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Quote from: The Rancor on Today at 01:39:31 PMSo they were taking summer intensives for the past few years to prepare to graduate early as a result of going pro?

I believe it is common practice for athletes to take classes over the summer. I think Stanley and Castagna finished up their degrees this past summer after going pro. Castagna was quoted saying he planned to return for his senior year before he was traded to the Flames.

agreed this is likely - take classes over the summer (at home, if they'll transfer) so you don't need to carry 15 a semester while shouldering the team commitment and you still graduate in four years.

I recall Stanley on that one podcast saying he'd been taking summer classes to plan to graduate in three. I suspect that was always his plan. I suspect that, since Castagna was going to return had he not been traded to Calgary and had a clearer path to the NHL, he planned to at least have some credits outstanding to maintain eligibility for that fourth year. Presumably he finished them this summer.

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Quote from: stereax on Today at 01:20:13 PMASU closing in on hiring Hakstol, currently an AC with the Avs.

Apparently the Avs have just granted him permission to speak with ASU (i.e. his hiring is not imminent)? Seems like every time I see something about this story, it  contradicts previous reporting.

Previous reporting also said Brad Berry and Grant Potulny had been told they were out.

ASU closing in on hiring Hakstol, currently an AC with the Avs.

Quote from: cbuckser on Today at 12:00:09 AMThis NHL.com article on Hoyt Stanley's family attending last night's Predators-Senators game is well worth reading.

It's terrific that a number of Cornell men's hockey players also made the trip to Kanata to watch last night's Sens game. I love that Hoyt's sister Kaiden went to Denis Ladouceur '02's bar when she needed to find a place in New York City to watch Hoyt's NHL debut on television.

"He played at a pretty good program in terms of transitioning to pro" - hell yeah!

I loved this article so much - all the little details they added in are excellent.

Quote from: sah67 on October 11, 2026, 03:33:32 PMCastagna vs Mitchell/Malott last night, but none of them got on the scoresheet aside from a Castagna minor penalty.

Casty's running a 58.8% fo% clip. Granted, in two games. But very encouraging to be a longterm faceoff specialist guy, even if he "only" ends up in a fourth-line role.

Rangers' Shesterkin done for the year with injury.

Their goalie room looks a little like this:

Shesty [out for year]
Korpisalo [out for 4 weeks, not practicing]
Garand [who they put on waivers like 2 weeks ago]
Martin [pretty sure he's hurt too]
Tung

Keopple might yet become the third Cornell product to debut this year 🫣

Quote from: Trotsky on October 10, 2026, 02:00:52 PM

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Quote from: jkahn on October 08, 2026, 10:39:02 PMFlames broadcast did a nice job of highlighting Castagna pre-game and then also interviewed him coming off the ice at the end of the first.  When the broadcast was tossed back to the booth, they praised his "mature interview."

They showed his parents too :')

I met his parents in Lake Placid.  Great people!  I wish Jonathan a long and productive career.  He is an excellent Cornell hockey ambassador.

And I was probably ten steps behind you wilting with social anxiety 😂

Quote from: jkahn on October 08, 2026, 10:39:02 PMFlames broadcast did a nice job of highlighting Castagna pre-game and then also interviewed him coming off the ice at the end of the first.  When the broadcast was tossed back to the booth, they praised his "mature interview."

They showed his parents too :')

As per Marshall Haim, first day multiple Big Red players debuted + second-quickest jumps between Cornell and the NHL (Nieuwendyk, of course, being #1).

Stanley rookie lap.

Castagna rookie lap.

Seems Stanley also debuting tonight!

Anaheim Ducks are doing individual goal songs.

Malott - Sultans of Swing, Dire Straits (A+ choice)
Mitchell - Don't We, Morgan Wallen

Casty confirmed NHL debut!

I feel like most of this boils down to "similar things happen at just about every other college campus and broader society as well". We kinda just got chosen as the current "face" of the issue.