The CU Holiday e-card has some brief archival footage of hockey on Beebe Lake (I assume) and a portrait of some long-ago hockey squad.
http://www.cornell.edu/cu_holiday_2010/
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Quote from: CKinslandThe CU Holiday e-card has some brief archival footage of hockey on Beebe Lake (I assume) and a portrait of some long-ago hockey squad.
http://www.cornell.edu/cu_holiday_2010/
CK
Was hockey entirely non-contact back in the day? The "boards" shown in that clip were about ankle-high, enough to stop a puck sliding along the ice but not enough to do more than trip a skater, and the spectators appeared to be right other side seemingly in harm's way. (For that matter, was there such a thing as lifting the puck? I don't know a whole lot about the sport's extremely early days, I guess.)
Good footage, interesting questions about the boards. I know that hockey stick blades weren't curved until the late 50s or early 60s. That doesn't mean "lifting" the puck didn't occur, but obviously it became easier to do so with the advent of curved blades.
Quote from: CKinslandThe CU Holiday e-card has some brief archival footage of hockey on Beebe Lake (I assume) and a portrait of some long-ago hockey squad.
http://www.cornell.edu/cu_holiday_2010/
CK
Awesome card! Only 8 more days and our longish annual winter hockeyless nightmare is over ::cheer::
Quote from: Josh '99Quote from: CKinslandThe CU Holiday e-card has some brief archival footage of hockey on Beebe Lake (I assume) and a portrait of some long-ago hockey squad.
http://www.cornell.edu/cu_holiday_2010/
CK
Was hockey entirely non-contact back in the day? The "boards" shown in that clip were about ankle-high, enough to stop a puck sliding along the ice but not enough to do more than trip a skater, and the spectators appeared to be right other side seemingly in harm's way. (For that matter, was there such a thing as lifting the puck? I don't know a whole lot about the sport's extremely early days, I guess.)
Some interesting info from a brief historical profile (http://www.southcoastal.com/history/evolution.htm):
QuoteBy 1898 the rules had further standardized. Ice hockey by this time was a seven man game: the goalie, three forwards, a rover (who switched from defense to offense, as the play required), and the point and cover point (the defense included the cover point in front of the point, rather than side by side as they are today). The so-called "Quebec" version of onside play (no forward passing) was now universal. All players were now allowed to lift the puck when taking shots. And goaltenders were not allowed to drop to the ice when making saves and could, in fact, be penalized if they did so.
Quote from: jaywbigredGood footage, interesting questions about the boards. I know that hockey stick blades weren't curved until the late 50s or early 60s. That doesn't mean "lifting" the puck didn't occur, but obviously it became easier to do so with the advent of curved blades.
According to Wikipedia, Andy Bathgate of the Rangers started doing it in the late '50, but it didn't really take off until Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull started doing it in the early '60s. After that, everybody started curving their sticks.
Blatant plug here from someone who worked on the card, the footage is just the very tip of the iceberg in terms of the over a thousand (mostly football) athletic films held by the University Archives. Anyone interested/knowledgeable in digitization of old films who was looking for a project, the archives would welcome a chat, http://rmc.library.cornell.edu (http://rmc.library.cornell.edu) . Its a financial and staffing time constraint issue as to why more aren't digitized or available online.
Quote from: BahnstormBlatant plug here from someone who worked on the card
Very good job on the card, BTW. Thanks.
Thanks I really like this year's too. Design and concept were Communications, Archives found and digitized the footage/images.