On Tue, 6 Feb 1996, Carol S White wrote:
 
> Someone asked: "What happened to the Gophers in Grand Forks?
 
I think they were looking forward to this coming weekend, rather than the
Sioux.  But you are right, they did play horribly on Friday night.  I
thought they played much better on Saturday, but they just couldn't get
the breaks they needed.
 
> There *should* be a WCHA league rule prohibiting the tossing of dead (or live,
> or stuffed) animals on the ice after you score. The rule should be enforced by
> giving the home team a penalty EVERY TIME A DEAD ANIMAL HITS THE ICE AFTER UND
> SCORES. That would stop it, pronto. Publicity on campus could make it clear to
> all. Several years ago, a misguided soul tossed a dead Badger onto the ice,
> when Wisconsin was playing at Englestad. That misguided soul ended up in jail
> and paying a stiff fine....he didn't know that Badgers are on the endangered
> species list!
 
I agree, but it should go larger than just that.  I mean NCAA and NHL.
There are people everywhere throwing things onto the ice.  At a Dallas
Stars game someone heated a penny and threw it onto the ice.  Just
imagine if someone would have hit that with their skate, it could be a
career ending injury.
 
When SCSU plays the Badgers, you see slices of cheese flying onto the ice
all the time.  I just think that detracts from the game and makes the
fans look bad.
 
If you remember in the NFL playoffs there were a lot of people throwing
snowballs at the players, other fans, and coaches (I think it was in New
York).  The next day when the packers played they made an announcement
concerning this, and said that anyone caught throwing snowballs would be
escorted out.  If they were a season ticket holder, they would lose their
season tickets (from what I hear there is a 12 year waiting list for
those).  They didn't have a problem.  Why doesn't the NHL or NCAA
implement something like this.
 
I think this will help cut down a lot of fan problems.  Can't they enjoy
a game without throwing things?  Maybe we will never know.
 
 William Groskreutz III
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