In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] (Jon
 Greene) writes:
|> Just out of curiousity - does Ned Harkness still run the facility up in
|> Lake Placid?  Given his stormy relationship with many folks in college
|> hockey I'm not sure whether he would be a help or hindrance, but perhaps
|> his connections have something to do with the ECAC's decision.  There
|> has got to be more to this story.....because using publicly available
|> information the decision just doesn't make sense...   [Quick note to clarify:
|> I fully support the decision to move the ECACs for many of the same reasons
|> presented by Bill Fenwick - but Lake Placid??].
 
According to one of the articles I read in the Albany Times Union, Ned Harkness
is indeed still involved with the Lake Placid facility.  As Jon pointed out, I'm
not sure whether that was a help or a hindrance.
|>
|> For those who don't know....Ned Harkness won National Championships at
|> both RPI and Cornell before moving on to the NHL (where he failed).  He
|> subsequently founded the Adirondack Red Wings (one of the most
|> successful of minor league franchises) and then moved up to Lake Placid.
 
Seems to me that Ned Harkness was also involved with Union College hockey in
the late 1970s when the team was interested in moving up to division I.  If I
remember correctly, they had the invitation from the ECAC, but the invitation
was turned down by the president (and maybe the faculty) of Union.  After
that, Harkness and most of the team resigned from Union.
 
At this point, I have no idea whether the "Harkness factor" was a help or a
hindrance in the move to Lake Placid.
 
Given my location, I would have greatly preferred to see the ECACs move to the
Knick in Albany instead of to Lake Placid.
 
|>
|> Jon Greene
|> RPI '82  Cornell '84
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