Yep, this sounds just about like a couple colleagues of mine:
http://www.nyobserver.com/20060424/20060424___thecity_thetransom.asp
An interesting read that contains no earth shattering revelations for anyone who's worked in finance and/or hung out with guys who play hockey. The (possible) Cornell tie-in comes in the bottom two paragraphs of the second page. Enjoy.
There are community-wide all-night pub crawls in Reykjavik which every able-bodied adult takes part in. It's the basis of their entire economy.
I think I am moving to Iceland.
Sleuthing around hockeydb.com, I discovered that our David Adler was born on April 6, 1977, making him 29, not the 26 mentioned in the article. But still a fun read :)