Re: the Alma Maters' being played at the start of the third period in the ECAC. Ralph Baer is right. Clarkson used to do this too, with both teams on the blue lines as I recall. Both schools' Alma Mater. Wonderful tradition!! Another feature which used to distinguish hockey from basketball. It should be started again. If the rules need to be changed to allow it, then get it done. But for Clarkson, only the *old* Alma Mater (at least the tune more commonly known as "Maryland, My Maryland" or "Oh, Tannenbaum") would do. The new one is simply uninspiring, and no one who graduated more than eight years ago recognizes it:-(:-( -- Dick Tuthill HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.