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Date: | Fri, 12 Dec 1997 14:23:25 EST |
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"Jeffrey T. Anbinder" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Bill said:
>>Reminds me of the possibly apocryphal story of why there are nets above the
>>glass at both ends of Lynah Rink... apparently, the nets were added in the
>>mid-
>>to late '70s. Prior to this time, there was nothing above the glass. One
>>night, a player fired a shot toward the goal; the shot was way high, flew
>over
>>the glass, and nailed an unsuspecting fan on the side of the head. The fan
>>shook it off, continued to watch the game... and DIED later that night,
>>probably of a cerebral hemorrhage. The nets went up very soon after this.
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>In the version of the story I heard, it was the conductor of the visiting
>RPI pep band.
Not the famous A. Olin Niles, was it?
(Hopefully, I am not being a part of another band thread.)
Ralph Baer
RPI '68, '70, '74
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