John Whelan wrote that this was Cornell's first appearance in
the SIT title game and, of course, their first SIT title.  I listened to
a little of the Cornell radio broadcast and they said it was Cornell's
fifth SIT title.  I looked up their SIT history.  The statistics appear
below.
          I guess I'm showing my age :), but there was a time when
Colgate & Cornell co-hosted that tournament.  If memory serves me
correctly, the two schools had a bit of a disagreement because Cornell
wanted to schedule powerhouse western teams and Colgate did not.  (The
problem was: Cornell could play with the "big boys" and Colgate could not
(at that time)).
          The 1968-69 team won the SIT by beating Minn-Duluth & SLU (2-1
& 4-3 Resp).  1969-70 team won it by beating BU & Colgate (4-1 & 5-3
Resp).  The 1971-72 team took the SIT with wins over Colgate & BU (8-2 &
3-2 Resp).  And the 1973-74 team won Cornell's last previous SIT title by
outscoring Colorado College & Colgate (9-8 & 3-1 Resp).   The Big Red
have played (& lost) in three other SIT title games.
             I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season.  I'm
sure glad to see college hockey heating back up again.             LET'S
GO RED!!!      -=>Bill<=-
 
 
P.S. John: I really enjoy you slant on the Cornell games.  Keep those
articles coming.  I post an article on the Prodigy College Hockey BB.
But it is never as interesting as yours are :).
 
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