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Re: RPI 2010-11: Houston, We've had a Facelift!
Unfortunately I won't be making the trip. Canadian Thanksgiving is next weekend, and I'll be using time and money visiting family in Toronto.
All student-athletes in the CIS have to be full-time students, which at UNB means at least four courses per term (semester). The average non-athlete takes five courses per term. They have to be enrolled in a degree program after their first year. In the CIS you have five years eligibility, so some student-athletes stretch a four-year degree program over five years to ease the course load. You can't take one course in your last year just to play and use your last year of eligibility -- you have to be in a full-time degree program.
If you can get into school, you can play ... your first year. The bar isn't lowered for entering athletes. But don't forget, all CIS schools are provincially funded institutions ("state" schools in your parlance). Some programs at some schools are hard to get into (e.g. most everything at McGill, Kiniseology at UNB, etc.) Student-athletes have to earn (pass) 18 credit hours during the year in order to play the next season. They are permitted to go to summer school to pick up missing credits. However, if you are already on Academic Probation the Registrar might give you a "Dean's Holiday" (i.e. flunk you out) before you have a chance to repeat courses in the summer ...
With the growth of the value of the education packages from the CHL, the trend now is for hockey players to graduate in four years. Most of them have earned four years of scholarships from their Major Junior teams, so they want to make the most of that opportunity before heading off to play minor pro hockey in the States or in Europe. Many will take courses in the summer just to stay on track. The only two fifth-year players with UNB are both in five-year programs - Education.
Btw, there is one Engineering student playing for UNB. Matt Fillier is in his second year of Geodesy and Geomatics.
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Thanks for the info on the Devils...err rr...Varsity. 
Will you be making the trip? Sounds like it should be a fun game as RPI plays a similar up tempo style, with the D looking to jump into the mix on offense. While they'll be in the middle of long road trip, UNB will have a bit of an advantage in having some games under their belts.
Question: What are the academic demands on players from UNB and similar schools?...i.e. are their limits as to who they can enroll academically or will the school give the coach pretty loose reigns?
Will you be making the trip? Sounds like it should be a fun game as RPI plays a similar up tempo style, with the D looking to jump into the mix on offense. While they'll be in the middle of long road trip, UNB will have a bit of an advantage in having some games under their belts.Question: What are the academic demands on players from UNB and similar schools?...i.e. are their limits as to who they can enroll academically or will the school give the coach pretty loose reigns?
All student-athletes in the CIS have to be full-time students, which at UNB means at least four courses per term (semester). The average non-athlete takes five courses per term. They have to be enrolled in a degree program after their first year. In the CIS you have five years eligibility, so some student-athletes stretch a four-year degree program over five years to ease the course load. You can't take one course in your last year just to play and use your last year of eligibility -- you have to be in a full-time degree program.
If you can get into school, you can play ... your first year. The bar isn't lowered for entering athletes. But don't forget, all CIS schools are provincially funded institutions ("state" schools in your parlance). Some programs at some schools are hard to get into (e.g. most everything at McGill, Kiniseology at UNB, etc.) Student-athletes have to earn (pass) 18 credit hours during the year in order to play the next season. They are permitted to go to summer school to pick up missing credits. However, if you are already on Academic Probation the Registrar might give you a "Dean's Holiday" (i.e. flunk you out) before you have a chance to repeat courses in the summer ...
With the growth of the value of the education packages from the CHL, the trend now is for hockey players to graduate in four years. Most of them have earned four years of scholarships from their Major Junior teams, so they want to make the most of that opportunity before heading off to play minor pro hockey in the States or in Europe. Many will take courses in the summer just to stay on track. The only two fifth-year players with UNB are both in five-year programs - Education.
Btw, there is one Engineering student playing for UNB. Matt Fillier is in his second year of Geodesy and Geomatics.
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