Concerning why Yale's Ingalls Rink is called "The Yale Whale"...
 
I've been to Ingalls rink quite a few times, as I played there when I
was playing AHAUS hockey, at about the age of ten or so.  I also come
from North Haven, which is only minutes away from Yale in New Haven.
Now, I don't know of any story behind the rink, but I believe that it
is called the Yale Whale because the roof design makes the rink, from
the outside, look like a huge whale.  Well, actually, like one whale with
two "tails".  Sort of a symmetric whale, I guess.  Can someone back
me up on this?  Or am I totally wrong?
 
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Kenny Zalewski
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 65 13th Street, 1st floor, Troy, NY, 12180
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