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Quote from: BearLover on October 05, 2026, 07:06:03 PMLike I've said before, you could try writing to Ivy League ADs, the Ivy commissioner, etc. in support of allowing fifth years to further their education at an Ivy rather than being forced to transfer. It can't hurt (even if technically they don't make the decision). 

Yeah, you never know. The whole basis for the Ivy League with "de-emphasizing football" and no postseason play; I was totally shocked when they reversed that recently.
So, "5th year as a grad student" - maybe not probable, but not impossible.

Quote from: stereax on September 19, 2026, 07:23:29 AM...saw the flipflops enter my field of vision, and went "either insane or hockey player".

I'm gonna go WAY out on a limb here and say that the two are not mutually exclusive..

Quote from: stereax on September 19, 2026, 03:56:03 AMEither way I'm not particularly miffed. Better to be underrated and make heads roll than the alternative.

Yup. See the 2026 Seattle Mariners for an example of the latter.  

Quote from: billhoward on August 20, 2026, 02:04:18 PM

Quote from: stereax on August 16, 2026, 02:26:34 PMI mean it's a bullshit ranking by idiots. But it's nice to be respected in the bullshit rankings by idiots.

It's too early to get riled up about Harvard and BU. So we chide each other. My thoughts turn to Daniel Patrick Moynihan on "Defining Deviancy Down," as in what we find as weird, abnormal or criminal needs to be readjusted to account for more deviants and weirdos and now to the new world of odd posts online. Not among this august group, of course. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41212064

I think we can be august for 10 more days, for sure.

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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."

And unfortunately, he's here all week, folks.    

Not directly referencing any Cornell hockey alums, but it talks about NHL rookies: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/style/second-city-improv-athletes-nhl.html

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Quote from: stereax on August 02, 2026, 02:19:11 AMI swear I thought it was 1st and 2nd and not 2nd and 3rd. Well.

I'm sure the flight tips will be useful anyway 😂

fwiw I recommend the UA itinerary but I am also a Star Alliance loser 💜

What airline do you recommend for an Albany to New Orleans trip in planning?
🤔

My preferred airline out of Syracuse is American but Delta is probably the best of the major US carriers

Ah, nothing quite like some summer time thread drift.....

Quote from: ugarte on July 21, 2026, 12:43:24 PMFocusing on championships in a tilted system is a waste of emotional resources.

This is going to sound smarmy and for that i apologize but you watch the games for the games. If I went to Brown, I'd be stuck rooting for Brown hockey and I would still watch. I know this because I root for the Pittsburgh Pirates and watch 150 games a year.

The lax championship was fucking great. The lesson is that if you make the tournament enough times, you'll win two games instead of one and then who knows what happens once it's down to four teams. You just have to win two games again.

What i know as a Cornell fan is that the university puts enough into the program to get A Chance out of it. I'm here for the ride, not the destination. But goddamn, what a fucking thrill the ride becomes once we approach the destination.

Case in point: https://youtu.be/EW3kgtLlpd4?is=g4vYuoPHD51GKrWX

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Quote from: Ken711 on May 30, 2026, 01:15:39 PMAdded a few more.  Big recruiting weekend in two weeks.

Ken - can you re-post the link to your lists?

Chris there is no link, I compile the list myself.

I think he doesn't realize that you update the first post in the thread with new names

Correct - that's what I was missing. Thanks for 'splaining it.

Quote from: Trotsky on June 03, 2026, 03:23:50 PMCooper Cleaves sounds like some horrible disease barrel makers got in the Middle Ages.

Or a small forgotten character in "Leave it to Beaver".

Quote from: Ken711 on May 30, 2026, 01:15:39 PMAdded a few more.  Big recruiting weekend in two weeks.

Ken - can you re-post the link to your lists?

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Quote from: stereax on May 15, 2026, 01:25:49 PMMcNally's final article for the Sun.

As expected, a solid piece and a tearjerker to boot!

When, not if, Jane goes to work somewhere as a paid writer on hockey, I vote that we note her articles in future "Alumni in the pros" threads. She'll be an alumni, and a professional writer, and a damn good one.

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Quote from: arugula on May 11, 2026, 02:45:08 PMI always liked, as many of us did, that Roberston fessed up and "blamed" his parents when he transferred--"can't ask my parents to keep paying this tuition."  That's just a much more politic, and charming, response to the question, 

That's not even "blaming" though - it's just "money, currently, matters to the family". Which I think many of us can relate to! Especially given how damn much Cornell costs, and that Ivies don't give scholarships to athletes.

Be careful how you say this. Ivies don't give Athletic Scholarships, but they do give scholarships to athletes and many receive them.

Yeah - that is what I meant! Sorry for being technically wrong. I guess "Ivies don't give scholarships purely for athletics" is a better way to put it?

Yup.

Maybe I missed this in an earlier post, but I'm not having any luck bringing up the streaming broadcast. I have an ESPN subscription (via Disney Plus), but does that not include ESPNU?  Anyone else having this issue, or figured out the workaround?

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Quote from: ursusminor on April 03, 2026, 02:27:39 PMSorry that I originally posted the following on the wrong thread.

I just felt like doing this for RPI.

It is obvious to me that only half of this list is of comparible NHL achievement to all of Cornell's. This makes me even happier that the currently known recruit list for 2026 is IMHO significantly better than Cornell's. (I add that neither Heisenberg's list nor CHN agrees with the 8 players Coach Lang hinted at recently. CHN includes these eight but also others who are unlikely to be arriving this year or in some cases ever. The coach said that he wants to add up to four more including from the evil portal.) BTW, I did not give Neil Little any credit for all the times that the Flyers recalled him only to be the backup sieve. The advantages of having an AHL team in the same town.

1. Adam Oates
2. Daren Puppa
3. Joé Juneau
4. Mike McPhee
5. Brian Pothier
6. Brandon Pirri
7. John Carter
8. Ken Hammond
9. Kraig Nienhuis
10.. Graeme Towhshend

Half that team was on the ice at the same time.  RPI '85 was something to see.

Wasn't Barrasso RPI, or have I gone insane?

Was Townshend the guy who Adessa (the coach is fat!!!) made his you can't do that clap clap, clap clap clap about?

Fat! Bald! Fat! Bald!
That was fun.