Bill said:
>Reminds me of the possibly apocryphal story of why there are nets above the
>glass at both ends of Lynah Rink... apparently, the nets were added in the
>mid-
>to late '70s.  Prior to this time, there was nothing above the glass.  One
>night, a player fired a shot toward the goal; the shot was way high, flew over
>the glass, and nailed an unsuspecting fan on the side of the head.  The fan
>shook it off, continued to watch the game... and DIED later that night,
>probably of a cerebral hemorrhage.  The nets went up very soon after this.
 
In the version of the story I heard, it was the conductor of the visiting
RPI pep band.
 
Jeffrey Anbinder, CU '94
Ithaca Times Hockey Columnist
 
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