Incoming Recruits

[Trotsky]

Barrie sounds familiar.  I'll do a query tonight; wouldn't be surprised if a bunch of our guys came from there.

I think Mike Quinn and Gary Meager may have been from Barrie. Neither played a great number of varsity games.  The bar was high to advance from the freshman team in the spring of 1971 to THE team in the fall.

I imagine NCAA recruiters had to BS all the prospective freshman that they would make it.

Author!

From Barrie (that I have):

Andy Craig (87), Stewart Smith (89), George Swan (69).


I have neither Quinn nor Meager in my records.  Was Gary any relation to the amazing BU Meager brothers (Terry and Rick)?  They were from Belleville.

[marty]

I have neither Quinn or Meager in my records.  Was Gary any relation to the amazing BU Meager brothers (Terry and Rick)?  They were from Belleville.

I don't know of any connection.

[Al DeFlorio]

Was Gary any relation to the amazing BU Meager brothers (Terry and Rick)?  They were from Belleville.

Meagher

[Trotsky]

Was Gary any relation to the amazing BU Meager brothers (Terry and Rick)?  They were from Belleville.

Meagher

Oh.

As you were.

[ACM]

Was Gary any relation to the amazing BU Meager brothers (Terry and Rick)?  They were from Belleville.

Meagher

Oh.

As you were.

Before this goes any further off track, see the attached rosters from the varsity vs. freshmen game of Nov. 1970.

There is no Gary "Meagher". There is a Gary Meger. I haven't been able to find a freshman team roster listing hometowns, so I have no idea where he was from.

[Swampy]

The "Future Recruits (not incoming)" topic has a Phorum Database Error and only 6 posts, and the "Incoming Recruits" topic never was solely about "incoming" recruits but suffered from acute thread drift. So I am reviving the latter.

The Nanaimo Clippers (remember them?), announced yesterday that Jack O'Brian, the youngest member of the team, has committed to Cornell for the 2022-2023 season.

Here are some excerpts from the announcement:

Jack is a throwback type defenceman whose first objective is to take care of his own end. He is extremely calm and rarely makes a poor decision. Jack is a natural leader and mature beyond his years. This is a first of what will be many accolades for Jack moving forward including a future high NHL draft pick.

and

As a 16 year old, O'Brien is the youngest Clipper this season yet he has been a mainstay on a Clippers' defence core that currently has allowed the 2nd fewest goals against in the BCHL. He has taken on a defensive role and has shown incredible poise and maturity that one would expect from a 19-20 year-old veteran defenceman.

[Trotsky]

It appears Michael Suda has been out injured all year.  Anybody know anything?  Hopefully it's something with a prognosis of full recovery.

[scoop85]

I believe it's Jack Lagerstrom who's been injured, not Suda

[Trotsky]

I believe it's Jack Lagerstrom who's been injured, not Suda

That's right.

[scoop85]

New recruit with the cool name of Sullivan Mack, a smallish (5'11" 180 lb) but speedy forward who's scoring at an almost 2 ppg clip at Kimball Union Academy.  I can't seem to post Neutral Zone's tweet about the commitment, but NZ says Mack has moved from 3.25 stars to a "high" 3.75 star rating, and that he's a "High compete player w/a high ceiling."

Mack is already 19, so I would imagine he'll be coming to Ithaca next season.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

New recruit with the cool name of Sullivan Mack, a smallish (5'11" 180 lb) but speedy forward who's scoring at an almost 2 ppg clip at Kimball Union Academy.  I can't seem to post Neutral Zone's tweet about the commitment, but NZ says Mack has moved from 3.25 stars to a "high" 3.75 star rating, and that he's a "High compete player w/a high ceiling."

Mack is already 19, so I would imagine he'll be coming to Ithaca next season.

Is his nickname SMack?  If not, it should be.

[Trotsky]

By my stats we have never had an Alaskan-born player.  Sullivan Mack is from Anchorage.

[Trotsky]

Mack is already 19, so I would imagine he'll be coming to Ithaca next season.

We then would have 4 F / 2 D slated to replace 3 F / 1 D (Bauld, Malott, I don't wanna think about it, and Kaldis):

F Cobb (3/02)
D Lagerstrom (3/00)
F Mack (7/00)
F O'Leary (3/00)
F Penney (10/00)
D Rayhill (3/01)

Unless we're really going to 18 F (+6) and 10 D (+4) that suggests to me that Lagerstrom is still hurt and/or Cobb will get a year of seasoning in the USHL.

[scoop85]

Mack is already 19, so I would imagine he'll be coming to Ithaca next season.

We then would have 4 F / 2 D slated to replace 3 F / 1 D (Bauld, Malott, I don't wanna think about it, and Kaldis):

F Cobb (3/02)
D Lagerstrom (3/00)
F Mack (7/00)
F O'Leary (3/00)
F Penney (10/00)
D Rayhill (3/01)

Unless we're really going to 18 F (+6) and 10 D (+4) that suggests to me that Lagerstrom is still hurt and/or Cobb will get a year of seasoning in the USHL.

Yeah, I too think Cobb may well be going the USHL/BCHL route

[ursusminor]

By my stats we have never had an Alaskan-born player.  Sullivan Mack is from Anchorage.

Do you know how many states and Canadian provinces have produced Cornell players over the years? I know that we once went through this exercise for RPI, but I don't recall how many states there were. We have had players from all of the Canadian provinces, unless you count Yukon, NWT, and Nunavut, or regard Labrador being separate from Newfoundland.