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Quote from: sah67 on September 09, 2026, 09:07:10 PMChanged the link to a non-paywall version:

16 former members of the UMich men's team from 1984-2001 filed a lawsuit today against the university and its board for "sexualized torture" they claim they endured at the hands of older players.

Red Berenson and Mel Pearson are not named as defendants but are described in the suit as having condoned and encouraged the abuse: https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/2026/09/sexual-hazing-accusations-leveled-at-michigan-hockey-in-lawsuit.html

QuoteSexualized abuse akin to "torture" became the norm in ritualistic hazing among members of the University of Michigan's men's hockey team from 1984 to 2001, according to a new federal lawsuit filed by 16 former team members.

The allegations are graphic and shocking: Many allege they were stripped naked and forcibly had their genitals shaved. Others say during this process, the handles of razors were forcibly inserted into their anuses. Multiple people said they had pubic hair singed by a blowtorch. Others said older players tied a hockey helmet to the genitalia of younger players and filled the helmet with pucks.

"Coaching staff concealed the nature of the abuse and misled the players by chiding the few players who complained to 'be a Michigan man;' that they were not being 'good teammates;' and even penalizing players with reduced ice time," the lawsuit states.

What, no elephant walk?

A few days ago, the Sun had a nice interview with Austin Keiser.

Quote from: stereax on September 02, 2026, 10:40:51 AM

Quote from: Will on September 02, 2026, 09:37:27 AM@stereax - In case any of this helps with your travels to and from MSG: OurBus Increases Rides from Cornell to New York City

It does - I just checked and it looks like I *could* catch a 6 am bus, make it to 175th Street by 10:30, go directly to MSG, catch the game, and then get back up the same night.

But also... that's 9+ hours in a bus on one day 😅

Hey, the option of a trip without the expense of a hotel night stay has to be a good thing, right?

@stereax - In case any of this helps with your travels to and from MSG: OurBus Increases Rides from Cornell to New York City

Quote from: adamw on August 17, 2026, 06:06:50 PM

Quote from: BearLover on August 17, 2026, 03:17:26 PM

Quote from: BearLover on August 17, 2026, 11:33:56 AMThese rankings are meant to predict the future by taking into account incoming/outgoing players. It's perfectly reasonable to expect a team that missed the NCAAs to be really good next season, for example. The rankings aren't ridiculous on their face.

Rather, the issue with these rankings is that I see no reason to believe "College Hockey NXT" is a reputable source. Who, or what, is College Hockey NXT? There's no name (or list of names) on their website. You'd think a site predicting commitments and team outcomes, and ranking recruiting classes, would be run by a former coach or scout or someone involved in college hockey in some way, but there's literally no indication (that I can find) that this website isn't run by a random kid. The emojis are a dead giveaway that this source is not to be taken seriously.

Sorry, I meant "College Puck NXT"

Anyone can start a twitter feed and proclaim themselves experts and put out a ranking. Bear Lover could even try it if he wants. So we agree for a change.

Just look at me - amirite??

Ha! Hey, when you started CHN, you already had a 'name' in the college hockey world and a record to speak of. You had earned respect already. As far as we know, "collegepucknxt" has none of that. Maybe someday that will be the case with them, but not today.

Quote from: stereax on August 16, 2026, 02:34:06 PM

Quote from: The Rancor on August 15, 2026, 08:45:17 AM

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

Eh. This is just a list of annual contenders and Dartmouth. UConn had a similar record and finished behind us in polling. That is to say, they A. Don't know Jack B. None of this Matters.

Yeah this is basically the same list as every year just with dartmouth lmaooo

1. Denver (but it's an even year)
2. Chokers with a loaded roster
3. Team that is the only thing decent about studying in North Dakota
4. Chokers with a loaded roster, green variant
5. Actually really scary this year
6. Quinnipiac is unfortunately still good
7. WMU is still here they won two years ago
8. Obligatory Boston school stonks
9. Runners up last year
10. HEA stonks
11. Guys did you know Dartmouth is good now?!?
12. More HEA stonks
13. Even more HEA stonks
14. The Gophers are gonna be good eventually right
15. Obligatory Boston school stonks, darker red variant

The fact that we're not on here when teams like BU and BC, who missed the dance, are is really funny.

Work in silence.

We know how this works. Pre-season polls are always based on reputation, because of course there are no results yet. Some of these teams will make the tournament and some of them won't. In fairness, in a lot of years, Cornell also benefits from a reputation push, albeit not this year, but that's fine. Yes, none of this matters, but we need something to talk about in August, so here we are.

Quote from: stereax on July 20, 2026, 01:58:56 PM

Quote from: ACM on July 20, 2026, 12:20:52 PMFrozen Apple release. Note time change

"Puck drop set for noon" so they hate me personally, okay 👍

Being facetious. Mostly.

Puck drop at 12, doors open at 11. Means I have to be in NYC by like, 9 am, and leave my stuff somewhere... so that means I have to come in on the 27th and leave the 28th... but that IS the Calgary game... so maybe try to get cheap seats for that (LMAO it's MSG let's be real here) and leave the 29th? But that's two nights in a hotel, which is a lot of money I don't exactly need to be spending, especially because hotels run $150 minimum... and then the bus TO NYC is cheap ($25) but the one back is like $65, so we're at $400 already, and then tickets, and then feeding and watering and such... gaaah.

Guh. I'll have to think about this way more in depth.

25-30 years ago, Shortline/CoachUSA used to offer an Ithaca-NYC bus that left around 4:30am and got into Port Authority sometime around 9-10am.  It was a great way to do a full day in the city without an overnight stay anywhere.  Sadly, I don't think they run this schedule anymore.

Quote from: Trotsky on June 25, 2026, 06:30:56 AMYou know who else was kinda cute?

Rassey excited all the ladies at Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam.

Sucks apparently has their new head coach: Rob Rassey.

Quote from: Larry72 on June 15, 2026, 08:25:38 PMUh - FYI:

Jane McNally
@JaneMcNally_

Among the champions for the Carolina Hurricanes is Chris Abbott, Vice President of Pro Player Personnel and a Cornell hockey alum ('06). Joined the Canes' front office during the 2024-25 season, now part of a Stanley Cup winning staff!
3:46 AM · Jun 15, 2026

So...day with the Cup in Ithaca, right? Right? (And preferably when I'm not out of town.)

Quote from: billhoward on June 12, 2026, 11:51:17 AMIn favor of there being a 2026 Frozen Apple (ie even-year) MSG game: There is nothing else scheduled at MSG for Thanksgiving Saturday (if you see the Rockettes, unclick all the MSG properties until you only have the MSG main arena). Google says the Cornell-Quinnipiac 3-3 tie drew 16,593, the largest attendence for 2024-25 college hockey.

That season's national championship game beat that by a few hundred (https://www.collegehockeynews.com/box/final/20250412/wmu/bu_/) but it's still an impressive number.

Quote from: stereax on June 10, 2026, 10:26:33 AMFor what it's worth, I'm pretty sure turning off new account making is intended as a stopgap.

This makes sense to me. I don't think there are a great number of new Cornell hockey fans wishing to discuss hockey stuff over the summer months. The risk of turning away new fans right now is pretty low, compared to the obvious benefit of stemming the tide of new foreign spambot accounts posting in the forum.

That said, I remain hopeful that we'll have a better solution in place before the start of the new season in the fall.

Quote from: stereax on May 06, 2026, 11:49:03 AMAlso, someone reply to Scholl and tell him Rousseau will be great. I would but I don't want my name on that site 😅

Already done. (Though I brainfarted on "Rousseau" when typing up the response.)

Quote from: stereax on April 25, 2026, 05:59:14 PM

Who the hell cares this much about us in late April???

Quote from: chimpfood on April 22, 2026, 12:42:51 AMAnyone have any info on the schedule for next year? Will it just be the return trips from all the series this year? And any guesses for MSG? Will we use the extra Ivy game this year?

On a related topic: do we know if Casey is expected to be as much of an adherent to nonconference game reciprocity as Schafer tried to be (at least with the major conferences; AHA need not apply)?  If so, could we possibly expect to see some Cornell games in Alaska in the near future?