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Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on May 23, 2026, 03:48:00 AM

Quote from: stereax on May 22, 2026, 02:05:54 PMIn other things that will make @Trotsky mad, they sent out an email earlier asking what theme night you'd want to see.

Like we actually do anything for theme nights besides a free piece of plastic to the first couple hundred people in the doors, but I digress.

How about "Let the fucking band play" night?

Throwback Night.

Quote from: stereax on May 21, 2026, 01:40:21 AM

Quote from: sah67 on May 20, 2026, 09:35:09 PMNot a good night for Cornellians on Ottawa: after Guilday's own goal made it 1-0 Montreal, Jenner got walked on a shorty that made it 2-0, and then later committed another bad turnover leading to Montreal's 4th goal.

And Montreal wins the Walter - but it was a hell of a run by Ottawa.

In related news of Cornellians not doing the best in the playoffs, Vegas takes game 1.

It was a rough end for Ottawa in a series that very well could have gone the other way.

Montreal scored with two seconds left to tie game one on a play that was only possible because Laura Stacy went down with an injury with about 18 seconds left. Montreal then won game two in overtime on a play where the goal scorer was left open because the defender was tripped on her way to cover. Those are the breaks. That's hockey. Etc. But with expansion, these teams will look very different next winter.

Quote from: dbilmes on May 20, 2026, 10:31:18 AMYale's new coach sounds confident of ending team's streak of losing seasons.
"This team is going to be good," Hamilton said. "I believe that, and they believe that. It is going to be hard work, and it is going to be a lot of work. It is going to be holding players accountable when it is uncomfortable, but the talent is there. Our staff certainly believes that.
"I don't think it is going to be long. It is going to be a lot of hard work, but Yale hockey will be back on the map soon."

I appreciate that these threads now have a tradition of starting with Yale coaching news.

Quote from: stereax on May 18, 2026, 08:59:36 PMSeems the Ottawa Charge have won game 3!

Yes. Scored twice in last four minutes to stay alive. Long delay on gwg for a possible Jenner hand pass. Guilday had a nice play to help get the final clear with a few seconds left.

16,894 in attendance in Ottawa. Game four Wednesday.

Rough night for Ottawa alumnae. Jenner missed an empty net with about ninety seconds to go. Montreal tied it with two seconds left. And won it in ot after a Guilday turnover.

Quote from: imafrshmn on May 12, 2026, 01:32:26 PMBrianne Jenner and Rory Guilday advanced to the PWHL championship series (Walter Cup) with Ottawa Charge after downing Jill Saulnier and the Boston Fleet in front of a healthy 13,000+ fans in 2OT in Ottawa.

Montreal won last night and will host games one and two Thursday and Saturday.

PWHL draft list is also out and includes a couple familiar names: https://www.thepwhl.com/en/news/2026/may/12/2026-pwhl-draft-eligibility-list-features-record-number-of-player-declarations

League is expected to go from 8 to 12 teams next year. Detroit is official. Vegas and Hamilton strongly rumored to be announced shortly. Vegas probably today.

Quote from: stereax on May 10, 2026, 07:51:43 PMRory Guilday's Ottawa Charge have made the Walter Cup Finals!

Will face either the Victoire or the Frost.

Game featured some red on red crimebaggery when Jill Saulnier had a partial breakaway in overtime only to be hauled down by her HOF classmate Brianne Jenner. Penalty was killed by Guilday on the PK.

Quote from: Trotsky on May 01, 2026, 02:57:21 PM

Quote from: Chris '03 on April 30, 2026, 02:34:01 PMThe Twitter comments were a ride. 🤢

I don't twat so I couldn't read them, but I am assuming unrelenting misogyny and idiocy from the usual suspects?

Close enough.

"Powerwise" coming soon to lacrosse?

https://www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/college/men/bye-bye-rpi-new-formula-could-soon-replace-unpopular-index

Quote from: stereax on April 30, 2026, 01:41:25 PMJessica Campbell, as of right now, is not going to be assistant coaching the Kraken next year.

Sounds like she has interest across the league, and that the Kraken would want to bring her back if none of that pans out - so positive all around.

The Twitter comments were a ride. 🤢

But speaking of Campbell, this was a good listen a few months ago:
https://pca.st/episode/291b4c25-381e-4512-822b-827834b0cf82

Quote from: stereax on April 27, 2026, 04:42:19 PM

Quote from: Chris '03 on April 27, 2026, 04:24:07 PMMontreal is top seed in PWHL playoffs.  They chose to play 3 seed Minnesota in the semis.  The other best of five semi is (4) Ottawa and (2) Boston.

OTT/BOS features three Cornellians (and both Team USA goalies) and kicks off Thursday night and Saturday night in Lowell. Both games on NESN and YouTube in the states.

Montreal choosing to play Minnesota over Ottawa? Is there something I'm missing about why they'd want to play MIN and not OTT? I thought OTT just snuck in...

Montreal had a slightly better season record against Minnesota than Ottawa. And (possibly more importantly) last year, Montreal picked Ottawa and lost. The "you chose us" chants in Ottawa as they closed out the series were fun.

Ottawa is also playing very well down the stretch. They just snuck in, in part because of a bizarre number of OT wins. They went 8-1 in ot/so and something like 9-12 on regulation.

Montreal is top seed in PWHL playoffs.  They chose to play 3 seed Minnesota in the semis.  The other best of five semi is (4) Ottawa and (2) Boston.

OTT/BOS features three Cornellians (and both Team USA goalies) and kicks off Thursday night and Saturday night in Lowell. Both games on NESN and YouTube in the states.

Quote from: Al DeFlorio on April 26, 2026, 02:05:42 PMNot sure what's more of an embarrassment:  Having no west stands, or having those.

Don't let your eyes deceive you. Those aren't a single set of embarrassing bleachers. They are Field Level Seating with available concessions.

And nothing would almost certainly be better.

PWHL regular season ends this weekend.

Jill Saulnier and Boston have qualified.

Jenner (fourth in the league with 25 pts) and Guilday will play Saturday needing one point for Ottawa to get last spot.

I believe all other Cornell alumae are on teams that won't qualify.

Jenner had the gwg in ot last night: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXeS2EgjvLw/?igsh=MWFsMGZ0anFxN3p5Zw==

Guilday assisted on the tying goal: https://www.instagram.com/p/DXdKZF7jdf4/?img_index=1&igsh=MWt6aHpiMmN4dHE0Nw==

Top seed (MTL or BOS) gets to choose its first round opponent between the third and fourth qualifying teams (2 time defending champion Minnesota and Toronto or Ottawa).

Quote from: BearLover on April 22, 2026, 11:56:00 AMA few weeks ago it was claimed that early departures are up, and that players like Hoyt Stanley leaving early is the norm. I'm not sure this is true. On his podcast this week, Brad Schlossman said early departures are down this season. Anecdotally, I'm seeing a lot of posts like this one:
https://x.com/DanielVConnolly/status/2046966239986163836?s=20

I am skeptical that it you looked at early departures on the aggregate, the number is higher than 5 or 10 years ago.

Didn't Isaac Howard make a big deal about returning to MSU last year before he signed over the summer? Feels early to draw any conclusions.