Top 50 Players in ECAC Hockey

[George64]

"Legendary Cornell hockey goaltender Ken Dryden has been named as one of the top 50 players in ECAC Hockey as the league celebrates its 50th season in 2010-11. The league office announced the first five players to be recognized, with Dryden in the initial group of five honorees.

The league is announcing its all-time top 50 players in segments of five players each, to be released every two weeks until the league championship weekend on March 18-19, 2011, in Atlantic City, N.J. The players joining Dryden in this first installment are Rensselaer forward Bob Brinkworth, Harvard defenseman Mark Fusco, Clarkson defenseman Brian Mueller and Boston College forward Joe Mullen."

Thoughts on other Cornellians and opponents who ought to be named?

Ken Dryden Honored As One Of ECAC Hockey's All-Time Top 50

[redice]

Lance Nethery holds career records for assists (180) and points (271).   It would be pretty tough to leave him off the list...

Brock Tredway?   His 113 goals in 113 games puts him at #4 on the career goal scoring list.  Maybe, but not a lock.

It will be fun to watch & speculate...

[Josh '99]

The Keebler Elves, presumably, even though they NEVER WON ANYTHING.  :-D

[ursusminor]

The Keebler Elves, presumably, even though they NEVER WON ANYTHING.  :-D

They did. Their team didn't. :-P

From RPI, Adam Oates and Joey Juneau should make it. I also would pick Joel Laing and John Carter, but they probably won't make it.

For Cornell, I'd be quite surprised if Dan Lodboa didn't make it.

[Al DeFlorio]

Nethery and Nieuwendyk

[Trotsky]

The ECAC has named all-decade teams for at least the 60's through 00's, that's probably the superset from which the players will be chosen (unless somebody happened to straddle and get hosed).

Here are the East All-American squads.

Among the guys that just jump out at me:

Cornell: Nethery, Dryden, Doug Ferguson, Nieuwendyk, Murray
Yale: Jeff Hamilton
SLU: Pete Lappin
Clarkson: Todd White, Brian Mueller
RPI: Joe Juneau, Adam Oates, John Carter, (I'd never heard of Bob Brinkworth)
Harvard: both Fusco bros., Lane MacDonald, Joe Cavanaugh
BU: Rick Meagher
BC: Joe Mullen
UVM: Martin St. Louis

I'm sure I'm missing blindly obvious ones.

[George64]

I'm showing my age - Doug Ferguson '67, Dan Lodboa '70 and Lance Nethery '79, Clarkson's Dave Taylor and Bruce Bullock, BC's John Cunniff, BU's Herb Wakabayashi and Rick Meagher.

[Trotsky]

All great picks.  I;m kicking myself for forgetting Taylor, one of those most dominant forwards of all time (41-67-108 in 34 games in 1977 -- yikes!)

[ursusminor]

RPI: Joe Juneau, Adam Oates, John Carter, (I'd never heard of Bob Brinkworth)

Brinkworth won the first ECAC RotY and the next two PotYs. Of course, back then players were only eligible for three years.

[ursusminor]

Ones that haven't been named that I think have a good chance, Ron Wilson of Providence, Bob Brown of BU, Willie Mitchell of Clarkson, Eric Perrin of UVM, Tim Sheehy of BC.

Erik Burgdoerfer of RPI. :-D

[CowbellGuy]

The Keebler Elves were clearly mentioned, so you can take Perrin off your list.

I think if Willie Mitchell makes it on the list I'll have to do something drastic.

[jkahn]

One Cornell player who seems to be forgotten (not by Al or Jim I'll bet) is Bruce Pattison '69.  Bruce was a great defenseman, both defensively and offensively for Cornell teams that finished #1, #3 and #2 in the nation.  Good skater, strong, hard and accurate slapshot, good puck handler - really no weakness in his game.

[Hillel Hoffmann]

Two additional guys that I'd want to see on the list:

Ralph Cox, F, New Hampshire (went toe-to-toe with Nethery when they matched up, and that's saying something)
Ken Hammond, D, Rensselaer (best ECAC defenseman I ever saw)

[Al DeFlorio]

One Cornell player who seems to be forgotten (not by Al or Jim I'll bet) is Bruce Pattison '69.  Bruce was a great defenseman, both defensively and offensively for Cornell teams that finished #1, #3 and #2 in the nation.  Good skater, strong, hard and accurate slapshot, good puck handler - really no weakness in his game.

Great player (two-time first-team All-American) but not sure he'll make top 50.  Came to Cornell as a forward, and was one of many converted by Ned to defense (Harry Orr, Steve Giuliani, Dan Lodboa).  Different game then.  Less grinding on the boards and more open ice skating.  Ned wanted d-men who could carry the puck and make things happen in the offensive zone.  Bruce did.

[Old Red]

Rod Langway, University of New Hampshire.  

And I will mention Peter Shire, not because he really deserves top 50, but he did have the hardest slapshot and scored the prettiest goal I have ever seen.