On Thu, 6 Apr 1995, Arthur C. Mintz wrote:
 
> >Chris Wameling writes:
> >>   Thanks Art, I could not have said it better. There was nothing like
> >>hearing that bell the night we beat Cornell 2-1 in OT, the first time The
> >>Big UGLY Red were willing to make the northern loop in a dozen years.
> >>Ned Harkness could no longer avoid the Golden Knights, but he should have.
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>
> >>ps: that Cornell game was 1971, back when cornell really had hockey
>
>
> >Bill Fenwick
> >
> >Far be it from me to disagree with an "old-timer" -- but not very far be it
> >:-)
> >
> >I doubt it was quite a "dozen" years between trips up North for Cornell.
> >Ken Dryden, goaltender for the Big Red from 1966-67 through 1968-69, always
> >has the same response whenever he is asked what his worst memory of playing
> >collegiate hockey is:  "That damn bell at Clarkson."  From old schedules, it
> >looks like he only played there once, in 1966.  The bell must have made
> >quite an impact :-)
> >
> >As an opposing fan, all I can say about the whistle is... it's loud... it's
> >annoying... but it ain't The Bell...
> >--
>
> Also, it wasn't Ned Harkness coaching Cornell in 1971 when this game was
> played. Harkness was in Detroit coaching the Red Wings at that time. Dick
> Bertrand was the Cornell coach.
>
> But (as I've noted before), don't let facts stand in the way of a good story.
>
 
Thank you and I stand corrected. IMHO all will sympathise with us "old
timers" as our memory gets clouded.
 
Bertrand was the coach of that loosing effort but it was Harkness who
refused to continue the hone-and-home series with CCT. He wanted 2 or 3
at CU for each one at CCT. Len Ceglarski said "stick it" and the series
stopped for several (not dozens of) years.
 
Chris Wameling, CCT '73 & '75