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> The biggest news of the weekend in the ECAC -- hey, maybe in all of college
> hockey -- has to be the Union College Skating Dutchmen's big win over
> Cornell on the road. If there was any doubt that Union could handle Div-
> ision I competition, this should settle it (although the Big Red didn't
> exactly play like a decent Division I team Saturday afternoon). Congratu-
> lations are in order for the Union players, coaching staff, and fans.
I didn't go to the game. I wanted to, but I had a track meet at
Southern Connecticut State University. I heard the good news from my
mother when I called home from the meet. Needless to say, the members
of the tea were both speechless, then psyched about the win. Being friends
with a majority of the seniors on this (hockey) team, I can say that they
really needed this game. Hopes are high for this weekend's last homestand
against Princeton and Yale.
> By the time the second period rolled around, the Union players were
> feeling so good about their two-goal lead that they indulged in a
> little one-upmanship with the Lynah Faithful. Quint was called for a
> penalty early in the second, and he faked the crowd into hollering "See
> ya!" too early by touching the door to the box, then quickly skating
> backward. Actually, this was funny to see -- he and Whitney, who was
> serving a misconduct, were gesturing back and forth, and it looked like
> Whitney was saying, "Yeah, do it!" However, Cornell cut the deficit to
A lot of the players on the team were vocal about the fans' conduct after the
8-1 loss here at Union. They, and the fans, did not take kindly to the rantings
and ravings of the Cornell faithful that showed up at Union. We knew that if
there was a game to win on the road, that it had to be at Cornell, to "get
even". And they did. Enough said.
> scary minutes. I'm not sure, but I think Rick Clifford may have hooked
> Cornell trainer Ray Barile as Barile went out to look at Burke. What I
> saw was Clifford's stick in the air and Barile hollering at him. Any-
> way, nothing came of it. The situation looked so bad that Cornell
I talked to Clifford today, and he explained that he was just meandering
around the ice during the stoppage and he turned around and accidentally bumped
the trainer with his stick. The trainer took offense, but it was purely a
mistake.
> coach Bruce Delventhal, and he certainly had reason for being
> emotional. And I have to commend the Union fans who made the trip down
> for being very courteous, at least the ones I sat near. Naturally,
> they cheered for the Dutchmen, but they also graciously applauded
> whenever Cornell did something good -- not that that happened very
> often, but it was nice.
The Cornell faithful have been one of the only group of fans that have been
written up in the New York Times because of their "eccentric" antics during
home games at Lynah. This tradition continued last Saturday. It was also
displayed at the Achilles game as well. As I have stated before, our traveling
fans make it a point to applaud our team's success while, at the same time, to
try to be polite since they are in someone elses' arena. I find it satisfying
that our fans were extremely polite and graceful at Lynah while the Cornell
faithful that appeared at Achilles in January couldn't match this level of
sophistication. We went to see a game at Lynah Rink, not Achilles West.
Enough said. Good luck in the playoffs, Big Red. Hope you can answer the
wake-up call you received this weekend. Yours truly. keith.
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