I say that the T-U arena has more to improve than its coffee. I thought the food was bad and the place could use some cleaning up and more signage. This SLU fan was rooting for Clarkson and stayed through the whole game. I kept my SLU fleece on and kept the cheering to a minimum. Sara SLU '77 Let's go SAINTS!!! -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Mark Lewin <[log in to unmask]> > 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!!!