Opponent and other news and results 2025-2026

[BearLover]

It's all fun and games until he goes to QPAC because they can pay him. Absolute malpractice at this point by the athletic department that we don't have some sort of NIL/Rev Share program with our players. Absolutely pathetic that we cannot keep a kid who we were the only team to give him a chance and the second he is offered a penny he is on his way out. Meanwhile you see Dartmouth keep all of there kids and hit the portal with the Dman. WAKE UP AND GET WITH THE CHANGING TIMES!

Pretty sure Quinnipiac could barely pay him anything even if they wanted to. Pecknold was just complaining they barely have any money. Dartmouth also cannot pay their players for the same reasons Cornell can't.

You're right about one thing though - Some rich donors are going to have to figure something out soon or we aren't going to be competitive nationally anymore. Not because other schools are buying off our players, but because our players are leaving for various reasons, mostly our shitty conference/academic rigors/lack of scholarships, and we are going to somehow have to incentivize them to stay.

[chimpfood]

College hockey really has changed and it sucks. Better have someone other than Roest or Katz as our starter next year or the ceiling gets lowered quite a bit.

[BearLover]

It appears Adam knows already who is incoming

Unless it's an elite goalie you can write off next season

[stereax]

It appears Adam knows already who is incoming

Unless it's an elite goalie you can write off next season

we make average goalies look elite pretty often. just need someone to be League Average and get hot at the right time.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

For reference, I fully believe we will be at least fine next year. But who's going to be in net?

Roest? Katz? Neither has had like, any playing time. Do we bring in Cirka and pray?

To be fair, Cornoyer had no playing time before he arrived. 

Yes I know, if either Roest or Katz was superior to Cornoyer, they would have played.

It's a long off-season.  Let's enjoy lax for a while.

[adamw]

It's all fun and games until he goes to QPAC because they can pay him. Absolute malpractice at this point by the athletic department that we don't have some sort of NIL/Rev Share program with our players. Absolutely pathetic that we cannot keep a kid who we were the only team to give him a chance and the second he is offered a penny he is on his way out. Meanwhile you see Dartmouth keep all of there kids and hit the portal with the Dman. WAKE UP AND GET WITH THE CHANGING TIMES!

Pretty sure Quinnipiac could barely pay him anything even if they wanted to. Pecknold was just complaining they barely have any money. Dartmouth also cannot pay their players for the same reasons Cornell can't.

You're right about one thing though - Some rich donors are going to have to figure something out soon or we aren't going to be competitive nationally anymore. Not because other schools are buying off our players, but because our players are leaving for various reasons, mostly our shitty conference/academic rigors/lack of scholarships, and we are going to somehow have to incentivize them to stay.

Quinnipiac no money? LOL. I'm so tired of the coaches that cry poverty. I made a post on twitter that "the only ones that say money doesn't matter in hockey are those that have it - and if it doesn't matter, why is every team desperately trying to get it?" - and it got liked by numerous coaches of smaller schools. So what does that tell you?

Cornell will do everything imaginable to keep up that is allowed by Ivy rules. To say there is malpractice there is silly. If Cornell was allowed to opt-in, they would, and they'd have millions lined up tomorrow. There's not much they can do. But they will do the intern/NIL thing as much as possible.

I don't know if Cornell will get another goalie. But I know the staff will be trying their damndest. And probably already is.

[stereax]

For reference, I fully believe we will be at least fine next year. But who's going to be in net?

Roest? Katz? Neither has had like, any playing time. Do we bring in Cirka and pray?

To be fair, Cornoyer had no playing time before he arrived. 

Yes I know, if either Roest or Katz was superior to Cornoyer, they would have played.

It's a long off-season.  Let's enjoy lax for a while.

Cournoyer had sparkling numbers in a still-decent Q. Limited, sure - you can probably find me arguing that I'd have left him in the Q this year to develop.

Roest and Katz have had zero or almost zero, game action this year. Last too, for Katz.

[BearLover]

Even if Casey pulls off another Cournoyer-level late commitment (unlikely), I'm really not that interested in getting burned liked this again. I've written before about how Casey appears to be so much more aggressive than Schafer was in the portal and in late commitments, but that he's also seen much more player turnover. Happened at Clarkson first, and I assumed that was a Clarkson-specific thing. Now I'm less sure - evidence is beginning to mount that it could be something else. Need to see broader trends before concluding anything. 

[stereax]

Even if Casey pulls off another Cournoyer-level late commitment (unlikely), I'm really not that interested in getting burned liked this again. I've written before about how Casey appears to be so much more aggressive than Schafer was in the portal and in late commitments, but that he's also seen much more player turnover. Happened at Clarkson first, and I assumed that was a Clarkson-specific thing. Now I'm less sure - evidence is beginning to mount that it could be something else. Need to see broader trends before concluding anything.

or it's just the consequence of a high NIL era

[stereax]

wasn't there that fuckass Ivy thing about not getting more commits after April 1st or some bullshit too

[BearLover]

Even if Casey pulls off another Cournoyer-level late commitment (unlikely), I'm really not that interested in getting burned liked this again. I've written before about how Casey appears to be so much more aggressive than Schafer was in the portal and in late commitments, but that he's also seen much more player turnover. Happened at Clarkson first, and I assumed that was a Clarkson-specific thing. Now I'm less sure - evidence is beginning to mount that it could be something else. Need to see broader trends before concluding anything.

or it's just the consequence of a high NIL era

Maybe, but when Dartmouth and Harvard keep all their good players it raises questions.

[stereax]

Even if Casey pulls off another Cournoyer-level late commitment (unlikely), I'm really not that interested in getting burned liked this again. I've written before about how Casey appears to be so much more aggressive than Schafer was in the portal and in late commitments, but that he's also seen much more player turnover. Happened at Clarkson first, and I assumed that was a Clarkson-specific thing. Now I'm less sure - evidence is beginning to mount that it could be something else. Need to see broader trends before concluding anything.

or it's just the consequence of a high NIL era

Maybe, but when Dartmouth and Harvard keep all their good players it raises questions.

who's even good on harvard at this point, genuinely can't think of anyone

[BearLover]

Even if Casey pulls off another Cournoyer-level late commitment (unlikely), I'm really not that interested in getting burned liked this again. I've written before about how Casey appears to be so much more aggressive than Schafer was in the portal and in late commitments, but that he's also seen much more player turnover. Happened at Clarkson first, and I assumed that was a Clarkson-specific thing. Now I'm less sure - evidence is beginning to mount that it could be something else. Need to see broader trends before concluding anything.

or it's just the consequence of a high NIL era

Maybe, but when Dartmouth and Harvard keep all their good players it raises questions.

who's even good on harvard at this point, genuinely can't think of anyone

They have several drafted freshmen who had good seasons - Ruohonen, Gallant, Lane. Also just the general trend of guys never leaving.

[Dafatone]

It's all fun and games until he goes to QPAC because they can pay him. Absolute malpractice at this point by the athletic department that we don't have some sort of NIL/Rev Share program with our players. Absolutely pathetic that we cannot keep a kid who we were the only team to give him a chance and the second he is offered a penny he is on his way out. Meanwhile you see Dartmouth keep all of there kids and hit the portal with the Dman. WAKE UP AND GET WITH THE CHANGING TIMES!

Pretty sure Quinnipiac could barely pay him anything even if they wanted to. Pecknold was just complaining they barely have any money. Dartmouth also cannot pay their players for the same reasons Cornell can't.

You're right about one thing though - Some rich donors are going to have to figure something out soon or we aren't going to be competitive nationally anymore. Not because other schools are buying off our players, but because our players are leaving for various reasons, mostly our shitty conference/academic rigors/lack of scholarships, and we are going to somehow have to incentivize them to stay.

Quinnipiac no money? LOL. I'm so tired of the coaches that cry poverty. I made a post on twitter that "the only ones that say money doesn't matter in hockey are those that have it - and if it doesn't matter, why is every team desperately trying to get it?" - and it got liked by numerous coaches of smaller schools. So what does that tell you?

Cornell will do everything imaginable to keep up that is allowed by Ivy rules. To say there is malpractice there is silly. If Cornell was allowed to opt-in, they would, and they'd have millions lined up tomorrow. There's not much they can do. But they will do the intern/NIL thing as much as possible.

I don't know if Cornell will get another goalie. But I know the staff will be trying their damndest. And probably already is.

It sure would be nice if the Ivy League would drop its various dumb rules in light of the shifting landscape.

[Will]

It's all fun and games until he goes to QPAC because they can pay him. Absolute malpractice at this point by the athletic department that we don't have some sort of NIL/Rev Share program with our players. Absolutely pathetic that we cannot keep a kid who we were the only team to give him a chance and the second he is offered a penny he is on his way out. Meanwhile you see Dartmouth keep all of there kids and hit the portal with the Dman. WAKE UP AND GET WITH THE CHANGING TIMES!

Pretty sure Quinnipiac could barely pay him anything even if they wanted to. Pecknold was just complaining they barely have any money. Dartmouth also cannot pay their players for the same reasons Cornell can't.

You're right about one thing though - Some rich donors are going to have to figure something out soon or we aren't going to be competitive nationally anymore. Not because other schools are buying off our players, but because our players are leaving for various reasons, mostly our shitty conference/academic rigors/lack of scholarships, and we are going to somehow have to incentivize them to stay.

Quinnipiac no money? LOL. I'm so tired of the coaches that cry poverty. I made a post on twitter that "the only ones that say money doesn't matter in hockey are those that have it - and if it doesn't matter, why is every team desperately trying to get it?" - and it got liked by numerous coaches of smaller schools. So what does that tell you?

Cornell will do everything imaginable to keep up that is allowed by Ivy rules. To say there is malpractice there is silly. If Cornell was allowed to opt-in, they would, and they'd have millions lined up tomorrow. There's not much they can do. But they will do the intern/NIL thing as much as possible.

I don't know if Cornell will get another goalie. But I know the staff will be trying their damndest. And probably already is.

It sure would be nice if the Ivy League would drop its various dumb rules in light of the shifting landscape.

This assumes the Ivy League has any interest in getting or remaining competitive in sports people might actually care about.  I'm not entirely convinced this is the case.