numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by LynahFaithfulS
numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: LynahFaithfulS (---.resnet.cornell.edu)
Date: February 17, 2004 02:38PM
ok i have three questions. about numbers.
1. is it coincidence McKee and LeNeveu are/were both 31? and both named David?
2. Chabot is 1. Other goalies are 1 too. 'Nuther coincidece? or are 1 and 30s traditional golie numbers?
3. is Princeton just weird that they have numbers up to the 60s?
ok i guess that was really 5 questions.
just wondering....
1. is it coincidence McKee and LeNeveu are/were both 31? and both named David?
2. Chabot is 1. Other goalies are 1 too. 'Nuther coincidece? or are 1 and 30s traditional golie numbers?
3. is Princeton just weird that they have numbers up to the 60s?
ok i guess that was really 5 questions.
just wondering....
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: CowbellGuy (---.biotech.cornell.edu)
Date: February 17, 2004 03:10PM
1. Yes, I'm sure it's a coincidence
2. Traditionally, all goalies wore 1. That later expanded to 1, 30-35 as traditional goalie numbers. Schafer seems to frown upon odd number selection, so the goalies tend to use predictable numbers
3. There are plenty of players who pick unusual numbers if their coach lets them. Take a look at rosters around the NCAAs. Sometimes it's a year that holds some significance, a lucky number, or God-knows-what else.
Along these lines, anyone remember Yan Turgeon, who played for Clarkson up to 2000? He wore 77, which happens to be Pierre Turgeon's number. Anyone know if they're related or something?
2. Traditionally, all goalies wore 1. That later expanded to 1, 30-35 as traditional goalie numbers. Schafer seems to frown upon odd number selection, so the goalies tend to use predictable numbers
3. There are plenty of players who pick unusual numbers if their coach lets them. Take a look at rosters around the NCAAs. Sometimes it's a year that holds some significance, a lucky number, or God-knows-what else.
Along these lines, anyone remember Yan Turgeon, who played for Clarkson up to 2000? He wore 77, which happens to be Pierre Turgeon's number. Anyone know if they're related or something?
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: Steve Marciniec '85 (---.fluor.com)
Date: February 17, 2004 03:13PM
Numbers in the 30s and 1 are traditional for goalies. Until the 80's (e.g. Gretzky #99) it was rare for any hockey players to have numbers above the 30s.
McKee and Lenny having the same first name is a total coincidence, unless Schafer is superstitious .
McKee and Lenny having the same first name is a total coincidence, unless Schafer is superstitious .
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: rhovorka (---.stny.rr.com)
Date: February 17, 2004 03:16PM
young faithful 07 wrote:
1. is it coincidence McKee and LeNeveu are/were both 31? and both named David?
1, 30, 31 are traditional goaltender uniform numbers. With Lenny leaving and Chabot (1) and Marr (30) returning, 31 was given to McKee. Yes, it's a coincidence they are both named David.
[Q]2. Chabot is 1. Other goalies are 1 too. 'Nuther coincidece? or are 1 and 30s traditional golie numbers?[/Q]
See my answer to your first question.
[q]3. is Princeton just weird that they have numbers up to the 60s? [/q]
Yep. I always find myself criticizing college hockey players who demand non-traditional numbers (#1-31). Especially on a team as bad as Princeton. #84, #60, #90. #44. Give me a break. My least favorite was Clarkson's Jan Turgeon who wore #77 to be like Pierre, even though there's no relation. I was OK with Syl Apps wearing his dad's jersey #, but I don't remember what that was. I like that Cornell hasn't had any above 31 in my days (as well as the no #13 "rule". It reinforces the belief that no individual is above the team.
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: bigggreddd77 (162.66.50.---)
Date: February 17, 2004 03:22PM
Ooooor...
maybe...just maybe...both of these guys were big fans of the legendary goalie Grant Fuhr who was number 31? I mean...lots of athletes wear their favorite players numbers...just a thought. I don't know that the number choice is completely coincidence...their first names on the other hand...
Post Edited (02-17-04 15:23)
maybe...just maybe...both of these guys were big fans of the legendary goalie Grant Fuhr who was number 31? I mean...lots of athletes wear their favorite players numbers...just a thought. I don't know that the number choice is completely coincidence...their first names on the other hand...
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Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: Greg Berge (---.dc.dc.cox.net)
Date: February 17, 2004 03:39PM
Rich H '96 wrote:
I like that Cornell hasn't had any above 31 in my days
How quickly they forget, sniff.
Eddy Skazyk -- # 39.
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: rhovorka (---.stny.rr.com)
Date: February 17, 2004 03:45PM
Greg Berge '85 wrote:
Eddy Skazyk -- # 39.
Gah! You're right, I'm wrong. Sorry, Eddy.
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: jtwcornell91 (---.loyno.edu)
Date: February 17, 2004 04:19PM
Damn, Greg answered my trivia question before I could post it.
Edit: I happen to think our lack of a #13 is really cool. Approximately as cool as lining up for the national anthems in numerical order.
Post Edited (02-17-04 16:20)
Edit: I happen to think our lack of a #13 is really cool. Approximately as cool as lining up for the national anthems in numerical order.
Post Edited (02-17-04 16:20)
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: HOTELCALIFORNIA (---.twcny.rr.com)
Date: February 17, 2004 04:22PM
Honestly Young Faithful, your question #1 is a no-brainer.. maybe you're just a "New Ignorant Faithful" who's trying to think she knows shit. Yuuuup.
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Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: Josh '99 (---.bc.yu.edu)
Date: February 17, 2004 04:24PM
I thought Syl Apps wore #9 or something traditional like that, no?
Rich H '96 wrote:
I was OK with Syl Apps wearing his dad's jersey #, but I don't remember what that was.
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: Section A (---.twcny.rr.com)
Date: February 17, 2004 04:35PM
[Q]Approximately as cool as lining up for the national anthems in numerical order.[/Q]
I always thought that was cool, though I'm sure all teams have a specific way they line up for the anthems, even if it's not numerically. They are all superstitious, after all . This reminds me though......I noticed (as I'm sure others did too) that, this past weekend, they lined up slightly differently for the introduction of the starting lineups, with the starters on the goal line as opposed to the side boards with the rest of the team.
I always thought that was cool, though I'm sure all teams have a specific way they line up for the anthems, even if it's not numerically. They are all superstitious, after all . This reminds me though......I noticed (as I'm sure others did too) that, this past weekend, they lined up slightly differently for the introduction of the starting lineups, with the starters on the goal line as opposed to the side boards with the rest of the team.
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: Greg Berge (---.dc.dc.cox.net)
Date: February 17, 2004 04:35PM
Easy, now. Everybody's welcome to the board, and everybody's welcome to ask questions.
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: Pete (---.253.86.124-dhcp.chem.cornell.edu)
Date: February 17, 2004 04:44PM
HOTEL,
Actually her question isn't a no brainer. (Maybe the name part). There certainly could be a reason why they wear the same number, (i.e. same favorite player) and if somebody wants to ask that here, they shouldn't be attacked for it.
Actually her question isn't a no brainer. (Maybe the name part). There certainly could be a reason why they wear the same number, (i.e. same favorite player) and if somebody wants to ask that here, they shouldn't be attacked for it.
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: ursusminor (---.ipt.aol.com)
Date: February 17, 2004 04:45PM
Hynes wore 57 in Juniors. I thought that was appropriate.
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: Jeff Hopkins '82 (---.airproducts.com)
Date: February 17, 2004 05:11PM
I still think the best non-traditional number is Jagr's #68. It's the year of the "Prague Spring" and his uncle was a freedom fighter against the Russians.
JH
JH
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: dss28 (---.client.comcast.net)
Date: February 17, 2004 05:58PM
[Q]Hynes wore 57 in Juniors. I thought that was appropriate.[/Q]
That's GREAT!!
I also thought I saw a #99 on the Princeton (or was it Yale) team?
I have another question about numbers, actually--
I saw that Murray and Lenny "got to keep" their numbers, but Bâby received #25 (Brian Swanson has - or already had; I don't know the chronology of the team - #21).
Do most teams allow their new players to keep their numbers? Is this a "selling point" when they're trying to acquire new players?
We've talked about the significance of #9, the lack of #13 on our team... are there any other numbers that have particular widespread significance?
That's GREAT!!
I also thought I saw a #99 on the Princeton (or was it Yale) team?
I have another question about numbers, actually--
I saw that Murray and Lenny "got to keep" their numbers, but Bâby received #25 (Brian Swanson has - or already had; I don't know the chronology of the team - #21).
Do most teams allow their new players to keep their numbers? Is this a "selling point" when they're trying to acquire new players?
We've talked about the significance of #9, the lack of #13 on our team... are there any other numbers that have particular widespread significance?
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: jerseygirl (208.16.229.---)
Date: February 17, 2004 06:25PM
From what I understand on the Cornell team, anyway, players can request numbers the summer before they arrive, and are given a choice among the available numbers. This, however, does not guarantee they'll get a number they request. I know someone who listed his top three jersey numbers and got a fourth. C'est la vie, I guess. The process is probably similar for other teams. I remember when Rick DiPietro played for Boston University, he had an odd number (too lazy to look up what it was), and I believe Parker said something to the effect of, "I thought it was pretty ballsy that this guy came in and requested a number out of the ordinary for our team."
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: canucksfan (---.twcny.rr.com)
Date: February 17, 2004 06:38PM
HOTELCALIFORNIA wrote:
Honestly Young Faithful, your question #1 is a no-brainer.. maybe you're just a "New Ignorant Faithful" who's trying to think she knows shit. Yuuuup.
Seriously, what is your problem? And how does asking a "no-brainer" question make someone look like they "know shit?"
Although you've done a pretty good job sharpening up your posts this year, I would like to remind you that you used to say that McKee sucked, let in goals because he spazzed out at the end of games, and that you could have saved some of his goals against. So don't criticize anyone on the forum for stupidity.
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: LynahFaithfulS (---.resnet.cornell.edu)
Date: February 17, 2004 07:10PM
(for the record--the david part of the question was a (failed?) attempt of sarcasm/humor...)
i remembered the another one i had...in a team picture i got at the beginning of the year, McKee is wearing twenty-something and is not wearing all the goalie stuff...what's with that?
thanks guys!
(ps--HOTEL-- i don't really "know shit" as you put it. hence the post being in the form of questions not statements...)
i remembered the another one i had...in a team picture i got at the beginning of the year, McKee is wearing twenty-something and is not wearing all the goalie stuff...what's with that?
thanks guys!
(ps--HOTEL-- i don't really "know shit" as you put it. hence the post being in the form of questions not statements...)
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: HOTELCALIFORNIA (---.twcny.rr.com)
Date: February 17, 2004 09:08PM
Yeahh and Young Faithful, sweetie, what's with "CUnit"
It's G-unit hun and I hope you don't think you're gangster cuz you're not.
Post Edited (02-17-04 21:09)
It's G-unit hun and I hope you don't think you're gangster cuz you're not.
Post Edited (02-17-04 21:09)
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: DisplacedCornellian (---.hr.hr.cox.net)
Date: February 17, 2004 09:11PM
HotelCalifornia--
What's your problem? Cut young faithful here some slack. You're starting to sound a lot like facetimer....have you two started dating?
What's your problem? Cut young faithful here some slack. You're starting to sound a lot like facetimer....have you two started dating?
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: HOTELCALIFORNIA (---.twcny.rr.com)
Date: February 17, 2004 09:17PM
Rotfl, no, he's my brother
Post Edited (02-17-04 21:17)
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Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: Ack (---.resnet.cornell.edu)
Date: February 17, 2004 09:23PM
In that case, she should've answered my other question about falling in hockey love.
"Do you...?"
"I do"
"And, do you...Facetimer?"
"Blah blah"
Post Edited (02-17-04 21:24)
"Do you...?"
"I do"
"And, do you...Facetimer?"
"Blah blah"
Post Edited (02-17-04 21:24)
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: LynahFaithfulS (---.resnet.cornell.edu)
Date: February 17, 2004 09:36PM
yes i know that. it's a joke. CU as in this lovely university. and it rhymes with G-Unit. kind of an inside joke, from high school. i am perhaps the least ganster person you'll (n)ever meet (but how the hell would you know anyway?)...
HOTELCALIFORNIA wrote:
Yeahh and Young Faithful, sweetie, what's with "CUnit"
It's G-unit hun and I hope you don't think you're gangster cuz you're not.
Post Edited (02-17-04 21:09)
so i'd appreciate if you'd ease up off my back about it.
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: Ack (---.resnet.cornell.edu)
Date: February 17, 2004 09:44PM
Go back to listening to the Eagles like me - lots of good advice from them:
Take It Easy
Peaceful Easy Feeling
Take It Easy
Peaceful Easy Feeling
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: canucksfan (---.twcny.rr.com)
Date: February 17, 2004 09:58PM
Does anyone else feel like HC is itching for a fight today?
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: atb9 (---.nycap.rr.com)
Date: February 17, 2004 10:17PM
Bring it on!
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: jeh25 (---.ri.ri.cox.net)
Date: February 17, 2004 10:22PM
Adam Brown wrote:
Bring it on!
Dude! I was so gonna post that....
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: Jeff Hopkins '82 (---.airproducts.com)
Date: February 18, 2004 08:03AM
Otherwise you'll be "Already Gone"
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: matt (---.ght.iadfw.net)
Date: February 18, 2004 01:17PM
David McKee has been 41 since he played hockey, he was promise 41 when he signed with cornell but then he found out that cornell only goes to 31 so he had to take that #.
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: Cowbell is out of tune (207.111.3.---)
Date: February 18, 2004 01:32PM
Greg Berge '85 wrote:
Easy, now. Everybody's welcome to the board, and everybody's welcome to ask questions.
What you meant to say was: "Easy now. Everybody's welcome to the board, so long as they worship Cowbell Guy and Greg Berge '85."
Fondly,
-You know who I am
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: Will (---.cable.mindspring.com)
Date: February 18, 2004 01:50PM
Cowbell is out of tune wrote:
Greg Berge '85 wrote:
Easy, now. Everybody's welcome to the board, and everybody's welcome to ask questions.
What you meant to say was: "Easy now. Everybody's welcome to the board, so long as they worship Cowbell Guy and Greg Berge '85."
Fondly,
-You know who I am
Funny that. Also funny how we gave you almost the same warnings as we gave HC, and you didn't listen. You do the math.
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: jhib (---.twcny.rr.com)
Date: February 18, 2004 02:04PM
King Arthur: Now, we are about to attempt to cross...the Bridge of Death! The gate-keeper of the Bridge will ask any who attempt to cross five questions---
Sir Bedevere: Three, sire.
Arthur: (pause) Oh, yes, three. He who successfully answers these five
questions---
Bedevere: Three, sire!
Arthur: (slightly longer pause) Ah, three, then...er, may pass in safety. However, anyone who fails to correctly answer all five questions---
Bedevere: THREE, sire!
Arthur: I KNOW IT'S BLOODY THR--ahem, yes, of course, three. (black look
at Bedevere)...will be cast into the Gorge of Eternal Peril!!!
Post Edited (02-18-04 14:04)
Sir Bedevere: Three, sire.
Arthur: (pause) Oh, yes, three. He who successfully answers these five
questions---
Bedevere: Three, sire!
Arthur: (slightly longer pause) Ah, three, then...er, may pass in safety. However, anyone who fails to correctly answer all five questions---
Bedevere: THREE, sire!
Arthur: I KNOW IT'S BLOODY THR--ahem, yes, of course, three. (black look
at Bedevere)...will be cast into the Gorge of Eternal Peril!!!
Post Edited (02-18-04 14:04)
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: Greg Berge (64.49.66.---)
Date: February 18, 2004 02:51PM
"What, behind the rabbit?"
"It issssssssssssss the rabbit!"
"It issssssssssssss the rabbit!"
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: Jim Hyla (---.twcny.rr.com)
Date: February 18, 2004 11:15PM
"What's your favorite color?"
Re: numbers, numbers, numbers
Posted by: jtwcornell91 (---.no.no.cox.net)
Date: February 19, 2004 12:20AM
"Blue. ... No, yellooooooooooo!"
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