Cornellians can fill in the details but Coach Harkness left Cornell for the 
Detroit Red Wings.  That was spectacularly unsuccessful in the pros, but 
then again, the Red Wings were not very successful with whomever was behind 
the bench in the mid 70's.

He reformed the Union hockey program in 1976-77? but left after a short 
stint in a dispute with management.

And don't forget his stint @ RPI in the 50's.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Henry" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 8:33 PM
Subject: Hockey History


> While studying USIU sports history (my older son's club coach is the
> soccer coach at USIU) I wandered into some college hockey history pages
> (yes, USIU used to play DI hockey), and found the records of Ned Harkness,
> former coach of RPI, Cornell, and Union.  What I couldn't find were the
> reasons Harkness left maybe the best DI college hockey program at Cornell
> to move to DIII Union, or why he left Union in the middle of the 77-78
> season.  Does anyone have any memories of those days?
>