NCAAs quarterfinal Cornell vs. BU

[stereax]

Nice tweet from BU hockey congratulating Coach.

I needed a minute to sit there and cry about that one.

[Snowball]

Honestly, I don't give a Flying F--- that we haven't won a national championship or made it back to a Frozen Four in decades. I didn't even know what the Frozen Four was 5 years ago.  I love watching Cornell hockey. Hard to think of a more fun place to be than Lynah Rink. The minute I hear "Good evening hockey fans" I get happy.  Ditto for listening to Grady and Tim on ESPN.

I don't hope for a whole bunch of first-round hot-shot draft picks. I like that we don't accept 17 transfers or graduate students. I don't wish for Cornell to be able to bend their athletic academic standards one bit. I like our identity just as it is: true student-athletes at a top university that play like a TEAM. That means we win less, so what. It just that much more fun when we do beat  those other types of teams.

The team's previous 3 games were as awesome as a fan could ask for. The team played their heart out against BU. What an incredible story this season has been. I'm grateful for it all.

LGR

[BearLover]

After waking up from a nap this loss feels even more devastating, what a depressing way to end the careers of Schafer and ten seniors after all they've been through. 1-10 in the regional final under a HOF coach, it feels impossible. What a cursed program, can't even get lucky one time in the final season of our great coach. This will hurt for the entire offseason and forever.

[BearLover]

Nice tweet from BU hockey congratulating Coach.

Honestly, yawn. I have negative respect for them and want them to lose 10-0 next game. They're up there with Quinnipiac at this point.

[Trotsky]

I will remember this season more than most, for everything, and especially for the playoff run.  This year -- lows and highs -- was what Cornell hockey is all about, Charlie Brown.

Have a great offseason, everyone.  I'll see you on the TBRW Awards thread after I grieve.

[stereax]

I will remember this season more than most, for everything, and especially for the playoff run.  This year -- lows and highs -- was what Cornell hockey is all about, Charlie Brown.

Have a great offseason, everyone.  I'll see you on the TBRW Awards thread after I grieve.

Don't think I could ask for a (much) better crash course in Big Red hockey. The playoff run was legendary - grinding our way through 3-1-2 in the ECACs and then knocking out a top 2 team in the Pairwise and going toe-to-toe with BU, so many of those games absolute nailbiters. I don't usually believe in magic, but man, I think the Hockey Gods gave us just a little bit of it.

I'm not going anywhere - idk if the forum goes completely dormant during the offseason or whether chats will still happen in other sports or in the general section, but checking ELynah has just become such a part of my daily routine, I can't walk away until training camp.

Man. What a ride.

[Trotsky]

I will remember this season more than most, for everything, and especially for the playoff run.  This year -- lows and highs -- was what Cornell hockey is all about, Charlie Brown.

Have a great offseason, everyone.  I'll see you on the TBRW Awards thread after I grieve.

Don't think I could ask for a (much) better crash course in Big Red hockey. The playoff run was legendary - grinding our way through 3-1-2 in the ECACs and then knocking out a top 2 team in the Pairwise and going toe-to-toe with BU, so many of those games absolute nailbiters. I don't usually believe in magic, but man, I think the Hockey Gods gave us just a little bit of it.

I'm not going anywhere - idk if the forum goes completely dormant during the offseason or whether chats will still happen in other sports or in the general section, but checking ELynah has just become such a part of my daily routine, I can't walk away until training camp.

Man. What a ride.

You picked a helluva inaugural season.  Welcome to the cult, here's your beads and funny hat.

[stereax]

I will remember this season more than most, for everything, and especially for the playoff run.  This year -- lows and highs -- was what Cornell hockey is all about, Charlie Brown.

Have a great offseason, everyone.  I'll see you on the TBRW Awards thread after I grieve.

Don't think I could ask for a (much) better crash course in Big Red hockey. The playoff run was legendary - grinding our way through 3-1-2 in the ECACs and then knocking out a top 2 team in the Pairwise and going toe-to-toe with BU, so many of those games absolute nailbiters. I don't usually believe in magic, but man, I think the Hockey Gods gave us just a little bit of it.

I'm not going anywhere - idk if the forum goes completely dormant during the offseason or whether chats will still happen in other sports or in the general section, but checking ELynah has just become such a part of my daily routine, I can't walk away until training camp.

Man. What a ride.

You picked a helluva inaugural season.  Welcome to the cult, here's your beads and funny hat.

You mean my friendship bracelet and rodeo hat?

[Trotsky]

My first season was Dick Bertrand's final, so there's some fun parallelism.  It was also the start of the only three-year stretch in history where we missed the ECAC playoffs entirely, which is why I cannot be disappointed by this team, ever.  Every playoff win a treasure.

[RichH]

I'm sitting in a bar outside of Toledo doing some...soaking, for the lack of a better word.

They have Hockey Night in Canada on, and during the 2nd intermission, they played highlights of our game, which honestly was surprising. No sound, so I have to guess, but given the pro prospects on BU, they mentioned that. Then there was a shot of Schafer behind the bench tonight, followed by old photos of the analysts from their playing days at Western Michigan, where Mike had his previous job. This on the CBC, going out to all of Canada. It was in my head how appropriate it would have been to end it all vs WMU, but storybooks aren't always cooperative.

The number of lives this guy has touched amateur, pro, coaching, broadcasting, and just in life isn't really spoken of, and thinking of it, it is astounding.

I welled on the outside once or twice during the postgame, but you can believe my soul was and still is, sobbing. I snapped a few photos as it's clearly the end of an era. Right before walking off the ice, the referee handed him the game puck. (Or that's what it looked like).

I know there will be more tribute threads here, but Christ, what a legend.

[stereax]

My first season was Dick Bertrand's final, so there's some fun parallelism.  It was also the start of the only three-year stretch in history where we missed the ECAC playoffs entirely, which is why I cannot be disappointed by this team, ever.  Every playoff win a treasure.

How about we don't talk about missing the ECAC playoffs... hahahahahah... even if it's mathematically impossible as far as I'm aware...

[stereax]

I'm sitting in a bar outside of Toledo doing some...soaking, for the lack of a better word.

It's really sinking in for me now, I think, lying in bed at night. I'm not crying... much. Just, man, I'm so fuckin' proud of this team, and it's not coming back nearly the same next year, and we couldn't muster up enough magic to beat Schafer's final demon (the regional finals), and just. Man. Man. What a run, what a legacy to leave. Even if the storybook has an imperfect ending. That's our team. And they fought to the bitter end.

[Trotsky]

Schafer as a coach spans literally half of modern Cornell hockey history, not even accounting for his time as player and assistant coach.

[RichH]

My first season was Dick Bertrand's final, so there's some fun parallelism.  It was also the start of the only three-year stretch in history where we missed the ECAC playoffs entirely, which is why I cannot be disappointed by this team, ever.  Every playoff win a treasure.

How about we don't talk about missing the ECAC playoffs... hahahahahah... even if it's mathematically impossible as far as I'm aware...

My freshman year, Cornell was one of two teams to have won their final game. (We lost the previous 11). People think Lynah looks empty now...

[Trotsky]

My first season was Dick Bertrand's final, so there's some fun parallelism.  It was also the start of the only three-year stretch in history where we missed the ECAC playoffs entirely, which is why I cannot be disappointed by this team, ever.  Every playoff win a treasure.

How about we don't talk about missing the ECAC playoffs... hahahahahah... even if it's mathematically impossible as far as I'm aware...

My freshman year, Cornell was one of two teams to have won their final game. (We lost the previous 11). People think Lynah looks empty now...

God bless 1993.

That year I was driving a noted Cornell VIP back from Appleton in the snow and as well peeled out of the parking lot he said, "You just missed the chance to run over Brian McCutcheon," and I said "Want me to go round again?"