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Quote from: JohnF81 on April 29, 2026, 09:36:48 AMOr a new league commissioner

Hey, Gary's a Cornell alum!

So is the guy who unleashed one of the first big computer viruses, and I don't have to like him.

Didn't we have an "embarrassing alumni" thread in JSID?

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Quote from: scoop85 on April 22, 2026, 08:57:32 AMFor those who aren't aware, Christian Swezey, who a few years ago wrote a fantastic book about Cornell's legendary 1970's teams, has just released a chronicle of last year's championship run:

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501790881/the-long-red-line/#bookTabs=1

It's also available through Amazon and most likely other outlets.

Quint wrote a nice blurb for the book. I'm surprised.

I think Quint's been pretty fair to our program in recent years.

Mostly true, but I point out that if it wasn't a nice blurb, it wouldn't have been used.

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

I'm amused that the licensed examples have one that reads "The University of Michigan" and another that reads "Ohio State University" which is pretty great trolling if you know the culture.

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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

Casty, O'Brien, and Kraft swept, god damn. Voters must really like J names 😂

I know I do.   

Jerk

Typical

 

Quote from: BearLover on April 19, 2026, 12:32:17 PM

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Quote from: Bluelightning on April 19, 2026, 06:42:41 AMPossibly Rousseau is coming here mainly because he is thinking (or told) he won't have to split  playing time. He had to split time with Albin Boija in Maine. When Boija was on his game, he was better than Rousseau (4 shutouts, 2 decent games at Denver, etc). But when Boija was off it was gross.
    An athlete entering the portal because he wants a better education? That would be refreshing. He has an amazing opportunity presented to him now: start for Cornell hockey and possibly graduate with Ivy League degree. Win-win.
      Amazing how placated I feel getting Rousseau even after comparing game by game stats to Cournoyer. It was our best (and probably only) option and Casey got it done. Hats off to him. He came to Cornell with impossible shoes to fill. Did great job in season 1 but now has lost top goaltender, forward and one of top defensemen before their senior year.

This is a good pick up, but he will have to battle for starts against Roest, and presumably Katz, as well as Cirka who may or may not come this season, but next year for sure.

Quote from: Pghas on April 19, 2026, 06:17:43 AMI have to say I'm pretty unimpressed with Cornoyer's decision and also the way he is handling it.  Maybe he really hated Cornell because kit strikes me as unusual for any player to not at least acknowledge his current team and coaching staff.  I guess the competition in the big ten is better but idk.  I think their coaching staffs are using that idea to poach higher level players from the ECAC. I also don't understand -as far as I can tell Wisconsin just went on a run.  They are not a perennial powerhouse.  Plus as someone mentioned above Cornoyer is going to have to compete for his spot.  I don't know I guess there is lots more behind the scenes that I don't know about. 

Agree with you, seemed really unclassy to make the 'level up comment' when Cornell was 2 games away from losing in the Championship too.
That said, Wisconsin is definitely a perennial powerhouse, the last few seasons they haven't won the big one, but they have 6 times- and 9 for the women.
Yeah the last one was in '06 but I'm not sure we can talk smack on that one. For sure the old WCHA and the Big 10 are tough hockey leagues, but Cornell has held it's own against them. So, yeah something else happened, or maybe it was the plan all along. But it doesn't matter because we have a new set of goalies, an awesome freshman class returning for more as sophomores and (for now) our Captain- and of course our Coach. We skate on.

Wisconsin isn't a perennial powerhouse. They're weird! They've been ass (like, well below .500) several times since the Big 10 started (2013-14). They've had 5 seasons over .500 and 8 below in that stretch.

The good seasons have been very good, and they're certainly a historic contender that doesn't surprise anyone when they're good, but they've also had some awful years recently.

Wisconsin's (lack of) success the past two decades doesn't have much bearing on their current situation. They now have a really good coach, recent success, and are in the Big 10, which is already well ahead of the rest of the country in resources with that gap continuing to grow.

Which isn't to say Cournoyer made a good decision. Also, it's not clear he made a decision to leave Cornell so much as he couldn't handle being a real student, or any number of other reasons he had to leave.

They've had FOUR 20 loss seasons this decade, including 2024-25 with this same coach. It's such a feast or famine program, and it's difficult to figure out what's happening.

Back in the Joe Marsh era, SLU would have a predictable success rate based on his recruiting cycle. Every 3-4 years or so, SLU would blast into the NCAA tournament and then fall into the cellar as a huge senior class would graduate.

College hockey has a history of the non-traditionals having a 2-3 year window of power. The Lake State, Maine, Vermont, UNH, Notre Dame, Miami, Yale, Union, UMass stretches...usually led by great coaches having an emergent moment or striking gold with a Gostisbehere or Makar or Kariya. Given the chaos of The Portal NIL revolution, it's suddenly a lotto jackpot win to be a program having one of those RIGHT NOW. Suddenly the portal jumpers who think "I want to win!" are looking at Western Michigan thinking "powerhouse" when they've been anything but throughout their history. Crazy times.

Strike while the iron is hot, and it is scalding this year. Get TV exposure and Pope Bucci singing your praises, and all the stars on bad teams are looking up your number. Is it good for Cornell? Well we have been a consistent name in the tournament and at least eastern folks know of our tradition and steady success. And suddenly OOC games at Lynah are quietly a recruiting tool.

Quote from: rss77 on April 17, 2026, 06:35:44 PMI see that athletics has established an Advisory Group.  Perhaps to help Athletics in this Wild West era of sports-eh?  Also Cornell football is raising money for summer stipends (To be used to support football student-athletes while doing internships) to keep 40 players in the general Ithaca area for the summer.

In the recent past, there were campaigns to endow coaching positions and renovate facilities. I guess the efforts will be redirected.

Quote from: underskill on April 17, 2026, 07:39:47 PMCournoyer said he entered the transfer portal because he was looking for a new challenge.
"I just wanted to jump to the next level," he said. "I decided to enter the portal because we thought, my family and my adviser, that I could get a better opportunity. And Wisconsin reached out right after so it worked out pretty well."

But hey, that argument that we want the ECAC to be a weak conference sure holds up.

Quote from: Trotsky on April 16, 2026, 02:13:26 PM

Quote from: arugula on April 16, 2026, 01:49:48 PMSandruck has played on five teams this year.  What's that about?  Is he committed to another school, sounds like he's got some, ahem, issues

Only 4, the fifth line is aggregate.

He's from just outside Rochester.  Those people are all crazy.

BTW, AI so probably nonsense but:

QuoteMichael Sandruck reportedly decommitted from Cornell due to a lack of expected progress in his development, according to forum discussions. It was suggested that the decision for him to leave the recruiting class may have been initiated by the university.

    Source: eLynah Forum Discussion (November 2025)*
    Reason: Did not progress as hoped, per forum, making it likely a mutual or school-initiated separation.

* We have achieved the Ouroboros.

So the Russian bots posting here were just a diversion to train the AI ubermodels? Oh man, we'll bring down the economy by ourselves, if true.

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Quote from: stereax on April 15, 2026, 01:26:53 AMalso humble request to any cornell hockey affiliated people that may be reading this forum: today (04/15) is my birthday. woot, or something. idk. i'm already in hell with assignments because i have two essays due today that i haven't started yet, plus i've got three hours of makeup classes in the afternoon that ensure i'll get home no earlier than 7 pm, absolutely drained and in no mood to do anything except curl up in bed and cry myself to sleep. and i don't even have a cake or anything like that to "celebrate". AND the devils are bad and got shut out by the boston fucking bruins, but they're not bad enough to be in lottery range. so can you pretty please, with sugar on top, put a leash on any other possible pro signings/transfers out/whatever until tomorrow? because the cournoyer one was already a kick in the balls. please? i don't need any more reasons to be sad. life sucks enough already. thanks for your consideration. <3

Your birthday is Tax Day? Sorry, but that pretty much kills every imaginable vibe right there.

Tax Day, Lincoln dies, Titanic sinks, Notre Dame burns, Boston Marathon bombing... and I was born. Perhaps the worst thing out of all of these.

Jackie Robinson made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. 

A friend shares this birthday and once had a party where attendees were encouraged to dress to pay tribute to one of the 4/15 events (not the bombing, cmon).

Happy birthday!

Quote from: Trotsky on April 14, 2026, 07:12:57 PM

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Quote from: fastforward on April 14, 2026, 05:45:12 PMThis annoys me to no end 😡
I understand he has to do what is best for him but what the heck ever happened to commitment

I'll just say that you never know the circumstances. Maybe he's miserable in Ithaca or has some other reason to want to leave.

Or maybe he's pursuing a big bag of cash. I can't really fault him for that, either.

I get it but wondering how a prospective employer looks at these types of situations beyond hockey

I think it's irrelevant these days. I changed employers every couple years for about a decade with no issues, and it's common in many industries.

I had to convince my parents' friends that just because I worked for 3 companies in 4 years, there wasn't anything wrong with me. They were used to a world where everyone would work for a company for 40 years and get a gold watch and a pension at the end.

This must have been a while ago though.  It's been the case for decades where if you stay at a place more than 4 years you are suspect.

True.

You know I'm an old now. This was nearly 25 years ago, before GMail. At least now they have moon missions again to feel that 1968 vibe.

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Quote from: fastforward on April 14, 2026, 05:45:12 PMThis annoys me to no end 😡
I understand he has to do what is best for him but what the heck ever happened to commitment

I'll just say that you never know the circumstances. Maybe he's miserable in Ithaca or has some other reason to want to leave.

Or maybe he's pursuing a big bag of cash. I can't really fault him for that, either.

I get it but wondering how a prospective employer looks at these types of situations beyond hockey

I think it's irrelevant these days. I changed employers every couple years for about a decade with no issues, and it's common in many industries.

I had to convince my parents' friends that just because I worked for 3 companies in 4 years, there wasn't anything wrong with me. They were used to a world where everyone would work for a company for 40 years and get a gold watch and a pension at the end.

Quote from: stereax on April 14, 2026, 05:58:16 PM

Quote from: RichH on April 14, 2026, 05:56:45 PMYou mean "It's the system."

Look at Denver's system!
They made a 5'10" guy win the natty!

Obligatory disclaimer, Johnny Hicks is really fucking good. But there's also a really good system at play there, too.

It's also an odd time since we're moving from the Schafer System to a Casey Style. I don't know if CU goalies will have the same level of elite defensive support once the recruiting completely transitions to a Jones-only squad.

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Quote from: underskill on April 14, 2026, 04:28:16 PMIt appears Adam knows already who is incoming

Unless it's an elite goalie you can write off next season

we make average goalies look elite pretty often. just need someone to be League Average and get hot at the right time.

You mean "It's the system."

If it is Wisconsin, I'm a little non-plussed about the seedling idea that "Goaltender U." East becomes essentially a feeder for "Goaltender U." West.

For many years I had a buried worry that with more attention on this level, Jock State U's "haves" would completely overwhelm the small arts & engineering "have nots." I didn't ever see a portal system like this being the impetus.

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Quote from: stereax on April 11, 2026, 06:01:18 PMWisconsin opens the scoring. Just goes straight through Hicks.

Have to shoot high on him.

Should also note that while I love that Buccigross uses his platform to promote cawlidge hawkey, he is an idiot.

Buccigross promotes Buccigross.

And there's more nuance to calling a game well than just screaming "SHOT" 800 times.

And. A. Color. Guy. Who PUNCTUATES. HIS. WORDS. because THIS. IS. IMPORTANT.

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Quote from: stereax on April 11, 2026, 06:01:18 PMWisconsin opens the scoring. Just goes straight through Hicks.

Have to shoot high on him.

Should also note that while I love that Buccigross uses his platform to promote cawlidge hawkey, he is an idiot.

Buccigross promotes Buccigross.

And there's more nuance to calling a game well than just screaming "SHOT" 800 times.