An Inconvenient Love: Fegaras And the Penalty Box

[Snowball]

From Jane's article today:

... junior defenseman George Fegaras' elbowing penalty at 11:06 of the third period. Serving his 12th minor penalty of the year, Fegaras watched as Tyler Borgula deflected a sharp-angle shot past Cournoyer on the short side, making it a 4-0 game.


Unlike some on this forum, I think George is a terrific player.
But c'mon George, stop treating the penalty box like a second home.

Jane's full article:
https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2026/01/no-13-men-s-hockey-overwhelmed-by-no-7-quinnipiac-in-4-1-loss

[RichH]

The era of having an "enforcer" is long gone. Greg Hornby was the last I can remember. Just a guided missile at his target most shifts.

And I remember discovering during an intramural game that someone carved "Reserved for Dan Dufresne" into the wood of the home penalty box bench.

These days the players who can throw the hits are also expected to have other skills. In short, stay outta the box!!

[The Rancor]

Jane tells it like it is.

[stereax]

George is a great player.

He is also well on his way to establishing permanent residency in the Lynah penalty box. They should start delivering his bills there.

If he could stop taking penalties in 2/3 of his games (on average), it would be just peachy.

I'd be curious to see what his penalties were for, and when...

[fastforward]

George is a great player.

He is also well on his way to establishing permanent residency in the Lynah penalty box. They should start delivering his bills there.

If he could stop taking penalties in 2/3 of his games (on average), it would be just peachy.

I'd be curious to see what his penalties were for, and when...

They should put a RESERVED FOR GEORGE sign in there as a joke

[cth95]

The era of having an "enforcer" is long gone. Greg Hornby was the last I can remember. Just a guided missile at his target most shifts.

And I remember discovering during an intramural game that someone carved "Reserved for Dan Dufresne" into the wood of the home penalty box bench.

These days the players who can throw the hits are also expected to have other skills. In short, stay outta the box!!
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The era of having an "enforcer" is long gone. Greg Hornby was the last I can remember. Just a guided missile at his target most shifts.

And I remember discovering during an intramural game that someone carved "Reserved for Dan Dufresne" into the wood of the home penalty box bench.

These days the players who can throw the hits are also expected to have other skills. In short, stay outta the box!!

IIRC, Didn't Hornby take a momentum killing penalty late in thr Frozen Four game against UNH?

[ugarte]

IIRC, Didn't Hornby take a momentum killing penalty late in thr Frozen Four game against UNH?

I don't know about momentum killing. We never stopped swarming but never broke through. Most painful save of my life. Hadn't had the wind knocked out of me like that by a goalie since Lemon got stuffed on the penalty shot.

[Chris '03]

The era of having an "enforcer" is long gone. Greg Hornby was the last I can remember. Just a guided missile at his target most shifts.

"Guided" feels generous. He was a reckless joy to watch.  I  recall hearing he asked to wear 13 when he came in and was told no.

[Dafatone]

The era of having an "enforcer" is long gone. Greg Hornby was the last I can remember. Just a guided missile at his target most shifts.

And I remember discovering during an intramural game that someone carved "Reserved for Dan Dufresne" into the wood of the home penalty box bench.

These days the players who can throw the hits are also expected to have other skills. In short, stay outta the box!!

I will note the aptly named Tyler Mugford was a fan of getting physical.

[Trotsky]

The era of having an "enforcer" is long gone. Greg Hornby was the last I can remember.

High PIM:Pts ratio, since Hornby:
 
 

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Year PIM Pts
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2002 54  9 Greg Hornby
2003 98 14 Greg Hornby
2006 76  7 Jared Seminoff
2006 54  7 Tyler Mugford
2007 55  6 Tyler Mugford
2008 48  4 Tyler Mugford
2011 46  4 Rodger Craig
2011 54  6 Dan Nicholls
2012 71  2 Armand De Swardt
2013 59  4 Armand De Swardt

[Dafatone]

The era of having an "enforcer" is long gone. Greg Hornby was the last I can remember.

High PIM:Pts ratio, since Hornby:
 
 

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Year PIM Pts
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2002 54  9 Greg Hornby
2003 98 14 Greg Hornby
2006 76  7 Jared Seminoff
2006 54  7 Tyler Mugford
2007 55  6 Tyler Mugford
2008 48  4 Tyler Mugford
2011 46  4 Rodger Craig
2011 54  6 Dan Nicholls
2012 71  2 Armand De Swardt
2013 59  4 Armand De Swardt

Jared Seminoff placed on this list because his freshman year, he couldn't guard a lamppost without tripping it.

Somehow, he became a very solid shutdown defender for the next three seasons.

[sah67]

The era of having an "enforcer" is long gone. Greg Hornby was the last I can remember.

High PIM:Pts ratio, since Hornby:
 
 

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Year PIM Pts
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2002 54  9 Greg Hornby
2003 98 14 Greg Hornby
2006 76  7 Jared Seminoff
2006 54  7 Tyler Mugford
2007 55  6 Tyler Mugford
2008 48  4 Tyler Mugford
2011 46  4 Rodger Craig
2011 54  6 Dan Nicholls
2012 71  2 Armand De Swardt
2013 59  4 Armand De Swardt

Nicholls was a total freight train out there and I remember him as much more of an "enforcer" than Mugford, who was also an excellent penalty killer that frequently got matched up against the other team's scoring lines.

I will say I do have fond memories of my only trip to Thompson, when, not only did we get a rare win there against Dartmouth, but Nicholls scored twice and the large Cornell contingent was loudly chanting his name in the third in the hopes of Schafer giving him some extra shifts for a hat trick bid.

That game also saw multiple game DQs (for fighting) at the final horn, with Bob Gaudet's kid in the middle of it (natch.) I recall a drunk Dartmouth sorority girl told a couple of us to "go throw yourselves in a gorge or whatever" as we were exiting the rink...fun times!
https://collegehockeyinc.com/box/final/20071117/cor/dar/m

[Iceberg]

I forgot about Armand's tendency to rack up penalty minutes. He lived in my dorm my first year--very nice, easygoing guy which contrasted with his playstyle

[RichH]

The era of having an "enforcer" is long gone. Greg Hornby was the last I can remember.

High PIM:Pts ratio, since Hornby:
 
 

Code Select Expand

Year PIM Pts
---------------------------
2002 54  9 Greg Hornby
2003 98 14 Greg Hornby
2006 76  7 Jared Seminoff
2006 54  7 Tyler Mugford
2007 55  6 Tyler Mugford
2008 48  4 Tyler Mugford
2011 46  4 Rodger Craig
2011 54  6 Dan Nicholls
2012 71  2 Armand De Swardt
2013 59  4 Armand De Swardt

I tried finding a page on PIMs on your site late last night, so thank for presenting.

Matt Cooney was such a force in '96. 34  points and 104 PIM. He was literally everywhere and was the piss & vinegar (with Steve Wilson) that willed that Chartrand-led season to bloom from nothing.

[cth95]

IIRC, Didn't Hornby take a momentum killing penalty late in thr Frozen Four game against UNH?

I don't know about momentum killing. We never stopped swarming but never broke through. Most painful save of my life. Hadn't had the wind knocked out of me like that by a goalie since Lemon got stuffed on the penalty shot.

You are right about the swarming at the end.  I was at that game.  Can't believe we didn't score.  With all of the pressure we were putting on, I just meant we lost 2 minutes of heavy offensein due to the penalty.  That save was insane.  Didn't Beeeej, Age, or someone get a picture of it?