>Im curious to know if there are similar tradiotions at other arenas around the >college/minor league arenas. If so let me know...Id like to hear about these >"traditions" (both past and present). Im contemplating starting one up here >in Knoxville for both the Knoxville Cherokees (ECHL) and even the Univ. of >Tenn. hockey team (yes, there really is one here!) >I know a couple of years back some div II/III (?) team's fans would throw >anything and everything onto the ice. I think it was the Univ. of Dayton, or >some team like that...I may be wrong. I even remember they arrested a few >for ignoring an order placed on them by the univ. that they NOT throw anything >onto the ice (some objects included toilet paper and items of that nature). >The univ even contemplating closing the future games left in the season to the >public to insure no objects from the stands would end up on the ice. > Here at Plattsburgh (DIV III) when we play Oswego State, on the first Plattsburgh goal, everyone throws a tennis ball onto the ice (towards the Oswego goaltender) because of the green of the Oswego away jersey. So there are about 4000-4500 tennis balls on the ice for about ten minutes while maintenance cleans them up; which then results in a bench minor, delay-of-game against Plattsburgh. I THINK this started back in 1986-87 when we played Oswego SIX times on home ice, and beat them all six times (The Championship that is now vacant). It may go further back than that, I really can't remember. I honestly don't know the logic behind throwing the tennis balls onto the ice but it gets the crowd up, and gets the coach pissed. Later! --------------------------------------------------------------- ! Terrell C. Burns @ Plattsburgh State University ! ! Internet : [log in to unmask] ! ! Bitnet : [log in to unmask] ! ! On Campus : BURN2354 ! ---------------------------------------------------------------