The post below states Crocker went to BU from Penn, it is the other way
around as I indicated in an earlier post.
 
Arthur Berman  [log in to unmask]
GO BU!!!
 
On Thu, 5 Jan 1995, Karen Ambrose wrote:
 
> A query about Penn Hockey!  I can"t believe it.  Penn dropped hockey after
> the '77-'78 season.  Their last good player (at least that I remember), was
> Tom Cullity, from Charlestown, MA.I'm pretty sure that he wound up at UVM.
>  Anyway, in the early "70's Penn was quite good.  Research reveals that they
> made the ECAC playoffs in '71, '72 and'73.   I do remember vividly that in
> "72 they finished 4th, with home ice, and UNH (go Wildcats) finished 5th.
>  UNH was the upstart and went down there and beat them 5-3.  That is hard to
> believe, what with all of UNH"s future futility.  A good friend of mine, Hugh
> Samson, played defense for this Penn team and has told me that they were
> looking past UNH to, what they thought, was the inevit.able match against the
> Cornell Big Red, who they had beaten during the regular season.  Needless to
> say, it did not happen.  Penn was coached at the time by Jim Salfi, who later
> went on to coach RPI (I guess he turned the tables when RPI upset UNH in '74)
> and, whose son Kent played on the "93 Maine NCAA championship team. In '73
> they finished 5th, played at BU and beat them.  I seem to recall that the
> Penn goalie made 50 or so saves to get his team to the Garden.  They finished
> 4th in the tournament.  I also seem to recall that they were also coached by
> Bob Crocker, who later went on to coach at BU and then do work for the
> Hartford Whalers.  I am sure that there are others who can wax more
> eloquently about them (including my friend Hugh).  I do know that they had
> ugly uniforms!!
>
> Go Wildcats,
>
> Greg Ambrose, '72
>