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Quote from: The Rancor on August 26, 2026, 10:21:56 PM

Quote from: ugarte on August 26, 2026, 03:19:52 PM

Quote from: stereax on August 26, 2026, 02:28:00 PM@adamw on the ASU player:

What I'm learning ... preseason team workouts that use 3rd parties, often run by ex-Navy Seals, have become very common across the NCAA, across all sports. They use them as team bonding exercises. There's dozens of companies that do this.

This is how Tiger Woods apparently injured his knees and back (running in army boots) and the Pirates had spring training exercises run by a Navy SEAL that got Gregory Polanco injured. Everything is gender.

For a while, Tiger's ex wife Ellen was dating Douglas Murray.

He was a Shark not a Seal.

Quote from: billhoward on August 26, 2026, 02:37:57 PMAnd for the freshman players ... waterboarding?

Hockey teams endure Slurpee chugging contests.

Quote from: Ken711 on August 21, 2026, 06:59:45 PM

Quote from: BearLover on August 21, 2026, 05:30:19 PMSo we have one more season before we're at a big disadvantage. Hurrah!

I think this will end up being a permanent ban on 5th year eligibility.

I don't think so. The rule that is being allowed was a one year NCAA decision for the purpose of being fair to incoming freshmen.  It will not apply after this year if the NCAA is successful with the 5 year crap they are imposing.

Quote from: the linked articleThe NCAA's Division I board of directors decided in June that their new rules would not apply to outgoing seniors, saying that an influx of unexpected veterans returning to campus would unfairly take opportunities away from incoming freshmen who had already signed to play with their new schools before the rule change was made. Since then, at least a dozen different groups comprising more than 100 total outgoing seniors have sued the NCAA in federal and state courts. They have all asked judges to provide them with restraining orders that would allow them to play again this coming year.

Friday's decision is related to a federal lawsuit led by Northern Colorado basketball player Brock Wisne, who argues that the NCAA is violating antitrust law by preventing him from playing a fifth season. The Wisne case was the only eligibility lawsuit that was a class action case, which means that the judge's decision in his case applied to all athletes who had just completed their fourth season in the last four years. On July 31, a federal judge granted all athletes a blanket order that would allow them to play in the upcoming season. Friday's order overturns that ruling.

Quote from: The Rancor on August 24, 2026, 12:18:16 PM11 and 01 should be allowable goalie numbers, in the case of 1 being retired or used. This includes 31, 41, 51, etc. I will not be taking any questions at this time.

001 and of course 007 come to mind.

Quote from: stereax on August 21, 2026, 01:32:27 AMWhat you probably actually want that can be implemented in practice is flex pricing for less important opponents (Holy Cross could be a $5 game) or day-of discounts. Ideally, some way to be like "if you're not scanned in by 7:15 we can give your seat to the next person", but that's a massive stretch.

This makes the most sense.  Thank you.

Quote from: The Rancor on August 20, 2026, 09:05:15 AMBummer for RPI.
But, this illustrates that many of these CHL guys aren't interested in college. If there's a fat bag for them or for whatever reason their 'advisors' tell them to go here, go there, but we are going to see a lot of de-commits as money gets funneled back north to Major Junior.
Factors like being able to pay his home town squad are hard to beat too, with their 7,000 seat arena and state of the art (and bigger) locker rooms etc. (edit RPI does offer athletic scholarships - I was thinking Union my bad, Ursus)

How the hell could anyone consider RPI if they are not interested in college (or Institute)? They were known for giving D's and F's last i read.

Are the days of "Tute, love it or leave it." just a memory?

Quote from: Ken711 on August 09, 2026, 06:44:26 PMFootball schedule change: Starting in 2027, the Ivy League will begin the season a week earlier and implement a bye week for teams. Hopefully that bye week turns into an 11th game in the future.

Hopefully this bodes well for an earlier hockey season start. I like to dream.

Quote from: BearLover on August 02, 2026, 08:58:30 AM

Quote from: rss77 on July 29, 2026, 06:17:09 PMNote the crazy lawsuit by the former SU men's lacrosse players suing for an extra year of eligibilty.

And they're going to win the case. And Spallina et al are probably going to be back on Syracuse next year. Good luck to Cornell competing with that. This is not one of those BL crying wolf scenarios: this is actually an incoming disaster with respect to our hopes of competing nationally. We will have little realistic hope of winning a national championship under the 5-for-5 eligibility rule, which will benefit every school except for the Ivies.

https://cnycentral.com/sports/college/courts-hand-ncaa-loss-on-five-year-eligibility-rule-spallina-others-could-return-to-su

Am I the only reader wondering if you've got a list of the times you did cry wolf? - though I think a better analogy might be "The sky is falling! The sky is falling!"

And in other news I've appreciated your current change in tone. Thank you.

Quote from: Weder on August 12, 2026, 12:34:48 PM

Quote from: upprdeck on August 12, 2026, 11:46:43 AMon the flip side Jersey mikes opened downtown

Too bad Ithaca didn't get it before it was enshittified by PE

PE?

Also, I feel a need to mention the circa 1973 Steak Aroma - not as compelling as Record Runner whose storefront I believe they "stole" after CBS owned "Discount Records" drove them into the red.

Steak Aroma was a one off copy of Tad's Steakhouse I believe.

I'll take a rib-eye, with mandatory steak fries and Texas toast.  No beer, just Pepsi!

Quote from: Trotsky on August 15, 2026, 02:07:13 AMcollegepucknxt also has a pre-season top 15:

1. Den
2. Mich
3. NDak
4. Mich St
5. UMD
6. Qpc
7. WMU
8. BU
9. Wis
10. UMass
11. Drt
12. UConn
13. Prv
14. Minn
15. BC

His crystal ball didn't predict which Atlantic Hockey team will fill the 16th slot?

Today 8/13/2026 at Houston Field House



Please excuse the portrait view - this is through a door on the east side of Houston - area of the old stage.  I will try to get closer next time.

Quote from: ursusminor on August 12, 2026, 01:02:16 PM

Quote from: marty on August 12, 2026, 07:51:12 AM

Quote from: Old Red on August 12, 2026, 05:58:24 AM

Quote from: marty on August 12, 2026, 03:51:05 AMI'm very confused.  How many coaches,  assistant coaches, associate coaches and ersatz coaches are there on Cornell's staff? Are any of the current staff unpaid?

There are no unpaid positions in D1 hockey, the volunteer coach was eliminated, I believe in 2024.

The NCAA allows four countable coaches:  a head coach (Casey Jones) and three (3) assistant coaches for D1 schools. 

Cornell has three assistant coaches:
Associate Head Coach Sean Flanagan (11th year) -- leads in face offs
Assistant Coach Chris Brown (2nd year) -- leads defense and penalty kill
Assistant Coach Cam Clarke (2nd year) -- leads power play

In addition there is a Director of Hockey Operations, as discussed above.  Lately this role has been goalie coach and is responsible for video including video replay decisions and editing.  I also assume this person is responsible general administrative paper work.

Cornell also has an equipment manager, Sean Schmidt in his 15th year.  The atheltic trainer, Kaitlyn Petryszen, and strength and conditioning coach, Mike Missen, support several programs.  Ms. Petryszen serves the Mens and Womens Polo teams and the Golf team.  Mr. Missen serves softball, golf and equestrian.

In addition to a head coach who had played goalie (Seth Brylcreem Appert Coaching RPI - 2006-2017, Ferris State 1992-1996), RPI had at least one former Engineer goalie fill the roll of goalie coach - Ursus Minor may be able to fill us in on the assistant coach alums who held the position. The goalie coach at the "Tute" was unpaid IIRC.  This strategy helped Seth advance to get booted from RPI into his current gig with the Sabres by way of the Rochester Americans.

My daughter's 3 year old son's paternal grandfather is an RPI/Albany Med grad and thus when my wife and I passed through RPI on our morning babysitting pickup run she often pointed out "Grampy's college".  After a few weeks of this I started to correct her with "INSTITUTE!!".  This went on for a few weeks until my grandson and I began a now cemented routine of yelling "COLLEGE" "INSTITUTE" back and forth each time we pass through the campus.

I am only mentioning this aside intentionally drifting this thread because......August!

Current AC Mathias Lange was a goalie at RPI.

I remember a prior goalie coach but I guess I could say I almost remember. At the time I was a bit worried that RPI had an ace unpaid goalie coach but that's all I can pull up.

Error due to floppy disk failure or mushy disk.  Haven't had a chance to check under the dome.

Quote from: Old Red on August 12, 2026, 05:58:24 AM

Quote from: marty on August 12, 2026, 03:51:05 AMI'm very confused.  How many coaches,  assistant coaches, associate coaches and ersatz coaches are there on Cornell's staff? Are any of the current staff unpaid?

There are no unpaid positions in D1 hockey, the volunteer coach was eliminated, I believe in 2024.

The NCAA allows four countable coaches:  a head coach (Casey Jones) and three (3) assistant coaches for D1 schools. 

Cornell has three assistant coaches:
Associate Head Coach Sean Flanagan (11th year) -- leads in face offs
Assistant Coach Chris Brown (2nd year) -- leads defense and penalty kill
Assistant Coach Cam Clarke (2nd year) -- leads power play

In addition there is a Director of Hockey Operations, as discussed above.  Lately this role has been goalie coach and is responsible for video including video replay decisions and editing.  I also assume this person is responsible general administrative paper work.

Cornell also has an equipment manager, Sean Schmidt in his 15th year.  The atheltic trainer, Kaitlyn Petryszen, and strength and conditioning coach, Mike Missen, support several programs.  Ms. Petryszen serves the Mens and Womens Polo teams and the Golf team.  Mr. Missen serves softball, golf and equestrian.

In addition to a head coach who had played goalie (Seth Brylcreem Appert Coaching RPI - 2006-2017, Ferris State 1992-1996), RPI had at least one former Engineer goalie fill the roll of goalie coach - Ursus Minor may be able to fill us in on the assistant coach alums who held the position. The goalie coach at the "Tute" was unpaid IIRC.  This strategy helped Seth advance to get booted from RPI into his current gig with the Sabres by way of the Rochester Americans.

My daughter's 3 year old son's paternal grandfather is an RPI/Albany Med grad and thus when my wife and I passed through RPI on our morning babysitting pickup run she often pointed out "Grampy's college".  After a few weeks of this I started to correct her with "INSTITUTE!!".  This went on for a few weeks until my grandson and I began a now cemented routine of yelling "COLLEGE" "INSTITUTE" back and forth each time we pass through the campus.

I am only mentioning this aside intentionally drifting this thread because......August!

I'm very confused.  How many coaches,  assistant coaches, associate coaches and ersatz coaches are there on Cornell's staff? Are any of the current staff unpaid?

Quote from: scoop85 on August 11, 2026, 04:19:11 PM

Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on August 11, 2026, 03:48:41 PM

Quote from: stereax on August 11, 2026, 02:51:13 PMCut to me confirming the law school break period is October 12 to 16 - likely have to make the trip to Poland again (dentist stuff) in that timeframe... if I leave Ithaca on the 9th and NJ on the 10th... guh, it's gonna be a HARD sell for my mother to leave me in Ithaca by the 16th...

I don't remember having ever been to a scrimmage - I think it's usually scheduled over my fall break and I get dragged off back to Jersey for those. It's not on the Google calendar though. They are public admission like the other games, right?

Your dentist is in Poland?!?!?  I though I was nuts that mine is 10 miles away in Bethlehem.

A man goes

Quote from: scoop85 on August 11, 2026, 04:19:11 PM

Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on August 11, 2026, 03:48:41 PM

Quote from: stereax on August 11, 2026, 02:51:13 PMCut to me confirming the law school break period is October 12 to 16 - likely have to make the trip to Poland again (dentist stuff) in that timeframe... if I leave Ithaca on the 9th and NJ on the 10th... guh, it's gonna be a HARD sell for my mother to leave me in Ithaca by the 16th...

I don't remember having ever been to a scrimmage - I think it's usually scheduled over my fall break and I get dragged off back to Jersey for those. It's not on the Google calendar though. They are public admission like the other games, right?

Your dentist is in Poland?!?!?  I though I was nuts that mine is 10 miles away in Bethlehem.

A man goes to his dentist in Warsaw. The dentist sits him down, examines his teeth, and says, "Sir, you have a major cavity, and it's going to cost 700 Zloty to fix." The patient looks shocked, jumps up, and yells, "Seven Hundred Zloty for just five minutes of work?!" The dentist calmly replies, "You're right. If it makes you feel better, I can drill very, very slowly."

dentist in Warsaw. The dentist sits him down, examines his teeth, and says, "Sir, you have a major cavity, and it's going to cost 700 Zloty to fix." The patient looks shocked, jumps up, and yells, "Seven Hundred Zloty for just five minutes of work?!" The dentist calmly replies, "You're right. If it makes you feel better, I can drill very, very slowly."

When an undergrad my chemistry professor was so tight that after losing several lower molars he decided to have a removable bridge (or plate) made rather than spring for a cemented prosthetic.

His dentist built a standard dental plate and fitted it into his mouth and it worked acceptably.

In three months, prof was back at his dentist. The dentist looked in his mouth, and the plate he had just put in was so deteriorated it was beyond repair.

The dentist was shocked that it had only lasted three months, so he constructed a new plate and had stainless steel used as the structural framework.

But again in about three months prof returned to him as the stainless steel plate was corroded and failing.

This time he had the plate made with titanium, but once more it only lasted a matter of months before deteriorating beyond repair.

Totally baffled, he sent prof to a professor of metallurgical professor  who was also a patient to see if he could solve this puzzle.

The professor examined his plate (false tooth bridge) and quizzed the man about his dental hygiene and diet. "There must be something very acidic that you eat a lot of." I know a professor of Food Science and if anyone can figure it out it's her.

So prof went hat (and plate) in hand to visit Dr. Chompowski. He reluctantly handed the prosthetic to her and was peppered by a barrage of diet questions worthy of a moot court cross examination. Her persistence paid off when prof told her this:

"To tell the truth, my wife makes the absolute best hollandaise sauce in the world. I put it on everything."

"Aha!" Chompowski exclaimed, "Have your dentist make you a new plate out of chrome and you shouldn't have any more problems!"

"Chrome?" prof asked, "Why chrome?"

"Because," she replied, "There's no plate like chrome for the hollandaise!"