Incoming Recruits

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I keep PQ because I like it.  Likewise, NDak will always be the Sioux and Colgate will always be the Red Raiders.

Anybody who doesn't like it is welcome to build their own site. :-)

And Lehigh will always be the Engineers.

So there!

[Weder]

I'm surprised we've never had a player from Vermont

[ACM]

I'm surprised we've never had a player from Vermont

Depends on your definition of "player from" ...

Geoff Raynak, from Franklin, VT, was a backup goalie on the 92-93 team. Never played, but was definitely on the roster.

https://cornellbigred.com/sports/mens-ice-hockey/roster/1992-93

[gored]

I remember him!
Looks like he is doing well.
https://osucascades.edu/people/geoffrey-raynak

[ithacat]

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.

Looking at the roster it appears he has a younger brother named Revelin.

From the NE Hockey Journal:

Mack's commitment to the Big Red ends one of the most hotly contested recruiting battles of the prep season. The Anchorage, Alaska, native was being procured by several top programs, including Denver and Michigan. There was known Ivy interest with Cornell and Harvard.

[Trotsky]

Raynak will be added to the DB.  I feel shame.  IINM he played in a Red-White.

[Robb]

I remember him!
Looks like he is doing well.
https://osucascades.edu/people/geoffrey-raynak

Me, too - he and/or (been too long!) his sister was on my floor freshman year.  Really nice guy, and I still admire his dedication to stay with the team knowing he'd likely never play.

[Trotsky]

I remember him!
Looks like he is doing well.
https://osucascades.edu/people/geoffrey-raynak

Me, too - he and/or (been too long!) his sister was on my floor freshman year.  Really nice guy, and I still admire his dedication to stay with the team knowing he'd likely never play.

Was Raynak's sister on the women's team?  I think I remember her more than him.

Geoff lives in Bend, now.  Lucky bastard.

[cth95]

Not bad for a very small farm town with only about 1,400 people.  Franklin is on the Canadian border and just east of St. Albans.  Maybe there is something good in the (frozen) water since John Leclair is from St. Albans.  I live in Vermont and work with dairy farmers all over the area.  With a town that size, I am sure I know some people that know Geoff.

[ugarte]

I remember him!
Looks like he is doing well.
https://osucascades.edu/people/geoffrey-raynak

Me, too - he and/or (been too long!) his sister was on my floor freshman year.  Really nice guy, and I still admire his dedication to stay with the team knowing he'd likely never play.

20 years later and it looks like getting Kanji ice time on senior night is an improvement to the policy

[andyw2100]

20 years later and it looks like getting Kanji ice time on senior night is an improvement to the policy

Kanji was one of the incorrect answers to one of the scoreboard quiz questions last week. I'm not certain, but I think the question may have been who was the last player to wear the number 1 before it was retired.

[abmarks]

Several sites listed him as a Holy Cross commit last spring/summer....   I guess he changed his mind...   Our gain; HC's loss!

Rego was a point-per-game defenseman on the top team in the AJHL's West Division after playing prep school hockey in Massachusetts. I wonder if this season drew extra recruiting attention...

Wonder if someone whispered in Mallott's ear. https://ajhl.ca/media-centre/amp/article.html?rYear=2020&nID=16711

THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE
OF THE ALBERTA JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE

Tim Rego Commits to Cornell University
 January 29th, 2020 @ 12:00 am
BROOKS, AB (January 29, 2020) - The Brooks Bandits of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) are thrilled to announce that 2000-born defenceman Tim Rego has committed to Cornell University.

The Mansfield, Massachusetts native leads all Bandit defenceman in points with 52 (19 goals, 33 assists) in 46 games played. At 6'0" 180lb the blue liner is 2nd in the AJHL defenceman scoring race and leads all defenders with 19 goals.

Located in Ithaca, New York, the Cornell Big Red compete in the ECAC, under head coach Mike Schafer. Rego is the second Bandit in franchise history to commit to Cornell joining current Big Red captain, Jeff Malott.

Prior to joining the Bandits, Rego skated with Williston Northampton School where he was team captain and led all defensemen in scoring with 24 points (13 goals, 11 assists) in 27 games.

[ursusminor]

https://twitter.com/KylerKovich/status/1230944518049894400

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

https://twitter.com/KylerKovich/status/1230944518049894400

6'1", 187 lb forward from Nanaimo
DOB 2002
Current stats:  49 GMS, 17G 21A, 41 PIM.

The Nanaimo webpage has him as a 2021-2022 arrival.

[Trotsky]

Bantam doesn't mean shit but Kovich had a 67-72-139 season in 67 GP in 2017.

But for perspective, Gretzky had a 378-139-517 season in 85 GP.