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These were indeed exciting-But my favorite still has to be the shot of all time by Doug Hearns to beat Ken Dryden in OT. The sound was so loud after the goal that I could not hear people sitting next to me. Over 47 years i have lots of memories of HFH but nothing has ever come close to that. I can still see Hearns coming down the left wing and winding up to take the shot.
Good thing Flagdude doesn't know what geriatric means
We need only go back to the USCHO archives to find a link from 2005 that still works
http://www.cstv.com/media_server/pl.../cstv_videos/Hockey/0205/rpi-brown-021205.wmv
found here: http://board.uscho.com/archive/index.php/t-45943-p-15.html
These were indeed exciting-But my favorite still has to be the shot of all time by Doug Hearns to beat Ken Dryden in OT. The sound was so loud after the goal that I could not hear people sitting next to me. Over 47 years i have lots of memories of HFH but nothing has ever come close to that. I can still see Hearns coming down the left wing and winding up to take the shot.
I may be the only member of the board other than Ralph and Dr. D who attended that game, but it has to rank as my favorite also (though I have to admit there have been a lot of games in the ensuing years for which I was not present).
I can remember my roommate (who didn't go to the game) telling me afterward that he had been listening to the WRPI broadcast.
My roommate said he heard the announcer say that Hearns had crossed the blue line - and then he heard nothing but a tremendous roar.
The announcer's goal call was never heard, but it wasn't too difficult to figure out what had happened.
I may be the only member of the board other than Ralph and Dr. D who attended that game, but it has to rank as my favorite also (though I have to admit there have been a lot of games in the ensuing years for which I was not present).
I can remember my roommate (who didn't go to the game) telling me afterward that he had been listening to the WRPI broadcast.
My roommate said he heard the announcer say that Hearns had crossed the blue line - and then he heard nothing but a tremendous roar.
The announcer's goal call was never heard, but it wasn't too difficult to figure out what had happened.
I believe Kurt Stutt in his excellent book about the history of RPI hockey has the story of the goal and even a picture. I was sitting directly behind where Hearns took the shot from-I can almost make myself believe that I can recognize myself in the picture-and the eruption you describe was like nothing I had ever experienced. Nobody wanted to leave-everyone just stayed by their seats and roared as the team celebrated. Now that was RPI hockey!!!
Monty managed to whittle his player list down to 23...I'm sure he'll tweak the final roster before the puck drops. Nick Quinn is listed -- as a forward.
http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=287966
Monty managed to whittle his player list down to 23...I'm sure he'll tweak the final roster before the puck drops. Nick Quinn is listed -- as a forward.
http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=287966