Opponents and other news and results 2026-2027

[stereax]

Even within the Ivies most hockey players aren't serious students.

I think it depends on the Ivy - like, most of our guys end up with 3.0+ GPA. I think Marty brought up that Dartmouth players also are very invested in academics - though historically Dartmouth has also been a terrible hockey school. You usually need to be at least somewhat academically inclined to succeed at an Ivy.

On the other hand, if you listen to the blue chip prospects at BC/BU/PSU who are taking theater design (Leonard/Smith/Perreault line), ceramics (Hagens), fly fishing (McKenna), or classes where you're apparently simulating preschool math education with peers your age (Cole Hutson brought this one up on a podcast recently, that they were basically "playing blocks"), it's different. Blue chip prospects see it as a step in their NHL dreams, not as much a degree. (Though I think Hutson also mentioned doing summer classes to be able to finish his degree, so, you go Glen Coco.)

CHL guys - especially those that came up in the CHL before the transfer stuff opened, ESPECIALLY the better players - are often going to think of college ONLY as a step in furthering their hockey careers. USHL guys - especially those that aren't star players, especially those going to schools like the Ivies that have good reputation scholastically - may very well consider the hockey as more a way to get a scholarship than a true future career path.

Cournoyer was a bit of an outlier in terms of the kinds of guys we usually get - very late commit and one that very specifically filled a dire need on the roster (starting goalie). I suspect Casey and company will learn a valuable lesson with that one. (And I hope Rousseau kicks ass.)

Re: USHL players- yeah until very recently they have all had to keep themselves academically eligible, or at least take academics seriously to the point of being accepted, whereas CHL players grades didn't matter at all (at least for a US college, no idea what Canadian standards are) now that has flipped a little, and some USHL or BCHL players can freely join their CHL draft teams (see the USNDP) ad then go to school, if motivated to do so.

Pretty sure USports is like four years of glorified beer league lol. And the standards are even lower -  the AI overview (yuck) says all you gotta do is successfully pass 18 credits a year and be enrolled in 9 a semester.

Most schools are incentivized to keep grades high because of grad school admissions, job prospects, maintaining student-athlete eligibility, etc. Even then, there's not a small amount of students who can't hold a 3.0, even doing classes that should be ridiculously easy.

[BearLover]

I'm not sure exactly when, but sometime in the last six-ish months Ryder Cali decommitted from Harvard, committed to Providence, and was taken in the second round of the NHL draft. Likely due to the coaching change at Harvard. I would expect Harvard to continue to recruit extremely well in the coming years.

[stereax]

I'm not sure exactly when, but sometime in the last six-ish months Ryder Cali decommitted from Harvard, committed to Providence, and was taken in the second round of the NHL draft. Likely due to the coaching change at Harvard. I would expect Harvard to continue to recruit extremely well in the coming years.

I think he decommed shortly before the draft.

[stereax]

Arizona State men's hockey player collapsed during outdoor exercise Thursday, remains hospitalized.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Arizona State men's hockey player collapsed during outdoor exercise Thursday, remains hospitalized.

Outdoor exercise when the high temp is over 100ºF?  I wonder what happened.

[stereax]

Arizona State men's hockey player collapsed during outdoor exercise Thursday, remains hospitalized.

Outdoor exercise when the high temp is over 100ºF?  I wonder what happened.

My Arizona friend literally said the same thing: "They were having them practice outside? It's fucking 110 in Phoenix! Literally that's how so many people get heat stroke in AZ and have to be hospitalized!"