Recruits 2026 and Beyond

[chimpfood]

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.

[chimpfood]

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.

[stereax]

As part of the Devils' FO restructuring, Sunny Mehta brought in Braden Birch '13 to be AGM of the Devils and GM of the Utica Comets.

This means y'all are now federally obligated to listen to me ramble about the Devils <3

(This was supposed to go in alumni in the pros, but alas.)

[BearLover]

No 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.

[BearLover]

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.

Not disagreeing with you, but we need to grade recruiting on a curve. Now that the player pool has doubled with CHL eligibility, every program should be recruiting better than it did two years ago. The question is whether our/the ECAC's recruiting is improving more or less than the rest of the country's.

[chimpfood]

No 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.

[BearLover]

No 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.

[chimpfood]

No 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.