Post Columbus Thoughts...

Since most of the games' analyses have been done already in the "frozen four" subject line, I thought I would add other observations.

Saw ~7 other alum at the game. Very good representation of our fans. Talked to one of the locals. One of them even used the "Red" yell during the anthem. The other schools (not-involved in the games) with higher representation may be Maine and Wisconsin. One of the OSU attendants gave me some grief as I was wearing a Cornell shirt.

The stadium is pretty amazing for a campus site. For all those that went to Minny, this arena blows past it. On par with Buffalo in term of size. However, it lacks the ambiance of a Lynah. It was kinda pathetic though to see banners with "number of appearances in frozen four" (or something to that ilk).

Minny fans continue to show lack of class as some were booing Parise despite the fact he got ran over by a bunch of players while he was in the crease. I was amazed that Minny fand attended the other games until I realized that there was not much else to do in Columbus.

How come Denver didn't get their cowbell confiscated? They didn't have band to speak of.
There's a local paper in St. Paul (Pioneer Press) with a "Sainted/Tainted" section. If anyone sees a need to taint campus security, feel free...

[Q]Meng '94 Wrote:
The stadium is pretty amazing for a campus site. For all those that went to Minny, this arena blows past it. On par with Buffalo in term of size. However, it lacks the ambiance of a Lynah. It was kinda pathetic though to see banners with "number of appearances in frozen four" (or something to that ilk).[/q]It's a nice building, but for any hockey game that's not the Frozen Four or Ohio State against Michigan, it's a morgue. When we played there two years ago, there were about 5,500 people (officially) in a cavernous 17,500 seat arena; they had fewer than that for a lot of home games (conference games, even) this year. It may fill up for basketball, but it's ridiculous overkill for OSU hockey.

Yeah, USCHO has their average capacity at 36.5% Yikes.

[www.uscho.com]

What makes it even more amazing is the OSU program was seriously unhealthy when it was on the drawing board -- as in, people were legitimately concerned they were going to pull a UIC. If it's a morgue now, imagine what it would/will look like when the team is .162 (as they were in 1993).

[Q]Trotsky Wrote:

What makes it even more amazing is the OSU program was seriously unhealthy when it was on the drawing board -- as in, people were legitimately concerned they were going to pull a UIC. If it's a morgue now, imagine what it would/will look like when the team is .162 (as they were in 1993).[/q]

Bizzare. Why did they build such a big one anyway? Do they have too much money to burn or was it meant as a statement?

[Q]Pace Wrote:

Trotsky Wrote:

What makes it even more amazing is the OSU program was seriously unhealthy when it was on the drawing board -- as in, people were legitimately concerned they were going to pull a UIC. If it's a morgue now, imagine what it would/will look like when the team is .162 (as they were in 1993).[/Q]
Bizzare. Why did they build such a big one anyway? Do they have too much money to burn or was it meant as a statement?[/q]

Does it double as an arena for other things, like basketball games or concerts or, uh, broomball?

 

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