Greatest Game?

[Troyfan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tj9qagrJ5A

I heard it on the radio, Cornell Providence ECAC 1979 quarterfinal.    

My candidate would be the 1970 National Championship vs. Clarkson.  I don't remember the details even though, or because, I was there.  But I think Cornell was down a goal when Dan Lodboa scored while Clarkson was on a 5 - 3 power play.  He got 2 more goals to win it.

The semi was great as well.  Cornell was down 1 - 0 going into the 3rd.  They held Wisonsin shotless in the 3rd and won 2 - 1. They skated like men possessed!

The ECAC championship against Clarkson was a great game also.  It was tied with under a minute to go when it looked like John Hughes scored on a slapper from just inside the blue line, but it was called back for offsides.  Then with about 10 seconds left he scored from down low to win it.

[redice]

Cornell Providence ECAC 1979 quarterfinal.   That one is in it's own universe.  This is kinda personal, but that's the only game where I think my clothes were a sweaty as the players'....   THAT'S suspense!!

The 1970 ECAC Championship Game would be my distant second...  God Bless Johnny Hughes!!   R.I.P. John.....

[Beeeej]

that 2 game playoff  weekend vs Colgate that we scored like a million goals.

Did you mean March 1-2, 1991 - Cornell 10-3, Cornell 8-1? Or did you mean March 8-9, 1996 - Cornell 8-3, Cornell 8-1 (a.k.a. "We want Weder!" )? Both weekends were pretty fantastic...

[Beeeej]

What was the best Cornell Men's Varsity Ice Hockey game you ever attended?

If we're limiting it to in-person attendance, it's a close call. The 2003 ECAC championship game against Hahvahd is up there, but has been soured for me somewhat by intervening circumstances. The comeback against Brown on Nov. 8, 1997 where we were down 3-1 with just over 4 minutes to go, then came back to win 4-3 without needing OT, is towards the top as well - partly by virtue of being the only time I'd ever seen a game where both teams pulled their goalies for extra attackers. For pure outcome, it's probably the double-OT victory over BC in the 2003 regional finals. For absurdity and surrealism, I'll go with Union @ Cornell, December 4, 1998 - a 5-2 win for the good guys, marred by the stupidest fight I've ever seen, which included all ten skaters, plus Union goalie Leeor Shtrom skating the length of the ice to attack our netminder Ian Burt after the rest of the fighting had pretty much died down. (FYI, leaving the crease for the purpose of fighting was already a major plus game DQ before he got anywhere near the Cornell end, so Shtrom ended up with several game DQs.)

In other words, I'm really not sure.

[George64]

Any other old-timers attend the '66-67 NCAA semifinal game in Syracuse against North Dakota?

Yes, 1-0!  Beat BU the following night, 4-1, for the Championship.

[jtwcornell91]

I think that Brown comeback (the "Live at Lynah" game) was the most fun, although the game was not terribly significant, and Brown ended up blowing a lot of leads that year.  I think the best overall package in terms of excitement, importance, and quality of game was the 1996 ECAC Championship win over Hahvahd.  (Note that I saw the 1997, 2003 and 2005 title games on TV, so they don't qualify.)  Game 1 of the 2002 quintafinal series vs Yale might have had the best pivotal moment with Doug Murray's SHG to help Cornell take a 2-goal lead and never look back.

[Trotsky]

Two-fer-1986 ECAC semi-final vs. Yale-2OT and final-OT vs. Clarkson.  Boston Garden rocked, subways closed as games went on and on.  Dadswell stands on his head

Same here.

That's when I changed from a Cornell hockey fan to... well... whatever this is.

Yale wins that SF in regulation and I probably go through life normal.

[Chris H82]

For games I saw, yeah, the 1986 Final.  Circumstances made it even better.  I'd flown back east to Burlington VT on Friday for a former co-worker's wedding on Saturday, planning to catch up with another co-worker (a Clarkson grad).  When we saw the semi results on Saturday morning, we started scheming excuses to leave early (it was a dry reception, anyway) and make it to Boston for the final.  The whole drive down there, my buddy kept talking about the proverbial monkey on his back (e.g. Clarkson's history of blowing ECAC playoff games) - the closer we got to Boston, the bigger that monkey loomed in his mind.

So of course, we sat in our respective sections in the Gahden, and that was one hell of a game.  Couldn't celebrate too loudly afterwards, though, as we were crashing at another Clarkson alum's place. But that win sure felt sweet.

[ugarte]

Either BC 2OT at the Dunk or Vanini scoring off the faceoff to tie Harvard in the early 90's and I leave it to Greg to immediately remember the date and post the boxscore.

[Trotsky]

Either BC 2OT at the Dunk or Vanini scoring off the faceoff to tie Harvard in the early 90's and I leave it to Greg to immediately remember the date and post the boxscore.

Sorry, just saw this.

[Jim Hyla]

Any other old-timers attend the '66-67 NCAA semifinal game in Syracuse against North Dakota?

Yes, 1-0!  Beat BU the following night, 4-1, for the Championship.

Ditto, when they came back for the 50 reunion I asked Walt Stanowski if he was offsides on his goal. I got a smile and nothing else.

But as exciting as that was, I have to agree with Bill:

" If you're old enough, ANY tournament game you saw in old Boston Garden. If you sat in the balcony near the lip, the ground shook under your feet."

Walking up the ramp to the rink and beating "them" in their backyard, well that's where this

"Cornell Fans Made the Timbers Tremble", Boston Globe, March/1970

comes from.

[redice]

......" If you're old enough, ANY tournament game you saw in old Boston Garden. If you sat in the balcony near the lip, the ground shook under your feet."......

This is a bit off-topic, but I went to one Celtics game in the old Gahden...   It was Larry Bird's first game back after missing a year due to injury...   He scored 50 and I don't believe that he hit the backboard all night...  He scored a 3-pointer with about a minute to go, to put the game away...    I was sitting in the balcony, near the lip, and experienced the shaking ground.   I thought the whole damned bldg was going to collapse with the excitement of those crazy Celtics fans.   I'm not, at all, a basketball fan.  But, that was one of the biggest sports thrills of my life!

[Swampy]

Any other old-timers attend the '66-67 NCAA semifinal game in Syracuse against North Dakota?

I can't remember.::scared::

[jkahn]

Any other old-timers attend the '66-67 NCAA semifinal game in Syracuse against North Dakota?

I can't remember.::scared::

I remember it well.  My problem is remembering why I opened up this internet browser tonight, before deciding to check out the important news of the world, i.e. cnn and elynah.  But I'm pretty good at remembering old Big Red games.
Here's another memorable one:  January '71, Harvard at Lynah.  Cornell ties the game after pulling the goalie as Kevin Pettit tips in a Ron Simpson slapshot.  Then Jim Higgs scores shorthanded in overtime to keep a 4-year home winning streak alive.  Fast forward to Nov. 2002, and Cornell is playing at Western Michigan.  The game goes into overtime and I'm sitting next to Dick Bertrand.  I ask him if he remembers the first overtime game he ever coached.  He says no, and I proceed to give him the above details.

[marty]

Any other old-timers attend the '66-67 NCAA semifinal game in Syracuse against North Dakota?

I can't remember.::scared::

I remember it well.  My problem is remembering why I opened up this internet browser tonight, before deciding to check out the important news of the world, i.e. cnn and elynah.  But I'm pretty good at remembering old Big Red games.
Here's another memorable one:  January '71, Harvard at Lynah.  Cornell ties the game after pulling the goalie as Kevin Pettit tips in a Ron Simpson slapshot.  Then Jim Higgs scores shorthanded in overtime to keep a 4-year home winning streak alive.  Fast forward to Nov. 2002, and Cornell is playing at Western Michigan.  The game goes into overtime and I'm sitting next to Dick Bertrand.  I ask him if he remembers the first overtime game he ever coached.  He says no, and I proceed to give him the above details.

Wasn't that also the game where the Harvard players wanted to take out the goal judge because they thought they won in OT?