In article <[log in to unmask]>, Andrew Weise <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> At 04:21 PM 12/13/95 -0500, Lawrence C. Weintraub wrote in part: >> >> >[snip] Union's Achilles Rink is extremely quiet, >> >> Perhaps someone at Union can better comment on this, but when Maine played >> there earlier this year, it was very loud, and rather intimidating, even to >> a very seasoned road team like Maine. I don't know if this is the >> exception, or the rule, but even the players and coaches commented how >> "into" the game the crowd was. You could tell while the introductions were >> going on that the place was buzzing. > >Well, Deron, you're right. The place can get extremely loud, trust me. This is so true. As an attender at Achilles when RPi isn't playing I can attest to this. Last year the crowd was dead when Army was in town, but bring in RPI, it was deafening. Another thing too, with a small capacity (2,504) and I'd say 2/3rd's being community, alumni, etc, only a third of the crowd are students, and when they are not there, it lacks the noise coming from the "rowdy" students. Actually I think people are quiet in Achilles because you have to get dead silent if you want to understand what the PA announcer is saying. :) ***************************************************************************** * Jayson Moy RPI '89 '93 * One of the Voices of Rensselaer Engineer * * [log in to unmask] * Hockey, Baseball, Football, and Basketball * * The "Asian Invasion" * on Crystal Clear 91.5FM WRPI, Troy *EASM* * ***************************************************************************** * Check out the WRPI Sports Web Pages on: * * http://www.rpi.edu/~stuttk/wrpispts.html * ***************************************************************************** HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.