Word: oneness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...long last, the ice hockey committee of the NCAA has decided to clamp down upon the number of foreign players, primarily Canadians, that have dominated several American college teams in the past few seasons. It is a much needed measure, but one cannot help but question the real motive behind the move...
...NCAA point is well taken, but one must wonder whether the quota on Canadians would produce the desired effect. Wholesale importation did not begin to affect Eastern hockey, at least, until the mid-60's, when Boston University. Cornell. R.P.I., and New Hampshire followed Clarkson into Canada for their players...
...even before that, when American college hockey was played by Americans, the system produced only one player for the National Hockey League-Tommy Williams. So unless the caliber of home-grown competitors has improved independently since that time, it is dubious that the proposed restriction will do much to increase the number of Americans the professional ranks...
Take Cornell, for example, since its record is perhaps the best known. From 1958-59 until 1960-61, the Big Red lost 26 consecutive Ivy games which, on one occasion included 1?-0 and 18-0 humiliations by Harvard in the same season. Clearly, something had to change, and the predominance of Americans on the roster was altered. In 1961-62, using a number of Canadians, Cornell finished second to Harvard, and had a 13-5 overall record...
...record was 19-7. In 1966. it was 22-5. In 1967. with only one American. Framingham's Andy Crowley on the roster, it was 27-1-1 and included the ECAC and NCAA titles...