Greg ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
> 3. The Black Hole Cheer. This infamous cheer has been around longer
> than anybody's given it credit for. In my experience, the cheer first
> surfaced in the ECAC at Harvard [...] I don't know whether the Crimson
> fans thunk it up all by themselves, or imported it from the West
 
It's something that's evolved over the years.  I remember first hearing
the black hole part of it while I was still close enough to go to
college games (which puts it back to '83).  It could have been at just
about any ECAC or HE (except Merrimack and Lowell) rink.  It might even
have been a Div. II rink, but not likely, or one possibly the '82 NCAA
(back then this wasn't a bad 4-letter word ;-) .
 
> 8. "Skating" Saints? I thought SLU's name was the "Fighting" Saints.
> (This is not a Lappin joke - I swear SLU used to be called the Fighting
> Saints, then it seemed to drop to just plain Saints, and now this.
> Somebody in Canton with an old media guide - am I hallucinating again?)
 
Everything I have (ECAC Hockey [Media] Guides for '81-85 and Brown vs
SLU programs for '78-82 just lists them as "Saints" though I do
remember hearing "Fighting Saints" back then.  It was probably an
unofficial nickname.
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Steve "Sluggo" Allen-Shinn
Brown '82    GO BRUINS!!!