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Quote from: Trotsky on October 10, 2026, 03:21:55 AMMichigan has already scored 21 goals. They have a guy at 4-5-9.
Quote from: Jim Hyla on September 09, 2026, 08:52:29 AMQuote from: abmarks on September 08, 2026, 11:15:42 PMNow a marching band member dies from the heat.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/49870190/iowa-band-member-taken-life-support-collapsing-game
How do we know that he died from the heat? Nothing in the article proves that. It even says that he died before they were to perform and that he had cardiac arrest. Maybe he had unknown cardiac problems. Certainly students have been found to have previously unknown problems.
They say he collapsed in the heat. Well duh, it was hot, he couldn't have collapsed in the cold.
It was bad reporting to even say that he collapsed in the heat, because it seems to imply that it was due to the heat, even though it doesn't have any proof of that. A more reasonable statement, until more is known, would be to just say that he died after collapsing due to "sudden cardiac arrest."
The author made it worse when it went on to discuss the temperature and what the school did and didn't do with game times. Better reporting would have been to first acknowledge that we don't know how much, if any, the heat was a factor.
The way words are used matters and we all need to be careful how we say or write things.
This is not to say that heat wasn't a factor. It may well have been. But until we know the facts, we should be careful.
QuoteThe Hawkeye Marching Band is supported by UI Health Care and UI Sports Medicine at all practices and events, and students participating in HMB must have clearance from UI Sports Medicine to actively practice or perform during the season.
UI Sports Medicine consults with students as needed; providing appropriate care and referrals to students when injured or ill, and providing training to staff and students on appropriate topics related to weather, nutrition, injury prevention. Recommendations include hydrating in advance, eating appropriately, wearing suitable clothing, and staying equipped with water, sunscreen, hats, and other protective items.
The Hawkeye Marching Band modifies rehearsal and game day procedures when conditions warrant. While preparing for the Sept. 5, football game, HMB rehearsed indoors on Tuesday and Wednesday. Throughout the week, and during dress rehearsal at Kinnick Stadium, hydration breaks were provided three or four times per hour, and cooling towels were available for students. On Sept. 5, the band was outfitted in its alternate hot-weather uniform that included shorts, t-shirts, and ball caps, rather than the traditional marching uniform. Hydration stations and regular water breaks were available throughout the day. These measures were implemented in consultation with UI Sports Medicine and are consistent with HMB's established protocols for extreme heat and humidity conditions.
Quote from: stereax on July 01, 2026, 10:42:11 AMNumbers ought to be proportional to name length. Zadvernyuk getting 7 is visually criminalQuote from: stereax on June 27, 2026, 11:55:19 AMQuote from: BearLover on June 26, 2026, 10:52:10 PMWho changed their number besides DiGiulian?Hiscock took DiGiulian's number.
Also, 60. I want to vomit. Like Castagna, Rousseau better be worth it 😭
Ashton also moved to 11.
This amount of number changing should be illegal.
Quote from: pfibiger on May 17, 2026, 12:13:54 PMBL usually blames the coaches tbh!Quote from: BearLover on May 17, 2026, 01:05:44 AMYou all realize Jane writes for the school paper, right? She's a college student. Pretty sure she doesn't want nor need this level of praise or criticism.
I have to ask —- do you feel like this doesn't apply to students who play for the college varsity hockey team?
Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on May 16, 2026, 07:55:18 AMQuote from: stereax on May 16, 2026, 06:44:29 AMSidenote - is Cornell a blueblood? Not like BC, BU, Michigan, NoDak, Wisconsin, Denver, right? Purpleblood?
Redblood.
Duh!
Quote from: adamw on May 02, 2026, 10:12:06 AMQuote from: abmarks on May 02, 2026, 12:28:49 AMCan someone explain the realistic way a kid delays HS graduation by a year two?
Short of failing something that is required for graduation, or getting permission to take an entire year off from school I can't figure it out. Probably easier to do at a private school, but I'm trying to picture the kid who goes to a public US high school.
My high school days were certainly a long time ago (HS class of '85) but this only ever happened iirc if you basically flunked most of your classes one yr, or had a medical issue that made you miss too much class (kid had a serious car accident requiring lengthy rehab, or the occasionally pregnancy and child birth )
One train of thought at the moment is that prep schools will become popular again. Go there and re-do your junior year.
Quote from: ursusminor on April 23, 2026, 06:40:50 AMQuote from: Trotsky on April 23, 2026, 06:05:10 AMWhen looking at the PIM we should probably subtract the fighting and associated GM/DQ minutes.
Some leagues, I think including the entire CHL, don't count misconducts (of any type) and DQ's in penalty minute totals. Major penalties are included. I checked Walters' game-by-game stats https://chl.ca/lhjmq/en/players/21289/, and he had two major penalties. associated misconducts, etc., were indeed not included.
Quote from: adamw on April 22, 2026, 02:04:48 PMQuote from: BearLover on April 22, 2026, 11:56:00 AMA few weeks ago it was claimed that early departures are up, and that players like Hoyt Stanley leaving early is the norm. I'm not sure this is true. On his podcast this week, Brad Schlossman said early departures are down this season. Anecdotally, I'm seeing a lot of posts like this one:
https://x.com/DanielVConnolly/status/2046966239986163836?s=20
I am skeptical that it you looked at early departures on the aggregate, the number is higher than 5 or 10 years ago.
For schools with money, you are starting to see their ability to pay some $$ causes players to pause about going to the AHL for $80k. This is of course very new - and too early to make widespread conclusions - but pretty sure that is the case with the UConn players and Michael Hage at Michigan. As with everything, there are many factors at play, and individual preferences. Stanley was a full tuition student - no grants, academic aid, etc... - so no one has any issue with him signing a pro deal when Cornell isn't even allowed to give him squat.
Quote from: ugarte on April 22, 2026, 04:33:38 PMQuote from: BearLover on April 22, 2026, 04:15:26 PMRated 114 by NHL Central Scouting. We now have recruits at 96, 112, and 114 in this year's rankings, plus Caton Ryan at 177.Daniel Walters is really good at hockey?
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | PPG | PIM/G |
| —————— | ——————————————— | ———————— | ——— | ——— | ——— | ——— | ——— | ——— | ————— |
| 2025-26 | Cornell Univ. | NCAA | 34 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 30 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| —————— | ——————————————— | ———————— | ——— | ——— | ——— | ——— | ——— | ——— | ————— |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | PPG | PIM/G |
| —————— | ——————————————— | ———————— | ——— | ——— | ——— | ——— | ——— | ——— | ————— |
| 2025-26 | Halifax Mooseheads | QMJHL | 67 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 122 | 0.5 | 1.8 |
| 2024-25 | Halifax Mooseheads | QMJHL | 74 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 61 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| 2023-24 | Halifax McDonald's U18 | NSU18MHL | 42 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 50 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
| 2022-23 | Halifax Gulls U15 "A" | NSU15MHL | 31 | 30 | 45 | 75 | 62 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
| 2022-23 | The Buccaneers U16 AAA | NSU16AAAHL | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| 2021-22 | Halifax Gulls U15 | NSU15MHL | 35 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 38 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| —————— | ——————————————— | ———————— | ——— | ——— | ——— | ——— | ——— | ——— | ————— |
| Total | 251 | 84 | 118 | 202 | 335 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
Quote from: BearLover on April 20, 2026, 01:31:06 PMQuote from: adamw on April 20, 2026, 01:23:14 PMI would have asked: "Did Cournoyer provide a reason for transferring?" and "when did he inform you of the transfer?", to start. You're gonna get coach-speak either way, but at least this way we'd get more specificity while not forcing Casey to disclose anything he doesn't want to.Quote from: BearLover on April 20, 2026, 01:14:54 PMQuote from: adamw on April 20, 2026, 01:08:51 PMShe 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.Quote from: BearLover on April 20, 2026, 01:02:00 PMQuote from: ugarte on April 20, 2026, 12:40:47 PMThat'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: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.
—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.
Do you honestly expect Casey to trash a kid on the record, or that it would be a good idea if he did?
I mean, this goes for every other coach too.
"Well, the kid is clueless, he lied to us in his meeting and then had his agent start calling around. Turns out he wasn't a good student and he decided he wanted the money more than a Cornell education."
What would be the benefit in a coach saying something like this? Assuming this is true.
Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on April 19, 2026, 07:43:33 PMQuote from: stereax on April 19, 2026, 09:34:34 AMQuote from: marty on April 19, 2026, 02:09:14 AMCasty, O'Brien, and Kraft swept, god damn. Voters must really like J names 😂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
I know I do.
Quote from: BearLoverUnfortunately I doubt McNally is really going to dig into what happened, the Sun's sports coverage never wants to rock the boat but it would be great to at least get Casey on record.
Quote from: BearLover on April 16, 2026, 11:08:48 AMQuote from: Beeeej on April 16, 2026, 11:04:11 AMSo the best NHL defenseman in Cornell hockey history stayed four years and signed his first pro deal right before his 25th birthday. Too bad Hoyt Stanley didn't get the message.Quote from: BearLover on April 16, 2026, 10:49:35 AMQuote from: sah67 on April 15, 2026, 12:10:05 PMWith an assist last night, Malinski hits the 40 point mark for the season (8G, 32A). It's especially impressive given that he has gotten almost zero power-play time, except on the rare occasions when Makar and Toews are both out of the lineup.Is Malinski the first Cornell defensemen to ever hit 40 points in the NHL?
In a season? Yes. Douglas Murray topped out at 17 one season but totaled 64 for his career. No other Cornell d-man has ever even hit 40 points total.
