Happy Randy Wilson Day!

[heykb]

You'll have to rename the attached file to an mp3 extension after saving to your computer. It's worth it.

Still the loudest Lynah has ever been...

Thank goodness my girlfriend was in Vet school and I didn't feel like leaving Ithaca after graduating.

Next year will be the 30th anniversary of Randy Wilson Day.

Karl '77

PS There's another thread with good stories and links here.

[peterg]

Always fun to hear and remember.  Thanks for posting the clip.

[Trotsky]

The box, as referenced on the other thread.

[Josh '99]

Since I'm too lazy to download the audio clip or read back through the old thread (hey, at least I'm honest) - is my recollection right that Wilson hit the post on an empty net and then Cornell took it the other way for Nethery's tying goal just a few seconds later?

Edit to add:  If I recall correctly, took a slap shot on the empty net, even, right?

[Roy 82]

Damn. The hairs on the back of my neck still stand up everytime I hear that.

I hope that Randy is doing well. There is a Randy Wilson who is with the National Development Team. I assume it is the same RW. I see that he has spawned a successful hockey player:
http://lssulakers.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/mtt/mahoneywilson_brian00.html

I celebrated RWD by losing 7-1 in my rec league playoffs.

[heykb]

He missed the post. It was a very casual wrist shot and it just scooted off to the right, "wide of the cage" as Roy said on the clip.

Hennessey was skating like a madman and went whizzing by Wilson to collect the puck and pass it up to Nethery. Wilson was kind of dawdling, he was in a daze that he had missed the shot. When Hennessey went by him, he woke up, but Randy was basically out of the play at that point.

Fwiw, Colin Greening's play reminds me a lot of Nethery. He could do worse than have that college career.

[Josh '99]

[quote heykb]He missed the post. It was a very casual wrist shot and it just scooted off to the right, "wide of the cage" as Roy said on the clip.[/quote]Gotcha.  Guess I was thinking of someone else then.

[jtwcornell91]

[quote Josh '99][quote heykb]He missed the post. It was a very casual wrist shot and it just scooted off to the right, "wide of the cage" as Roy said on the clip.[/quote]Gotcha.  Guess I was thinking of someone else then.[/quote]

Maybe Nick Boucher?

[RichH]

[quote heykb]He missed the post. It was a very casual wrist shot and it just scooted off to the right, "wide of the cage" as Roy said on the clip.

Hennessey was skating like a madman and went whizzing by Wilson to collect the puck and pass it up to Nethery. Wilson was kind of dawdling, he was in a daze that he had missed the shot. When Hennessey went by him, he woke up, but Randy was basically out of the play at that point.[/quote]

Video of the whole sequence is embedded in the excellent "History of Lynah Rink" video available for streaming or download at http://www.lynahrink.com  The footage of the game begins at about 4:08 and the Wilson play at 4:30.  It's wonderful...as in "I'm full of wonder" every time I watch it.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

[quote Josh '99][quote heykb]He missed the post. It was a very casual wrist shot and it just scooted off to the right, "wide of the cage" as Roy said on the clip.[/quote]Gotcha.  Guess I was thinking of someone else then.[/quote]

I always remembered it as an attempt at an "in your face" slapshot.  Guess not.

Either way, it's wonderful to hear.

[marti mahoney-wilson]

My husband is the Randy Wilson that you remember so fondly.  He almost thanks God that he missed that empty net, because it enabled him to sign with Detroit and play for his Dad, the late Larry Wilson, for the Kansas City Red Wings.  His Dad died at the age of 48 in August of 1979, of a massive coronary.  Randy also played for his Uncle, the late Johnny Wilson in Springfield of the AHL.  Randy was the only one of his brothers who had the privilege of playing for both his Dad and his Uncle.  Lance Nethery actually gave Randy a copy of the tape of the game.  Now he is the proud Dad of Brian Mahoney-Wilson, who was a San Jose draft pick his Junior year at Catholic Memorial High School in West Roxbury, Ma.  Yes, the same school that gave you the Devin twins.  Brian went to Lake Superior State University, where he was their goalie for 4 years.  He now plays in the Central Hockey League.  I am really glad that Randy will never be forgotten...even if it's for something as profound as missing a net.

[KeithK]

I'm glad to hear that that game had a nice silver lining for Randy.  As fondly as Cornell fans remember that game it had to be pretty tough at the time for our opponents (which on a Cornell hockey board we're usually allowed to ignore).  Thanks for sharing.

[Jim Hyla]

Ditto. It's rare for someone to post like that. I really appreciate it. Even though we look back with fondness on that play, and love to play back that piece of radio or video, one nice thing about the hockey community, IMHO, is that in the end we do care about each other. Thank you, it's a great post to read as we go into the post-season.

[heykb]

Oh that's right - that game was Randy's last game in college. He was able to go play professionally, pretty much immediately after the game in March of 1979. It's wonderful that Randy's association with the game is that it allowed him to have several months with his dad. I'm sure those memories trump anything that happened in Ithaca.

Thanks for stopping by, Marti. It's great to get the update on your son, too!

[billhoward]

Thanks. Posts like this might force us to be civil to opponents. Excepting Harvard.