Cornell Alumni in the Pros: June 2012

[Jim Hyla]

As reported by Ken Schott, CBS Sports Network will televise the rest of the Calder Cup finals.

[billhoward]

Thank you, non-Devils fans, for not rubbing it in about the Devils' impending Stanley Cup demise. It would have been nicer for the Devils to win, Brodeur be named MVP, and then decide to retire ... rather than the Devils collapse and Brodeur come back and rust away for 1-2-3 more years before hanging it up.

Seeing Ithacan Dustin Brown's play for LA makes you wonder what the Big Red would have been like if he'd spent a year or two at Cornell. NCAA title? Cornell single season record for NHL-style hard hits and college style penalty minutes?

http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?1,11580,11580#msg-11580 December 2002

Who is Dustin Brown? Is he a Little Red and is he a prospect?

Was and isn't.:`(

[Beeeej]

Seeing Ithacan Dustin Brown's play for LA makes you wonder what the Big Red would have been like if he'd spent a year or two at Cornell. NCAA title? Cornell single season record for NHL-style hard hits and college style penalty minutes?

Seeing Ithacan Dustin Brown's play for LA doesn't make me wonder what the Big Red would have been like if he'd spent a year or two at Cornell any more than seeing Claude Giroux's play for Philadelphia makes me wonder what the Big Red would have been like if he'd spent a year or two at Cornell - or any other player who made it clear from early on that he wasn't going to play college hockey, for that matter.  Not everybody wants to play college hockey, not everybody would benefit from playing college hockey, and the moment Dustin decided at age fifteen that he was going to play Canadian major juniors, he closed the door on college hockey.

[css228]

Thank you, non-Devils fans, for not rubbing it in about the Devils' impending Stanley Cup demise. It would have been nicer for the Devils to win, Brodeur be named MVP, and then decide to retire ... rather than the Devils collapse and Brodeur come back and rust away for 1-2-3 more years before hanging it up.

Seeing Ithacan Dustin Brown's play for LA makes you wonder what the Big Red would have been like if he'd spent a year or two at Cornell. NCAA title? Cornell single season record for NHL-style hard hits and college style penalty minutes?

http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?1,11580,11580#msg-11580 December 2002

Who is Dustin Brown? Is he a Little Red and is he a prospect?

Was and isn't.:`(

I'd only feel like rubbing it in if a)my team hadn't lost to your team and b)The Kings winning the cup hadn't been completely inevitable since they swept St. Louis. Simply put they're not a real 8 seed. They're 32-7-2 since the Jeff Carter trade, and since the deadline, they've been the best puck possession team in hockey, meaning this isn't a fluke. Add in that Johnathan Quick is far and away the best goalie on the planet and of course they were going to win the cup.

[Rita]

Not a Cornell Alum, but one of the ECAC and also very sad news from NHL.com:

Former Clarkson player Bryan Rufenach died while traveling in Switzerland.

[ftyuv]

meaning this isn't a fluke.

At this point, I don't see how anyone could reasonably think otherwise. A fluke can get an undeserving team a series, maybe two. It can't get them one win from the Cup with only two losses in the postseason.

Anyway, while we're thanking each other for not rubbing painful things in... thanks to all the non-Bruins fans who could have very easily pointed out that they've been saying for years that Tim Thomas is a schmuck.

[jtn27]

Thank you, non-Devils fans, for not rubbing it in about the Devils' impending Stanley Cup demise.

We can't really rub it in. Since there are no Kings fans here (I think), your team made it farther than all of ours. In fact, there's probably a pretty large contingent of Flyers and Rangers fans on eLynah, meaning you're the one with the ability to rub things in.

[css228]

Thank you, non-Devils fans, for not rubbing it in about the Devils' impending Stanley Cup demise.

We can't really rub it in. Since there are no Kings fans here (I think), your team made it farther than all of ours. In fact, there's probably a pretty large contingent of Flyers and Rangers fans on eLynah, meaning you're the one with the ability to rub things in.

Kings? That's an organization? I've only heard of a Flyers West

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Thank you, non-Devils fans, for not rubbing it in about the Devils' impending Stanley Cup demise.

We can't really rub it in. Since there are no Kings fans here (I think), your team made it farther than all of ours. In fact, there's probably a pretty large contingent of Flyers and Rangers fans on eLynah, meaning you're the one with the ability to rub things in.

Kings? That's an organization? I've only heard of a Flyers West

I take it as an example of what the Flyers could have done for the poast few years if they only had a real goalie.

I'm glad for Richie and Carts.  Better them than the Devils.

[Josh '99]

Anyway, while we're thanking each other for not rubbing painful things in... thanks to all the non-Bruins fans who could have very easily pointed out that they've been saying for years that Tim Thomas is a schmuck.

We don't have to remind you because he's doing it himself.

(Honestly though:  he's a goalie, so why is anyone surprised that he's crazy?)

[css228]

Thank you, non-Devils fans, for not rubbing it in about the Devils' impending Stanley Cup demise.

We can't really rub it in. Since there are no Kings fans here (I think), your team made it farther than all of ours. In fact, there's probably a pretty large contingent of Flyers and Rangers fans on eLynah, meaning you're the one with the ability to rub things in.

Kings? That's an organization? I've only heard of a Flyers West

I take it as an example of what the Flyers could have done for the poast few years if they only had a real goalie.

I'm glad for Richie and Carts.  Better them than the Devils.

Biron was underrated, And I while I'm happy for Richie, Gagsy, Hextall, Stevens, Lombardi, and Williams, I will never be happy for Carts. He should be languishing in Columbus for the remainder of his career.

[jtn27]

Thank you, non-Devils fans, for not rubbing it in about the Devils' impending Stanley Cup demise.

We can't really rub it in. Since there are no Kings fans here (I think), your team made it farther than all of ours. In fact, there's probably a pretty large contingent of Flyers and Rangers fans on eLynah, meaning you're the one with the ability to rub things in.

Kings? That's an organization? I've only heard of a Flyers West

Typical Philadelphia fan. Can't win a championship, so claim someone else's.

[Josh '99]

Thank you, non-Devils fans, for not rubbing it in about the Devils' impending Stanley Cup demise.

We can't really rub it in. Since there are no Kings fans here (I think), your team made it farther than all of ours. In fact, there's probably a pretty large contingent of Flyers and Rangers fans on eLynah, meaning you're the one with the ability to rub things in.

Kings? That's an organization? I've only heard of a Flyers West

Typical Philadelphia fan. Can't win a championship, so claim someone else's.

In fairness, A) Philly did win a championship not that long ago, and B) "can't win a championship, so claim someone else's" sounds a lot more like what Boston fans did when the Avalanche won the Cup with Bourque in 2001 than what I've heard Flyers fans doing now.

[jtn27]

Thank you, non-Devils fans, for not rubbing it in about the Devils' impending Stanley Cup demise.

We can't really rub it in. Since there are no Kings fans here (I think), your team made it farther than all of ours. In fact, there's probably a pretty large contingent of Flyers and Rangers fans on eLynah, meaning you're the one with the ability to rub things in.

Kings? That's an organization? I've only heard of a Flyers West

Typical Philadelphia fan. Can't win a championship, so claim someone else's.

In fairness, A) Philly did win a championship not that long ago, and B) "can't win a championship, so claim someone else's" sounds a lot more like what Boston fans did when the Avalanche won the Cup with Bourque in 2001 than what I've heard Flyers fans doing now.

To be honest, I have no idea if this is typical Philly fan behavior or not. It just seemed like it was an appropriate thing to say about a city with one championship in the last 40 years. However, my point still stands. By calling the Kings "Flyers West," they're claiming credit for the (probable) Kings championship.

[Josh '99]

Thank you, non-Devils fans, for not rubbing it in about the Devils' impending Stanley Cup demise.

We can't really rub it in. Since there are no Kings fans here (I think), your team made it farther than all of ours. In fact, there's probably a pretty large contingent of Flyers and Rangers fans on eLynah, meaning you're the one with the ability to rub things in.

Kings? That's an organization? I've only heard of a Flyers West

Typical Philadelphia fan. Can't win a championship, so claim someone else's.

In fairness, A) Philly did win a championship not that long ago, and B) "can't win a championship, so claim someone else's" sounds a lot more like what Boston fans did when the Avalanche won the Cup with Bourque in 2001 than what I've heard Flyers fans doing now.

To be honest, I have no idea if this is typical Philly fan behavior or not. It just seemed like it was an appropriate thing to say about a city with one championship in the last 40 years. However, my point still stands. By calling the Kings "Flyers West," they're claiming credit for the (probable) Kings championship.

Based on my understanding of Philly fan behavior, I think they're actually bitter that those guys are winning somewhere else.