Cornell Hockey To Hold Jersey Auction

BCrespi · January 07, 2009, 11:22:26 AM

[quote RichH][quote Give My Regards]Glad I'm not the only one who remembers Dan Ratushny. I feel younger now :-D

This auction seems like it might have had its roots in something Coach Schafer had his players do in his first year as head coach; research and write up a blurb on the best Cornell player ever to wear their number. (I don't know if Coach Schafer had his later teams do this) I mention it in part because I think they should have had Mike Garman take the Eddy Skazyk route. Skazyk, still the best (and only) player to wear #39 for the Big Red, wound up researching #1, as it was not uncommon for pre-1970-or-so teams to have multiple goaltenders wear that number. As I recall, Skazyk picked Darren Eliot, as Ken Dryden was already spoken for.

Anyway, it's good that the current Big Red was able to honor a couple top-notch players who wore #6 (Nethery) and #25 (Nieuwendyk) -- but I note that this year's roster doesn't have an 11 or 26 either (or a 13, but never mind that). For 26, although I really liked Matt Cooney, I guess I'd nominate Topher Scott.

11 is tougher, though. It looks like, in a lot of instances, that number was worn either by someone who wasn't with the team long or who switched numbers later in his career (like Doug Derraugh). Maybe Mitch Carefoot gets the nod by being the only player to wear 11 for all four years -- but I think I would go waaaayyyyy back and nominate Jim Stevens, who played for the Big Red from 1961-64 and scored 72 points in 59 games for a Cornell program that was still in the process of building itself. If that's not enough, he assisted on the first goal of Cornell's 2-1 win over near-national-power Harvard in 1962 -- a victory that put the Big Red hockey team on the map.

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Yeah, I agree, this event seems like it was put forth to be researched by the players and the decision made by them. The only other "3rd jersey" auction that was done several years ago was in the "best player to wear the number" theme. (I believe #11 was Darren Tymshysyn, he of the defunct UIC transfer, to contribute to the rambling about that number above) Those #'s seemed to be determined by the admin.[/quote]

I was under the impression that those numbers were picked by the players as well, but I could be wrong.

RichH · January 07, 2009, 11:25:29 AM

[quote jtwcornell91][quote RichH](I believe #11 was Darren Tymshysyn, he of the defunct UIC transfer, to contribute to the rambling about that number above)[/quote]

I was going to make that point, although I wasn't sure how to spell Tymchyshyn.[/quote]

Apparently, I wasn't sure either. ::worry::

TimV · January 07, 2009, 11:28:57 AM

My guess is the numbers have no significance - they were just the numbers that came with those awful jersies. Wanting to get rid of these dogs, some clever person thought that by adding nameplates of The Heroes they could foist them off on the likes of us.

And they're probably right.::uptosomething::::uptosomething::::uptosomething::

ugarte · January 07, 2009, 12:15:18 PM

[quote RichH][quote jtwcornell91][quote RichH](I believe #11 was Darren Tymshysyn, he of the defunct UIC transfer, to contribute to the rambling about that number above)[/quote]

I was going to make that point, although I wasn't sure how to spell Tymchyshyn.[/quote]

Apparently, I wasn't sure either. ::worry::[/quote]
Being sure wasn't your problem.

CowbellGuy · January 07, 2009, 12:37:50 PM

[quote jtwcornell91][quote RichH](I believe #11 was Darren Tymshysyn, he of the defunct UIC transfer, to contribute to the rambling about that number above)[/quote]

I was going to make that point, although I wasn't sure how to spell Tymchyshyn.[/quote]

To continue the rambling, I believe that jersey fetched the most money in that auction, having been bought by Darren himself. I guess he really wanted to make sure he got it.

BCrespi · January 07, 2009, 03:30:32 PM

[quote TimV]My guess is the numbers have no significance - they were just the numbers that came with those awful jersies. Wanting to get rid of these dogs, some clever person thought that by adding nameplates of The Heroes they could foist them off on the likes of us.

And they're probably right.::uptosomething::::uptosomething::::uptosomething::[/quote]

I'm sorry, I definitely meant the names were picked by the players the first time as well. At least, that is my recollection. Regardless, the numbers are certainly just a team set.

jtwcornell91 · January 07, 2009, 03:35:31 PM

[quote Josh '99][quote jtwcornell91][quote RichH](I believe #11 was Darren Tymshysyn, he of the defunct UIC transfer, to contribute to the rambling about that number above)[/quote]I was going to make that point, although I wasn't sure how to spell Tymchyshyn.[/quote]And yet you spelled it right and Rich didn't. Go figure. :-}[/quote]

I had to look it up. ;-) (My guess was going to be Tymschychyn.)

Josh '99 · January 07, 2009, 03:58:57 PM

[quote jtwcornell91][quote Josh '99][quote jtwcornell91][quote RichH](I believe #11 was Darren Tymshysyn, he of the defunct UIC transfer, to contribute to the rambling about that number above)[/quote]I was going to make that point, although I wasn't sure how to spell Tymchyshyn.[/quote]And yet you spelled it right and Rich didn't. Go figure. :-}[/quote]I had to look it up. ;-) (My guess was going to be Tymschychyn.)[/quote]If you use the letter "y" where you might otherwise think to put a soft letter "i", it's actually spelled exactly like it sounds.

Al DeFlorio · January 09, 2009, 07:44:53 AM

Short piece in today's Ithaca Journal describing auction mechanics: http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20090109/SPORTS/901090321/1006/SPORTS

hypotenuse · January 09, 2009, 08:40:39 PM

I must say it is pretty cool to see Dan Lodboa back on the ice.

bernie · January 09, 2009, 09:54:03 PM

too bad mugford didn't choose baby, even if only to hear the "hey baby" cheer this weekend

ithacat · January 09, 2009, 10:04:38 PM

[quote bernie]too bad mugford didn't choose baby, even if only to hear the "hey baby" cheer this weekend[/quote]

Dang, that would have been nice...I did, however, enjoy seeing Schafer break his stick over his head during the introductions, since I missed the original.

jtwcornell91 · January 10, 2009, 01:03:12 AM

Perhaps unexpected detail: while the "CORNELL" and most of the numbers are in the ugly Nike Swift skinny sans-serif font, anything that was put on after is in normal block characters. This includes the nameplates, as well as the numbers on jerseys that were not present in Florida, like 4, 9 and 35. FYI.

Jeff Hopkins '82 · January 10, 2009, 07:24:37 AM

[quote jtwcornell91]Perhaps unexpected detail: while the "CORNELL" and most of the numbers are in the ugly Nike Swift skinny sans-serif font, anything that was put on after is in normal block characters. This includes the nameplates, as well as the numbers on jerseys that were not present in Florida, like 4, 9 and 35. FYI.[/quote]

Scary. I noticed that, too.

Those are still pretty ugly, tho.

Al DeFlorio · January 10, 2009, 08:39:54 AM

[quote jtwcornell91]Perhaps unexpected detail: while the "CORNELL" and most of the numbers are in the ugly Nike Swift skinny sans-serif font, anything that was put on after is in normal block characters. This includes the nameplates, as well as the numbers on jerseys that were not present in Florida, like 4, 9 and 35. FYI.[/quote]
Just checked the DVR, and the "CORNELL" lettering appears to be in the same serifed font as on the traditional unis.