Red Wings prospect goaltender Rudy Guimond had to “decommit” from Yale University this past spring, choosing to stay with the QMJHL’s Moncton Wildcats for another season, and his decision came down to dollars and cents, as Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff noted:
His stinginess between the posts has turned goaltender Rudy Guimond into a legitimate Detroit Red Wings prospect. But even if he were to be equally stingy with his finances, Guimond just couldn’t figure out a way through which he’d be able to afford to attend Yale.
He went to the Memorial Cup with the Moncton Wildcats in May. And as much as that was an exciting experience, it wasn’t the deciding factor as to why he was opting to decommit from playing NCAA hockey next season at Yale.
“Yeah, I mean, there were other reasons as well,” Guimond explained. “Kind of a financial issue. I wasn’t able to afford what they were offering me. But, I mean, we also saw it as a very great opportunity to play a lot of games (in Moncton), get a lot of reps.”
Ivy League schools like Yale don’t offer full-ride scholarships like the majority of NCAA programs. Student-athletes are required to ante up a portion of the expenses for attending Ivy League institutions. As a Canadian, Guimond’s stipend would be even more expensive since he’s a foreign student.
Continued; Guimond went 16-and-0 in the regular season and 8-and-1 in the playoffs for Moncton, so he’s got a winning legacy to keep heading into this upcoming season.
