Money: Cornellians lost to (and gained from) the portal

[stereax]

Mathis Rousseau seems like the best option

BL vindicated again

BL VINDICATED AGAIN.

[stereax]

QMJHL goalie (shocker).

Scoring a goalie goal.

Looks like he might have played for team Canada at some point.

[arugula]

Excellent. I can go back to complaining about small goalies. Otoh small goalies are trendy now.

[imafrshmn]

Rousseau could prove to be be an upgrade on Courns. Good to see our Quebec pipeline is still running strong.

[stereax]

Quick overview of him pre-Maine. World Juniors guy. Very nice to hear that.

[BearLover]

The coaching staff made the best of a tough situation. I am curious when Cournoyer broke the news, and whether it came as a complete shock.

Looking at the portal this year, there were only a few goalies who satisfied the following criteria:

• started at least half of their team's games
• didn't have a "do not contact" label i.e. didn't already have a set destination
• had at least two years of undergrad remaining, i.e. could transfer into Cornell without having to burn a ton of credit

They were the following:

• Quentin Miller - probably the best goalie in the portal, we likely never had a chance. Transferred to WMU
• Rorke Applebee - .914 sv% for LSSU, transferred to Quinnipiac days ago. I don't know anything about this guy but if we were aware sooner of Cournoyer ditching maybe we could have been competitive for him
• Teagan Kendrick - .920 sv% for Sacred Heart, transferred to UNH. Same thoughts as for Applebee

So basically there was a surefire good goalie in Miller, two guys who had good numbers in weaker leagues, and everyone else didn't play much or we couldn't get for one reason or another. Given the limitations, getting a guy with a solid pedigree who had a not-great but not-abysmal year in a strong conference (HE) is about as good an outcome as we could have hoped for.

As for Rosseau's game, I haven't watched him play and I'd have little idea what I'm talking about even if I had. It will be interesting to see how he does in Cornell's system. At the very least, he's serviceable, and given he's been good in the past he may have a reasonably high ceiling.

[marty]

QMJHL goalie (shocker).

Scoring a goalie goal.

Looks like he might have played for team Canada at some point.

The above is funny because three days ago...

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? 

....the joke to ususminor was based on this:

[Will]

QMJHL goalie (shocker).

Scoring a goalie goal.

Looks like he might have played for team Canada at some point.

I like where this is going.

[Old Red]

Rousseau could prove to be be an upgrade on Courns. Good to see our Quebec pipeline is still running strong.

Maybe he just wanted to "jump to the next level" academically.  Maine may be the lowest ranked D1 college playing hockey today. 

As for Courns, he will be challenged by Hauser who was a very solid Big10 frosh goalie last year and came within a dropped stick of winning it all.

[BearLover]

Rousseau could prove to be be an upgrade on Courns. Good to see our Quebec pipeline is still running strong.

Maybe he just wanted to "jump to the next level" academically.  Maine may be the lowest ranked D1 college playing hockey today. 

Umm. That does not sound right.

[stereax]

Rousseau could prove to be be an upgrade on Courns. Good to see our Quebec pipeline is still running strong.

Maybe he just wanted to "jump to the next level" academically.  Maine may be the lowest ranked D1 college playing hockey today. 

Umm. That does not sound right.

I think the joke is Courns said that about going to Wisconsin. So maybe Rousseau wanted to do the same, but for academics.

[Old Red]

Rousseau could prove to be be an upgrade on Courns. Good to see our Quebec pipeline is still running strong.

Maybe he just wanted to "jump to the next level" academically.  Maine may be the lowest ranked D1 college playing hockey today.

Umm. That does not sound right.

I used AI, but it does feel in the ball park.

Schools with Lower General Academic Rankings
Based on the 2026 National University Rankings, some schools playing D1 hockey are ranked in the lower tiers of major publications like U.S. News & World Report and the NCSA Power Rankings.
University of Maine: Ranked #257 nationally, making it one of the lower-ranked public institutions in the competitive Hockey East conference.
Bemidji State University: Often ranks in the regional categories rather than the national university tier, typically placing it lower in overall academic prestige compared to national research universities.
Augustana University (SD): As a newer D1 program, it is generally ranked in the Regional Universities (Midwest) category (#11) rather than the national tier.
NCSA
NCSA
Team Academic Performance (APR)
The Academic Progress Rate (APR) measures real-time academic success and retention specifically for the hockey team. While hockey consistently has some of the highest APR scores in the NCAA (average above 980), some programs have historically lower margins.
College Hockey, Inc.
College Hockey, Inc.
Lowest Historically: While most programs maintain high scores, schools in the Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) conference sometimes show more fluctuation in APR compared to the perfect 1000 scores seen at Penn State or Notre Dame.
Academic Attrition: Schools like Stonehill College and Lindenwood University, which are relatively new to the Division I level, are still establishing their long-term academic data profiles compared to legacy programs.
College Hockey News
College Hockey News
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Summary of Lower-Tier Academic Schools in D1 Hockey
School    Conference    General Academic Context
University of Maine    Hockey East    Ranked #257 National Universities.
Bemidji State    CCHA    Ranked in Regional (Midwest) categories.
Augustana (SD)    CCHA    New D1 program; Regional Mid-tier prestige.
Lindenwood    Independent    New D1 program with evolving academic metrics.
Would you like a comparison of admissions requirements (SAT/GPA) for these schools to see which has the most accessible entry standards.

[BearLover]

Rousseau could prove to be be an upgrade on Courns. Good to see our Quebec pipeline is still running strong.

Maybe he just wanted to "jump to the next level" academically.  Maine may be the lowest ranked D1 college playing hockey today. 

Umm. That does not sound right.

I think the joke is Courns said that about going to Wisconsin. So maybe Rousseau wanted to do the same, but for academics.

I got that. I was saying Old Red's second sentence seemed wrong.

[stereax]

Rousseau could prove to be be an upgrade on Courns. Good to see our Quebec pipeline is still running strong.

Maybe he just wanted to "jump to the next level" academically.  Maine may be the lowest ranked D1 college playing hockey today. 

Umm. That does not sound right.

I think the joke is Courns said that about going to Wisconsin. So maybe Rousseau wanted to do the same, but for academics.

I got that. I was saying Old Red's second sentence seemed wrong.

Ah... yeah I mean, there are some dreadful academic teams out there and Maine is a state school...

[imafrshmn]

I've never heard of anyone using the transfer portal for primarily academic reasons, but if it's even half the reason we got Rousseau, it would reflect well on the young man...who hopefully has a right-sized ego.