Favorite Moments of the Schafer era

[adamw]

I was working at a tv station in Connecticut in '03.  The game began while I was still at work but we were heading back to Ithaca for our days off.  I watched the first period at work while my shift ended and we began our trip home, my in laws in charge of recording the game.  It felt like a longer trip than usual thinking about the game the entire drive.  I'm not sure if we even unpacked the car after we arrived but we got to watching the rest of the game, as if live.  No fast forwarding as to preserve the anxious moments.  My in laws sat right there and watched it all over again, not giving away a thing.  We might have been the last two people to find out what had happened some seven hours later.  That day has meant a lot to me for a long time.

Having had the fortune of being the Cornell radio broadcaster for that game, I'd have to say it's the best moment I've seen, but oddly not as special, per se, as so many others I've seen... too numerous to mention. I also get clouded by the frustration of the Palahicky goal/no-goal in Buffalo, the comeback, Shane Hynes taking a penalty with 6 minutes left, then Stephen Baby having his tying goal ticketed for the top shelf before Mike Ayers saved it with his helmet. The BC win was like Endy Chavez making his catch but the Mets losing G7 anyway. Then UNH gets blown out by Vanek/Minnesota, and knowing Cornell most certainly would've made it a better game. Anyway...the Colgate playoff series at Lynah in 1996 stands out as extra special. Beyond that, a lot of things are close.

[ice]

This Barlow goal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=551NBWOzYzY

[VIEWfromK]

A few of my favorite moments....

The 2002 Thanksgiving series against BU at Lynah.  The Big Red ran them and Ryan Whitney out of the building, never to return.  That was the season of my lifetime (including my favorite moment witnessed in person, the ECAC championship game).  

Later, the first win over BU at MSG.  It was the first time at MSG for our youngster.  Almost let that one slip away.

I really enjoyed the retirement ceremony for Joe Nieuwendyk and Ken Dryden. That was pretty special.

Our season tickets are in the same section as the player families.  We have gotten to know some of them quite well over the years.  It started in the spring of 2008.  Cornell didn't get a bye so they played at home in the first round to a mostly empty building because the students were still on break.  We had a lot of fun cheering with Topher Scott's folks and the parents of Michael and Patrick Kennedy and the Devins since there weren't many people around.  That was the start of a really nice run to Albany that fell a little short.  A few weeks later we went to Elmira to see Topher's first game as a pro.

There are fortunately so many wonderful memories during the Schafer years.  My most proud moment though had nothing to do with anything that happened on the ice.  It was when we brought our 19 day old son to his first game to start the 2009-10 season.  I had him in a sling in front of me and Mr Devin thought I had broken my arm.  It's now our kiddos sixteenth Big Red season.

Can't wait for this upcoming weekend.

[scoop85]

This Barlow goal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=551NBWOzYzY

Barlow was on fire down the stretch that season.

[Mr. Niss]

My favorite moment of the Schafer era was when we were losing to Harvard at Lynah something like 9-1 or 10-1 and Mike thought the bench was laughing at us so he shot the puck at Bill Cleary.

Of course, that's the era when he was playing, not coaching.

[Snowball]

A few of my favorite moments....

The 2002 Thanksgiving series against BU at Lynah.  The Big Red ran them and Ryan Whitney out of the building, never to return.  That was the season of my lifetime (including my favorite moment witnessed in person, the ECAC championship game).  

Later, the first win over BU at MSG.  It was the first time at MSG for our youngster.  Almost let that one slip away.

I really enjoyed the retirement ceremony for Joe Nieuwendyk and Ken Dryden. That was pretty special.

Our season tickets are in the same section as the player families.  We have gotten to know some of them quite well over the years.  It started in the spring of 2008.  Cornell didn't get a bye so they played at home in the first round to a mostly empty building because the students were still on break.  We had a lot of fun cheering with Topher Scott's folks and the parents of Michael and Patrick Kennedy and the Devins since there weren't many people around.  That was the start of a really nice run to Albany that fell a little short.  A few weeks later we went to Elmira to see Topher's first game as a pro.

There are fortunately so many wonderful memories during the Schafer years.  My most proud moment though had nothing to do with anything that happened on the ice.  It was when we brought our 19 day old son to his first game to start the 2009-10 season.  I had him in a sling in front of me and Mr Devin thought I had broken my arm.  It's now our kiddos sixteenth Big Red season.

Can't wait for this upcoming weekend.

Really lovely!!

[arugula]

My favorite moment of the Schafer era was when we were losing to Harvard at Lynah something like 9-1 or 10-1 and Mike thought the bench was laughing at us so he shot the puck at Bill Cleary.

Of course, that's the era when he was playing, not coaching.

Yes indeed.  Schaf denies it to this day.  It was 11-3.