Alumni in the pros 23-24

Jeff Hopkins '82 · April 07, 2024, 03:41:41 PM

Kristin O'Neill with 2 goals and an assist (so far) in Canada's game against Chechia in the Women's Worlds today. The announcers also mentioned that she went to Cornell "in nearby Ithaca."

Roy 82 · April 10, 2024, 07:52:49 PM

Jacob MacDonald has been seeing some good ice time with the Sharks. He scored last night in a losing effort.

The Sharks have also been giving a fair amount of ice time to some new guy named Colin Graf. Name rings a bell.

He was on the second line and had an assist.

Henry Thrun has been a regular on the Sharks blue line all season. So there is no accounting for taste. The Sharks GM, Mike Grier, is a former BU player.

abmarks · April 18, 2024, 11:26:47 PM

Malone and zach tupker sign pro deals.

Malone to AHL, Tupker to ECHL

https://cornellbigred.com/news/2024/4/17/mens-ice-hockey-malone-tupker-sign-professional-contracts.aspx?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2svAUpK0RAhK8ALL7UUWBP83V9aWdt7ugErGEPiE6Hvh5RBEQ46uW5-A8_aem_AQAsIgAItl8ul9aAP4uONf5PX4-PkhKiFUs2ZubeY9BLXOEjF2mcQ7AQlS-ziAlbZQzuCRqWzPBKhdVduIZVnTwk

osorojo · April 23, 2024, 12:00:20 PM

Anybody know about what percentage of current NHL hockey players are college graduates? I would like to see how this number compares to the percentage of college graduates playing in other major professional sports.

BearLover · April 23, 2024, 12:10:30 PM

Quote from: osorojoAnybody know about what percentage of current NHL hockey players are college graduates? I would like to see how this number compares to the percentage of college graduates playing in other major professional sports.

https://collegehockeyinc.com/in-the-nhl.php

Comparing hockey to other sports doesn't make much sense. For example, almost 100% of NFL players are Americans who had no options besides playing NCAA football. Hockey is a worldwide sport where college the primary means of reaching the NHL only for a subset of players (mostly those hailing from the U.S.).

Maybe your question is specifically about those who earned their degree, not just attended college. I'm not sure what the point would be of measuring that either, though. The NFL allows players to leave college after three years, the NBA one, etc. Comparing these sports to hockey is yet another apples-to-oranges comparison.

billhoward · April 23, 2024, 03:46:30 PM

There'd be a big story on this if Caitlin Clark got drafted.

billhoward · April 23, 2024, 03:50:30 PM

One in four NHLers have been to college. Per AI:

Quote from: Google AI answer to \\"nhl percentage college playrs\\"Roughly 25% of NHL players have played college hockey, but the majority come from Major Juniors. In 2021–2022, 48 NCAA Division I schools had an alum playing in the NHL, which is a 65% increase from 2002–2003, when 21.1% of NHL players were NCAA alumni.
The NHL generally draws players from Major Juniors, with almost 50% playing in US or Canadian Major Junior, and the rest coming from European leagues.
The odds of making it to the NHL are around 5% or less, and players who aren't generational talents like Sidney Crosby or Connor McDavid may end up in junior or minor leagues for their entire careers.

FWIW.

Trotsky · April 23, 2024, 06:42:27 PM

Quote from: billhowardOne in four NHLers have been to college.

The rest are from Quinnipiac.

chimpfood · April 23, 2024, 09:58:13 PM

Barron not playing for the jets in the playoffs after playing almost the entire regular season

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chimpfood · April 23, 2024, 10:12:08 PM

Apparently he is injured. Not sure how I missed that.

Dafatone · April 23, 2024, 10:12:48 PM

Quote from: chimpfoodApparently he is injured. Not sure how I missed that.

Yup. There goes pretty much my only rooting interest.

Roy 82 · April 23, 2024, 10:37:36 PM

Quote from: billhowardOne in four NHLers have been to college. Per AI:

Quote from: Google AI answer to \\"nhl percentage college playrs\\"The odds of making it to the NHL are around 5% or less, and players who aren't generational talents like Sidney Crosby or Connor McDavid may end up in junior or minor leagues for their entire careers.
FWIW.

Wow, it is good to know that I have a 1 in 20 chance (or less?) of making it to the NHL. It might be worth a shot at those odds. I realize that I am no Sidney Crosby or Connor McDavid and so I might end up in the minor leagues.

scoop85 · April 24, 2024, 08:34:45 AM

Quote from: chimpfoodApparently he is injured. Not sure how I missed that.

Yes, "lower body injury" in the last regular season game. Probably out about a week.

arugula · April 24, 2024, 09:50:19 AM

Assuming that's so he'll get back in. He was a constant in Winnipeg. Alumnus adjacent Adam Lowry is killing it for the Jets.

billhoward · April 24, 2024, 12:34:34 PM

Maybe the near-binary choice made by this near-sentient researcher described it as superstars or nobodies who drift back to the juniors. There is a reasonable number of college drafted college players who may have ~5-year NHL careers punctuated by one or two trips back to the minors. You make money that the majority of your college classmates 1-5 years out do not.