Schafer Suspended One Game

[redhair34]

According to CHN Schafer has been suspended one game.  ECAC homepage confirms this..."ECAC Hockey League Commissioner Steve Hagwell has announced that Cornell head coach Mike Schafer has been suspended for one game due to his post-game conduct last weekend vs. Michigan State. Schafer will serve his suspension this Friday, Nov. 4, when the Big Red travels to Yale. "

[Jacob '06]

[Q]Thursday, November 3
Cornell's Schafer Out for Friday's Game

ALBANY, N.Y. - ECAC Hockey League Commissioner Steve Hagwell has announced that Cornell head coach Mike Schafer has been suspended for one game due to his post-game conduct last weekend vs. Michigan State. Schafer will serve his suspension this Friday, Nov. 4, when the Big Red travels to Yale. [/Q]

From ECACHL's website.

[Ben Rocky '04]

I wasn't in ithaca...... what did he do to get this?

[DisplacedCornellian]

I assume this is for the interactions with the MSU players?  

Meh...it's not the first time Mike has been suspended, and probably won't be the last.  Just one of the costs of having a coach who is passionate about the game, the players, and the fans.

[redhair34]

Nov. 3, 2005

From the athletic site...
 [Q]
ALBANY, N.Y. - ECAC Hockey League Commissioner Steve Hagwell has announced that Cornell head coach Mike Schafer has been suspended for one game due to his post-game conduct last weekend vs. Michigan State. Schafer will serve his suspension this Friday, Nov. 4, when the Big Red travels to Yale.


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Meakem*Smith Director of Athletics and Physical Education Andy Noel's statement regarding Coach Schafer's suspension -


"The Cornell Department of Athletics and Physical Education respects the authority of the ECACHL. Coach Schafer tried to calm a situation before it escalated. He regrets grabbing the jersey of an opposing player in an attempt to guide the team safely off the ice. We addressed this matter internally, and with this suspension consider the matter closed. Mike is a tremendous teacher of young men and a great role model in our community. We continue to offer Mike and his program our unwavering support." [/Q]

I've got to say, that is the best comment to come out of the athletics office in years.

[kaelistus]

Kill, Schafer, Kill!

:-)

[canuck89]

I agree!!!

[Oat]

MSU disrespected our team by refusing to leave our ice after the game and made rude gestures towards the fans (and not to mention Nightingoon who slapshot a bottle into the crowd, but this was of course after our crowd turned stupid and threw those bottles onto the ice). Anyway, Schafer went over to the MSU team and here is where we have many different perspectives and versions of the story:

1. My version:
He politely congratulated them on the win, encouraged them to celebrate outside with their parents, and gently nudged them toward the door in a fatherly and loving manner.

2. Other people's version:
He told them to get the hell off our ice and stop acting stupid. Then, seemingly unprovoked, he proceeded to strongarm some MSU children in front of their parents (shoved some idiots towards the exit and said "don't ever come back here again, you insignificant slime balls").


OK, no one knows for sure what he said. But as you can see, whether or not he deserves to be suspended is just a matter of opinion and I believe that the ECAC was working on the version 2 hear-say when they handed down the suspension. In my opinion, Feola should have been suspended for at least an equal (if not greater) length of time.

[redhair34]

[Q]Oat Wrote:

 MSU disrespected our team by refusing to leave our ice after the game and made rude gestures towards the fans (and not to mention Nightingoon who slapshot a bottle into the crowd, but this was of course after our crowd turned stupid and threw those bottles onto the ice). Anyway, Schafer went over to the MSU team and here is where we have many different perspectives and versions of the story:

1. My version:
He politely congratulated them on the win, encouraged them to celebrate outside with their parents, and gently nudged them toward the door in a fatherly and loving manner.

2. Other people's version:
He told them to get the hell off our ice and stop acting stupid. Then, seemingly unprovoked, he proceeded to strongarm some MSU children in front of their parents (shoved some idiots towards the exit and said "don't ever come back here again, you insignificant slime balls").


OK, no one knows for sure what he said. But as you can see, whether or not he deserves to be suspended is just a matter of opinion and I believe that the ECAC was working on the version 2 hear-say when they handed down the suspension. In my opinion, Feola should have been suspended for at least an equal (if not greater) length of time.[/q]

I'm guessing they believed something in between.  Otherwise you can bet he would have recieved a heftier punishment.

[canuck89]

I do agree, though, that the ECACHL should look at game footage and figure out what to do with Feola.  He did not call a fair game (He blew calls on both sides), and he missed some dangerous hits.  I can't wait 'til he comes back to lynah.  It's a good thing he probably doesn't beat his wife (For her sake), but that won't stop me next time for reminding him about his size:  "The Ref's beat by his wife..."

[dadeo]

dont tell me Feola is turning into Murphy?!

Isnt Feola the only ECACHL ref to ref in NCAA games?

[Pace]

Now, I'm curious. Does this mean Schafer can't be at the bench nor in the locker room on Friday, or is he barred from being anywhere in the arena at all?

[ithacat]

Personally, I think he was trying to prevent a potential riot. He did what the MSU coaches and the refs failed to do.

I think shagwell did what he had to do with respect to Schafer. Regardless of the circumstances or cause, an opposing coach should not touch a player in the way Schafer did -- again, I still think he did the right thing.

I'll be very disappointed in shagwell if he doesn't come down hard on Feola. ::smashfreak::

[BMac]

So, the important question is: how do we deal with this? A huge, extended kill, schafer, kill at the start of the next game? A sign? I think it would be hilarious if showed we supported his conduct en masse.

[Rich S]

Supported his conduct?

Why is it a heinous offense for another coach to make contact with his own player and okay for Schafer to grab an opposing player?

Seems that the commish does not share that view and frankly, I think he was fortunate to get only a one game suspension.