Incoming Recruits

[jkahn]

Looking quickly at the Central Scouting final rankings, the only future Cornellian I spotted was Hank Kempf, defenseman, entering in 2021.  He's ranked # 204 of North American skaters and as I posted awhile back, he's a cousin (1st cousin once removed) of Stephen Baby.
And speaking of relatives, Justin Barron (Morgan's brother) is ranked #16 of North American skaters.  He's already played 3 years in the QMJHL.  The reason he didn't follow his brother's path was he was just too good too soon, and was able to play for his hometown Halifax Mooseheads in the Q in the season in which he turned 16.  Justin is a defenseman.

[CAS]

Cornell recruit Kyler Kovich is also ranked, # 168

[FLHockeyMom]

I thought we might get 5, with Barron all but certainly leaving and Song apparently not making the transition to D-1.

Long-time lurker.  Not sure where to put this, but in the off-season it seems to have been overlooked, and a good a place as any.  Dman Muzyka who never played a game has gone back to juniors:

https://twitter.com/ep_transfers/status/1270864631821676545

[Trotsky]

Thanks.  That is interesting news.  I believe he did play in the exhibition.

[scoop85]

Thanks.  That is interesting news.  I believe he did play in the exhibition.

Probably was told he likely wasn't going to get much if any PT. Good luck to him.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Thanks.  That is interesting news.  I believe he did play in the exhibition.

Probably was told he likely wasn't going to get much if any PT. Good luck to him.

Not to mention it's not even certain there'll be a season.

[Trotsky]

Thanks.  That is interesting news.  I believe he did play in the exhibition.

Probably was told he likely wasn't going to get much if any PT. Good luck to him.

Not to mention it's not even certain there'll be a season.

There will be a season.  IQs didn't suddenly shoot up.

[upprdeck]

the real question is will the season start in the fall or push off until after the xmas break.  the vaccine news and the likely early start early finish to the semester that many schools are using  could mean hockey tries a delayed start as well.

[ugarte]

man i don't even see how you play a contact game like hockey but the thought of playing in an empty lynah... damn. then again the team has played pretty well in bright lately so they're used to those conditions.

[marty]

man i don't even see how you play a contact game like hockey but the thought of playing in an empty lynah... damn. then again the team has played pretty well in bright Meehan Auditorium  lately so they're used to those conditions.

FYP

[abmarks]

With it looking increasingly likely that there could be no hockey season at all in 20-21, I'm wondering if any of the recruits currently scheduled to enroll as freshmen in the fall will either ask to delay a year/be allowed or find the team asking them to do so.

Thoughts?

[Trotsky]

I'm guessing there will be a blanket ruling that covers them all.  At the very least there won't be any eligibility lost.

We're in stasis.  There's no opportunity cost since nobody else is playing.

[upprdeck]

the reality is that after you removed the OC games for the ECAC that only moves about 4 games into the next yr and that is easy handle.  Still alot of time for good things to happen that doesnt require a vaccine to solve.

[CU2007]

I'm guessing there will be a blanket ruling that covers them all.  At the very least there won't be any eligibility lost.

We're in stasis.  There's no opportunity cost since nobody else is playing.

While I mostly agree here, I don't think it would be unreasonable for a recruit to conclude that a Michigan or a BU has a decent chance to be playing before an Ivy League school - just based on the attitudes we've seen. I'm not betting on that happening - just saying some could see it as a possibility and it would be hard to argue. Certainly Cornell will not be playing BEFORE those types of teams.

[upprdeck]

hockey is only a group of 60 teams.. i dont think Mich is playing a full OC schedule while cornell waiting until Jan is gonna really cause a kid a lot of concern.. Good chance the Atlantic does the same as the ECAC/Ivy in this that removes much of the OC schedule teams.