Mark,

I totally agree with you about the video camera. There were a couple of
times I swore it was a player. It was a little distracting. What is the
point of it? Sometimes I think I'd just like a simple, stationary, wide shot
of the action where I can follow the puck instead of the camera trying to
follow the puck.

As for Barry and the suit, well, believe it or not, that kind of suit is
fashionable in London. Dark blue with *big* pinstripes. I actually think he
was worn that type of suit before. I remember laughing at it last year or
the year before.

The games were great. I'm lucky I've got access to a TV at work so I watch
some of the first game. Saturday's game is going to be exciting. Man I miss
going to college hockey games.

Andy
RPI '91

-----Original Message-----
Date:    Thu, 7 Apr 2005 17:53:10 -0400
From:    Mark Lewin <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Columbus crowds

It was difficult to tell from the TV coverage but it looked like there
was a good crowd at semifinal 1 (and one would expect that he
afternoon game between 2 Colorado schools to be less well attended
than the evening game).  Although there were small patches of empty
seats visible around the rink, there weren't gaping areas of open
seats and even the upper decks looked like there were quite a few
fans.

Could someone who attended the game(s) comment on how it looked from the
inside?


Was anyone else beside me annoyed with the moving camera that was
visible just above the scores line at the bottom of the TV screen.  I
don't know how many times I thought at how fast that breaking winger
was at the bottom of the screen before I realized it was an auto
moving camera.

I guess we've come a long way in a short time. It wasn't that long ago
when we were complaining about the lack of TV coverage; now we (I) am
complaining about too many cameras.

And how could anyone let Barry Melrose on the air in that suit?

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