Aaron Lindman writes:
 
>        My first gripe is the fact that a "live" animal either a gopher
>or rat was thrown on the ice after the sioux scored their first goal.
>That was accompanied by many other stuffed gophers and a few actual
>frozen gophers. After the second goal, more stuff was thrown (pop cans,
>etc)... What kind of obsession do Sioux fans have with throwing stuff on
>the ice? This has happened for years. My first year, over 50 powerade
>plastic bottles littered the ice after several games as well as many
>other soda cups and other various refreshment holders. Yeah, a warning is
>given, heck, even two like on Sunday against Minnesota, but is anything
>ever done? No, its not. Maybe I am just blind, but does this happen
>everywhere? After BU wins/scores or Michigan wins/scores or any other
>team for that matter, is the ice littered with garbage, dead animals,
>live animals?? I think that is pretty tasteless.
 
        Whenever Harvard plays Cornell at Lynah Rink, the Cornell
students throw dead fish on the ice when Harvard comes out immediately
before the start of the game.  A warning is read, and if anyone throws
anything thereafter (like when the Crimson come out after an
intermission), something is most certainly done.  Cornell is assessed
a bench minor.  This used to be an annual occurrence; in February 1995
the Crimson scored the game's first goal on the resulting power play
and went on to win 2-1.
(q.v. http://www.amurgsval.org/~squishy/fish.1.4.html)  The warning
has been heeded the first time in every game since, and Cornell has
gone 7-0-1 against Harvard.  So deterrence does work.
 
                                         John Whelan, Cornell '91
                                     Official Scorer/PA Announcer
                                        U of Utah Ice Hockey Club
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PS--Don't let's start the fish debate again.  Saturday's
Cornell-Harvard game is at Bright, not Lynah.  OTOH, I'd be happy to
see BYU take a couple more bench minors for fans standing on the
boards Friday like they did the last time Utah came to their outdoor
rink. ;-)
(q.v. http://www.utah.edu/campusrec/spclub/hockey/recap/971205.htm)
 
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