According to a discussion back in March on the eLynah forum
(http://elf.hockey.cornell.edu/read.php?f=1&i=5573&t=5384),
the incident at Cornell occured during the 76-77 season.

Christine Quinn
Cornell '94
Let's Go Red!



>[log in to unmask] wrote:
>
>> >>Commissioner Gary Bettman today mandated that the
>>>installation of netting above the glass that borders the
>>>corners and end zones of NHL arenas.
>> >>
>> >>How long until the NCAA does the same?
>>
>> I thought it already did.  I seem to remember hearing a
>story about someone several years at Cornell getting hit in
>the head by a puck and severely injured (or worse).  Nets went
>up at college arenas the next season, I believe.  Maybe it was
>just the ECAC that required nets?
>>
>> -Todd
>