Another funny incident. I was walking around between games and ran across
this old guy
(old being defined as anyone older than me) wearing a green hockey jersey.
This was a lighter green than either the Clarkson or Dartmouth brand of
green. Also, the jersey had the picture of an Indian (er, native American)
on the front and we all know that Dartmouth doesn't do Indians. Sure enough,
on tne back of the jersey, it said North Dakota Fighting Sioux.  He must
have seen my quizzical look and told me he had been driving to St. Paul and
must have taken a wrong turn in the snow storm

On 3/18/07, Andy Weise <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> So now it makes sense why the "Q pep band" played the RPI fight song
> during the
> second intermission. That really confused me for a while....
>
> -Andy
>
>
> At 01:08 AM 3/18/2007 -0400, Joe LaCour wrote:
> >Mark
> >
> >It was the RPI band in Q colors.  Also, the SLU folks I was with were
> >rooting for CCT, just as we rooted for SLU in the conso.
> >
> >Joe
> >----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Lewin" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 12:10 AM
> >Subject: reflection on the ECAC tournament
> >
> >
> >>Heard today that the ECACHL (which is now back to ECAC) will keep the
> >>tournament in Albany through 2010.  Yes I know that Lake Placid is a
> >>sentimental favorite, but Albany is centrally located and much easier to
> get
> >>to than Lake Placid (especially in the middle of March). Now, if the T-U
> >>arena could only learn to make a decent cup of coffee.
> >>
> >>It was interesting to watch Dartmouth's style of play. Rather than use
> >>flashy outside slapshots broadcasting their shots well in advance. they
> had
> >>a tendency to get their forwards cycling through the slot, looking for
> >>deflections and screening the goalie. The shooters used quick surprising
> >>wrist shots that were quite effective. I found their style to be
> different
> >>from most teams and they scored most of their goals in this way.
> Although it
> >>didn't help them win a game this weekend, they were in both games until
> the
> >>end.. Perhaps with a few big men in the middle to pick up rebounds, they
> >>could take their game to the next level.
> >>
> >>The ECAC welcomed  Quinnipiac to the final four this weekend and the
> Bobcats
> >>did themselves proud. The final four attendance is always tricky to
> predict
> >>depending on who the participants are.  You know that Cornell and
> Clarkson
> >>will always bring a crowd.  Presumably RPI and Union would draw a crowd,
> if
> >>only one or both could make it to the semifinals (sigh!!!).  Quinnipiac
> drew
> >>a nice crowd this weekend, especially considering that Friday produced a
> >>March snowstorm of more than a foot of snow.  After upsetting SLU, even
> more
> >>fans drove up from Connecticut to cheer their team on.  And they came oh
> so
> >>close taking a 2-0 lead against  Clarkson into the third period before
> the
> >>Knights came back to take the title.
> >>
> >>There were a lot of yellow Quinnipiac tee shirts in the crowd, many of
> which
> >>were donned (suspiciously) by people wearing red hats reading SLU.  Not
> >>surprisingly, the SLU fans  were rooting for Quinnipiac.  Why?  Because
> they
> >>were playing against Clarkson (duh!!).  But many Saints fans found
> >>themselves in a dilemma.  They soon realized that Clarkson was going to
> the
> >>NCAA's regardless; all that was at stake was their number 1 seed in a
> >>regional.  If Clarkson lost,  Quinnipiac would get the autobid, Clarkson
> >>would still go and there would be one less at large bid.  That extra bid
> >>might belong to St. Lawrence.  So the Saints had to either root for the
> >>Knights or have their season end. Most chose to leave the building and
> go
> >>across the street to celebrate St. Patricks Day.
> >>
> >>Kudos to the Quinnipiac band who had the foresight between period 2 and
> >>period 3 to play the RPI fight song to win RPI fans over to their side.
> >>Great idea, guys but we were with you all the way.  After all, you were
> >>playing Clarkson.
> >>
> >>   So that's it for me for another year.  But for all you RPI fans out
> >>there,  wait'll next year!!!
>