Riley Nash commits to Cornell

pfibiger · April 03, 2007, 09:19:17 AM

just noticed it on Heisenberg's recruiting site, and then saw that Puckhead has it as well:

http://bigredpuckhead.blogspot.com/2007/04/welcome-home-brother.html

That instantly ups the quality of the recruiting class tremendously. He is a huge get for Cornell, a definite blue chipper. He was the BCHL interior rookie of the year, Salmon Arm's rookie of the year, leading scorer, and team MVP.

The Rancor · April 03, 2007, 09:27:25 AM

wow! and not even posted on april 1st!!!

calgARI '07 · April 03, 2007, 09:27:55 AM

The biggest recruiting win of the Schafer-era. This guy will add another dimension to Cornell hockey and have a Doug Murray impact on the team.

pfibiger · April 03, 2007, 09:29:01 AM

The 2007-08 Big Red will now have 2 Davenports (unrelated), 2 Kennedys, 2 Nashes, and 2 Devins. How far back in hockey history do we have to go to find a team with three sets of brothers on it?

ftyuv · April 03, 2007, 09:39:43 AM

T minus how long until we get the "NEXT YEAR'S FRESHMEN ARE OVERRATED!" thread? ;-) But in seriousness, from what I've read from my various unbiased sources (read: ELF, ELF and more ELF), this is great news. Let's go Red!

redhair34 · April 03, 2007, 10:15:36 AM

This is the best Cornell hockey news I've heard in a long, LONG time.

I'll repost this article for those who didn't read it when it first came out.

CowbellGuy · April 03, 2007, 10:19:10 AM

[quote calgARI '07]have a Doug Murray impact on the team.[/quote]

But can he hit the net? I kid. I kid.

Seems silly to be pondering this hours from his committing, but if he's as good as he seems to be, I wonder how long he'll stick around.

pfibiger · April 03, 2007, 10:27:22 AM

[quote CowbellGuy]

But can he hit the net? I kid. I kid.

Seems silly to be pondering this hours from his committing, but if he's as good as he seems to be, I wonder how long he'll stick around.[/quote]

I've thought the same thing, but I sort of imagine we'll get 2 years out of him, at least, and I think they'll be two valuable years.

I was looking at his stats for 05-06 and 06-07, and he played in exactly the same # of games, and scored almost exactly the same # of goals and points, moving from midget major to one of the best Jr. A leagues in north america. Clearly he's able to elevate his game to match the level of play, which I think bodes well for his transition to D1 hockey.

ugarte · April 03, 2007, 10:49:15 AM

[quote CowbellGuy]Seems silly to be pondering this hours from his committing, but if he's as good as he seems to be, I wonder how long he'll stick around.[/quote]
If his flame doesn't last it is only because he shone brightly while he was here.

ugarte · April 03, 2007, 10:54:27 AM

Can you say "It's not a scholarship"?

Oh, and before I forget, Suck it, Denver!

mtmack25 · April 03, 2007, 11:03:08 AM

Does anyone else not see it on Heisenberg's blog, or am I missing something? Please tell me I'm missing something.

http://hockeyrecruits.blogspot.com/

redhair34 · April 03, 2007, 11:06:33 AM

[quote mtmack25]Does anyone else not see it on Heisenberg's blog, or am I missing something? Please tell me I'm missing something.

http://hockeyrecruits.blogspot.com/[/quote]

He rarely updates that blog. It's on his regular recruiting site which is now unavailable.

http://members.aol.com/cheisenber/Recruit07.htm

mtmack25 · April 03, 2007, 11:08:42 AM

[quote redhair34]

He rarely updates that blog. It's on his regular recruiting site which is now unavailable.

http://members.aol.com/cheisenber/Recruit07.htm[/quote]

Oh, good. Of course his aol website has reached its bandwidth cap. Can't you people control yourselves?

redhair34 · April 03, 2007, 11:14:09 AM

[quote CowbellGuy][quote calgARI '07]have a Doug Murray impact on the team.[/quote]

Seems silly to be pondering this hours from his committing, but if he's as good as he seems to be, I wonder how long he'll stick around.[/quote]

I think a lot of it will depend on when he's drafted.

Josh '99 · April 03, 2007, 11:20:30 AM

[quote redhair34][quote CowbellGuy][quote calgARI '07]have a Doug Murray impact on the team.[/quote]

Seems silly to be pondering this hours from his committing, but if he's as good as he seems to be, I wonder how long he'll stick around.[/quote]

I think a lot of it will depend on when he's drafted.[/quote]For such a highly-recruited player, he's fairly low in the CSB rankings, #99 among North American skaters (a few spots ahead of Brendon).