Davenport Has Left the Team

[Give My Regards]

[Q]mgl11 Wrote:
If he's transferring, it makes sense for him to leave now...he'll only have to sit out part of next season.[/q]

I'm not sure, but I think it's still the case that if he transfers to a school playing Div II or III hockey, he wouldn't have to sit out at all.

If Davenport is leaving, he joins Mike Doyle as the only Cornell goaltenders to post a 1.000 save percentage since Lynah Rink opened.  (Doyle played about five minutes of a game in the mid-70's)  Chabot is, of course, currently on a pace to join them...

[Roy 82]

According to the Cornell Hockey Database (available through the Roster link at the left) Davenport has played in 13 of the teams 15 games. ::screwy::

Seriously, I could see why he might want to try his luck elsewhere.  Sad but understandable.

[CowbellGuy]

If a goalie (or any other player) dresses for a game, he's played in the game, regardless of whether he logs minutes.

[calgARI '07]

[Q]CowbellGuy Wrote:

 If a goalie (or any other player) dresses for a game, he's played in the game, regardless of whether he logs minutes.[/q]

Maybe you're talking about the Cornell database, but as general statistics go, a goalie or any player has to be on the ice for at least a second to have played in the game.

[CowbellGuy]

There are two stats for each goalie in the CHDB: Games Played and Games Played In. The former is the number of games dressed, the latter is the number of games in which minutes were logged. So either way you want it, there it is.

[pfibiger]

I was looking for info about a recruit Cornell lost out on to Union...

from uscho forums:

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Rory Farrel

18 year old captain of the USHL Des Moines Buccaneers.

He is 6' 4" and 205# and was talking to Brown, Cornell and Harvard
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and when i was looking through the player list, I saw this:


http://www.bucshockey.org/bucs_bios.php?idPlayer=42

So apparently Davenport is playing in the for the Des Moines Buccaneers in the USHL. Same team Gartman went to when he left CU.

[Al DeFlorio]

http://www.theithacajournal.com/news/stories/20050121/localsports/1896385.html

[atb9]

This is what I love about Coach:

"I thought he let the team down by leaving."

[Greg Berge]

The upside is, the incoming freshman goaltender in Fall 2006 may be one of the most highly prized in the country:

+ McKee with just one year remaining
+ No other competition (the stop-gap who comes in next Fall will have to be a mudder)
+ A ranked team, conference powerhouse, and national contender (hopefully)
+ One of the best defensive systems in the nation to assure eye-popping numbers and a Hobey run
+ All the positives of Cornell and the hockey program as sugar on top

[billhoward]

[Q]Greg Berge Wrote:
 The upside is, the incoming freshman goaltender in Fall 2006 may be one of the most highly prized in the country:
+ McKee with just one year remaining
+ No other competition (the stop-gap who comes in next Fall will have to be a mudder)
+ A ranked team, conference powerhouse, and national contender (hopefully)
+ One of the best defensive systems in the nation to assure eye-popping numbers and a Hobey run
+ All the positives of Cornell and the hockey program as sugar on top[/q]

The flip side is if Cornell doesn't get someone as a backup goaltender in the fall of 2006, then there's a gaping hole looming and incredible pressure to recruit a person who steps in as a starter in the fall of 2007. But that's still a year off if terms of recruiting.

And what happens if McKee gets really good and desides to try his hand at the pros early. So far, no indication of him thinking about two- or three-and-out?

[pfibiger]

I was poking through league statistics for the nahl, ushl, bchl, etc to see what 'top' goalies are still available for next year..a couple caught my eye..

Cory Milan - Penticton Vees, BCHL. Went to Northwood Prep for a year, from MA.

Dan Tormey - Cedar Rapids Rough Riders, USHL. Grew up in Syracuse, played for the same junior team Jeremy Downs did.

A lot of the top goalies in all the major leagues are taken, but these guys are statistically top-5 in their respective leagues and still haven't committed (at least as far as Heisenberg's site says).

[atb9]

Something tells me his parents won't let him out of Cornell until he graduates--it doesn't sound like the family needs the money.

[ugarte]

[Q]atb9 Wrote:

 Something tells me his parents won't let him out of Cornell until he graduates--it doesn't sound like the family needs the money.[/q]It isn't always about the money. Career advancement can be enough to entice a player to leave early. That said, I don't think I've read anywhere that McKee is a pro prospect. Particularly when there is no NHL hockey on the horizon anyway.

[atb9]

[Q]ugarte Wrote:

It isn't always about the money. Career advancement can be enough to entice a player to leave early.[/q]

Very true...

Selfish (therefore rational?) old Adam pokes his head out....I just want to see him stay all four years!  :-)

[billhoward]

[Q]ugarte Wrote:

 [Q2]atb9 Wrote:

 Something tells me his parents won't let him out of Cornell until he graduates--it doesn't sound like the family needs the money.[/Q]
It isn't always about the money. Career advancement can be enough to entice a player to leave early. That said, I don't think I've read anywhere that McKee is a pro prospect. Particularly when there is no NHL hockey on the horizon anyway.[/q]

That would be an interesting recruting tactic (and maybe one Schafer is doing, whether deliberately or because of Cornell's scholarship cap or because it's the coach's style): Each year bring in five to eight really good players but no first-round draft picks / early departure candidates. Thus you have them for four years, not just the two of a Chris Higgins who's two-and-out.

If you get a Leneveu or possibly a Pokoluk in the draw, you deal with it the best you can if they catch fire.