recruits

[littleredfan]

stumbled across this essay(?) by Cornell recruit Matt Moulson..seems like a really down to earth guy:

http://www.danbylsma.com/mattltr.htm

i believe his stats through yesterday are:

38 GP, 54 G, 43 A, 73 PIM

any word on any of the others?

[Brunke]

Full ride scholarship to play hockey at Cornell? Did I miss a change in Ivy League policy? Regardless, this kid sounds as solid, dedicated and more mature then a lot of the people bickering back and forth here on the forum lately. Maybe we should all take a lesson from him. (720 leg press? jeez!)

[Greg Berge]

(Note that it was the editor, not Matt, who made the mistake about the scholarship.)

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm very impressed by the essay.  It's a lot more mature than anything I would have put together at his age.

Schafer has got himself another highly motivated player.

Listed prospects on http://members.aol.com/cheisenber/Recruit02.htm are:

Daniel Pegoraro-LC  (11/1/01) St.Mikes (OPJHL) 5'11 180
Jon Gleed-RD  (10/16/01) Brampton (OPJHL) 6'1 165
Matt Moulson-C  (10/4/01) Guelph (MWJHL) 6' 175

[Melissa\'01]

Rarely in Canada is there a distinction made between scholoarship and financial aid. For the most part, money offered to pay for tuirtion is referred to as scholarship.

[Al DeFlorio]

Like Joe N., he's also played box lacrosse.  Should mean good stick skills.

[jy3]

that was a heck of an essay written by a kid mature beyond his years. Lemme tell ya that if he writes something like that in his apps for colleges he will impress some people. he definitely seems like a good guy and it is great to hear someone turn something negative into a positive.

[ugarte]

If he already coming to Cornell, I think he has his college application essay problems taken care of.  He has already impressed the one person he needed to impress.

(Please don't think I am implying that he is getting into Cornell on hockey alone.  He sounds like a great kid, and I am happy that he has chosen to play at Cornell. I doubt that we were his only option.)

[jy3]

oh, long day :-D
didnt realize he is already coming.

[RichS]

Great story indeed!

It's a good example of the great work ethic that a lot of Canadian kids develop from playing hockey.  I've seen similar stories over the years.

And lots of the kids play box lacrosse also.  I knew a few at Clarkson who did and were superb stickhandlers as Al mentioned.

[Virg Peck]

I checked out the rest of that site - that of an NHLer who also has his head screwed on straight.  Great site and Moulson's father has an essay on youth hockey recruiting on the site that's well done.  Good kid, good family.  Welcome to the Big Reds.

[rsafploc 03]

We got more recruits as indicated by the website link provided by greg...

http://members.aol.com/cheisenber/Recruit02.htm

I heard from somewhere that shane hynes is our best pick amongst those coming in the class of 06....

Anyway... anyone knows if these guys that have committed HAVE to come to cornell? coz these are just verbal commitments right?

[GoBigRed \'03]

Cam Abbott + Chris Abbott = MORE TWINS??

[ursusminor]

Well, they are born the same day.

[Admin]

they're listed at 1" and 5 lbs difference. Guess someone didn't drink his milk growing up :-D

[peterg]

Listed recruit Shane Hynes is ranked 83rd by Central Scouting.