Hey Dan and Maine hockey community,

The actions that night by the students and the youth hockey team  
prompted me to send an email to Joe Bertagna.  BU, which HAD been the  
better of the Boston schools, was a real disappointment.  NU has also  
gone down a similar road as their band participates in the cheers that  
incorporate the new trendy "suck" cheer.  And BC is the worst of the  
bunch!  It is truly amazing that the college hockey community in Boston  
at all the schools resorts to the suck cheer and seems to not have an  
original bone.

I think aside from the behavior of the Maine fans at one of the home  
games vs. UNH last year, the greatest thing about Maine fans and the  
student section is their ability to be creative with their cheers.   
Will be interested to see if this is really enforced when MAINE plays  
at BU in NOvember.

Bob Fitta '83

On Sep 12, 2006, at 10:43 AM, Dan Doucette wrote:

> Hopefully, the Agganis staff will enforce this new rule, read link  
> below:
>
> I'd rather not see a repeat of last year, where BU students (their  
> actions are not my concern) incited a young hockey team to repeat a  
> mocking of a Maine cheer, where they used the "F-word".  I had been  
> tempted to visit that team's adult supervisor to voice my  
> disappointment with their action, but this year I will alert arena  
> staff should it happen again. 
>
> http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/09/12/ 
> bu_moves_to_clean_up_foul_language_at_games/
>
>
>
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Bob Fitta
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