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[Facetimer]

I would've credited you the biggest facetimer of them all. But that is just me.

[jeh25]

dss28 wrote:

I was a little thrown by the "which player most surprised you" question...

Baby has always been my favorite player... and to a large extent, I follow his career now.  I knew he was a great all-around player... given Schafer was doing the recruiting, wouldn't he be aware of this?  How can you be "surprised" when one of your players does well, or better than you "expected" when you've hand-picked them?  This seems to be a good candidate for the backhanded compliment award.

Steve did move like a bag full of elbows as a freshman.  Maybe his improvement in skating was better than Mike expected. Likewise, I doubt the scouting process gave any insight as to how great a leader Steve was. If the AHL doesn't pan out in a season or two, I'd expect to see Steve back at Cornell as an assistant coach.

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

I read it as "I'm coaching in the Ivy League, and God only knows when the Presidents might get a wild hair and make it impossible to compete."

Much as when the Ivy League caused the break-up of the old ECAC and the formation of Hockey East.

JH