Dick Tuthill wrote:
 
>Clarkson used to do this too, with both
>teams on the blue lines as I recall. Both schools' Alma Mater.
>Wonderful
>tradition!! Another feature which used to distinguish hockey from
>basketball. It should be started again. If the rules need to be
>changed to
>allow it, then get it done.
 
RPI used to dim the lights with both teams on the blue lines.
However, I don't recall the other school's Alma Mater ever being
played.  The threat of a delay-of-game penalty wiped out this
tradition, and the Alma Mater was then played before the teams
returned -- and usually before most people returned to their
seats.  I assume that is what still happens now.
 
Ralph Baer
RPI '68, '70, '74
 
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