Reply to: RE>HockeyFest Rumor Report I condone what the students do at the Cornell hockey games at Lynah Rink. It has been a tradition of cheering, reading newspapers during the opposing teams starting line introduction and then wadding them up and throwing them on the ice during the RED introduction, standing throughout the entire game, Throwing fish on the ice BEFORE the start of the HARVARD game, and generally raising the type of commotion that you would expect from a bunch of teenagers. However the "STUDENT SECTION" is far away from either bench (across the rink at one end) and having it here will not endanger the players. This season, the referee announced that Cornell will be assessed a 2:00 penalty for fans (from either team) throwing things on the ice DURING the game. It happened a few times during the season and once the fans got it through their heads that it was detrimetal to the teams success, they stopped that behavior. What I don't understand is this: Why would you throw things on the ice that could harm a player; coins, rocks, ball bearings, ice, bottles, and other things? THIS kind of tradition has to stop. Wadded up newspaper is one thing, a broken bottle is another. Any fan throwing anything on the ice during the game should (and in our rink is) be thrown out of the stadium. Any repeat offender should be barred for the season. No exceptions. As far as cleanup, there is a cleanup crew to take care of the ice to make sure that the surface is clean and not hazzardous to the players. What more can we expect? Good clean hockey! LET'S GO RED - LET'S GO RED - LET'S GO RED - LET'S GO RED - LET'S GO RED