I think that St. Lawrence once took a high school band who had been playing for them during the season.  SLU doesn't seem to be able to form a pep band and keep it going.

As always, I could be mistaken.

Sara
SLU '77
Let's go SAINTS!!!!!!!!

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From: "Hampton, Nathan E." <[log in to unmask]>
> 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
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: - Hockey-L - The College Hockey Discussion List on behalf of Sara M. Fagan
> Sent: Sun 3/18/2007 10:40 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 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!!!
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> 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!!!
> > >