Sun rehashes 1969-70 season

[George64]

The long periods of silence, however, were refreshing.  He'd introduce a segment and then let you watch in peace.

Absolutely!  I now mute much of the NFL games (particularly Tony Romo).  Everything I want to know is on the screen.

[George64]

They sure loved taking standstill slap shots from the point in 1970.

Back in the day, Larry Fullan had arguably the hardest slap shot in college hockey.  The puck never seemed to be more than six inches off the ice.

When I was in grad school, my roommate and I were skating at Lynah in summer '71.  Dick Bertrand saw us and asked if we would be interested in playing in a no-checking summer league.  Foolishly, I agreed.  What Dick didn't mention was that several Cornell players, including Fullan and Bill Hanson (no relation to the three Hanson brothers of Slap Shot fame) would participate. At one point, Fullan took a slap shot from just inside the blue line when I was about six feet away.  Fortunately the shot hit the toe of my skate and not my flimsy shin guard.  Blocking a Fullan slap shot was the highlight of my hockey career.  I still have the dented skate.

[jkahn]

For anyone who was there, what was the feeling like going into the 3rd period tied? And I have to imagine going down two men up by just one had people on edge.

I was much more tense during the Wisconsin semi.  Wayne Thomas was stopping everything and we were down 1-0 going into the 3rd.  Even after we got the two goals, those last 8-9 minutes seemed to take forever.
As great as Lodboa was offensively in the final, he was that good defensively in the Wisconsin game.  In the 3rd period, it seemed that every time Wisconsin attacked, Lodboa would steal the puck at the blue line.  I clearly remember exclaiming to my friend sitting next to me "Lodboa won't let them cross the blue line!"

[redice]

The long periods of silence, however, were refreshing.  He'd introduce a segment and then let you watch in peace.

Absolutely!  I now mute much of the NFL games (particularly Tony Romo).  Everything I want to know is on the screen.

Agreed!  For me, that "special person" is Chris Collinsworth.  Put a sock in it, Chris!!!

[Larry72]

A fair amount of the 1970 NCAA Final can be found here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/XRRhYNF23sy8773a8

Link provided thanks to Garth Ryan, who emailed it to me after I sent him the link to the Sun article.

This is terrific, thank you!

AND, for those of us who were there, it's Randy Wilson Day!!!!!!!

I was there in 1979 shooting right next to the WHCU broadcast box hearing Roy Ives screaming out the call! Arthur narrates the video ... YouTube Video

[Larry72]

For anyone who was there, what was the feeling like going into the 3rd period tied? And I have to imagine going down two men up by just one had people on edge.

I was much more tense during the Wisconsin semi.  Wayne Thomas was stopping everything and we were down 1-0 going into the 3rd.  Even after we got the two goals, those last 8-9 minutes seemed to take forever.
As great as Lodboa was offensively in the final, he was that good defensively in the Wisconsin game.  In the 3rd period, it seemed that every time Wisconsin attacked, Lodboa would steal the puck at the blue line.  I clearly remember exclaiming to my friend sitting next to me "Lodboa won't let them cross the blue line!"

Totally agree. The last 9 minutes against Wisconsin after Bill Duthie scored the go-ahead goal were nerve wracking. Lodboa and the defense played spectacular with a lot of support from the forwards.

[redice]

..... Lodboa and the defense played spectacular with a lot of support from the forwards.

It's nice to see that (support by the forwards) has carried over to Mike's teams...   That was not so much the case during Bertrand's era.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

A fair amount of the 1970 NCAA Final can be found here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/XRRhYNF23sy8773a8

Link provided thanks to Garth Ryan, who emailed it to me after I sent him the link to the Sun article.

This is terrific, thank you!

AND, for those of us who were there, it's Randy Wilson Day!!!!!!!

+1

I was there for the third period and OT.  And that's all that mattered.

[Troyfan]

This is absolutely the best post on any thread on any board that I have ever seen!  Thank you jkhan!