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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