Favorite Moments of the Schafer era

[VIEWfromK]

As with the favorite players post, I'm looking to hear about everyone's favorite moments of the thirty years of Coach Schafer.  Was it a last second win to beat their most hated rival?  Was it a goalie goal or a goalie fight?  Was it a thrown clipboard or a co$tly post game comment?  Was it at Lynah or was it during a road trip with classmates or family?  There are so many that would qualify so it would be great to hear what everyone can recall as their special moments.  Thanks for participating.

[scoop85]

2003 ECAC championship game for me. It was my first Cornell game in person in many years, and I had my 7-year-old daughter (Cornell class of 2017) with me. To go from a seeming crushing loss to a EAG to tie and then a quick OT snipe to beat our most bitter rival was as good as it got for me.

[chimpfood]

Last year I opened my acceptance letter after the first period vs Maine in the NCAA tourney and then watched us come back to win. That was pretty sweet. After that probably the last second Alec McCrea goal vs Harvard.

[CU2007]

Calling Rand Pecknold a f*cking @sshole in a post game presser

[Beeeej]

Yes, the 2003 ECAC title game was amazing, but (for me at least) forever a bit tainted by later events. The 1996 ECAC title game in Schafer's first season as HC, after a long title drought, was cathartic and wonderful. The 2OT win against BC in Providence to get to the Frozen Four in 2003, awesome.

But for me there's simply no contest, the top Schafer era moment was March, 2009: Riley Nash taps the puck toward Evan Barlow as he falls to the ice, Barlow goes five-hole on Thiessen, and Cornell goes up 3-2 with 17 seconds left in their regional semifinal against Northeastern. That win put dss28 and me in the same bar the next day to watch the regional final against Bemidji State. We met in person for the first time watching that game, we fell in love, and now we've been married for 12 years and have a beautiful 21 month old son.

And we're planning to be up there for both home weekends in February!! ::banana::

[Will]

It wasn't a particularly critical moment for the season, but it was still damn cool to witness Mitch Gillam's goal against Niagara in his first career start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQD8PmqQs_I

[BlueSky]

Yes, the 2003 ECAC title game was amazing, but (for me at least) forever a bit tainted by later events. The 1996 ECAC title game in Schafer's first season as HC, after a long title drought, was cathartic and wonderful. The 2OT win against BC in Providence to get to the Frozen Four in 2003, awesome.

But for me there's simply no contest, the top Schafer era moment was March, 2009: Riley Nash taps the puck toward Evan Barlow as he falls to the ice, Barlow goes five-hole on Thiessen, and Cornell goes up 3-2 with 17 seconds left in their regional semifinal against Northeastern. That win put dss28 and me in the same bar the next day to watch the regional final against Bemidji State. We met in person for the first time watching that game, we fell in love, and now we've been married for 13 years and have a beautiful 21 month old son.

And we're planning to be up there for both home weekends in February!! ::banana::

Relive the magic!!   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsBkQUEcudw

[sah67]

Someone already took Schafer calling Pecknold an asshole, so I'll go with:

Being in section B in 2006 for Michael Kennedy's breakaway GWG against Harvard with just a over a minute left. But I also especially love Doc Emrick's call of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dugXWiMGKk0

I would also take our 2017-18 season performance against Q, where we went 4-0 against them and outscored them 14-2, including that oh-so-satisying 9-1 thumping in the ECAC quarterfinals.

[sah67]

Calling Rand Pecknold a f*cking @sshole in a post game presser

If I recall, that was after Bardreau suffered a broken neck as a result of Q player boarding him, and Pecknold was in the refs' ears trying get Bardreau called for a dive while he was down on the ice being attended to. Truer words were never spoken, Mike.

[Iceberg]

Calling Rand Pecknold a f*cking @sshole in a post game presser

If I recall, that was after Bardreau suffered a broken neck as a result of Q player boarding him, and Pecknold was in the refs' ears trying get Bardreau called for a dive while he was down on the ice being attended to. Truer words were never spoken, Mike.

I'll post in response to the OP later but wasn't he actually hurt at RPI in a prior game? I think the reason Schafer was mad was because the Q player boarded a guy who was just coming off a well-known major injury.

[sah67]

Calling Rand Pecknold a f*cking @sshole in a post game presser

If I recall, that was after Bardreau suffered a broken neck as a result of Q player boarding him, and Pecknold was in the refs' ears trying get Bardreau called for a dive while he was down on the ice being attended to. Truer words were never spoken, Mike.

I'll post in response to the OP later but wasn't he actually hurt at RPI in a prior game? I think the reason Schafer was mad was because the Q player boarded a guy who was just coming off a well-known major injury.

Ah: you're right. The injury had happened in a previous season and I think Schafer was mad both because the injury was "known", and also because Pecknold tried to get Bardreau called for a dive. I also think I can remember other occasions where Pecknold made the "diving" hand gesture at refs after clearly bad hits by Q players.

[underskill]

I met my closet friends camping out for tickets my first year. But my highlight was meeting my dad in Buffalo for the UNH game. He had severe complications from heart surgery in January of that year and things were very touch and go so to be able to meet him in person always reminds me of what Cornell hockey meant to me. however, it was not high sticking and I'll never forgive Mike Ayers.

[scoop85]

Yes, the 2003 ECAC title game was amazing, but (for me at least) forever a bit tainted by later events. The 1996 ECAC title game in Schafer's first season as HC, after a long title drought, was cathartic and wonderful. The 2OT win against BC in Providence to get to the Frozen Four in 2003, awesome.

But for me there's simply no contest, the top Schafer era moment was March, 2009: Riley Nash taps the puck toward Evan Barlow as he falls to the ice, Barlow goes five-hole on Thiessen, and Cornell goes up 3-2 with 17 seconds left in their regional semifinal against Northeastern. That win put dss28 and me in the same bar the next day to watch the regional final against Bemidji State. We met in person for the first time watching that game, we fell in love, and now we've been married for 13 years and have a beautiful 21 month old son.

And we're planning to be up there for both home weekends in February!! ::banana::

Relive the magic!!   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsBkQUEcudw

Funny thing is the announcer says something like "can he put the game away—yes!!" But after the faceoff Northeastern got a really good look just before the buzzer, which would have ruined the narrative.

[Give My Regards]

That win put dss28 and me in the same bar the next day to watch the regional final against Bemidji State. We met in person for the first time watching that game, we fell in love, and now we've been married for 13 years and have a beautiful 21 month old son.

Sweet, but... the Big Red went and lost that one :-(

[Beeeej]

That win put dss28 and me in the same bar the next day to watch the regional final against Bemidji State. We met in person for the first time watching that game, we fell in love, and now we've been married for 13 years and have a beautiful 21 month old son.

Sweet, but... the Big Red went and lost that one :-(

Is that "never speaking of it again," Bill??