>I have a question for all of the college hockey gurus: Why is the Yale rink, >Ingalls (sp?) Rink, called "The Yale Whale"? There is probably some story >behind this that somebody knows. > >Mike Zak >Clarkson '87, '90 Mike, From the Yale media guide: "Even before it opened in 1958, the rink was dubbed the Yale Whale because of the humpbacked roof and 300-foot backbone designed by renowned architect Eero Saarinen." If you've been there, you know. Arthur