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Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on April 21, 2026, 03:50:26 PMIt says that only 8 schools are available.  The seven Big 10 schools and who else?

I had a nice talk with them on email.  They are based in the midwest.

Michigan State, Army, Wisconsin, Penn State, Illinois, Ohio State, Minnesota, and Michigan.


Here is what I sent them:

QuoteA suggestion for expanding your reach.  There are several other schools with large hockey fan alumni groups and/or the level of disposable income required for the product.  Roughly in order of sales opportunity:

North Dakota
Boston University
Boston College
Cornell
Notre Dame
Maine
New Hampshire
Harvard
Yale
Arizona State
Quinnipiac
Princeton
Dartmouth

Getting the product in front of those fans by advertising on sites with comprehensive visibility to those customer bases is essential too: USCHO, CHN, the individual conferences, Ivy-adjacent up-market sites, etc.

You might want to talk to the ADs/SIDs of the schools themselves — many have co-located their rink inside of/near a entertainment center that includes hockey-related arcade games.  You'd fit in well and those entities won't blink at the price.

Good luck with your products! I hope to see them crop up everywhere from Lake Placid to Tempe.

If I'm running a bar in Lake Placid, I want the teams to be Clarkson and St. Lawrence.

I think Union would get a sale at LP... iykyk

RPI too, if they ever get there again.

In the 70's RPI would have bought one for the Student Union. Hell, some of the frats would have bought one.

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Quote from: adamw on April 22, 2026, 02:04:48 PMFor schools with money, you are starting to see their ability to pay some $$ causes players to pause about going to the AHL for $80k.

When a player jumps to the pros, does he sign a guaranteed contract for the full season?  Pro-rated for the games remaining?  Do they get dental?  Are playoffs extra money?  I assume players are not ICs like golfers -- they don't have to pay for their own transportation, lodging, equipment, etc.  Do they get a per diem for food?

they get all of the above

How good is the dental? 

Quote from: TimV on April 23, 2026, 08:09:33 AMVoted.  No NCAA championship determined by tournament.

Also,  Harry Orr broke a goalie's ankle with that shot.  Dartmouth I think, on what was then lower alumni field.

Any comment on those playing two sports, Tim?

Quote from: Trotsky on April 21, 2026, 12:33:04 PMIf you've got $11k lying around: https://bubblehockeytable.com/collections/ncaa-tables

Makes more $ense to buy a Michigan table for less than $7K and then a year later a Wisconsin.

Quote from: stereax on April 20, 2026, 03:27:30 PMYeah, sorry ursus, I have no idea who she is - but this does remind me I should take a peek into her once I'm not drowning in finals work and other obligations.

Not to mention doing a search of your own name once in a while. I plan to do that some year soon.

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Quote from: BearLover on April 20, 2026, 11:49:48 AMThat part I got. But his reasoning for transferring is what I want to know, and that is still a mystery. Did he transfer because he though Wisconsin would give him a better opportunity to sign pro? Because he was struggling in school/didn't want to go to class anymore? "He only cares about hockey" seems clear, but why transfer? I can think of several reasons, but we don't have much clarity as to the ones that led to the decision, other than maybe a vague allusion to the "education" bit.

I think it's pretty clear that if he doesn't care about the degree and is ready to jump ship to the pros ASAP, he'd rather be someplace that has the B1G's NIL budget, scholarship generosity and academic support (TAs who will take his exams). I don't know if Cornell's coaching/schedule came into it at all but it seems secondary. I honestly doubt that MTL cares very much which program he was at. 

That's true but it seems relevant which of those purported reasons was decisive. It's vague as to which of the following affected his decision and to what degree:
—he wanted more of a challenge (I suspect it's not this but that's basically the answer he gave to the Wisconsin journalist)
-money, whether scholarship or NIL (not mentioned in either of the articles but could of course be a reason)
-he didn't want to go to school (sort of alluded to by Casey but only if you squint)

I know people roll their eyes when I harp on this stuff but it's a lot different if a kid is dipping because he has to pay tuition versus because he thinks the ECAC is weak versus because he isn't a serious student. Yeah the answer could be "all of the above" but in terms of future recruiting it's good to know why a player like this would leave Cornell when so many other good players do not. The coaching staff got burned and it'd be nice to not have that happen again.

roll my eyes is one way to say it ... I mean, if you think the definition of journalism is forcing a run-of-the-mill college hockey player to confess, on the record, all of his deep thoughts about why he transferred, just to satisfy the burning curiosity of 10 people who absolutely need to know or it will kill them ... then ... good luck waiting on that.

You've been given way more to infer on this one case, either by my comments here or Jane's articles, than 99.9% of all the other 200 kids that transferred last week and pissed off the fans/coaches of the place they left.

She had Casey on the record. I was hopeful this would reveal more than we already knew, but it didn't. Not expecting her to grill Cournoyer, obviously. I think Jane is a promising journalist and the Sun's hockey coverage has been great, to be clear. But people wanted to know why he transferred and it's still extremely murky.

And it's none of your business.

I'm sorry if it offends you that the media covers the comings and goings of college athletes but you should get used to it.

The media can cover it as it will but the fact that you can't get all the answers you want is just too damn bad.  Stop your whining.  Cournoyer is gone.  You, as always, have to have someone to blame.  Preferably, as always for you, a Cornell coach.

Yawn. *taps the sign*: https://elf.elynah.com/index.php?topic=270518.msg285337#msg285337

If you think that Al or any other critics of your incessant stream of (lack of) thought postings are going to take advice from you, your delusions only prove our conclusions.

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Quote from: BearLover on April 20, 2026, 11:49:48 AMThat part I got. But his reasoning for transferring is what I want to know, and that is still a mystery. Did he transfer because he though Wisconsin would give him a better opportunity to sign pro? Because he was struggling in school/didn't want to go to class anymore? "He only cares about hockey" seems clear, but why transfer? I can think of several reasons, but we don't have much clarity as to the ones that led to the decision, other than maybe a vague allusion to the "education" bit.

I think it's pretty clear that if he doesn't care about the degree and is ready to jump ship to the pros ASAP, he'd rather be someplace that has the B1G's NIL budget, scholarship generosity and academic support (TAs who will take his exams). I don't know if Cornell's coaching/schedule came into it at all but it seems secondary. I honestly doubt that MTL cares very much which program he was at. 

That's true but it seems relevant which of those purported reasons was decisive. It's vague as to which of the following affected his decision and to what degree:
—he wanted more of a challenge (I suspect it's not this but that's basically the answer he gave to the Wisconsin journalist)
-money, whether scholarship or NIL (not mentioned in either of the articles but could of course be a reason)
-he didn't want to go to school (sort of alluded to by Casey but only if you squint)

I know people roll their eyes when I harp on this stuff but it's a lot different if a kid is dipping because he has to pay tuition versus because he thinks the ECAC is weak versus because he isn't a serious student. Yeah the answer could be "all of the above" but in terms of future recruiting it's good to know why a player like this would leave Cornell when so many other good players do not. The coaching staff got burned and it'd be nice to not have that happen again.

roll my eyes is one way to say it ... I mean, if you think the definition of journalism is forcing a run-of-the-mill college hockey player to confess, on the record, all of his deep thoughts about why he transferred, just to satisfy the burning curiosity of 10 people who absolutely need to know or it will kill them ... then ... good luck waiting on that.

You've been given way more to infer on this one case, either by my comments here or Jane's articles, than 99.9% of all the other 200 kids that transferred last week and pissed off the fans/coaches of the place they left.

She had Casey on the record. I was hopeful this would reveal more than we already knew, but it didn't. Not expecting her to grill Cournoyer, obviously. I think Jane is a promising journalist and the Sun's hockey coverage has been great, to be clear. But people wanted to know why he transferred and it's still extremely murky.

And it's none of your business.

I'm sorry if it offends you that the media covers the comings and goings of college athletes but you should get used to it.

The media can cover it as it will but the fact that you can't get all the answers you want is just too damn bad.  Stop your whining.  Cournoyer is gone.  You, as always, have to have someone to blame.  Preferably, as always for you, a Cornell coach.

Yawn. *taps the sign*: https://elf.elynah.com/index.php?topic=270518.msg285337#msg285337

If you think that Al or any other critics of your incessant stream of (lack of) thought postings are going to take advice from you, your delusions only prove our conclusions.

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Quote from: stereax on April 20, 2026, 11:27:26 AMJane's article was updated:

According to head coach Casey Jones '90, the move initially "blindsided" him and his staff, who had not anticipated losing their starting goaltender. Upon speaking with Cournoyer in the wake of his entering the portal, it was evident that the program and the goaltender had different understandings of what the future held.

"Coming to Cornell, we surely want people that understand the connections and the value of the education," Jones said. "We've just moved on. We wish him well, and we'll pivot."

Jones pivoted by acquiring Mathis Rousseau, a rising sophomore goaltender who spent his freshman year at the University of Maine. The Montreal, Quebec, native posted a .896 save percentage across 17 games in 2025-2026, backing up Maine's starter, Albin Boija. Rousseau challenged Boija for the starting position down the stretch and will certainly bolster the goaltending position for the Red next season.

"There's no shortage of people that want to play here," Jones said. "No shortage of people that want this opportunity right now with the roster we have."

[...]

"We've got a lot of good players here. Our roster is loaded next year," Jones said. "We feel good about that, and we'll have the right guys in the room that want to be here, and then just move on from there. We just move on. That's the landscape."

Jane mentions in her Twitter post that it seems Cournoyer wants to sign with MTL ASAP.

Welp, more cryptic quotes.

Let me translate from Coach to English:

"Cournoyer really fucked us over by telling us he wanted to transfer... he doesn't care about being at Cornell or the Cornell education, he only seems to care about hockey... so he can screw off as far as we're concerned, we have no shortage of people who'd want to play here, especially because we're deep at F/D and a good team, and actually care about being here."

That part I got. But his reasoning for transferring is what I want to know, and that is still a mystery. Did he transfer because he though Wisconsin would give him a better opportunity to sign pro? Because he was struggling in school/didn't want to go to class anymore? "He only cares about hockey" seems clear, but why transfer? I can think of several reasons, but we don't have much clarity as to the ones that led to the decision, other than maybe a vague allusion to the "education" bit.

And as everyone knows BL needs clarity. 

Quote from: fastforward on April 18, 2026, 12:51:19 PMSpeaking of awards, did anyone go to
LasRecipientst night's awards banquet or have who got what award?

Award List

Recipients

Quote from: imafrshmn on April 19, 2026, 01:41:40 AMI've never heard of anyone using the transfer portal for primarily academic reasons, but if it's even half the reason we got Rousseau, it would reflect well on the young man...who hopefully has a right-sized ego.

Possibly Gabe Seger.  Union engineering vs Cornell engineering.  But IDK.

Quote from: stereax on April 18, 2026, 08:50:32 PMQMJHL goalie (shocker).

Scoring a goalie goal.

Looks like he might have played for team Canada at some point.

The above is funny because three days ago...

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Quote from: ursusminor on April 15, 2026, 02:24:31 AMSorry about Cournoyer. Yes, really. Anything bad for a league team is bad for all teams in the league, although I make an exception for Union. They lost their leading scorer whose name I can't spell and am too lazy to look up.

I often get information about RPI players in a do-not-reveal mode. A while back, I heard about a CHL player whom RPI was after. I didn't expect RPI to get him for a reason which would probably reveal who he is. Anyway, he committed to Cornell in the last couple of days. I could not find anything on line yet which is typical. He won't in any way replace Cournoyer, but he should be a significant contributor on offense.

Mitch Gillam's cousin? 

....the joke to ususminor was based on this:

Quote from: Bluelightning on April 18, 2026, 06:09:46 AMI also have looked at stats of our 2 current goalies trying to find a shimmer of hope. I know stats really don't mean anything at all when it involves kids. Neither Roest or Katz have much to get excited about. However I looked at Ian Shane's stats pre-Cornell and I would have said he would have been lucky to dress for Cornell. Good thing I'm not in charge.

And Mike chose him third the year he broke out so you're in good company.

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Quote from: BearLover on April 18, 2026, 01:00:37 AMI said this the other day but I think Dylan Silverstein makes the most sense at this point. I have no idea if he's interested, but hard to find a better option, assuming it's too late to get a commitment (non-transfer).

idk if I'm Casey rn I'm contacting basically every goalie in the portal and seeing who's interested. there's gotta be a bite. the Cornell goalie job is like being the goalie for the Edmonton Oilers, except the Oilers' GMs somehow fucked that one up repeatedly.

but there aren't many good ones left

we literally just need league average. we might even be able to get away with slightly BELOW league average. let me look at the portal.

or just wait for hauser to get pissed off, either works.

We're trying to win the most games possible though. Yes, we can field a reasonable team with a league average goalie, but we want to make the NCAAs. We need someone better than that. I believe Ivies cannot take transfers with only one year of eligibility remaining, so that limits our options further.

Okay, find me a good goalie in the portal. You yourself just said the best we might have is Silverstein. (Who isn't even an option, as we figured out above.) It's VERY slim pickings. But you need A guy, unless you have some unfounded faith in Roest or Katz, both of whom I'm pretty sure were expecting to finish their college careers as backups.

While I think Casey and staff are looking for a replacement no one here should consider Roest and Katz to be un-spongeworthy.  Ian Shane was the third goalie IIFC when he jumped to number one after Mike gave him a shot his freshman year.

Casey on the other hand may have a much better idea concerning Roest and Katz.

And now that I am thinking about this - didn't Ben Scrivens also have to earn his way into the top spot?

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Quote from: BearLover on April 17, 2026, 01:23:28 PMPretty impressive lack of loyalty displayed by both Cournoyer as well as well as Wisconsin, which reached the national title game with a goalie with 3 years of eligibility remaining and then immediately kicked him to the curb for Cournoyer.

Maybe Hauser would like Ithaca

Does he like apples? I'll take the man to Applefest myself if it seals the deal 😂

What the hell is Applefest?  We used to hit the Cornell Apple Store or whatever it was called on our trips to Ithaca.  After that shut down I wished Cornell apples nothing but the worst.  I hoped they all rotted on the trees and that the ones that fell to the ground fed the famous Lacus faber apis.

I loved the apples from Cornell but now they are nothing but vinegar to me.

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Quote from: stereax on April 16, 2026, 06:14:26 PMSidenote - the ? ? ? -> emoji pisses me off

Well sorry, but I actually typed four "?"  and somehow that emoji auto inserted, so I don't even know what

? ? ? -> emoji

means. Please tell me.

When I chose it above it inserted 3 question marks - meaning I assume "what?"

More posters should consider using it - sorry stereax.

It's a good emoji! Just the keybind pisses me off, because I can't be like "THEY'RE CHALLENGING IT???" without the emoji showing up.

OK then,

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