04-05 recruit Tyler Mugford

[Erin]

Tyler Mugford of the Nanaimo Clippers was supposed to suit up for the Big Red for the 04-05 season, but has decided to stay another year in Nanaimo and play for the Big Red starting in the 05-06 season. Raymond Sawada will come to Cornell for the 04-05 season as planned.

[Greg]

Further conditioning?  Maybe Schafer let him know he thought he wasn't ready?

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]Greg Wrote:

 Maybe Schafer let him know he thought he wasn't ready?[/q]

Could be.  Or maybe Mike feels he has enough manpower at forward next year, and doesn't want Tyler to have to sit on his hands for a year.  Non-Ivy team might have redshirted him.

[jtwcornell91]

Is it just me, or does Tyler Mugford sound like the name of a 19th-century baseball player?
 ::nut::

[Erin]

Actually the real reason is that Tyler wants to play in Nanaimo another year and try and win another championship with the Clippers. It was not  Schafers decision, Muggy was actually the one that asked if it was ok to play for Cornell starting the 05-06 season.

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]Erin Wrote:

 Actually the real reason is that Tyler wants to play in Nanaimo another year and try and win another championship with the Clippers. It was not  Schafers decision, Muggy was actually the one that asked if it was ok to play for Cornell starting the 05-06 season. [/q]
Thanks, Erin.  Hope Tyler gets his championship.

[billhoward]

Of Cornell's half-dozen recruits, it is Sawarda not Mugford who is more highly regarded?

[min]

will coach schafer find another recruit to replace tyler mugford?

[David Harding]

[q]Thanks, Erin. Hope Tyler gets his championship. [/q]

Maybe he can bring along another hot prospect when he does come.

[pfibiger]

[Q]billhoward Wrote:

 Of Cornell's half-dozen recruits, it is Sawarda not Mugford who is more highly regarded? [/q]

Yes..Sawada is the stud, ranked #33 among North American skaters for the upcoming draft.

[Erin]

Sawada finished the season (including playoffs) with 74 points and 115 PIM's in 79 games, and Mugford had 35 points and 215 PIM's in 85 games, and was the only one on the team that didnt miss a single game. It's obvious Sawada is the point-getter and Mugford is the in-your-face kinda guy(ACtually, the line that Mugford is on is known as "the black line" here in Nanaimo).. Mugford is  like Hornby, except Mugford is a  faster skater than Hornby was when he was here in Nanaimo.
 

[Erin]

[Q]Al DeFlorio Wrote:

 [Q2]Erin Wrote:

 Actually the real reason is that Tyler wants to play in Nanaimo another year and try and win another championship with the Clippers. It was not  Schafers decision, Muggy was actually the one that asked if it was ok to play for Cornell starting the 05-06 season. [/Q]
Thanks, Erin.  Hope Tyler gets his championship.[/q]

Well we're all hoping that we can get another one here in Nanaimo this upcoming season..it was supposed to be a "rebuilding" year for the club this past season as there were only 4 returning players, yet the Clippers won the league championship and also was one of 5 teams to make it to the Canadian National Royal Bank Cup.. so with 16 returning players this season, everyone is expecting Nanaimo to be a powerhouse.

[jtwcornell91]

[Q]Erin Wrote:
Mugford is  like Hornby, except Mugford is a  faster skater than Hornby was when he was here in Nanaimo.
 [/q]

I like the sound of that!

[billhoward]

[Q]min Wrote:

 will coach schafer find another recruit to replace tyler mugford?[/q]

(From afar)  Between 6 recruits (7 less Mugford) and 20 or 21 returning players, there's more than enough for a full team. Remember that one Cornell player, Jan Pajeerski, retired after his junior year (2003-2004) but will stay at Cornell; that was probably recognition of the caliber and quantity of the 2004-2005 team. We don't know if Tyler Mugford would have been Cornell's 10th best player in which case it hurts Cornell his not being in Ithaca for the coming season, or if he would be the 20th best player and dressing for most every game but not contributing the way say a Byron Bitz did as a freshman.

Regardless, at the end of May, most everyone who's committed to going to college is already going to college. It's not as if Schafer can ask Yale's No. 1 recruit who was Cornell's hoped for No. 4 recruit to switch affiliations. The case of David McKee was unusual, his having finished high school and planning to play in the juniors for a year before attending Cornell. Obviously, it's different when you're the No. 1 goalie prospect and Cornell's then-current goalie turns pro over the summer. On the other hand, imagine how much more impressive McKee would be if he'd played juniors for a year last year and he came in this year as a freshman.

[Greg]

[q]imagine how much more impressive McKee would be if he'd played juniors for a year last year and he came in this year as a freshman.[/q]

Hard to get more impressive than .920 1.84 / .939 1.37 in conference, as a freshman.

Man, it's still 5 more months...