>Im curious to know if there are similar tradiotions at other arenas around the
>college/minor league arenas.  If so let me know...Id like to hear about these
>"traditions" (both past and present).  Im contemplating starting one up here
>in Knoxville for both the Knoxville Cherokees (ECHL) and even the Univ. of
>Tenn. hockey team (yes, there really is one here!)
>I know a couple of years back some div II/III (?) team's fans would throw
>anything and everything onto the ice.  I think it was the Univ. of Dayton, or
>some team like that...I may be wrong.  I even remember they arrested a few
>for ignoring an order placed on them by the univ. that they NOT throw anything
>onto the ice (some objects included toilet paper and items of that nature).
>The univ even contemplating closing the future games left in the season to the
>public to insure no objects from the stands would end up on the ice.
>
Here at Plattsburgh (DIV III) when we play Oswego State, on the first
Plattsburgh goal, everyone throws a tennis ball onto the ice (towards the
Oswego goaltender) because of the
green of the Oswego away jersey.  So there are about 4000-4500 tennis balls
on the ice for about ten minutes while maintenance cleans them up; which
then results in a bench minor, delay-of-game against Plattsburgh.  I THINK
this started back in 1986-87 when we played Oswego SIX times on home ice,
and beat them all six times (The Championship that is now vacant).  It may
go further back than that, I really can't remember.  I honestly don't know
the logic behind throwing the tennis balls onto the ice but it gets the
crowd up, and gets the coach pissed.
Later!
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