That was really the RPI pep band?  That's too bad. I had high hopes that
Quinnipiac had a strong enough commitment to its hockey team to send its own
pep band to the champioship game

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!!!
>