The good news is that we now know that spelling is not the strong suit for
UNH or Maine students (hockey fans).

:-)

Just another category that Maine and UNH are well-matched in as the next
chapter looms.

-Deron


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Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: UNH Spelling Bee ....


> Jim,there's no way it was intentional.. they looked so embarassed when
they
> finally figured it out...
> it was rather amusing, and embarassing
>
> Quoting Jim Love <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> > Good morning all -
> >
> > On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Thom Davis wrote:
> > >> You have to admit that the [Cornell fans] "UHN" chant was classic.
> > >
> > > For those of you who missed this, three UNH fans in the balcony
> > above
> > > the Cornell section inadvertently (I hope) got their placards
> > switched
> > > around, and the concentration of Cornell students in the seats below
> > > them picked up on this immediately and began chanting "UHN, UHN..."
> > And,
> > > then when nothing happened to the placards, they began chanting
> > "Learn
> > > how to spell, Learn how to spell...." I found it hard to believe
> > that
> > > the three UNH fans with the "UHN" placards could not hear the
> > Cornell
> > > chants, but a few minutes later they held up their "UHN" signs
> > again,
> > > and this time the Cornell students really let them have it, which
> > re-
> > > sulted in the UHN signs finally getting corrected. The game was tied
> > > 3-3 at the time, and easily could have gone either way. As
> > embarrassing
> > > as this incident was for a UNH fan, I found it terribly amusing.
> >
> >   Although I was sitting at the opposite end of the ice and didn't see
> > the signs in question, I have to wonder if they weren't an
> > intentionally
> > subtle jab at the Maine (not Cornell) fans.  When UNH played in Orono
> > earlier in the season, a loud Maine fan held up a homemade sign
> > reading
> > "UNH sucks" (on the front).  But on the *back*, out of sight from most
> > of the Alfond Arena crowd but plainly visible to the large UNH
> > contingent
> > in the same section, was his FIRST attempt at sign-making = "UHN s",
> > with
> > the UHN crossed-out in magic marker and replaced with UNH (he
> > apparently
> > then decided to just start over on the other side).  This incident
> > quickly became part of UNH-Maine lore, and was widely discussed (!!)
> > on
> > USCHO and elsewhere.  Now, I won't pretend to know whether the UNH
> > fans
> > in question could/would have been that smart (we are a "safety school
> > after all :-) to purposefully egg on the Maine fans that way (with
> > whom
> > we share a much more recent history than Cornell fans), but I'm
> > prepared
> > to give 'em the benefit of the doubt <grin> ....
> >
> >   Cheers from the Chesapeake - GO BLUE !!!!  Jim
> >