ECAC 2024 Discussion Thread

[billhoward]

They're fun. Sports is entertainment.

A lot of wisdom in those five words.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

And doing it without much from the PP..

when we get to 3 goals we are 13-1 great except Quin is 18-1-1.

That's how I've always thought about the best Schafer-coached teams: "If we score three goals, you lose".

[osorojo]

I was fortunate enough to experience Cornell hockey at Lynah Rink form its first, Paul Patton days, and I cherish memories of the Ned Harkness days:
"You show up? You lose!"

[upprdeck]

win tomorrow and Union or Clark lose and home ice is locked.

[George64]

Gabriel Seger Named 2024 ECAC Hockey Men's Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Congratulations Gabe!  Also interesting to note, Cornell alum, Ben Tupker '23, was Union's nominee.

[Trotsky]

Gabriel Seger Named 2024 ECAC Hockey Men's Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Congratulations Gabe!  Also interesting to note, Cornell alum, Ben Tupker '23, was Union's nominee.

Often "scholar" athlete awards have more than a hint of bullshit about them, but from that article Seger certainly sounds like an impressive student.

[scoop85]

Gabriel Seger Named 2024 ECAC Hockey Men's Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Congratulations Gabe!  Also interesting to note, Cornell alum, Ben Tupker '23, was Union's nominee.

Often "scholar" athlete awards have more than a hint of bullshit about them, but from that article Seger certainly sounds like an impressive student.

Making his achievements even more impressive is that English is his second language.

[chimpfood]

Nothing against sever or student athletes in general, I know how hard it is to balance sports and school, but it's kinda funny that a 3.5 gpa wins scholar athlete of the year for the whole league.

[BearLover]

Nothing against sever or student athletes in general, I know how hard it is to balance sports and school, but it's kinda funny that a 3.5 gpa wins scholar athlete of the year for the whole league.

3.5 in Engineering is like a 3.8 in another school though I think.

[RichH]

Gabriel Seger Named 2024 ECAC Hockey Men's Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Congratulations Gabe!  Also interesting to note, Cornell alum, Ben Tupker '23, was Union's nominee.

Often "scholar" athlete awards have more than a hint of bullshit about them, but from that article Seger certainly sounds like an impressive student.

Making his achievements even more impressive is that English is his second language.

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Reminds me of Joé Juneau. 4.0 GPA at RPI and got his aerospace engineering degree in 3 years despite not speaking English when he arrived.

[chimpfood]

Nothing against sever or student athletes in general, I know how hard it is to balance sports and school, but it's kinda funny that a 3.5 gpa wins scholar athlete of the year for the whole league.

3.5 in Engineering is like a 3.8 in another school though I think.

Ah, I didn't see that he was in engineering.

[Swampy]

Nothing against sever or student athletes in general, I know how hard it is to balance sports and school, but it's kinda funny that a 3.5 gpa wins scholar athlete of the year for the whole league.

3.5 in Engineering is like a 3.8 in another school though I think.

IIRC, the GPA of my graduating class in Engineering in the late 1960s was 2.7.

[Trotsky]

IIRC, the GPA of my graduating class in Engineering in the late 1960s was 2.7.

Different age.  Grade Inflation isn't quite the mockery in STEM as in other programs, but it's there.

The curve used to be a Gaussian distribution.

[upprdeck]

so those of us who went to college in the 80s can say our B's are really A's?

so in the 60s the majority got Cs in the 80s Bs in the 2000s As.


Also could look at the courses being taught have changed a ton as well, the ability to game the system has gone way up, more interaction between students.

[Iceberg]

Making his achievements even more impressive is that English is his second language.

Swedes, like other Scandinavians and their German and Dutch counterparts in Europe, are very proficient English speakers. If it were someone from places where English is not taught as well or as commonly in schools, like Brazil, then it would be another story