Cornell Loses Defenseman

[calgARI 07]

My father was at Coaches Club today and he said that Schaefer said that they recently LOST a defenseman that they were pretty sure they were gonna get.  There was also no mentino of Ryan O'Byrne from Schaefer.  Can anybody elaborate on who the lost defenseman is?

[Greg Berge]

I had heard a rumor that we lost a D prospect around Christmas.  I thought it was to Dartmouth, but when I check Heisenberg's site none of the dates line up.  I remember the guy in question was enormous -- something on the order of 6-4ish 215ish.

[Beeeej]

[q]I remember the guy in question was enormous -- something on the order of 6-4ish 215ish.[/q]

Baby's little brother?

Beeeej

[Greg Berge]

Here is the guy I was thinking of, courtesy of Ralph Baer:

A Pair of Defensemen for Hockey East Schools

6'4", 215 lb. RD John Doherty of the New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs (EJHL) and 6'1", 175 lb. LD Steve Birnstill of New York Apple Core (EJHL) will be heading to Hockey East schools next fall. Doherty will play for UNH, while Birnstill has chosen Northeastern.

-- Doherty, a prototypical pro-style defenseman -- smooth skater with tremendous size -- is in his first year with the Monarchs, coached by Sean Tremblay, and has been closely followed there all fall. UNH head coach Dick Umile watched Doherty in the championship game of the Jr. Monarchs tournament on Sunday October 20th. Eight days later, on the 28th, Doherty took his visit to UNH. He returned on Durham this past Saturday night for the UNH-BU game and afterward gave his commitment to the staff.

Doherty, a 3/25/84 birthdate from Lynnfield, Mass., previously played at Phillips Andover Academy, where he is currently a senior.

The other schools recruiting Doherty were Cornell and Boston University.

Source: USHR.

[Cop at Lynah]

The guy Cornell lost was Mathieu Beaudoin.  He chose Ohio State over Cornell.