Recruits 2006: The New Thread

[Trotsky]

[quote billhoward]I don't think the athletics department is hostile to successful women's sports[/quote]
Nothing makes the AD's job easier than a successful women's program to trump the inevitable sexism card.  Tennessee is hardly the promised land of sexual equality, but Pat Summitt has given them a free pass for thirty years.

I guess Andy has polo.

[billhoward]

[quote Trotsky][quote billhoward]I don't think the athletics department is hostile to successful women's sports[/quote]Nothing makes the AD's job easier than a successful women's program to trump the inevitable sexism card.  Tennessee is hardly the promised land of sexual equality, but Pat Summitt has given them a free pass for thirty years. I guess Andy has polo.[/quote]
He probably says a prayer every night that none of the ponies drown.

[calgARI '07]

2 goals and 3 assists for Greening last night

[ithacat]

[quote calgARI '07]Loved Fontas in the Red-White game.  Good size and skates well for a guy his size.  No clue why it didn't work out at Lowell...[/quote]

Isn't Fontas an extremely talented student who wanted an academic environment slightly different than the one at Lowell?

[bigred06]

From what i hear dont expect Connors to ever crack the lineup.

[ugarte]

[quote ithacat][quote calgARI '07]Loved Fontas in the Red-White game.  Good size and skates well for a guy his size.  No clue why it didn't work out at Lowell...[/quote]

Isn't Fontas an extremely talented student who wanted an academic environment slightly different than the one at Lowell?[/quote]I have no knowledge of that, but the thought crossed my mind. It was then banished for being an odd way to look at intercollegiate athletics. Kinda cool if it is true.

[jkahn]

Here's some discussion of Fontas transferring from the USCHO board back in August:
http://board.uscho.com/archive/index.php/t-47844-p-18.html

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote jkahn]Here's some discussion of Fontas transferring from the USCHO board back in August:
http://board.uscho.com/archive/index.php/t-47844-p-18.html[/quote]
Of interest from a hockey perspective, he had nine points in 68 games for Lowell.

[Trotsky]

Some nice details on Scrivens at BR Puckhead: http://bigredpuckhead.blogspot.com/

[seanc]

What happen to Connors?  I heard great things about him, power forward, aggressive etc?  Is it injuries? or is the college game too much for him?

[calgARI '07]

[quote seanc]What happen to Connors?  I heard great things about him, power forward, aggressive etc?  Is it injuries? or is the college game too much for him?[/quote]

I don't know for sure, but I think he was just vastly overrated.  Nobody that gets 18 points in 28 games in the EJHL amounts to anything at legitimate Division I schools.  He did a lot of scoring at a very low level of junior hockey and when he got to the high level last year, he got hurt a lot and was sparsely affective.  To me, he definitely should have taken another year of development.  Friends of mine who played against him in the EJHL were very unimpressed with him and were shocked that there was so much interest in him.  Colin Greening was coming from a low level of juniors and he deferred and took this year at Junion A and has been absolutely outstanding, exceeding expectations.

[pfibiger]

From an article on Greening posted on the bchl site:

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Colin Greening is much like your typical Newfie. The St. John's product loves listening to Great Big Sea and watching Trailer Park Boys and he's as friendly as a Care Bear.

The 6-foot-2, 200-pound left winger from the Nanaimo Clippers also flashed some awesome athleticism Wednesday night by earning MVP as the Coastal Conference outlasted the Interior 13-10 in the 36th B.C. Hockey League All-Star Classic in Salmon Arm.

Greening dangled his way to a six-point (three goals) night, while his regular linemate Blair Riley added three goals and two assists and Tyler Bozak of the Victoria Salsa had four assists to give the dynamic trio a 15-point game.
"It's fun to come to a place like this and meet all the great players in the league and show respect for them and see how down-to-earth all the guys are," said Greening, who is headed to the Cornell Big Red next fall.
"It's just a fun time and I really enjoyed it. It got a little more exciting near the end when they made it 11-10. We kind of joked we were going to trap them and keep the lead."

[Ben Rocky '04]

Isn't Schafer signed to another 4 years after this season?

[Josh '99]

Not that it really matters, but out of curiosity, have we had a Newfie on the team since Oates?

[KeithK]

Do we know how long his contract is?  I don't remember length or dollars being released when he signed.