Back in MD, much better drive down than up!
At the post game celebration across the street the CCT pep band alumnus said
that after the game the Q band took off their sweaters and underneath was
the cherry and white of RPI.
BTW, kudos to the snow removal folks in the Albany area. If that much snow
fell on DC, we still would be digging out.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sara M. Fagan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 11:40 AM
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!!!
>> >
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