Favorite players of the Schafer era

[nshapiro]

Byron Bitz - way overperformed for his talent. Big body that hustled. Never would have guessed he would make the NHL.
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and assuming the Schafer era includes his playing years:
Doug Dadswell - 1986 ECACs at the Boston Garden with back-to-back overtime wins
Pete Natyshak - scrappiest player that you hate to play against

[sah67]

Byron Bitz - way overperformed for his talent. Big body that hustled. Never would have guessed he would make the NHL.

Not only made the NHL, but had the Bruins fans in TD Garden chanting his name in one particularly memorable performance (almost a hat trick):
https://youtube.com/watch?v=tfEfDfJsbgQ

[VIEWfromK]

Byron Bitz - way overperformed for his talent. Big body that hustled. Never would have guessed he would make the NHL.

I really appreciated that at one of the neutral site games they played in Rochester I could hear on the ice Topher yelling to "Bitzie" during play.  I enjoyed the juxtaposition of the tiny nickname for the hulking player.

[Sperris]

I was always partial to Kyle Knopp.

[cth95]

That's awesome.
Back in '07 when we met, my wife had a cat named "Mitts".  After we got married, we got a new kitten to join Mitts, so I named him "Bitz".

[stereax]

[Quick edit to say, since I only started watching Cornell hockey this year I think I'm automatically disqualified from actually participating in this one, but holy shit that's hysterical.]

Why would you be disqualified?  Plenty of us fell in love with Cornell hockey soon after we witnessed our first game (or during that game, even).  Your memory of Cornell hockey may be shorter than most of ours but it is by no means less valid.

I mean... you're right, but it's... I dunno. It doesn't feel like memories of the Schaefer era, per se. Y'know?

[abmarks]

[Quick edit to say, since I only started watching Cornell hockey this year I think I'm automatically disqualified from actually participating in this one, but holy shit that's hysterical.]

Why would you be disqualified?  Plenty of us fell in love with Cornell hockey soon after we witnessed our first game (or during that game, even).  Your memory of Cornell hockey may be shorter than most of ours but it is by no means less valid.

I mean... you're right, but it's... I dunno. It doesn't feel like memories of the Schaefer era, per se. Y'know?

YouTube review time

[ugarte]

[Quick edit to say, since I only started watching Cornell hockey this year I think I'm automatically disqualified from actually participating in this one, but holy shit that's hysterical.]

Why would you be disqualified?  Plenty of us fell in love with Cornell hockey soon after we witnessed our first game (or during that game, even).  Your memory of Cornell hockey may be shorter than most of ours but it is by no means less valid.

I mean... you're right, but it's... I dunno. It doesn't feel like memories of the Schaefer era, per se. Y'know?

you're like the new year's baby on the casey jones era

[stereax]

[Quick edit to say, since I only started watching Cornell hockey this year I think I'm automatically disqualified from actually participating in this one, but holy shit that's hysterical.]

Why would you be disqualified?  Plenty of us fell in love with Cornell hockey soon after we witnessed our first game (or during that game, even).  Your memory of Cornell hockey may be shorter than most of ours but it is by no means less valid.

I mean... you're right, but it's... I dunno. It doesn't feel like memories of the Schaefer era, per se. Y'know?

you're like the new year's baby on the casey jones era

HAHAHA for real though!! Man I can't wait

[marty]

[Quick edit to say, since I only started watching Cornell hockey this year I think I'm automatically disqualified from actually participating in this one, but holy shit that's hysterical.]

Why would you be disqualified?  Plenty of us fell in love with Cornell hockey soon after we witnessed our first game (or during that game, even).  Your memory of Cornell hockey may be shorter than most of ours but it is by no means less valid.

I mean... you're right, but it's... I dunno. It doesn't feel like memories of the Schaefer era, per se. Y'know?

YouTube review time

Some watch this channel.  ::crazy::

[Sperris]

Kyle Knopp. He was fun to watch and always seemed to be hustling.

[Trotsky]

Appropriate to this thread, Jimmy Rayhill's TOI this weekend:

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He is 0x1 on faceoffs, has 1 shot, and has a +/1 of 0.

[Trotsky]

My all-Schafer team, purely for the feels, not talent.

F Topher Scott
F Mitch Carefoot
F Mitch Vanderlaan
F Jack O'Leary
F Cole Bardreau
F Greg Hornby
F Cam Donaldson
F Kyle Knopp
F Teemu Tiitenen
F Dan Svoboda
F Shane Palahicky
F Kryztoff Wieckowski

D Matt Nuttle
D Jeff Burgoyne
D Sam Malinski
D Brian McMeekin
D Jared Seminoff
D Justin Krueger

G Hayden Stewart
G Omar Kanji

[arugula]

Omar!

[CUlater 89]

Ryan Vesce.  IMHO, the most underrated player of the era.  Overshadowed by all the love for Baby, but I've always thought Vesce was the key contributor.