> Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 09:47:41 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Jim Love <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Re: Air Force Blue and Silver ends 2-2
>
> Hi Charlie -
>
> On Sat, 7 Oct 2000, Charlie Shub wrote:
> > It wasn't a real game, 20 minutes and then 20 minutes of power plays
> > and then an orange and lemon contest .... It was a test cruise for the
> > new arena and the minor officials.
>
> OK, I'll expose my ignorance - what's an "orange and lemon contest" ??
> Orange and yellow pucks (Charlie Finley, call your office !! :-) or were
> REAL oranges and lemons being sticked around !?!? A bit messy, but that's
> certainly ONE way to keep spectators from getting too close :-)
>
> Cheers from Maryland - Jim
it is usually the last event at a practice. Goalies in the goals,
skaters at center ice. players shoot as in a shootout. the first one
to score gets an orange and the last gets the lemon. the lemon, at
some places is a yellow helmet that the player must wear until ity is
"won" by someone else.
charlie shub University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
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