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[Al DeFlorio]

Ethan Wyttenbach of Q is 15-26-41. He leads the conference among all skaters in Pts/GP.  He's going to be the FOTY and will make the All Conference team outright.  Freshmen Antonin Verreault and Markus Vidicek of Q also have eye-popping numbers.

After that come Ryan and XV.  Owen Van Steensel of Clarkson, who sounds like a Venture Brothers henchman, is not far behind.

We could get 3 freshmen: Ryan, XV, Alexi.  That would be terrific.

I think we have a run at 3 for all-ECAC: Walshy, Casty, and Alexi.

We should dominate the Ivy All Freshman team.  That's where we could see 4 or more.  And I think we get at least 3 on the All Ivy team outright, though sometimes things are weird because they only count the play within conference and guys have explosive games.

Fun fact: in 1968 we had 4 of the 6 members of the All-American team!  http://www.tbrw.info/?/ncaa_History/all_Americans_Teams.htm

Four also in 1969.  Interestingly, only one from the 29-0-0 1970 team.

[JasonN95]

Four also in 1969.  Interestingly, only one from the 29-0-0 1970 team.

1970: The first year of The System. :-)

[RichH]

Ethan Wyttenbach of Q is 15-26-41. He leads the conference among all skaters in Pts/GP.  He's going to be the FOTY and will make the All Conference team outright.  Freshmen Antonin Verreault and Markus Vidicek of Q also have eye-popping numbers.

After that come Ryan and XV.  Owen Van Steensel of Clarkson, who sounds like a Venture Brothers henchman, is not far behind.

We could get 3 freshmen: Ryan, XV, Alexi.  That would be terrific.

I think we have a run at 3 for all-ECAC: Walshy, Casty, and Alexi.

We should dominate the Ivy All Freshman team.  That's where we could see 4 or more.  And I think we get at least 3 on the All Ivy team outright, though sometimes things are weird because they only count the play within conference and guys have explosive games.

Fun fact: in 1968 we had 4 of the 6 members of the All-American team!  http://www.tbrw.info/?/ncaa_History/all_Americans_Teams.htm

Liked for the Venture Bros reference.

Dryden is one of two goalies to earn 1st Team AA three times (Tony Esposito at MTU the other). And Dryden McKay (2x) was named after Ken, so that's 5x. So why is the top goaltender award named after zero-time AA Mike Richter??

It's always going to burn me.

[Trotsky]

It's always going to burn me.

[Robb]

Ethan Wyttenbach of Q is 15-26-41. He leads the conference among all skaters in Pts/GP.  He's going to be the FOTY and will make the All Conference team outright.  Freshmen Antonin Verreault and Markus Vidicek of Q also have eye-popping numbers.

After that come Ryan and XV.  Owen Van Steensel of Clarkson, who sounds like a Venture Brothers henchman, is not far behind.

We could get 3 freshmen: Ryan, XV, Alexi.  That would be terrific.

I think we have a run at 3 for all-ECAC: Walshy, Casty, and Alexi.

We should dominate the Ivy All Freshman team.  That's where we could see 4 or more.  And I think we get at least 3 on the All Ivy team outright, though sometimes things are weird because they only count the play within conference and guys have explosive games.

Fun fact: in 1968 we had 4 of the 6 members of the All-American team!  http://www.tbrw.info/?/ncaa_History/all_Americans_Teams.htm

Liked for the Venture Bros reference.

Dryden is one of two goalies to earn 1st Team AA three times (Tony Esposito at MTU the other). And Dryden McKay (2x) was named after Ken, so that's 5x. So why is the top goaltender award named after zero-time AA Mike Richter??

It's always going to burn me.

Well, you see, Richter went on to have an amazing NHL career (did you know he won a Stanley Cup one time?) while Dryen just focused on being a lawyer, author, and politician...

 

[Trotsky]

So I looked up Richter's NC$$ stats.

60 GP, 33-25-1 3.71 .900.

He was WCHA Freshman of the Year in 1985.

He was never selected to the all-WCHA team (first team at least).  UW never made the NC$$s during his time there.

In all honesty, I do not know why the award is named for him.  I assume it's just a quirk of personality of whoever named it.  There are hundreds of better choices in NC$$ history.  There are better choices in Wisconsin history.

[scoop85]

So I looked up Richter's NC$$ stats.

60 GP, 33-25-1 3.71 .900.

He was WCHA Freshman of the Year in 1985.

He was never selected to the all-WCHA team (first team at least).  UW never made the NC$$s during his time there.

In all honesty, I do not know why the award is named for him.  I assume it's just a quirk of personality of whoever named it.  There are hundreds of better choices in NC$$ history.  There are better choices in Wisconsin history.

As a Rangers fan I love Richter—probably more than I love King Henrik. But there's no way on G-d's green earth that the college hockey goalie award should be named for him based on his NCAA career.

[scoop85]

So I looked up Richter's NC$$ stats.

60 GP, 33-25-1 3.71 .900.

He was WCHA Freshman of the Year in 1985.

He was never selected to the all-WCHA team (first team at least).  UW never made the NC$$s during his time there.

In all honesty, I do not know why the award is named for him.  I assume it's just a quirk of personality of whoever named it.  There are hundreds of better choices in NC$$ history.  There are better choices in Wisconsin history.

As a Rangers fan I love Richter—probably more than I love King Henrik. But there's no way on G-d's green earth that the college hockey goalie award should be named for him based on his NCAA career. If for some reason they didn't want to name it after Dryden, then Ryan Miller would've been a much better choice.

[underskill]

It's somewhat akin to retiring Nieuwendyk's number at Lynah. More for professional achievement than his time at Cornell.

[Trotsky]

Joe was a dominant presence as a college player.  I hate retired numbers but I am fine with him.

I would retire 3 for Mike, were I the retiring type.  He was a fun and consequential player and is (arguably) the single greatest contributor to Cornell hockey.

All 4 of my Rushmore -- Schafer, Dryden, Ned Harkness, and Laing Kennedy -- are Canadian.  Who is the greatest American contributor to Cornell hockey?  James Lynah, from South Carolina, founded the ECAC, but while towering alumnus and namesake I don't think of him as specifically Cornell.

Maybe it's Art Mintz.  :-)

[ugarte]

It's somewhat akin to retiring Nieuwendyk's number at Lynah. More for professional achievement than his time at Cornell.

First of all, what? He was our #2 scorer as a frosh and leader the next two years. He was 20 when he left Cornell to play for Team Canada then went directly to the Flames!

Second of all, it still would have been fine for his school to reward its best skater of all time. Buildings don't get named after alumni that got good grades.

[underskill]

I know but he only stayed 3 years and it's not like the team won the NCAA title. Great player but his college career doesn't match Dryden for example.

[Trotsky]

Buildings don't get named after alumni that got good grades.

When they start, I call McFadden.

[Trotsky]

I know but he only stayed 3 years and it's not like the team won the NCAA title. Great player but his college career doesn't match Dryden for example.

Nobody does.  That's a helluva line of demarcation.

Note he put up those numbers when 2.90 / .900 were outstanding stats that could get you on the All American team.  If there was a wGAA out there which normalized for the degree of offense of the season Dryden's would probably be < 1.00 career.  He was that amazing.

It's a crime he isn't the NC$$ G award.  Only thing I can think of is the ECAC honor was named first so the NC$$ committee had to look elsewhere (I still wouldn't have).

[Trotsky]

Oh, I just learned the career SV% does not calculate correctly in my DB.  :-)

The Times regrets the error.