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[CU2007]

Ithaca College had a varsity ice hockey team back in the 1960s and 1970s and played at Lynah Rink.  They dropped the sport back sometime in mid-70s. I remember an acquaintance of mine at Cornell showing me the article in the Cornell Sun of IC's decision (He played on the ice hockey team at IC and transferred to Cornell for academic reasons as he did not play on CU's team).  Rumor had that at one time IC was considering building a rink of their own but decided not after the City announced they were building the rink at Cass Park.

Wonder if they've ever considered adding it back. Could play in the conference with Utica, Nazareth, Elmira etc. All relatively local.

[billhoward]

Ithaca College had a varsity ice hockey team back in the 1960s and 1970s and played at Lynah Rink.  They dropped the sport back sometime in mid-70s. I remember an acquaintance of mine at Cornell showing me the article in the Cornell Sun of IC's decision (He played on the ice hockey team at IC and transferred to Cornell for academic reasons as he did not play on CU's team).  Rumor had that at one time IC was considering building a rink of their own but decided not after the City announced they were building the rink at Cass Park.

The Cornell freshmen team used to play IC's varsity.  I recall a 21 or 22-0 score.

Who won?

In 66 probably the freshmen.

I think Swampy's question was rhetorical, but yes, Cornell won.  It was hard for the frosh to get competitive teams to play.  There'd be mostly Jr. B teams from Canada on the schedule, such as the Dixie Beehives.  In '69-'70 I saw Carlo Ugolini score 4 goals in 51 seconds, perhaps against Dixie.  Two of them were unassisted where he won the faceoffs and proceeded to skate through the opponent and score.

Unassisted? Carlo would have told the refs he passed between the legs to himself and deserved an assist on the goal. His teammates ribbed him about trying to pick up assists. But he was a talented player.

[jkahn]

Ithaca College had a varsity ice hockey team back in the 1960s and 1970s and played at Lynah Rink.  They dropped the sport back sometime in mid-70s. I remember an acquaintance of mine at Cornell showing me the article in the Cornell Sun of IC's decision (He played on the ice hockey team at IC and transferred to Cornell for academic reasons as he did not play on CU's team).  Rumor had that at one time IC was considering building a rink of their own but decided not after the City announced they were building the rink at Cass Park.

The Cornell freshmen team used to play IC's varsity.  I recall a 21 or 22-0 score.

Who won?

In 66 probably the freshmen.

I think Swampy's question was rhetorical, but yes, Cornell won.  It was hard for the frosh to get competitive teams to play.  There'd be mostly Jr. B teams from Canada on the schedule, such as the Dixie Beehives.  In '69-'70 I saw Carlo Ugolini score 4 goals in 51 seconds, perhaps against Dixie.  Two of them were unassisted where he won the faceoffs and proceeded to skate through the opponent and score.

Unassisted? Carlo would have told the refs he passed between the legs to himself and deserved an assist on the goal. His teammates ribbed him about trying to pick up assists. But he was a talented player.

It was John Fumio who always was looking for assists.  He'd skate over to the scorer's box, even in freshmen games, and claim he touched the puck.

[billhoward]

Ithaca College had a varsity ice hockey team back in the 1960s and 1970s and played at Lynah Rink.  They dropped the sport back sometime in mid-70s. I remember an acquaintance of mine at Cornell showing me the article in the Cornell Sun of IC's decision (He played on the ice hockey team at IC and transferred to Cornell for academic reasons as he did not play on CU's team).  Rumor had that at one time IC was considering building a rink of their own but decided not after the City announced they were building the rink at Cass Park.

The Cornell freshmen team used to play IC's varsity.  I recall a 21 or 22-0 score.

Who won?

In 66 probably the freshmen.

I think Swampy's question was rhetorical, but yes, Cornell won.  It was hard for the frosh to get competitive teams to play.  There'd be mostly Jr. B teams from Canada on the schedule, such as the Dixie Beehives.  In '69-'70 I saw Carlo Ugolini score 4 goals in 51 seconds, perhaps against Dixie.  Two of them were unassisted where he won the faceoffs and proceeded to skate through the opponent and score.

Unassisted? Carlo would have told the refs he passed between the legs to himself and deserved an assist on the goal. His teammates ribbed him about trying to pick up assists. But he was a talented player.

It was John Fumio who always was looking for assists.  He'd skate over to the scorer's box, even in freshmen games, and claim he touched the puck.

Can we agree they both felt underappreciated when they got a +1 but not an A? Fumio was most incensed when he deflected a puck into the net with his mouth, and the ref ruled it was a high stick. No goal, no assist, fewer teeth.

If Sun editors are reading this thread, they're wondering why anyone cares about some jock who's old enough to be their grandfather. Sort of like you and me waxing rhapsodic the Fifth Down game, which I always thought fell into the category of "neat but ancient history." My class ('74) this year just had its first legacy grandchild.