The Cornell Daily Sun - Independent Since 1880

The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/2002/08/26/seven-recruits-join-mens-hockey-team/)

August 26, 2002

Uncategorized

Seven Recruits Join Men's Hockey Team

By wpengine | August 26, 2002

With seven new recruits set to join the 21 returning veterans on the men’s hockey squad, things are looking up for the Lynah Faithful. Five forwards, a defenseman, and a goalie make up the freshman class that looks to make immediate contributions for the Red.

Leading the group are forwards Shane Hynes and Matt Moulson, who scored 74 and 102 points, respectively, in junior hockey last year.

A top prospect, Hynes was ranked among the top 100 prospects by the NHL’s Central Scouting Service in mid-season rankings. Hynes (6-3, 205) played for the former team of junior forward Greg Hornby and sophomore goaltender David LeNeveu, the Nanaimo Clippers. He shined with 38 goals and 36 assists in 50 games, leading the Clippers to the BCHL Coastal Conference championships for the first time in nine years.

Moulson (6-1, 185) played junior hockey in the MWJHL for the Guelph Dominators and was chosen as the league’s co-MVP. Moulson finished the season with 56 goals and 46 assists in only 42 games. Six of the 56 goals were game-winners, and he set a team record for power-play goals with 28.

Also in the freshman class are twin brothers, forwards Cam and Chris Abbott, who led the Sarnia Blast (WJHL) to the league championship title after combining for 138 points in the 51 game regular season.

Forward Daniel Pegoraro, who made an OPJHL all-star team, and was in the top 10 in scoring in the Southern Division comes to the Red from Toronto.

The lone defenseman to join the Big Red, Jon Gleed (6-2, 200), was also a league all-star in the OPJHL, and his Brampton Capitals, former team of seniors Matt and Mark McRae, went on to win the OPJHL championship title.

Freshman netminder Louis Chabot will back up sophomore David LeNeveu after putting up a 2.43 GAA (good enough for third in the MJHL) and a record of 25-2 with three shutouts.

It should be an exciting year for the Red, who looks to follow up the successes of last year by competing for both ECAC and NCAA titles. Cornell will open up the regular season at home with an Nov. 1 game against Ohio St.

Archived article by Matt Nassr

Related

Seven-Week Rule Adds Challenge for Teams

By wpengine August 27, 2002

The presidents of the eight Ivy League institutions passed a new piece of legislation early this month that will place restrictions on the amount of time student-athletes spend in training during the academic year. The Sun has learned that this new seven-week rest period rule will take effect immediately. It will require that all teams in all eight institutions schedule 49 days throughout the academic year to be designated as a rest period. This new rule requires that during these seven weeks, athletes will not be required to attend mandatory or optional team practices, captains practices, or any activity supervised or condoned by the team’s coach. While the seven weeks may be broken up over the course of the academic year, each rest period must last for at least seven days. Each coach must also notify the league office of the rest periods scheduled throughout the year. The intent of this new rule is to allow student-athletes in the Ivy League a better opportunity to take advantage of the non-athletic opportunities available to them, specifically other extracurricular activities. “It was felt that athletics was becoming too significant a part of the student-athlete’s life,” said Cornell’s compliance coordinator Patty Weldon. “We want them to have equal parts of academia, athletics, and the larger part of the college community.” This new rule presents an added challenge to athletes and coaches in preparing for each season. While each team’s schedule of games falls during a certain part of the academic year, practice and conditioning activities take place throughout the year. Off-season conditioning is considered by many coaches to be an integral component of a team’s success during the season. This challenge is magnified by the fact that this legislation was announced so close to the start of the academic year. “It isn’t hard to find seven weeks if you start looking [early],” said Weldon. “I would say it probably impacts about 20 percent of the sports really significantly.” There is no precedent for a rule such as this, though a similar arrangement has been discussed recently by several Division I football coaches throughout the country. Weldon believes that other conferences or even the NCAA as a whole may follow suit. “This is a hot topic throughout collegiate athletics,” she explained. “Are student-athletes really student-athletes in some cases? At larger institutions where full grant and aid is a part of the picture, there are very significant questions that have to be answered.” The full effect that this new policy will have on the performance of Ivy League teams remains to be seen. The specifics of the policy are expected to remain a work in progress as the rule is seen in practice. Archived article by Owen Bochner
Falling Into Cornell Athletics

By wpengine August 27, 2002

Most people associate the beginning of the school year with the waning of summer, the shortened hours of daylight or huge back-to-school sales at every retail store in the hemisphere. Those of us in The Sun sports section associate the start of the academic year with the beginning of the fall sports seasons. Football, field hockey and soccer practices mean summer has ended and classes, exams and papers are about to begin. Media guides arrive in the mail, preseason polls are released and ESPN’s Lee Corso is resurrected for another five months. Here on East Hill we wait with anticipation for the fall varsity athletes to take their positions on the field, put it all on the line and represent their university in Division I competition. You can’t walk through the athletic campus without crossing a football player heading to lift, a cross country runner jogging across your path or a soccer player carrying a ball to the practice fields. In a few short weeks these weeks of preparation will manifest themselves in games, matches and races. Already there are expectations of the season to come. After a disappointing 2-7 record last year, the football team hopes to improve upon that mark. Head coach Tim Pendergast will have a large talent pool in his first full recruiting class. Helping along the way is junior quarterback D.J. Busch, a transfer from Colorado State University, who is competing for the starting job. The offense has a deep corps of receivers who will help lead the Red down the gridiron. Senior Keith Ferguson is looking to capture the all-time career reception and career yardage records. He is currently third on the list in both. The women’s volleyball team has been among the top teams in the Ivy League for the last two years and many think this third season may be the charm for the team searching an elusive Ivy title. Head coach Christie Jackson has called the group “the most talented class I’ve brought to Cornell, and they’re joining the most talented core of players I’ve ever had returning,” in a press release. The field hockey team has seven new members joining the squad, lifting it into the new season. They will join First-Team All-Ivy selection junior Carissa Mirasol and honorable mention senior Sarah Rosenbaum under head coach Michelle Tambroni’s leadership. It will enter the fall in good shape. Ranked No. 22 in the nation and awaiting an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, the men’s soccer team was snubbed during selection time. The team has only lost two starters, maintaining the core of the successful 2001 squad. Last year’s captain, then-junior Liam Hoban, will lead the team in the fall campaign. In his second year as coach, Berhane Andeberhane helped the women’s soccer team improve to a 4-8-3 record. This year the team is poised to challenge its Ivy foes. Senior captain Sarah Olsen has been identified as one of the top players in the league. Sophomore goalie Katie Thomas should be more comfortable between the pipes than she was last year, when she earned an All-Ivy honorable mention. The women’s cross county team placed second at the heptagonal championships. Losing Lena Mathews ’02 to graduation will hurt, but the team has plenty of young runners. The team placed sixth at the ECAC championships and 30th at the NCAAs. Sophomores Kate Boyles and Alyssa Simon, juniors Jessica Parrott and Lorraine Ricci and senior Carlan Gray will keep Cornell afloat. Perhaps the most memorable moment from last year’s men’s cross country season was when Max King ’02 lost his shoe during the NCAAs. Aside from King’s mishap at nationals, the men’s team, led by head coach Nathan Taylor’s crew, came within a minute of first-place Bucknell at the IC4A championships. The team should be in good hands again this year with senior Dan Dombroski pacing the pack. Sprint football usually takes the back seat to the varsity football squad, but the 150-and-under pounders have a promising season ahead. Head coach Terry Cullin, an institution at Cornell, holding the same position his father once had, always manages to field a competitive team. These teams are savoring the last days of summer, winding down until the season openers. Many have been waiting the last 10 months for their next game, though. Soon we will see whether the expectations from the offseason will be met or exceeded. Win or lose, it should be an exciting fall.Archived article by Sun Staff