Opponent and other news and results 2025-2026

[tretiak]

(Academics also makes sense as a contributing factor, but I doubt he'd transfer solely because classes hard. I'm sure they'd put that kid in wine tasting and napkin rolling and call it a day.)

Unless he's on the verge of failing out. School probably hasn't been a priority for him for a long time, English isn't his first language, he just wants to play hockey.

If Cornell is a pit stop on the way to the Big 10 then I'd suggest people here figure out something else to do on their Friday and Saturday nights.

Under that argument, expect Veilleux to enter the portal I guess. Also guys like Mosko and Psenicka.

And again - there are plenty of classes at Cornell, from my understanding, you could put someone who isn't "academically talented" just to get them through it for the sake of the hockey team.

That's the Dave McKee curriculum for jocks who can't read good and want to learn to do other stuff good too.

[stereax]

(Academics also makes sense as a contributing factor, but I doubt he'd transfer solely because classes hard. I'm sure they'd put that kid in wine tasting and napkin rolling and call it a day.)

Unless he's on the verge of failing out. School probably hasn't been a priority for him for a long time, English isn't his first language, he just wants to play hockey.

If Cornell is a pit stop on the way to the Big 10 then I'd suggest people here figure out something else to do on their Friday and Saturday nights.

Under that argument, expect Veilleux to enter the portal I guess. Also guys like Mosko and Psenicka.

And again - there are plenty of classes at Cornell, from my understanding, you could put someone who isn't "academically talented" just to get them through it for the sake of the hockey team.

That's the Dave McKee curriculum for jocks who can't read good and want to learn to do other stuff good too.

What's the story behind this one..?

[stereax]

also humble request to any cornell hockey affiliated people that may be reading this forum: today (04/15) is my birthday. woot, or something. idk. i'm already in hell with assignments because i have two essays due today that i haven't started yet, plus i've got three hours of makeup classes in the afternoon that ensure i'll get home no earlier than 7 pm, absolutely drained and in no mood to do anything except curl up in bed and cry myself to sleep. and i don't even have a cake or anything like that to "celebrate". AND the devils are bad and got shut out by the boston fucking bruins, but they're not bad enough to be in lottery range. so can you pretty please, with sugar on top, put a leash on any other possible pro signings/transfers out/whatever until tomorrow? because the cournoyer one was already a kick in the balls. please? i don't need any more reasons to be sad. life sucks enough already. thanks for your consideration. <3

[tretiak]

(Academics also makes sense as a contributing factor, but I doubt he'd transfer solely because classes hard. I'm sure they'd put that kid in wine tasting and napkin rolling and call it a day.)

Unless he's on the verge of failing out. School probably hasn't been a priority for him for a long time, English isn't his first language, he just wants to play hockey.

If Cornell is a pit stop on the way to the Big 10 then I'd suggest people here figure out something else to do on their Friday and Saturday nights.

Under that argument, expect Veilleux to enter the portal I guess. Also guys like Mosko and Psenicka.

And again - there are plenty of classes at Cornell, from my understanding, you could put someone who isn't "academically talented" just to get them through it for the sake of the hockey team.

That's the Dave McKee curriculum for jocks who can't read good and want to learn to do other stuff good too.

What's the story behind this one..?

Every 4-5 year period has a poster child for athlete that struggles to maintain eligibility. McKee was the starting goalie in the mid-00s. Took the bare minimum course load across fall, spring, and summer to stay eligible.

Chris Bourque (Ray's son) at BU was the most famous hockey player to fail out of school that I remember.

[stereax]

(Academics also makes sense as a contributing factor, but I doubt he'd transfer solely because classes hard. I'm sure they'd put that kid in wine tasting and napkin rolling and call it a day.)

Unless he's on the verge of failing out. School probably hasn't been a priority for him for a long time, English isn't his first language, he just wants to play hockey.

If Cornell is a pit stop on the way to the Big 10 then I'd suggest people here figure out something else to do on their Friday and Saturday nights.

Under that argument, expect Veilleux to enter the portal I guess. Also guys like Mosko and Psenicka.

And again - there are plenty of classes at Cornell, from my understanding, you could put someone who isn't "academically talented" just to get them through it for the sake of the hockey team.

That's the Dave McKee curriculum for jocks who can't read good and want to learn to do other stuff good too.

What's the story behind this one..?

Every 4-5 year period has a poster child for athlete that struggles to maintain eligibility. McKee was the starting goalie in the mid-00s. Took the bare minimum course load across fall, spring, and summer to stay eligible.

Chris Bourque (Ray's son) at BU was the most famous hockey player to fail out of school that I remember.

Anecdotally, I've heard guys like Eichel and Zegras had piss poor GPAs because they knew they'd be in the NHL soon enough, lol.

But the McKee curriculum is funny as hell.

[stereax]

Cournoyer entering portal. Competing for national titles was fun while it lasted.

siiigh. this too shall pass... but HOLY FUCK is it annoying.

how much money is being thrown at him?

[ursusminor]

Sorry about Cournoyer. Yes, really. Anything bad for a league team is bad for all teams in the league, although I make an exception for Union. They lost their leading scorer whose name I can't spell and am too lazy to look up.

I often get information about RPI players in a do-not-reveal mode. A while back, I heard about a CHL player whom RPI was after. I didn't expect RPI to get him for a reason which would probably reveal who he is. Anyway, he committed to Cornell in the last couple of days. I could not find anything on line yet which is typical. He won't in any way replace Cournoyer, but he should be a significant contributor on offense.

[stereax]

Sorry about Cournoyer. Yes, really. Anything bad for a league team is bad for all teams in the league, although I make an exception for Union. They lost their leading scorer whose name I can't spell and am too lazy to look up.

I often get information about RPI players in a do-not-reveal mode. A while back, I heard about a CHL player whom RPI was after. I didn't expect RPI to get him for a reason which would probably reveal who he is. Anyway, he committed to Cornell in the last couple of days. I could not find anything on line yet which is typical. He won't in any way replace Cournoyer, but he should be a significant contributor on offense.

Oooooh, so you're saying we'll have another new friend next year? 👀

[ursusminor]

Sorry about Cournoyer. Yes, really. Anything bad for a league team is bad for all teams in the league, although I make an exception for Union. They lost their leading scorer whose name I can't spell and am too lazy to look up.

I often get information about RPI players in a do-not-reveal mode. A while back, I heard about a CHL player whom RPI was after. I didn't expect RPI to get him for a reason which would probably reveal who he is. Anyway, he committed to Cornell in the last couple of days. I could not find anything on line yet which is typical. He won't in any way replace Cournoyer, but he should be a significant contributor on offense.

Oooooh, so you're saying we'll have another new friend next year? 👀

I didn't say for which year, but it is for the fall.

[Trotsky]

Sorry about Cournoyer. Yes, really. Anything bad for a league team is bad for all teams in the league, although I make an exception for Union. They lost their leading scorer whose name I can't spell and am too lazy to look up.

I'm not looking it up either but it sounds like the brothers who founded Devo and they were Mothersbaugh.

[marty]

Sorry about Cournoyer. Yes, really. Anything bad for a league team is bad for all teams in the league, although I make an exception for Union. They lost their leading scorer whose name I can't spell and am too lazy to look up.

I often get information about RPI players in a do-not-reveal mode. A while back, I heard about a CHL player whom RPI was after. I didn't expect RPI to get him for a reason which would probably reveal who he is. Anyway, he committed to Cornell in the last couple of days. I could not find anything on line yet which is typical. He won't in any way replace Cournoyer, but he should be a significant contributor on offense.

Mitch Gillam's cousin? 

[Beeeej]

So amid all this doomsaying and speculating over why, am I seriously the only one who's noticed that Courns has not actually yet shown up in the portal? We're taking the word of a tweet over (so far, anyway) the actual facts on the ground. If it happens, well, shit. But I like my garments too much to rend them prematurely, and I look terrible in sackcloth and ashes.

[Dafatone]

Cournoyer entering portal. Competing for national titles was fun while it lasted.

siiigh. this too shall pass... but HOLY FUCK is it annoying.

how much money is being thrown at him?

Not trying to relitigate this but highly doubt it's about money

He's the starter at a good hockey team that makes the NCAAs on the regular. Why would you transfer out if it wasn't scholarship/other money?

Before I read 4 more pages on this... I called it. Oh well. Who's next?

No like - when I saw it I was like "well, of course he got NIL baited to transfer, there's no other reason to leave Cornell, a program that develops good goalies and is always competitive" and literally nothing I have heard since disconceives me of that notion.

And everyone is overlooking the possibility that THIS was the NIL pit-stop for Courns. Some Dough Ray Me for one season with a VERY talented returning core... IDK but it's adieu Mon Amie! I've also said, as have you Stereax, that it might be the school. If he's been in Juniors in Quebec the last 3 years, he hasn't done a lot of homework, outside of RVH training. CHL guys aren't super into books, math or much other than hockey.

edit addition: It could also be his agent or the Canadians. Maybe they want him somewhere else, for any number of reasons. Like, money.

(Academics also makes sense as a contributing factor, but I doubt he'd transfer solely because classes hard. I'm sure they'd put that kid in wine tasting and napkin rolling and call it a day.)

Not at all relevant to the discussion, but about 20 years ago (yikes) a professor told us that Intro to Wines was the most failed class at Cornell.

An engineering friend of mine in the class literally shouted, "lies!" in response to this. Which was pretty entertaining in a huge lecture hall.

[The Rancor]

(Academics also makes sense as a contributing factor, but I doubt he'd transfer solely because classes hard. I'm sure they'd put that kid in wine tasting and napkin rolling and call it a day.)

Unless he's on the verge of failing out. School probably hasn't been a priority for him for a long time, English isn't his first language, he just wants to play hockey.

If Cornell is a pit stop on the way to the Big 10 then I'd suggest people here figure out something else to do on their Friday and Saturday nights.

Under that argument, expect Veilleux to enter the portal I guess. Also guys like Mosko and Psenicka.

And again - there are plenty of classes at Cornell, from my understanding, you could put someone who isn't "academically talented" just to get them through it for the sake of the hockey team.

That's the Dave McKee curriculum for jocks who can't read good and want to learn to do other stuff good too.

What's the story behind this one..?

He very publicly had a learning disability, ADD and dyslexia. Anyway, they dropped all those messy charges of sexual assault after an 11-1 deadlock and he returned briefly to playing pro hockey.

[scoop85]

also humble request to any cornell hockey affiliated people that may be reading this forum: today (04/15) is my birthday. woot, or something. idk. i'm already in hell with assignments because i have two essays due today that i haven't started yet, plus i've got three hours of makeup classes in the afternoon that ensure i'll get home no earlier than 7 pm, absolutely drained and in no mood to do anything except curl up in bed and cry myself to sleep. and i don't even have a cake or anything like that to "celebrate". AND the devils are bad and got shut out by the boston fucking bruins, but they're not bad enough to be in lottery range. so can you pretty please, with sugar on top, put a leash on any other possible pro signings/transfers out/whatever until tomorrow? because the cournoyer one was already a kick in the balls. please? i don't need any more reasons to be sad. life sucks enough already. thanks for your consideration. <3

Uh, Happy Birthday?