> Lawrence C. Weintraub wrote in part: > >[snip] Union's Achilles Rink is extremely quiet, As a season ticket at Union College for the previous 3 seasons (I have since returned to Clarkson), I would have to agree that Achilles Rink is generally quiet, particularly when Union falls behind. Last year, a sound system and a horn (which sounds like a '72 Buick) were installed, but that does not get the fans "into" the game. > Deron Treadwell wrote: > > 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. I attended the game against Maine earlier this year. It was Union's second home game of the year, they were 1-0-1 at the time, and the team had high expectations. Union skated with Maine for about a period and a half before Maine's speed and depth finally got the better of Dutchmen with two quick goals. The crowd might have well gone home, because it got extremely quiet when a 1 goal lead quickly became a 1 goal deficit. The loudest I recall Achilles Rink getting, in the three seasons I attended games, was the last home game 1994 when Union came back from a 2 goals down late in the third period to beat Colgate in regulation. The fans started chanting "We're #6" (Union finished 6th in the ECAC in their 3rd D-1 season after they were picked to finish last, again). The place has probably not been that loud since. Kevin Powers HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.