I'll agree with the staleness and cuteness, but I have
seen the sieve chant
affect a goalie about 8 years ago. Princeton (I
think) was playing Cornell
(GO BIG RED!) in 98 or 99...long after the chant
started. The opposing
goalie was up by 2 goals, but was having a bad game
and the crowd did get a
chance to do the sieve, and the "goalie (point at your
goalie), "post",
"sieve" chant as Cornell had hit the pipe a few times.
They had a hard shot
on the Cornell goal that hit the crossbar. The goalie
skated all the way to
the blue line boards to taunt the Cornell
crowd...unfortunately it wasn't a
goal...it ricocheted off the crossbar to center ice
and the Cornell center
walked it into the goal. Needless to say, the head
coach wasn't too fond of
his goalie. He let it get to him. I still remember
Cornell lost the game,
though. Still, I had always assumed the players tuned
out the chants. I
was wrong.
-Gene
Cornell '00
PS...I'm a long-time lurker, but my first post!
-----Original Message-----
From: - Hockey-L - The College Hockey Discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Clay
Satow
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 6:01 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Sieve chant
Also at one time, it actually may have had an effect
on the goalie,
especially if it was used only
for bad goals. But goalies now have been hearing it
for pretty much every
goal they've given up
since they were eight years old, so they probably
don't even hear it.
Pretty much all of these sort of organized stunts are
cute (e.g. "Who's He?"
during player
introductions) for a while but eventually get stale.
And any that involve the word "sucks" or something
more vulgar were never
cute and just get more
annoying over time.
--- "Rowe, Thomas" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Excellent points all. It was no doubt fun at the
beginning, but with
> everyone doing it at every goal its just
meaningless, now. What gets me
> is a goalie that has been standing on his head
stopping everything
> finally lets a good rebound shot in and the crowd
shouts "Sieve,
> sieve..." Dumb. Interestingly, in a few games
where the goalie was
> really off and it was a rout, the crowd starts to
lose interest in the
> sieve chant.
>
> How about a Hockey-L contest to come up with a new
chant?
>
> Tom Rowe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: - Hockey-L - The College Hockey Discussion
List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sara
M. Fagan
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 1:58 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Sieve chant
>
> When SLU played UNH earlier this month the
in-between the period games
> were very entertaining. After the first period
there was a game of
> young players. I don' know the age of peewee
players but these players
> did seem quite young. After the second period we
watched a game of
> hockey between players who do not have the use of
their legs. They use
> sleds. It was very interesting and something I
hadn't seen before. I
> like it when schools have contests or games in
between the periods.
>
> As for the sieve chant. I hate it. and always have.
I don't recall the
> first time I heard it. I have always thought it
was stupid for sever
> reasons:
> 1. You should be rooting for your own team and
not against the other
> team.
> 2. What does it say about your player who just
scored if the goalie
> is a sieve?
> 3. Why hasn't your team scored more if the the
goalie is so bad?
> Just my opinion.
>
> Sara
> SLU '77
> Let's go SAINTS!!!!
>
> -------------- Original message
----------------------
> From: Mamie Anthoine Ney
<[log in to unmask]>
> > I started going to Notre Dame hockey games in '71.
They were using
> > the chant then, but only when the goalie allowed
several goals. When
>
> > I went to the UNH game last weekend, they used it
after every goal.
> > Also, each time the announcers said that there was
one minute left in
> > the period, the crowd all said, "Thank you!."
> >
> > What was really fun was between periods watching
the human bowling
> > game using a bungee cord. That was a hoot.
> >
> > Mamie
> >
> >
> > Mamie Anthoine Ney
> > Assistant Director/Adult Services Librarian
Kennebunk Free Library
> > 112 Main Street
> > Kennebunk, ME 04043
> > 207-985-2173 x 103
> > [log in to unmask]
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Hockey-L automatic digest system"
<[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 5:00 AM
> > Subject: Hockey-L Digest - 20 Jan 2008 to 21 Jan
2008 (#2008-16)
> >
> >
> > > There are 6 messages totalling 188 lines in this
issue.
> > >
> > > Topics of the day:
> > >
> > > 1. Where did the
> > > 2. Where did the "sieve" chant come from,
anyway? (2)
> > > 3. Results: January 19
> > > 4. Whites on the road (2)
> > >
> > >
>
----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:52:04 +0200
> > > From: Henry <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Subject: Re: Where did the
> > >
> > > Dave Geringer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> The PA announcer, Phil Mendel, greeted the
crowd with "Good
> evening,
> > >> hockey
> > >> fans," and they replied in unison, "Good
evening, Phil."
> > >
> > > Phil Mendel was a popular guy. You should have
been there the night
> he
> > > came back after some months away for cancer
treatment. The kids'
> 'Good
> > > evening, Phil' damn near blew the roof off the
ol' Great Dane (i.e.,
> > > Dane County Coliseum).
> > >
> > > cheers,
> > >
> > > Henry
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > >
> > > Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:52:02 +0200
> > > From: Henry <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Subject: Re: Where did the "sieve" chant come
from, anyway?
> > >
> > > Bill Fenwick <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> I first heard it at my first Cornell game back
in the early '80s,
> but
> > >> older
> > >> accounts I've read credit the Wisconsin fans
with coming up with it
>
> > >> first,
> > >> in the early '70s or perhaps even before that.
> > >
> > >
> > > In Madison at least since the 71-72 season (when
I first heard --
> and
> > > joined :-) it) and it was already well
established by then.
> > >
> > > cheers,
> > >
> > > Henry
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > >
> > > Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:05:18 -0500
> > > From: M Stock <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Subject: Results: January 19
> > >
> > > Saturday, January 19, 2008
> > >
> > > Atlantic Hockey
> > > Mercyhurst 2 at Connecticut 3
> > > Sacred Heart 2 at RIT 4
> > > Canisius 1 at Army 2
> > >
> > > CCHA
> > > Bowling Green 2 at Western Michigan
1 ot
> > > Michigan State 4 at Ohio State 0
> > > Nebraska-Omaha 4 at Alaska 3 ot
> > > Northern Michigan 4 at Ferris State
1
> > > Lake Superior 0 at Miami 5
> > > Michigan 5 at Notre Dame 1
> > >
> > > CHA
> > > Niagara 6 at Wayne State 5
> > >
> > > ECAC
> > > St. Lawrence 1 at Colgate 4
> > > Union 4 at Rensselaer 1
> > >
> > > Hockey East
> > > Boston University 2 at Boston College
2 ot
> > > Northeastern 2 at Vermont 5
> > > Maine 4 at Providence 0
> > > Massachusetts 1 at Mass.-Lowell 3
> > >
> > > WCHA
> > > Minnesota 2 at Minnesota-Duluth 1
> > > North Dakota 5 at Minnesota State 3
> > > Wisconsin 4 at Alaska-Anchorage 4
ot
> > >
> > > Non-Conference
> > > Yale 2 at Alabama-Huntsville 3
> > > Air Force 1 at Colorado College 2
> > > Quinnipiac 5 at Holy Cross 2
> > > New Hampshire 3 vs. Dartmouth 5
> > > Bemidji State 2 at Denver 4
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > >
> > > Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:44:00 -0500
> > > From: Friends of UNH Hockey
<[log in to unmask]>
> > > Subject: Re: Whites on the road
> > >
> > > To be fair, Cornell DID wear a third jersey last
year during the
> Florida
> > > tourney, the awful Nike Swift jerseys (UNH and
Maine also had
> swifts),
> > > though they were pretty much the same as their
normal reds :)
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: - Hockey-L - The College Hockey Discussion
List
> > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Bill Fenwick
> > > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 9:57 PM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Whites on the road
> > >
> > > I watched a bit of the Clarkson-Colgate game
tonight on TV and
> noticed
> > > that
> > > the Golden Knights were wearing their white
normally-home uniforms
> at
> > > Starr
> > > Rink, rather than the usual dark road ones. I'm
assuming that's
> because
>
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