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Castagna vs Mitchell/Malott last night, but none of them got on the scoresheet aside from a Castagna minor penalty.

Mitchell and Malott (teammates on the ill-fated 2019-20 squad) are both in the lineup for Anaheim against Florida tonight. So far Mitchell has earned a cross-checking penalty on noted goon (and Brown alum) Garnet Hathaway.

Can't remember the last time we had 2 Cornellians playing on the same team in an NHL game, although I think it happened fairly recently with Colorado (involving some combination of Malinski, Stienburg and MacDonald.)

Poor Sam getting no respect from the Colorado locker room staff:
https://x.com/FerPucksSake/status/2104996964291227842

Changed the link to a non-paywall version:

16 former members of the UMich men's team from 1984-2001 filed a lawsuit today against the university and its board for "sexualized torture" they claim they endured at the hands of older players.

Red Berenson and Mel Pearson are not named as defendants but are described in the suit as having condoned and encouraged the abuse: https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/2026/09/sexual-hazing-accusations-leveled-at-michigan-hockey-in-lawsuit.html

QuoteSexualized abuse akin to "torture" became the norm in ritualistic hazing among members of the University of Michigan's men's hockey team from 1984 to 2001, according to a new federal lawsuit filed by 16 former team members.

The allegations are graphic and shocking: Many allege they were stripped naked and forcibly had their genitals shaved. Others say during this process, the handles of razors were forcibly inserted into their anuses. Multiple people said they had pubic hair singed by a blowtorch. Others said older players tied a hockey helmet to the genitalia of younger players and filled the helmet with pucks.

"Coaching staff concealed the nature of the abuse and misled the players by chiding the few players who complained to 'be a Michigan man;' that they were not being 'good teammates;' and even penalizing players with reduced ice time," the lawsuit states.

Following the WCHA's trial run last year, the NCAA is allowing all women's conferences to "opt in" to a new rule allowing pucks to be played at any height, with no whistles for high sticking (apart from actual penalties). Or, as the NCAA calls it, "unlimited high sticking", which also sounds like some sort of bizarre credit card perk.

https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1w3s7y4/milewski_the_ncaa_will_allow_womens_hockey/

Quote from: stereax on June 29, 2026, 10:14:17 AMHe was taken in the 7th

Oops: thanks!

Penn State commit, Alexander Karmanov, who is currently listed at 7'1" tall and 280 lbs. was taken in the 6th round by San Jose. According to this profile from the NYT, his custom stick is 2 inches taller than Jake Kraft:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6560201/2025/08/21/biggest-tallest-hockey-player-zdeno-chara-alexander-karmanov/?unlocked_article_code=1.t1A.uulO.ynSq7v1vZ3Cq&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_copylink&smid=url-share-ta

Can't wait to hear how he's "still growing into his frame."

Quote from: sah67 on June 08, 2026, 11:15:38 AMMacDonald and the Colorado Eagles are going to game 7 against Chicago tonight in the AHL conference finals. The winner gets Toronto in the Calder Cup finals.

The Eagles were eliminated in Game 7.

MacDonald and the Colorado Eagles are going to game 7 against Chicago tonight in the AHL conference finals. The winner gets Toronto in the Calder Cup finals.

MacDonald scored for Colorado in game
2 of their AHL conference final series against Chicago, en route to a 5-2 win which knotted the series at 1-1. Video here: https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1598213262306010&id=ColoradoEagles

Game 3 is tonight.

We do have 2 alums still active in the AHL playoffs. Colorado (Jacob MacDonald and Matt Stienburg) is down 1-0 in their conference final series against Chicago. MacDonald has definitely been playing, but I don't believe Stienburg has been in the lineup during the playoffs.

Malinski and the Avs were officially eliminated by Vegas last night, leaving us without any alums still playing in the league.

Vegas took a 3-0 series stranglehold over Colorado tonight. It was not Malinski's best game either, especially when he got turned inside out trying to defend Hertl on the rush, leading to the Vegas GWG.

Not 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.

Montreal's first goal in game 4 of the Walter cup final is an own goal deflection off of Guilday's stick.