continue+classroom+success)

USCHO has a nice interactive table. (http://www.uscho.com/2013/06/12/interactive-data-ncaas-academic-progress-scores-for-college-hockey-teams/)
Good to see that so many of the teams scoring above 990 were from the ECAC; less good to see that the Cornell men's team is not among them.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: RichH on June 14, 2013, 12:47:04 AM
QuoteIt's the fifth straight 1,000 for the Brown men's team; the women's team has been there three years in a row.

Brown will always get a "perfect score" when all the courses are pass/fail, right?
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: profudge on June 15, 2013, 08:41:19 AM
Rich,   adding kids like:  Ryan Coon  — Taft School;  goalie,  I see as 3rd on depth chart  - but brings good academics might also help our score in the future, He won math prize at graduation at Taft.   I think folks leaving early hits the score some also, no?
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: TimV on June 18, 2013, 01:39:56 PM
We finished behind North Dakota???::wow::::wtf::
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: KeithK on June 18, 2013, 02:09:38 PM
Quote from: Josh '99
Quote from: Jim HylaLet's start this off with some good news. Maybe this is one reason we like being in the ECAC. Half of the national men's and women's teams that scored over 990 on the NCAA APR rankings were from the ECAC. (http://www.ecachockey.com/women/2012-13/News/20131306_NCAAAPRRankings)

I might as well put up CU's post on this (http://cornellbigred.com/news/2013/6/6/BB_0606130808.aspx) and the NCAA press release. (http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/ncaa/resources/latest+news/2013/june/student-athletes+continue+classroom+success)

USCHO has a nice interactive table. (http://www.uscho.com/2013/06/12/interactive-data-ncaas-academic-progress-scores-for-college-hockey-teams/)
Good to see that so many of the teams scoring above 990 were from the ECAC; less good to see that the Cornell men's team is not among them.
I'm so disappointed!  Our men's team didn't reach an arbitrary level on a metric that isn't described in any detail at all!

So what does a score of 988 out of 1000 on the innovative APR mean anyway?
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Weder on June 18, 2013, 04:02:53 PM
Quote from: KeithK
Quote from: Josh '99
Quote from: Jim HylaLet's start this off with some good news. Maybe this is one reason we like being in the ECAC. Half of the national men's and women's teams that scored over 990 on the NCAA APR rankings were from the ECAC. (http://www.ecachockey.com/women/2012-13/News/20131306_NCAAAPRRankings)

I might as well put up CU's post on this (http://cornellbigred.com/news/2013/6/6/BB_0606130808.aspx) and the NCAA press release. (http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/ncaa/resources/latest+news/2013/june/student-athletes+continue+classroom+success)

USCHO has a nice interactive table. (http://www.uscho.com/2013/06/12/interactive-data-ncaas-academic-progress-scores-for-college-hockey-teams/)
Good to see that so many of the teams scoring above 990 were from the ECAC; less good to see that the Cornell men's team is not among them.
I'm so disappointed!  Our men's team didn't reach an arbitrary level on a metric that isn't described in any detail at all!

So what does a score of 988 out of 1000 on the innovative APR mean anyway?

I'm not sure how you calculate the APR for an Ivy school, because the APR is supposed to be a measure of how scholarship athletes are doing. From the NCAA's site (http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/NCAA/Academics/Division+I/Academic+Progress+Rate):

Quote from: NCAA.orgHow is the APR calculated?
While eligibility requirements make the individual student-athlete accountable, the Academic Progress Rate creates a level of institutional responsibility. The Academic Progress Rate is a Division I metric developed to track the academic achievement of teams each academic term.

Each student-athlete receiving athletically related financial aid earns one retention point for staying in school and one eligibility point for being academically eligible. A team's total points are divided by points possible and then multiplied by one thousand to equal the team's Academic Progress Rate score.

So I guess every athlete counts toward an Ivy team's APR? The APR is a four-year rolling average, so if anyone remembers how many early departures the team had in that time frame you could try to see how accurate the APR is.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: George64 on July 05, 2013, 05:14:39 PM
I've been reorganizing my attic and came across this article from the IJ, October 25, 1969. How prescient of Ned!
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: George64 on July 05, 2013, 05:25:32 PM
I apparently sent this clipping to SI for inclusion in Faces in the Crowd, but it was rejected.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: George64 on July 05, 2013, 05:46:07 PM
Who knew that Michael Doonesbury played hockey?  A friend sent me this copy when he was working in Indianapolis.  I suspect that he might have done some editing, using an early version of Photoshop, i.e., White Out and a steady hand.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: RichH on July 06, 2013, 02:30:57 AM
Quote from: George64Who knew that Michael Doonesbury played hockey?  A friend sent me this copy when he was working in Indianapolis.  I suspect that he might have done some editing, using an early version of Photoshop, i.e., White Out and a steady hand.

That's great. For those looking for some sort of connection and/or timeframe, Gary Trudeau is a Yalie through-and-through, enrolling as a freshman in 1966 and even earned his MFA at Yale in 1973. He also was raised in Saranac Lake, NY, which is only a few miles away from Lake Placid.  According to Wikipedia, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doonesbury) Doonesbury debuted in the Yale Daily News in September, 1968, and was first syndicated daily in October 1970.

Makes sense, that he would reference the Big Red in a hockey-themed strip.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: jtwcornell91 on July 06, 2013, 02:54:02 AM
Quote from: RichH
Quote from: George64Who knew that Michael Doonesbury played hockey?  A friend sent me this copy when he was working in Indianapolis.  I suspect that he might have done some editing, using an early version of Photoshop, i.e., White Out and a steady hand.

That's great. For those looking for some sort of connection and/or timeframe, Gary Trudeau is a Yalie through-and-through, enrolling as a freshman in 1966 and even earned his MFA at Yale in 1973. He also was raised in Saranac Lake, NY, which is only a few miles away from Lake Placid.  According to Wikipedia, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doonesbury) Doonesbury debuted in the Yale Daily News in September, 1968, and was first syndicated daily in October 1970.

Makes sense, that he would reference the Big Red in a hockey-themed strip.

I remember one where an opponent tells him off in French and he surrenders the puck thinking it's a Canadian when it's actually a French major from the Bronx.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Trotsky on July 06, 2013, 08:47:48 AM
Quote from: jtwcornell91
Quote from: RichH
Quote from: George64Who knew that Michael Doonesbury played hockey?  A friend sent me this copy when he was working in Indianapolis.  I suspect that he might have done some editing, using an early version of Photoshop, i.e., White Out and a steady hand.

That's great. For those looking for some sort of connection and/or timeframe, Gary Trudeau is a Yalie through-and-through, enrolling as a freshman in 1966 and even earned his MFA at Yale in 1973. He also was raised in Saranac Lake, NY, which is only a few miles away from Lake Placid.  According to Wikipedia, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doonesbury) Doonesbury debuted in the Yale Daily News in September, 1968, and was first syndicated daily in October 1970.

Makes sense, that he would reference the Big Red in a hockey-themed strip.

I remember one where an opponent tells him off in French and he surrenders the puck thinking it's a Canadian when it's actually a French major from the Bronx.

"Just a French Major from the Bronx" is the name of one of the collections.

(http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_large/0/3125/3102906-just1.jpg)
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Trotsky on July 06, 2013, 08:51:21 AM
Quote from: RichHThat's great. For those looking for some sort of connection and/or timeframe, Gary Trudeau is a Yalie through-and-through, enrolling as a freshman in 1966 and even earned his MFA at Yale in 1973. He also was raised in Saranac Lake, NY, which is only a few miles away from Lake Placid.  According to Wikipedia, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doonesbury) Doonesbury debuted in the Yale Daily News in September, 1968, and was first syndicated daily in October 1970.

"B.D." was Yale QB Brian Dowling; in fact in the first few strips he and the rest of the team have Y's on their helmets.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: George64 on July 06, 2013, 12:11:10 PM
Quote from: jtwcornell91
Quote from: RichH
Quote from: George64Who knew that Michael Doonesbury played hockey?  A friend sent me this copy when he was working in Indianapolis.  I suspect that he might have done some editing, using an early version of Photoshop, i.e., White Out and a steady hand.

That's great. For those looking for some sort of connection and/or timeframe, Gary Trudeau is a Yalie through-and-through, enrolling as a freshman in 1966 and even earned his MFA at Yale in 1973. He also was raised in Saranac Lake, NY, which is only a few miles away from Lake Placid.  According to Wikipedia, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doonesbury) Doonesbury debuted in the Yale Daily News in September, 1968, and was first syndicated daily in October 1970.

Makes sense, that he would reference the Big Red in a hockey-themed strip.

I remember one where an opponent tells him off in French and he surrenders the puck thinking it's a Canadian when it's actually a French major from the Bronx.

Quelle mémoire!
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: ugarte on July 08, 2013, 10:41:40 AM
Quote from: Trotsky
Quote from: RichHThat's great. For those looking for some sort of connection and/or timeframe, Gary Trudeau is a Yalie through-and-through, enrolling as a freshman in 1966 and even earned his MFA at Yale in 1973. He also was raised in Saranac Lake, NY, which is only a few miles away from Lake Placid.  According to Wikipedia, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doonesbury) Doonesbury debuted in the Yale Daily News in September, 1968, and was first syndicated daily in October 1970.

"B.D." was Yale QB Brian Dowling; in fact in the first few strips he and the rest of the team have Y's on their helmets.
I'm pretty sure a Calvin Hill analogue was in the early huddles with BD and Zonker too.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: George64 on July 08, 2013, 02:42:17 PM
Quote from: ugarteI'm pretty sure a Calvin Hill analogue was in the early huddles with BD and Zonker too.

Yup!
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Chris '03 on July 08, 2013, 03:17:00 PM
I think I've mentioned it here before, but this is a fun documentary that includes a good bit of discussion on the strip and (of course) Brian Dowling: Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Beats_Yale_29-29)
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Rosey on July 08, 2013, 03:30:49 PM
Quote from: George64
Quote from: ugarteI'm pretty sure a Calvin Hill analogue was in the early huddles with BD and Zonker too.

Yup!
I see it's just about as funny as it is today, too.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: duffs4 on July 11, 2013, 03:11:00 PM
Update:  Mike McCarron opts to take the pro route (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=427482).
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Jim Hyla on July 11, 2013, 05:57:18 PM
Doug Murray to join CU Athletic HOF. (http://cornellbigred.com/news/2013/7/10/GEN_0710130949.aspx)
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: RichH on July 11, 2013, 09:08:57 PM
Quote from: Jim HylaDoug Murray to join CU Athletic HOF. (http://cornellbigred.com/news/2013/7/10/GEN_0710130949.aspx)

I was wondering how Winchester Osgood, 1893 avoided the CU Athletic HOF for so long, until I read that he left Cornell for Penn. Blacklisted?
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: redice on July 13, 2013, 06:42:34 AM
What's the story on the 2013 hockey alumni game (when/where).

Tnx.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Chris '03 on July 13, 2013, 07:47:16 AM
There isn't one this year according to the hockey association site. Don't know why.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: TimV on July 17, 2013, 12:01:49 PM
An email from Schafer said the alumni golf tournament was cancelled because of lack of registrants.   That gave me a shiver.  Hope there's not a problem brewing.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: ursusminor on July 31, 2013, 01:17:15 PM
RPI blog Without A Peer's annual article (http://www.withoutapeer.com/2013/07/know-your-enemy-cornell.html) about Cornell.

I have no connection to WaP besides being a reader.

In case anyone cares, "without a peer" is a phrase in the RPI alma mater (http://www.lib.rpi.edu/Archives/traditions/songs/songs.html).
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Jeff Hopkins '82 on July 31, 2013, 02:16:12 PM
Quote from: ursusminorRPI blog Without A Peer's annual article (http://www.withoutapeer.com/2013/07/know-your-enemy-cornell.html) about Cornell.


I hope he's right.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Trotsky on August 01, 2013, 11:18:10 AM
Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82
Quote from: ursusminorRPI blog Without A Peer's annual article (http://www.withoutapeer.com/2013/07/know-your-enemy-cornell.html) about Cornell.


I hope he's right.

Me too.  It's actually a fairly well-researched and well-thought-out opponent review; not the boiler plate one usually sees.  I'm looking forward to reading the other KYEs as a guide to our common opponents.  I have for example absolutely no idea what to expect from Clarkson this year.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: ursusminor on August 01, 2013, 11:57:17 AM
Quote from: Trotsky
Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82
Quote from: ursusminorRPI blog Without A Peer's annual article (http://www.withoutapeer.com/2013/07/know-your-enemy-cornell.html) about Cornell.


I hope he's right.

Me too.  It's actually a fairly well-researched and well-thought-out opponent review; not the boiler plate one usually sees.  I'm looking forward to reading the other KYEs as a guide to our common opponents.  I have for example absolutely no idea what to expect from Clarkson this year.

You have a while to wait until Clarkson. After he finished the OOC teams, he has been posting one per week on Wednesday in the order that RPI faces them for the first time. So far, Harvard, Dartmouth, and Cornell. Next week is Colgate.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Trotsky on August 01, 2013, 03:09:14 PM
Quote from: ursusminor
Quote from: Trotsky
Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82
Quote from: ursusminorRPI blog Without A Peer's annual article (http://www.withoutapeer.com/2013/07/know-your-enemy-cornell.html) about Cornell.


I hope he's right.

Me too.  It's actually a fairly well-researched and well-thought-out opponent review; not the boiler plate one usually sees.  I'm looking forward to reading the other KYEs as a guide to our common opponents.  I have for example absolutely no idea what to expect from Clarkson this year.

You have a while to wait until Clarkson. After he finished the OOC teams, he has been posting one per week on Wednesday in the order that RPI faces them for the first time. So far, Harvard, Dartmouth, and Cornell. Next week is Colgate.
As long as he'd done by November.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: ursusminor on August 01, 2013, 04:40:23 PM
Quote from: Trotsky
Quote from: ursusminor
Quote from: Trotsky
Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82
Quote from: ursusminorRPI blog Without A Peer's annual article (http://www.withoutapeer.com/2013/07/know-your-enemy-cornell.html) about Cornell.


I hope he's right.

Me too.  It's actually a fairly well-researched and well-thought-out opponent review; not the boiler plate one usually sees.  I'm looking forward to reading the other KYEs as a guide to our common opponents.  I have for example absolutely no idea what to expect from Clarkson this year.

You have a while to wait until Clarkson. After he finished the OOC teams, he has been posting one per week on Wednesday in the order that RPI faces them for the first time. So far, Harvard, Dartmouth, and Cornell. Next week is Colgate.
As long as he'd done by November.
It's designed to end before RPI's season starts. :-)
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Trotsky on August 05, 2013, 04:39:16 PM
We missed a little good news (http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/07/30_jooris_leaves_union,_signs.php) last week:

Quote from: SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Union senior-to-be Josh Jooris has decided to leave school and sign a two year entry-level NHL contract with the Calgary Flames.  Jooris joins former teammates Troy Grosenick (San Jose Sharks), Jeremy Welsh (Carolina Hurricanes) and Keith Kinkaid (New Jersey Devils) as the fourth Union player in the past three seasons to sign an NHL contract as an undrafted free agent.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: David Harding on August 06, 2013, 12:22:50 AM
Quote from: TrotskyWe missed a little good news (http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/07/30_jooris_leaves_union,_signs.php) last week:

Quote from: SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Union senior-to-be Josh Jooris has decided to leave school and sign a two year entry-level NHL contract with the Calgary Flames.  Jooris joins former teammates Troy Grosenick (San Jose Sharks), Jeremy Welsh (Carolina Hurricanes) and Keith Kinkaid (New Jersey Devils) as the fourth Union player in the past three seasons to sign an NHL contract as an undrafted free agent.

Another of our coming opponents, UNO, has lost a couple of players (http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/07/18_turgeon,_belfour_leave_uno.php), too.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Jim Hyla on August 07, 2013, 12:54:59 PM
A nice way to start your season early.  Bobcats Bound for Italy (http://www.ecachockey.com/men/members/quinnipiac/20130608_QuinnipiacItaly)
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Swampy on August 08, 2013, 01:19:24 AM
Quote from: Jim HylaA nice way to start your season early.  Bobcats Bound for Italy (http://www.ecachockey.com/men/members/quinnipiac/20130608_QuinnipiacItaly)

Jeez, I could have sworn the Colosseum is in Rome. Maybe there's another one in Milan or at Lake Como. Or maybe the image of Q's hockey players as gladiators was more attractive for Q's publicists than one of the team going to church (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Milan_Cathedral_from_Piazza_del_Duomo.jpg) or going shopping (http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://wallpaperspoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/milan-italy-view-and-wallpaper.jpg&imgrefurl=http://wallpaperspoints.com/milan-italy-view-and-wallpaper.html&h=1200&w=1600&sz=463&tbnid=fHh_vGGiiT3qWM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=120&zoom=1&usg=__4NMM_l8AXj7ZVp5L5imyVrOwNmg=&docid=_iGM6mdy0s7GdM&sa=X&ei=aCkDUrPQMqTk4APQvIDACw&ved=0CE0Q9QEwBQ&dur=545).

Then again, maybe the person who designed the announcement was a geography major at Quinnipiac.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Swampy on August 08, 2013, 01:30:03 AM
Quote from: Swampy
Quote from: Jim HylaA nice way to start your season early.  Bobcats Bound for Italy (http://www.ecachockey.com/men/members/quinnipiac/20130608_QuinnipiacItaly)

Jeez, I could have sworn the Colosseum is in Rome. Maybe there's another one in Milan or at Lake Como. Or maybe the image of Q's hockey players as gladiators was more attractive for Q's publicists than one of the team going to church (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Milan_Cathedral_from_Piazza_del_Duomo.jpg) or going shopping (http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://wallpaperspoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/milan-italy-view-and-wallpaper.jpg&imgrefurl=http://wallpaperspoints.com/milan-italy-view-and-wallpaper.html&h=1200&w=1600&sz=463&tbnid=fHh_vGGiiT3qWM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=120&zoom=1&usg=__4NMM_l8AXj7ZVp5L5imyVrOwNmg=&docid=_iGM6mdy0s7GdM&sa=X&ei=aCkDUrPQMqTk4APQvIDACw&ved=0CE0Q9QEwBQ&dur=545).

Then again, maybe the person who designed the announcement was a geography major at Quinnipiac.

Oh wait. I looked at their itinerar (http://www.quinnipiacbobcats.com/sports/mice/2012-13/Quinnipiac_University_Hockey_Supporter-27s._Itinerary._August_2013.pdf)y. Apparently they couldn't get a flight home from Milan, so they're making the 7-hour trip to Rome on Sunday the 18th and will spend two days waiting there before their departure on the 21st. What, no extra days for excursions to Pompeii and Capri? How can you have a preseason hockey training trip without that?
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: redice on August 08, 2013, 08:53:59 AM
Quote from: Jim HylaA nice way to start your season early.  Bobcats Bound for Italy (http://www.ecachockey.com/men/members/quinnipiac/20130608_QuinnipiacItaly)

Also a heckuva good team-bonding experience.  

I don't know who arranged it.  But, I would call it "brilliant" on a few levels.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Trotsky on August 08, 2013, 09:11:47 AM
Quote from: redice
Quote from: Jim HylaA nice way to start your season early.  Bobcats Bound for Italy (http://www.ecachockey.com/men/members/quinnipiac/20130608_QuinnipiacItaly)

Also a heckuva good team-bonding experience.  

I don't know who arranged it.  But, I would call it "brilliant" on a few levels.
Yeah.

Also, jokes aside, that looks like a damn fun trip.  I'm not sure 20-something rockheads from Hamden are going to get the most of it and I would be perfectly happy to sit in for one on the flight.

Edit: if I'm reading it right, family and alumni are also invited (presumably they pay their own way).  I gotta tell ya, if Cornell hockey did a trip like that I would seriously consider it if some others in the eLynah community did.  It sounds like a blast.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Jeff Hopkins '82 on August 08, 2013, 02:01:35 PM
Quote from: Trotsky
Quote from: redice
Quote from: Jim HylaA nice way to start your season early.  Bobcats Bound for Italy (http://www.ecachockey.com/men/members/quinnipiac/20130608_QuinnipiacItaly)

Also a heckuva good team-bonding experience.  

I don't know who arranged it.  But, I would call it "brilliant" on a few levels.
Yeah.

Also, jokes aside, that looks like a damn fun trip.  I'm not sure 20-something rockheads from Hamden are going to get the most of it and I would be perfectly happy to sit in for one on the flight.

Edit: if I'm reading it right, family and alumni are also invited (presumably they pay their own way).  I gotta tell ya, if Cornell hockey did a trip like that I would seriously consider it if some others in the eLynah community did.  It sounds like a blast.

Sorry.  They can't even practice together at that time of year per Ivy League rules, never mind play some exhibition games.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Trotsky on August 08, 2013, 03:25:16 PM
Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82
Quote from: Trotsky
Quote from: redice
Quote from: Jim HylaA nice way to start your season early.  Bobcats Bound for Italy (http://www.ecachockey.com/men/members/quinnipiac/20130608_QuinnipiacItaly)

Also a heckuva good team-bonding experience.  

I don't know who arranged it.  But, I would call it "brilliant" on a few levels.
Yeah.

Also, jokes aside, that looks like a damn fun trip.  I'm not sure 20-something rockheads from Hamden are going to get the most of it and I would be perfectly happy to sit in for one on the flight.

Edit: if I'm reading it right, family and alumni are also invited (presumably they pay their own way).  I gotta tell ya, if Cornell hockey did a trip like that I would seriously consider it if some others in the eLynah community did.  It sounds like a blast.

Sorry.  They can't even practice together at that time of year per Ivy League rules, never mind play some exhibition games.

Italy's nice in December, too.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Weder on August 08, 2013, 03:46:49 PM
Quote from: Trotsky
Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82
Quote from: Trotsky
Quote from: redice
Quote from: Jim HylaA nice way to start your season early.  Bobcats Bound for Italy (http://www.ecachockey.com/men/members/quinnipiac/20130608_QuinnipiacItaly)

Also a heckuva good team-bonding experience.  

I don't know who arranged it.  But, I would call it "brilliant" on a few levels.
Yeah.

Also, jokes aside, that looks like a damn fun trip.  I'm not sure 20-something rockheads from Hamden are going to get the most of it and I would be perfectly happy to sit in for one on the flight.

Edit: if I'm reading it right, family and alumni are also invited (presumably they pay their own way).  I gotta tell ya, if Cornell hockey did a trip like that I would seriously consider it if some others in the eLynah community did.  It sounds like a blast.

Sorry.  They can't even practice together at that time of year per Ivy League rules, never mind play some exhibition games.

Italy's nice in December, too.

Ivy teams are allowed to take part in these summer overseas trips. NCAA rules allow for them once every four years per team, I think. I remember several Cornell teams doing this in recent years.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Jim Hyla on August 08, 2013, 05:16:37 PM
More on the trip from the New Haven Register. (http://nhrcollegehockey.blogspot.com/2013/08/ciao-bobcats.html)
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: pfibiger on August 12, 2013, 12:34:21 PM
More offseason ECAC news:

Spiro Goulakos is in remission and rejoins Colgate for this season:
http://www.ecachockey.com/men/members/colgate/20131208_Goulakos_To_Rejoin_Raiders

Four Harvard players (Everson, Luzar, McNally, and Michalek) reinstated after serving a one year suspension from the cheating scandal:
http://www.westerncollegehockeyblog.com/2013/8/12/4613106/harvard-ecac-hockey-ted-donato-mark-luzar-max-everson-patrick-mcnally-stephen-michalek
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Jim Hyla on August 13, 2013, 07:14:12 AM
Quote from: TrotskyWe missed a little good news (http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/07/30_jooris_leaves_union,_signs.php) last week:

Quote from: SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Union senior-to-be Josh Jooris has decided to leave school and sign a two year entry-level NHL contract with the Calgary Flames.  Jooris joins former teammates Troy Grosenick (San Jose Sharks), Jeremy Welsh (Carolina Hurricanes) and Keith Kinkaid (New Jersey Devils) as the fourth Union player in the past three seasons to sign an NHL contract as an undrafted free agent.

And a replacement comes in. Reports by Ken Schott (http://www.dailygazette.com/weblogs/schott/2013/aug/12/pontarelli-happy-to-join-union-hockey-a-year-early/) and ECAC. (http://www.ecachockey.com/men/members/union/20131208_Union_Recruiting_Class_Addition)

And some good news. (http://www.ecachockey.com/men/members/colgate/20131208_Goulakos_To_Rejoin_Raiders)
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: RatushnyFan on August 16, 2013, 11:24:05 AM
Canucks reportedly interested in Douglas Murray Douglas Murray Update (http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/53064-Selanne-seeking-minutes.html)

"The Canucks reportedly have interest in free agent Douglas Murray, who would provide a physical boost.

Murray's agent told the Province he's had talks with the Canucks "off and on" throughout the summer, though they're currently not close to a deal.

The 33-year-old blueliner is coming off a four-year, $10 million contract but won't get anything close to that this summer. If Murray wants a multi-year deal from the Canucks (or anyone else), he'll have to accept a pay cut."
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Jim Hyla on August 16, 2013, 09:53:53 PM
Interesting UNO news. Two UNO Players Dismissed After Fight Charges (http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/08/16_two_uno_players_dismissed.php) and NCHC Will Have Shootouts (http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/08/16_nchc_will_have_shootouts.php)
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: RatushnyFan on August 19, 2013, 10:26:02 AM
Matt White has put up some points over the last few years......looks like UNO is taking the high road as they should.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Trotsky on August 26, 2013, 05:55:23 PM
Oddity: each of the other 5 Ivies begins its Ivy schedule with Princeton (http://www.tbrw.info/weekly_Updates/ivy_2014.html).
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Rita on August 26, 2013, 07:27:55 PM
Quote from: TrotskyOddity: each of the other 5 Ivies begins its Ivy schedule with Princeton (http://www.tbrw.info/weekly_Updates/ivy_2014.html).

So Princeton will get more than 1 chance to make a good first impression?
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Trotsky on August 26, 2013, 08:52:14 PM
Quote from: Rita
Quote from: TrotskyOddity: each of the other 5 Ivies begins its Ivy schedule with Princeton (http://www.tbrw.info/weekly_Updates/ivy_2014.html).

So Princeton will get more than 1 chance to make a good first impression?

Princeton could use a guy like Joel.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: RatushnyFan on August 28, 2013, 11:40:27 AM
Joel, get off the babysitter.....
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Jeff Hopkins '82 on August 28, 2013, 05:53:21 PM
Quote from: RatushnyFanJoel, get off the babysitter.....

+1

Exactly the line I thought of.  ::popcorn::
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Jim Hyla on September 04, 2013, 07:02:41 AM
Via ECAC, New England Hockey Journal article on Ferlin. (http://www.hockeyjournal.com/blog/kirks/Cornell_junior-_B-s_prospect_Ferlin_builds_momentum)
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: ursusminor on September 04, 2013, 01:03:51 PM
Quote from: Trotsky
Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82
Quote from: ursusminorRPI blog Without A Peer's annual article (http://www.withoutapeer.com/2013/07/know-your-enemy-cornell.html) about Cornell.


I hope he's right.

Me too.  It's actually a fairly well-researched and well-thought-out opponent review; not the boiler plate one usually sees.  I'm looking forward to reading the other KYEs as a guide to our common opponents.  I have for example absolutely no idea what to expect from Clarkson this year.

WaP's Clarkson post. http://www.withoutapeer.com/2013/09/know-your-enemy-clarkson.html
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Jim Hyla on September 05, 2013, 07:21:52 AM
USCHO article on travels to NCAA arenas, highlighting the 13 most recently visited. (http://www.uscho.com/2013/09/04/commentary-the-highlights-and-rankings-from-a-trip-to-13-college-hockey-arenas/) Who is #1 and who gets the Cracker Box Award?
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: French Rage on September 05, 2013, 11:18:09 AM
"During the national anthem, fans bust out with a unison cheer of "U!""

During every cheer, the fans bust out with "U!" and only with "U!".  It's literally the only cheer syllable they are aware of.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Trotsky on September 05, 2013, 11:27:28 AM
Quote from: French Rage"During the national anthem, fans bust out with a unison cheer of "U!""

During every cheer, the fans bust out with "U!" and only with "U!".  It's literally the only cheer syllable they are aware of.
Their fanbase is 70% little kids who get in free and tear around the arena oblivious to the game.  Be glad they manage to be engaged for one syllable.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Josh '99 on September 13, 2013, 11:07:46 AM
Quote from: Trotsky
Quote from: French Rage"During the national anthem, fans bust out with a unison cheer of "U!""

During every cheer, the fans bust out with "U!" and only with "U!".  It's literally the only cheer syllable they are aware of.
Their fanbase is 70% little kids who get in free and tear around the arena oblivious to the game.  Be glad they manage to be engaged for one syllable.
The rest of the fanbase is Union students, so be glad they can remember one syllable.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: RichH on September 13, 2013, 11:35:13 AM
Quote from: Josh '99
Quote from: Trotsky
Quote from: French Rage"During the national anthem, fans bust out with a unison cheer of "U!""

During every cheer, the fans bust out with "U!" and only with "U!".  It's literally the only cheer syllable they are aware of.
Their fanbase is 70% little kids who get in free and tear around the arena oblivious to the game.  Be glad they manage to be engaged for one syllable.
The rest of the fanbase is Union students, so be glad they can remember one syllable.

No, there's also those three old people from Schenectady, who think being a good fan is bringing a gallon milk jug full of pennies and shaking them in people's faces.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: marty on September 13, 2013, 11:41:20 AM
Quote from: Josh '99
Quote from: Trotsky
Quote from: French Rage"During the national anthem, fans bust out with a unison cheer of "U!""

During every cheer, the fans bust out with "U!" and only with "U!".  It's literally the only cheer syllable they are aware of.
Their fanbase is 70% little kids who get in free and tear around the arena oblivious to the game.  Be glad they manage to be engaged for one syllable.
The rest of the fanbase is Union students, so be glad they can remember one syllable.

I think you might mean one letter - their signature cheer.            U
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Trotsky on September 13, 2013, 11:43:42 AM
Quote from: marty
Quote from: Josh '99
Quote from: Trotsky
Quote from: French Rage"During the national anthem, fans bust out with a unison cheer of "U!""

During every cheer, the fans bust out with "U!" and only with "U!".  It's literally the only cheer syllable they are aware of.
Their fanbase is 70% little kids who get in free and tear around the arena oblivious to the game.  Be glad they manage to be engaged for one syllable.
The rest of the fanbase is Union students, so be glad they can remember one syllable.

I think you might mean one letter - their signature cheer.            U
I never understood how a school called "UC" who has the wit (sic) to scream "You!" during the anthem isn't smart enough to make the big leap to yell "You See!"
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: RichH on September 13, 2013, 12:26:07 PM
Quote from: Trotsky
Quote from: marty
Quote from: Josh '99
Quote from: Trotsky
Quote from: French Rage"During the national anthem, fans bust out with a unison cheer of "U!""

During every cheer, the fans bust out with "U!" and only with "U!".  It's literally the only cheer syllable they are aware of.
Their fanbase is 70% little kids who get in free and tear around the arena oblivious to the game.  Be glad they manage to be engaged for one syllable.
The rest of the fanbase is Union students, so be glad they can remember one syllable.

I think you might mean one letter - their signature cheer.            U
I never understood how a school called "UC" who has the wit (sic) to scream "You!" during the anthem isn't smart enough to make the big leap to yell "You See!"

They did at least one game I attended there, but that was probably 10 years ago. The non-clever always seems to rise to the top.

I keep thinking of getting an organized effort to shout "CAN" to neuter that more. I doubt they'd be swift enough to do the "ROCKETS" "GLARE" thing.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: Josh '99 on September 13, 2013, 02:50:08 PM
Quote from: RichH
Quote from: Josh '99
Quote from: Trotsky
Quote from: French Rage"During the national anthem, fans bust out with a unison cheer of "U!""

During every cheer, the fans bust out with "U!" and only with "U!".  It's literally the only cheer syllable they are aware of.
Their fanbase is 70% little kids who get in free and tear around the arena oblivious to the game.  Be glad they manage to be engaged for one syllable.
The rest of the fanbase is Union students, so be glad they can remember one syllable.

No, there's also those three old people from Schenectady, who think being a good fan is bringing a gallon milk jug full of pennies and shaking them in people's faces.
Oh man, I forgot about those people.  That's nearly as bad as Thunderstix.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: French Rage on September 14, 2013, 04:23:55 PM
Quote from: Trotsky
Quote from: marty
Quote from: Josh '99
Quote from: Trotsky
Quote from: French Rage"During the national anthem, fans bust out with a unison cheer of "U!""

During every cheer, the fans bust out with "U!" and only with "U!".  It's literally the only cheer syllable they are aware of.
Their fanbase is 70% little kids who get in free and tear around the arena oblivious to the game.  Be glad they manage to be engaged for one syllable.
The rest of the fanbase is Union students, so be glad they can remember one syllable.

I think you might mean one letter - their signature cheer.            U
I never understood how a school called "UC" who has the wit (sic) to scream "You!" during the anthem isn't smart enough to make the big leap to yell "You See!"

Lack of originality and skill is common among UC schools.
Title: Re: Hockey Off-Season
Post by: scoop85 on September 16, 2013, 11:44:08 AM
Looking at Big Red Puckhead's recruit list I noticed that Gavin Stoick was listed as a member of Green Bay in the USHL, and sure enough he's no longer on the Cornell roster but is indeed listed on the Green Bay roster (http://www.gamblershockey.com/archives/player/gavin-stoick) as a forward rather than a defenseman. He's still shown as a Cornell recruit. Pure speculation on my part, but perhaps the coaches suggested that he spend a year in the USHL and then plan to return next season having a year playing forward under his belt?