Sun rehashes 1969-70 season

[David Harding]

Keeping the memory alive.  https://cornellsun.com/2021/03/03/looking-back-on-mens-hockeys-path-to-undefeated-1969-70-season/

[George64]

Keeping the memory alive.  https://cornellsun.com/2021/03/03/looking-back-on-mens-hockeys-path-to-undefeated-1969-70-season/

How did they get so old? I've identified some (see attachment). Is there anyone out there old enough who can identify the rest?  Uncertain about 10 Stewart and 11 Brush.  Corrections appreciated. Great memories.


1   BRIAN CROPPER

1   BOB RULE

2   RON SIMPSON

3       MARK DAVIS

4   GORDIE LOWE

5   BILL PERRAS

6   GARTH RYAN

7   KEVIN PETIT

8   BOB AITCHISON

9   BRIAN McCUTCHEON

10   DOUG STEWART

11   CRAIG BRUSH

12   JIM HIGGS

14   DAN LODBOA

15   STEVE GIULIANI

16   BILL DUTHIE

17   ED AMBIS

18   LARRY FULLAN

19   DICK BERTRAND

20   DAVE WESTNER

21   JOHN HUGHES

22   IAN ORR

[jkahn]

Keeping the memory alive.  https://cornellsun.com/2021/03/03/looking-back-on-mens-hockeys-path-to-undefeated-1969-70-season/

How did they get so old? I've identified some (see attachment). Is there anyone out there old enough who can identify the rest?  Uncertain about 10 Stewart and 11 Brush.  Corrections appreciated. Great memories.


1   BRIAN CROPPER

1   BOB RULE

2   RON SIMPSON

3       MARK DAVIS

4   GORDIE LOWE

5   BILL PERRAS

6   GARTH RYAN

7   KEVIN PETIT

8   BOB AITCHISON

9   BRIAN McCUTCHEON

10   DOUG STEWART

11   CRAIG BRUSH

12   JIM HIGGS

14   DAN LODBOA

15   STEVE GIULIANI

16   BILL DUTHIE

17   ED AMBIS

18   LARRY FULLAN

19   DICK BERTRAND

20   DAVE WESTNER

21   JOHN HUGHES

22   IAN ORR

All good on the uniform numbers.  And the only ones I would have recognized were Hughes and McCutcheon, as I had seen John at MSG '19 (and prior years) and Cutch on TV when he was an assistant for the Sabres.

[ACM]

Keeping the memory alive.  https://cornellsun.com/2021/03/03/looking-back-on-mens-hockeys-path-to-undefeated-1969-70-season/

How did they get so old? I've identified some (see attachment). Is there anyone out there old enough who can identify the rest?  Uncertain about 10 Stewart and 11 Brush.  Corrections appreciated. Great memories.


1   BRIAN CROPPER

1   BOB RULE

2   RON SIMPSON

3       MARK DAVIS

4   GORDIE LOWE

5   BILL PERRAS

6   GARTH RYAN

7   KEVIN PETIT

8   BOB AITCHISON

9   BRIAN McCUTCHEON

10   DOUG STEWART

11   CRAIG BRUSH

12   JIM HIGGS

14   DAN LODBOA

15   STEVE GIULIANI

16   BILL DUTHIE

17   ED AMBIS

18   LARRY FULLAN

19   DICK BERTRAND

20   DAVE WESTNER

21   JOHN HUGHES

22   IAN ORR

From left to right (more or less):

Ed Ambis (17) is at the extreme left, holding the Cropper (1) jersey with Bill Duthie (16) and Dave Westner (10 -> should be 20). Ron Simpson (2) in background. Doug Stewart (3 -> should be 10) is holding the Lowe jersey, and Ian Orr (22) the Ryan jersey. Between them are Bob Aitchison ( and Bob Rule (1, the bald one in the background). Giuliani (15) and Hughes (21) are correct. The face partially obscured by Hughes belongs to Bill Perras (5). McCutcheon (9) is correct; he's holding the Lodboa jersey with Craig Brush (11). Between them in the background is Mark Davis (3). Fullan (18), Higgs (12) and Pettit (7) are correct. The guy at the extreme right is Ken Gilstein, the manager, who graduated from my high school (Erasmus Hall, Brooklyn) a year ahead of me.

[The Rancor]

Ed Ambis from Ambis industries- who made skate sharpeners and turned my skates into lethal razors? How did I not know this!?

[George64]

Ed Ambis from Ambis industries- who made skate sharpeners and turned my skates into lethal razors? How did I not know this!?

Ed Ambis '72 was my dentist when I lived in Ithaca following retirement.  Ambis Industries, now closed, was owned and operated by his late brother Philip.  Talking about hockey with Ed made my root canal more bearable.  Philip played hockey at Elmira College.

Ed, as I recall, played on the fourth line with Brush and Westner.

[jkahn]

Ed Ambis from Ambis industries- who made skate sharpeners and turned my skates into lethal razors? How did I not know this!?

Ed Ambis '72 was my dentist when I lived in Ithaca following retirement.  Ambis Industries, now closed, was owned and operated by his late brother Philip.  Talking about hockey with Ed made my root canal more bearable.  Philip played hockey at Elmira College.

Ed, as I recall, played on the fourth line with Brush and Westner.

The 4th line was Stewart-Brush-Ambis.

1st line: Petit-Hughes-McCutcheon
2nd line: Ryan-Fullan-Bertrand
3rd line: Aitchison-Duthie-Westner
4th line: Stewart-Brush-Ambis
spare fwd: Perras
1st D: Lodboa-Lowe
2nd D: Higgs-Giuliani
5th D: Simpson
6th D: Davis or Orr
G: Cropper
emergency backup (thankfully no emergencies): Rule

At the time, as did everyone, we largely used 3 lines with the 4th line getting maybe two shifts (or less) a period.
Similarly we used two pairs on D, with Simpson getting an occasional shift instead of Higgs.

In the NCAA tournament, Bertrand was not eligible due to some obscure ruling that at age 25 he had played organized hockey for too long (perhaps someone can elaborate here).  Westner moved up to Bertrand's spot on the 2nd line, Brush played right wing on the 3rd line and Perras centered the 4th line.

[jkahn]

A fair amount of the 1970 NCAA Final can be found here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/XRRhYNF23sy8773a8

Link provided thanks to Garth Ryan, who emailed it to me after I sent him the link to the Sun article.

[scoop85]

A fair amount of the 1970 NCAA Final can be found here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/XRRhYNF23sy8773a8

Link provided thanks to Garth Ryan, who emailed it to me after I sent him the link to the Sun article.

Wow, I've seen a few of the clips from that game, including Lodboa's 3 x 5 shortie, but have never seen this 28 minute reel. Fantastic stuff. They sure loved taking standstill slap shots from the point in 1970.

For anyone who was there, what was the feeling like going into the 3rd period tied? And I have to imagine going down two men up by just one had people on edge.

[Trotsky]

A fair amount of the 1970 NCAA Final can be found here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/XRRhYNF23sy8773a8

Link provided thanks to Garth Ryan, who emailed it to me after I sent him the link to the Sun article.

This is terrific, thank you!

[jeff '84]

A fair amount of the 1970 NCAA Final can be found here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/XRRhYNF23sy8773a8

Link provided thanks to Garth Ryan, who emailed it to me after I sent him the link to the Sun article.

THAT was great! Thank you!

[redice]

A fair amount of the 1970 NCAA Final can be found here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/XRRhYNF23sy8773a8

Link provided thanks to Garth Ryan, who emailed it to me after I sent him the link to the Sun article.

This is terrific, thank you!

AND, for those of us who were there, it's Randy Wilson Day!!!!!!!

[George64]

Link provided thanks to Garth Ryan, who emailed it to me after I sent him the link to the Sun article.

Thank you, Jeff!  Thank you, Garth!  I was there, great to relive that game!  The commentator, however, reminds me of the guy who narrated those health movies way back in junior high.

[The Rancor]

Ed Ambis from Ambis industries- who made skate sharpeners and turned my skates into lethal razors? How did I not know this!?

Ed Ambis '72 was my dentist when I lived in Ithaca following retirement.  Ambis Industries, now closed, was owned and operated by his late brother Philip.  Talking about hockey with Ed made my root canal more bearable.  Philip played hockey at Elmira College.

Ed, as I recall, played on the fourth line with Brush and Westner.

Thank you for the clarification. I always loved going down there- there were old (to me) Cornell Hockey pictures on the wall and I guess I assumed they were his sons, at the time.

[Al DeFlorio]

Link provided thanks to Garth Ryan, who emailed it to me after I sent him the link to the Sun article.

Thank you, Jeff!  Thank you, Garth!  I was there, great to relive that game!  The commentator, however, reminds me of the guy who narrated those health movies way back in junior high.

The long periods of silence, however, were refreshing.  He'd introduce a segment and then let you watch in peace.

Both Lodboa and Giuliani came to Cornell as forwards (as did earlier All-Americans Harry Orr and Bruce Pattison) and were moved to defense.  Ned liked mobile defensemen who could move the puck up ice for quick breakouts.  This game showed the payoff.