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Cole Emerton's Barrie Colts made it to the OHL final where they fell to Kitchener. The D man turned 18 in March, got a lot of time on the powerplay. A bit undersized at 5'11 170. 31 points in 66 games this season; fantastic for such a young defenseman. Exciting prospect.

Henri Ament's Everett Silvertips are in the memorial cup but Ament hasn't played for them in the playoffs. Not sure if it's an injury situation or a healthy scratch since he played 45 games during the regular season. Only put up 5 points, is already 19, and also only 5'11. His prep numbers aren't very good either so not sure what the vision is here, but I guess we always need to be recruiting the next Marian Moskos and Misha Songs to be bodies at practice.

Quote from: CU77 on May 22, 2026, 01:08:35 PMVirginia fired their coach Lars Tiffany (two national championships in his ten years there) on Monday.    Rumor mill has four coaches interviewing, none named Buczek.

I think we're safe as long as an AD doesn't monumentally fuck up a contract situation in the future. Coach wants to be here

Huh. Yeah might not be much point in investing resources into recruiting younger guys any more.

Quote from: stereax on May 14, 2026, 10:38:50 PM

Quote from: chimpfood on May 14, 2026, 10:03:00 PMGardiner probably slots in as our 3C, meaning, thank god, we can play both DiGiulian and Major on the wing. Probably leaves us with something like this for forward lines.

Ryan-Walsh-Major
Long-Zadvernyuk-DiGiulian
Kraft-Gardiner-Devlin
Hiscock-Catalano-Pirtle

Incredibly deep and there's also a ton of depth not even in this lineup like Murray, Arsenault, Armstrong and Wehmann.

Third line Kraft. Fourth line Hiscock. What the fuck riches are we dealing with?

Though I think that next year (27-28) they're gonna want DiGiulian at C, and so gotta give him some reps there.

Please stop Major at center. It is painful for me.

Yeah could also push Catalano out of the lineup but we're a little short on RWs so I figured they they might put him there

Gardiner probably slots in as our 3C, meaning, thank god, we can play both DiGiulian and Major on the wing. Probably leaves us with something like this for forward lines.

Ryan-Walsh-Major
Long-Zadvernyuk-DiGiulian
Kraft-Gardiner-Devlin
Hiscock-Catalano-Pirtle

Incredibly deep and there's also a ton of depth not even in this lineup like Murray, Arsenault, Armstrong and Wehmann.

Quote from: stereax on May 14, 2026, 01:55:19 PMQuestion: post-secondary school implies college.

Will he come in as a sophomore? Or, what I consider to be way more likely, will they not transfer his credits in to preserve eligibility?

Fun fact: when I was looking up Gardiner, I pulled up some of the '23 combine results. Among them, Castagna. So that gives you a little bit of perspective.

"Throughout the season, Gardiner posted a 90% academic average through American Public University"

Good catch. Coming in as a 21 year old probably just makes sense to start him as a sophomore if they can, seems unlikely he stays all 4 if things go well.

21 year old 2023 third round draft pick. 65 points in 67 games, 56% on faceoffs. Big pickup, especially with him being a center

Quote from: BearLover on May 12, 2026, 06:17:14 PM

Quote from: chimpfood on May 12, 2026, 05:57:34 PM

Quote from: BearLover on May 12, 2026, 12:32:46 PMNo surprise, but Alex Pelletier named USHL Player of the Year: https://ushl.com/news/2026/4/20/mens-ice-hockey-alex-pelletier-named-ushl-player-of-the-year.aspx

Some credit should go to the Cornell coaching staff, as Pelletier never could have won USHL PotY had the coaches brought him in last year.

this is kinda the exact reason you send him back to be fair. If we brought him in he would've been standing at the top of section D most games and now he gets to shoot 7 shots per game and put up 85 points in a season.

I find it very unlikely he would run away with the USHL goals and points lead but not be able to crack the Cornell lineup.

Who knows man. Sean Donaldson lit the world on fire in juniors and never got much playing time. I still wouldn't be surprised if Pelletier never becomes very close to a point per game player in college. His production was really impressive this year but he takes a ridiculous amount of shots that he's not gonna get now that he's on a team with Letourneau, Hemming, etc.

Quote from: BearLover on May 12, 2026, 12:32:46 PMNo surprise, but Alex Pelletier named USHL Player of the Year: https://ushl.com/news/2026/4/20/mens-ice-hockey-alex-pelletier-named-ushl-player-of-the-year.aspx

Some credit should go to the Cornell coaching staff, as Pelletier never could have won USHL PotY had the coaches brought him in last year.

this is kinda the exact reason you send him back to be fair. If we brought him in he would've been standing at the top of section D most games and now he gets to shoot 7 shots per game and put up 85 points in a season.

The other ECAC schools are recruiting surprisingly well. Harvard as usual is doing well with high draft picks, Quinnipiac bringing in some more huge CHL scorers, Clarkson and RPI also getting some decent CHL guys. The big surprise for me is Saint Lawrence who looks to have tricked two draft picks and another draft eligible who will probably go this year into coming. We'll see how many of those actually come to fruition.

Yep cascadden will be back

Forgot to post after the end of Charlie Arend's season. 20 year old forward for Dubuque of the USHL. 43 points in 52 games, a big step up from the previous two years. I don't see him factoring in this upcoming season but hopefully can be a piece for us later in his career.

Quote from: stereax on May 02, 2026, 04:12:03 PM

Quote from: chimpfood on May 02, 2026, 01:45:29 PMHow do these people have nothing better to do than bother him? It's always so bizarre to me when people treat university employees like celebrities. Just because his title is President doesn't mean he's anything special

Well, he's the President, so that means he gets to decide all the important things. Like divesting from Israel. And the people who hate Israel are VERY loud about it. And think they're right. So...

He does not decide if we divest from Israel

How do these people have nothing better to do than bother him? It's always so bizarre to me when people treat university employees like celebrities. Just because his title is President doesn't mean he's anything special

Louis Wehmann and the penticton bees season ended yesterday, they did way better than I expected moving up from the BCHL to the WHL. Wehmann is a 20 year old LW who posted 37 points in 68 regular season games. Not superb numbers but I am actually very bullish on him as a fourth/third liner in college. He turned up for playoffs with 13 points in 15 games. Seems like a high energy and high physicality player and he can fight damn well, look up his fights.