Davenport Has Left the Team

calgARI '07 · January 15, 2005, 12:50:47 PM

I can't really reveal my sources, but Troy Davenport has left the team and school. I'm not sure of his reasons, but it probably has something to do with McKee starting 47 straight games and him being only a sophomore.

The Rancor · January 15, 2005, 02:54:27 PM

yet another notch in the belt for chabot then. hope he has fun in juniors.

atb9 · January 15, 2005, 03:31:05 PM

Why another notch in the belt of Chabot? I was hearing he was no where near the ice.

Maybe I'm not understanding what you're trying to say but to me, a notch in the belt, is for a victory. Frankly, I think this scares the crap out of Chabot.

calgARI '07 · January 15, 2005, 04:13:37 PM

Scares the coaching staff more than Chabot I think. Looks like they're gonna have to coax an '06 into coming next fall.

Avash · January 16, 2005, 03:13:57 AM

[Q]calgARI '07 Wrote:

I can't really reveal my sources, but Troy Davenport has left the team and school. I'm not sure of his reasons, but it probably has something to do with McKee starting 47 [now 48] straight games and him being only a sophomore.[/q]

I think the Cornell record for consecutive starts by a goaltender is 56 - Laing Kennedy (1961-1963). According to TBRW, no other goaltender even played a minute during those 3 seasons (McKee, meanwhile, has played 2950 minutes the last two seasons, with Marr and Davenport combining for the remaining 23 minutes).

Greg Berge · January 16, 2005, 03:27:03 AM

McKee has started all 49 (32+17) games of the past 2 seasons. He is already 13th all-time in GP among G's. Corrie D'Alessio holds the record with 94 games. If McKee starts all 12 games remaining in the RS, his 61 GP will put him 9th going into the PS.

McKee is 27-14-8, 13th all-time in Wins. Ken Dryden's 78 career wins is probably safe (he was 78-4-1!) but Brian Cropper's 2nd place 51 is well within reach.

The Top 10:

78 Dryden
51 Cropper
48 D'Alessio
45 Elliott
42 Hayward
42 Underhill
39 LeNeveu
38 McKibbon
37 Dadswell
36 Eliot

One more fun stat: McKee's 8 career shutouts are already 4th all-time. The only guys ahead of him:

13 Dryden
11 LeNeveu
10 Kennedy

billhoward · January 16, 2005, 12:37:14 PM

Of course, LeNeveu's career stats are really one full season (less two games off for the Juniors) plus half of his rookie season (less Underhill doing all the playoffs). And Dryden would have had may 100 wins if he was eligible as a freshman. If, if, if.

Meanwhile, no scoring records set by forwards seem to be in danger from this year's team, or last year's, or next year's. Not that we should complain when the team goes this far (ie at least making the ECACs with home ice and usually the championship round) so many years in a row.

The Rancor · January 16, 2005, 03:03:48 PM

what i ment to say was that he must be feeling at least confadent in his spot on the team as he hasnt left yet, and is now the #2 man again, where i think he should be.
Its a one man campain that i've run for the last 2 years that depth wise, Louis Chabot is better than the 'faithfull' (faithless) will give him credit for. If he sucked as bad as Ari (who i think knows lots about this team, and i am not atacking, just pointing out that he feels L.C.'s a no show for this program) and some of the woofers on this site say he does, he would have left the team long ago, in fact its likely he wouldn't be here in the first place. to this day i have (still) not heard, from the coach, in writing or any maner other than hearsay that Chabot is so awful that he could never play ever ever ever never. Davenport is and was a very highly regarded recruit. also it apears that he is a crybaby that isnt fit for Goaltender U.
Chabot is, apparently. my 2.5 cents.

atb9 · January 16, 2005, 03:44:17 PM

Or he was extremely comfortable with the #3 spot and enjoyed partying...just my 2 cents from living on campus

calgARI '07 · January 17, 2005, 02:19:44 AM

Chabot likes and accepts his role on the team. Most guys in his position do not like it, but he seems to enjoy being part of a team, which is what a lot of guys want.

billhoward · January 17, 2005, 08:30:52 AM

It would be great if there was a stat for shutouts plus one-goal (allowed) games. The two are the same give or take one lucky/unlucky break. McKee seems to have more than his share of one-goal-allowed games. [Edit:] A quick scan for one-goal-allowed games shows ~14 for McKee, or just under half his games with not more than 1GA.

Is Dryden's 78 victories safe? Nineteen wins a season for a four-year starter would do it.

The stats are dryer, but when you go back to all-time records, you really should be comparing per game stats over the whole career. If he played four years and ten not nine games, Marinaro would have rushed for 6,000 yards. Mike French might have had 400 lacrosse points. LeNeveu had he played all four years would have had 20-plus shutouts (let's assume he would have gotten as many as McKee).

The Rancor · January 17, 2005, 01:52:47 PM

[Q]atb9 Wrote:

Or he was extremely comfortable with the #3 spot and enjoyed partying...just my 2 cents from living on campus[/q]

::laugh:: most likely your right!

billhoward · January 17, 2005, 02:04:13 PM

At some point in the life of most athletes, they come to grips with their status of their skills not being able to take them to the next level - HS to college, college to college starter, starter to pro draft pick - and they turn to other pursuits: GPA and grade school, grad school, parties, whatever.

Not that this is Chabot. But it could be someone in a similar situation. The guy won't show up hung over for practice, but he knows he's unlikely to start unless the starter is hurt, and if the starter is hurt and there's a real skills gap, the team is pretty much going to check out of the playoffs in the first round.

Recall how thin the goaltending was in 1970: Bob Rule, lacrosse team (All-America, admittedly) was pressed into service as Brian Cropper's backup. I bet the defensemen knew Job One was to keep forwards from crashing into the crease and into Cropper.

Curious to know how many players have quit the team, gone elsewhere, and done exceptionally well at the D1 level or even DII/DIII. I think one of the two problems - the main one being stuck in a team deep with talent - is the missed perception of how good you are. The player thinks he's an 8 or 9, the coach thinks he's a 5 developing to a 6 or 7 and maybe 8 by junior year.

mgl11 · January 17, 2005, 03:08:05 PM

I might have missed this tid-bit...but any idea if Davenport is going to transfer to another school or if he is going to go the major junior route? If he's transferring, it makes sense for him to leave now...he'll only have to sit out part of next season.

atb9 · January 17, 2005, 03:46:45 PM

[Q]billhoward Wrote:

The guy won't show up hung over for practice, but he knows he's unlikely to start unless the starter is hurt[/q]

Exactly, except in Chabot's case prior, the injury bug needed to plague McKee and Davenport. I think he was comfortable being #3. Worked hard, sure, but was not expecting playing time.

As a freshman, I lived in Boldt with the last goalie to leave, Chris Gartman. He went to Michigan, rode the pine and got an equally fine education.