Someone else would remember the details better than me, but a couple of years ago in a regional or maybe a frozen four in the twin cities, didn't a distant school end up "renting" a high school band to play for their fans? So even if a joke, the idea of RPI's band in Q colors is not that impossible. A free ticket to a game would be enough reason to behave that way.

Nathan Hampton


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From: - Hockey-L - The College Hockey Discussion List on behalf of Sara M. Fagan
Sent: Sun 3/18/2007 10:40 AM
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Subject: Re: reflection on the ECAC tournament
 
I could be wrong but I thought Joe was joking.  He may correct me if I am wrong.

Sara
SLU '77
Let's go SAINTS!!!
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From: Mark Lewin <[log in to unmask]>
> 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!!!
> >