Music Video from the Past

A while back there was a youtube video of an Emerson Hockey victory over Berklee. Youtube didn't like it and took it down but here it is for your viewing pleasure.

Enjoy

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"Playoffs... Here We Come"

From the 1989 Emerson yearbook...


Don't feel like squinting? I'll do it for you. It reads:

"The mens hockey team enjoyed their most successful season to date. The Lions ended the season with a 5-10-1 record and advanced past season play for the first time in the team's history. They were the fourth seeded team and gave Salve Regina (#1) a tough game, losing 3-2. Key players on the team were freshman sensation Mike Pryor and goalie Crish Kinch. Co-captains were Jason Bourgauh and Eric Vanlandran. Right (above): Team huddles for pregame pep talk"

"Emerson Hockey News - Thursday, February 16, 1989

Playoffs... Here We Come

The Lions will face off against Salve Regina College on Saturday, February 18, 1989 in West Borough, Mass. This will be the first appearance in the Commonwealth Coast Conference playoffs for the Lions... and we want to take our fans with us! So... join us Saturday for the festive occasion."

Pre-game party at Crossroads? Fan bus? Times have certainly changed...

Photos with original captions

Photo #1: Jason Bourgault and Mike Sullivan break up a play in the defensive end.







Photo #2: Jaime Huth watches a developing play at the other end of the ice.












Photo #3: Watching from the bench.







Thanks to Zach Wilson, who found this in the LA student lounge.

Teammates off the ice, too

When forward/journalism major Jesse Liebman needed an assist, he looked to see if his teammate/photographer Pete Keeling was open to shoot. Keeling was, and he snapped off the above photo for Liebman's story on local hockey figure Travis Roy, who was paralyzed from the neck down in his first shift for the Boston University Terriers.

It wasn't the first time a Lion called upon his teammate for help in an off-ice endeavor. Last month I enlisted my former defenseman Mike Sullivan to shoot the documentary I'm editing right now. Former Captain Matt Porter and I covered two years of Beanpot and Hockey East tournaments. Luke Hanlein, Jacob Migicovsky, Zach Wilson and Chris Collins have rallied and involved fellow players around their film projects.

These examples only form the tip of the iceberg. Though I don't yet have the luxury of being connected to Emerson hockey's past, I would not be surprised to learn of hundreds of instances in which Lions have parlayed their on-ice cameraderie into successful off-ice collaborations.

My Dad, a recreational hockey player himself, once said to me: "Hockey friends are the best kind to have. They always seem to stick around."

I think that's because we as hockey players and fans are passionate people. We care about the game we love enough to wake up for 6am ice slots, endure the unending costs of equipment maintenence, and get hit with a hard piece of rubber every once and a while. Here in the states, we fervently support our teams and our game in the face of a sports hegemony that often acts like we don't even exist.

We love a great game, and we will not go quietly when the naysayers cast their doubts. We soldier on and get back up from every hit. We drive the net until the final buzzer and settle for nothing less than a big win.

I think that applies to our interests outside of hockey as well. Whether we're aspiring journalists, filmmakers, photographers, sound technicians, actors, etc... a common passion for working together to win runs through our veins and unites us.

And that's a great recipe for success.