Cornell Hockey in 2009-2010

[Josh '99]

[quote pfibiger][quote Beeeej]...and now CHN follows with their predictions as well, with Cornell at #4 (pending other information, obviously):

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2009/05/13_alook.php[/quote]

This article:

http://oilers.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=422645

makes it sound like the Oilers (and the author of the article) expect Riley to play his junior year at Cornell. We can all exhale a little [/quote]

The club's first-round pick (21st overall) in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft has completed a second successful year at Cornell University, and although a third – and perhaps fourth – season of NCAA competition are in Nash's the future...

Sounds good to me!

[David Harding]

[quote Josh '99][quote pfibiger][quote Beeeej]...and now CHN follows with their predictions as well, with Cornell at #4 (pending other information, obviously):

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2009/05/13_alook.php[/quote]

This article:

http://oilers.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=422645

makes it sound like the Oilers (and the author of the article) expect Riley to play his junior year at Cornell. We can all exhale a little [/quote]

The club's first-round pick (21st overall) in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft has completed a second successful year at Cornell University, and although a third – and perhaps fourth – season of NCAA competition are in Nash's the future...

Sounds good to me![/quote]
I like this part...

Prendergast is confident in Nash's ability but admits his size is still a factor at this stage.

"He's only 175 pounds, so we've got to get him bigger. He's tall enough at 6'1" but he's got to get bigger and the time at Cornell isn't going to hurt him."

Whether it takes one year or two for Nash to attain an NHL stature is yet to be determined, but the Oilers aren't rushing him and will assess the 20-year-old's development at the club's prospect camp this summer.

"We don't want to turn him pro when he's not ready to turn pro," Prendergast emphasizes. "We'll have our prospect camp in July and we'll have a pretty good idea of where he is at that point. If we feel he's getting stronger, that's great and we'll think about it at the end of next hockey season, and if not, then we'll wait the four years."

[lynah80]

According to the Cornell Hockey Quick Facts page:

http://www.cornellbigred.com/sports/2009/5/4/MICE_0504090111.aspx?path=mhockey

The captains for 2009-2010 are:

C: Colin Greening
A: Riley Nash and Blake Gallagher

It looks like Riley is staying for another season.

[scoop85]

[quote lynah80]According to the Cornell Hockey Quick Facts page:

http://www.cornellbigred.com/sports/2009/5/4/MICE_0504090111.aspx?path=mhockey

The captains for 2009-2010 are:

C: Colin Greening
A: Riley Nash and Blake Gallagher

It looks like Riley is staying for another season.[/quote]

That's certainly positive news, but IIRC, Shane Hynes was named an assistant captain before he made his ill-fated decision to bolt for the pros over the summer before his Senior year.

[lynah80]

[quote scoop85][quote lynah80]According to the Cornell Hockey Quick Facts page:

http://www.cornellbigred.com/sports/2009/5/4/MICE_0504090111.aspx?path=mhockey

The captains for 2009-2010 are:

C: Colin Greening
A: Riley Nash and Blake Gallagher

It looks like Riley is staying for another season.[/quote]

That's certainly positive news, but IIRC, Shane Hynes was named an assistant captain before he made his ill-fated decision to bolt for the pros over the summer before his Senior year.[/quote]

Yes, I remember, but I think Riley is very different from Shane.

[lynah80]

The list of early departures at CHN has grown from 13 to 17 recently.  

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/?i=pmoves2009

Co-captain to be Brian Strait (Jr, D) has left BU and signed with Pittsburgh (NHL).

http://www.uscho.com/news/college-hockey/id,17105/BUCoCaptainStraitGoesPro.html