Retired Number

[johnny923]

Just a quick question on the Nieuwendyk presentation on Saturday.  They announced that they will be retiring his number 25 next fall.  Does anybody know if anybody else is getting their number retired (Dryden?), or is it just for Joey so far?

[Ben Rocky '04]

No idea.  I'm just hoping they don't hang one of those ugly 80s jerseys from the rafters.

[ebilmes]

[quote Ben Rocky 04]No idea.  I'm just hoping they don't hang one of those ugly 80s jerseys from the rafters.[/quote]

Maybe they'll retire his number on a Nike Swift.

::barf::

[KeithK]

Dryden would be the only other obvious candidate for retiring.  But since the team doesn't allow non-traditional hockey numbers and there are only a few of these available for goalies it would be kind of hard to retire Ken's.

[redice]

[quote KeithK]Dryden would be the only other obvious candidate for retiring.  But since the team doesn't allow non-traditional hockey numbers and there are only a few of these available for goalies it would be kind of hard to retire Ken's.[/quote]

Lance Nethery would warrant consideration, as well.   I believe he is still the ECACHL career points leader.  I don't know how they would deal with the need for non-traditional numbers.

[Trotsky]

[quote redice]Lance Nethery would warrant consideration, as well.   I believe he is still the ECACHL career points leader.  I don't know how they would deal with the need for non-traditional numbers.[/quote]

Nethery's 271 was the career points lead for the ECAC D-1 as of 1997-98, and I don't think it's been exceeded since then.

[Roy 82]

[quote Trotsky][quote redice]Lance Nethery would warrant consideration, as well.   I believe he is still the ECACHL career points leader.  I don't know how they would deal with the need for non-traditional numbers.[/quote]

Nethery's 271 was the career points lead for the ECAC D-1 as of 1997-98, and I don't think it's been exceeded since then.[/quote]

And perhaps more importantly, if I am not mistaken he still hold the career NCAA record for points per game (which for some reason is annoyingly hard for me to find online).

[CUlater 89]

Usually, you retire a player's number for what he or she accomplished while in the uniform.  If that's the basis here, there are a number of other players who had outstanding careers at Cornell who would warrant the same honor.  I assume it's being done to capitalize on the recruiting value (Joe is a lot better known to recruits than Dryden, let alone Nethery, Tredway, Tufford, Ferguson, Lodboa etc.), but not retiring Dryden's number first seems like a slight.

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote CUlater 89]Usually, you retire a player's number for what he or she accomplished while in the uniform.  If that's the basis here, there are a number of other players who had outstanding careers at Cornell who would warrant the same honor.  I assume it being done to capitalize on the recruiting value (Joe is a lot better know to recruits than Dryden, let alone Nethery, Tredway, Tufford, Ferguson, Lodboa etc.), but not retiring Dryden's number first seems like a slight.[/quote]
Agree--especially re Dryden.  Joe was a terrific player at Cornell but there were many others at least equally deserving based on their accomplishments wearing red and white.

[brm93]

Nethery's numbers are impressive.  In 1978-79 (unless the source is wrong), he scored 65 points in 27 games with 0 PIM, not to mention a sensational 83 points in 77-78 (with 12 PIM).  In the NHL, he played parts of two seasons with the Rangers as well as a few games with the Gretzky/Messier led Oilers in 81-82.

[Trotsky]

[quote Roy 82]And perhaps more importantly, if I am not mistaken he still hold the career NCAA record for points per game (which for some reason is annoyingly hard for me to find online).[/quote]

I know he holds the official D-1 program record for most points per game.  IIRC, a guy at either Army or Middlebury in the late 50's / early 60's ran up an other-worldly number of points per game, primarily on goals (back when 1 assist was the norm and 2 a rarity).

[Trotsky]

The Middlebury player was Phil Latreille.  He played 85 games in 1959, 60 and 61.  214 goals, 80 assists, 294 points, 3.45 ppg.  (Source)

[rstott]

Latreille and his Middlebury team beat Cornell 15-1 in 1959.

[ugarte]

[quote rstott]Latreille and his Middlebury team beat Cornell 15-1 in 1959.[/quote]The reffing in that game was awful.

[Trotsky]

[quote ugarte][quote rstott]Latreille and his Middlebury team beat Cornell 15-1 in 1959.[/quote]The reffing in that game was awful.[/quote]

Cornell's disallowed goal in the first period would have turned the tide.