Class of 2019

[RichH]

Official announcement for the incoming Freshman class: http://cornellbigred.com/news/2015/6/18/MICE_0618155339.aspx

9 additions: 5 Forwards, 4 Defensemen. Two were drafted in 2014 (Angelo, PIT 5th Round, 145 overall; Starrett CHI 3rd Round, 88 overall).

[Trotsky]

Arthur's going to have fun saying "LUC LALOR!" next year.  

[pfibiger]

Official announcement for the incoming Freshman class: http://cornellbigred.com/news/2015/6/18/MICE_0618155339.aspx

9 additions: 5 Forwards, 4 Defensemen. Two were drafted in 2014 (Angelo, PIT 5th Round, 145 overall; Starrett CHI 3rd Round, 88 overall).

No major surprises. Yanni Kaldis isn't part of this class, while Trent Shore is (Chris Heisenberg had them scheduled the other way).

[Al DeFlorio]

Happy to see a kid from Catholic Memorial on the list.  Real Boston-area powerhouse.  Hope he's over his injury. He's Stephen Baby-sized, too.

[ugarte]

"LUC LALOR!"

Incroyable!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrfRuo0e2CI

[Trotsky]

"LUC LALOR!"

Incroyable!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrfRuo0e2CI

The best part of that clip is him pronouncing "incroyable" as something like a cross between Spanish and Burmese.

[Trotsky]

Happy to see a kid from Catholic Memorial on the list.  Real Boston-area powerhouse.  Hope he's over his injury. He's Stephen Baby-sized, too.

Happy to see we have hockey stuff to talk about again.  Our long annual nightmare is, well, 4 more months from being over, but it's a start.

[billhoward]

Happy to see we have hockey stuff to talk about again.  Our long annual nightmare is, well, 4 more months from being over, but it's a start.

+1

[ugarte]

"LUC LALOR!"

Incroyable!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrfRuo0e2CI

The best part of that clip is him pronouncing "incroyable" as something like a cross between Spanish and Burmese.

I'm just saying the band needs to learn the ZUT ALORS kick-it! music by Red/White.

[Trotsky]

"LUC LALOR!"

Incroyable!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrfRuo0e2CI

The best part of that clip is him pronouncing "incroyable" as something like a cross between Spanish and Burmese.

I'm just saying the band needs to learn the ZUT ALORS kick-it! music by Red/White.

I'd "settle" for this.

[Trotsky]

Unless we've lost somebody in the off-season, this is the first time I can remember* us having 9 defensemen on the roster.

From 2004 through 2014 we had 8.  Last year (because of Lewis' late withdrawal) we had 7.

* Edit: last time was 2000.

[Robb]

6 United Statians and 3 Canadians.  Seems unusual - or is this consistent with recent trends and I just haven't been paying attention?

[pfibiger]

Last five or six years we've seen a strong trend toward majority American recruiting classes.

[Trotsky]

Recruiting: USA vs Canada percentage share of recruits from both, by graduation year, since 1958.

[Robb]

Cool!  So looks like a bit of both - part of a trend, but also an all-time low since You Know Who started coaching in the 60s.