Today’s guest columnist is Daryl G. Jones, director at Hedgeye Research. I was a 20-year-old Yale freshman in 1994. I had skipped a grade in middle school and played two years of junior hockey, arriving on campus older than my classmates but right on time for the sport I’d chosen. More from Sportico.com That junior runway was the only reason I was ready for the ECAC. The NCAA opportunity that followed was the most important of my life.