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Re: Corona Virus And Playoff Games - 12 months ago
Trotsky Wormer dropped the Big One. Only a matter of time til Lake Placid does it. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?by Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: Alumni News: 2019-20 - 12 months ago
TimV Trotsky Does MLL have the same bullshit Investor-Operator model as MLS? That's a veto for me. It's like rooting for different colors on a Vegas roulette wheel. It's all just the House. Nogw what they need is motorcycles and a banked track... Rollerball! When the movie came out I thought that could be done under "Madrid rules." An exhibition was actually played in the Muby Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: PU @ CU - 12 months ago
RichH Weder And there it is ... Cornell gets a bye to Lake Placid **Jumps over the eGlass of eLynah to eCelebtate** Sorry, not allowed. You might get a computer virus.by Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: Game viewing NYC? - 12 months ago
Jim Hyla Jeff Hopkins '82 Trotsky Can we make noise at least? Only if you don't breathe or open your mouth. How do you feel about thunderstix? No artificial noisemakers during the game Well, if you're wearing gloves, they won't make much noise.by Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: Corona Virus And Playoff Games - 12 months ago
Chris H82 And no fans in regionals or FF: NCAA announcement Yeah, I read the statement after I posted.by Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: Game viewing NYC? - 12 months ago
Trotsky Can we make noise at least? Only if you don't breathe or open your mouth. How do you feel about thunderstix?by Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: Corona Virus And Playoff Games - 12 months ago
Just saw on Huffington Post that the NCAA will play the Basketball tourney in closed houses (family and critical personnel only). I think we can assume there will be no more spectators at hockey games, either in LP or the NCAA's.by Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: Game viewing NYC? - 12 months ago
French Rage Trotsky Jeff Hopkins '82 KenP I hear there are bars in New Rochelle offering all-day happy hour..... You're just not allowed to sit down, touch the tables, or eat any food. Or high five... Or cheer...No direct eye contact. You're thinking of the Birdbox monster. This won't transform into that for at least a couple more months. Of course it could be like the Weeping Angelsby Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: Corona Virus And Playoff Games - 12 months ago
ugarte NCAA is recommending everything be played in empty arenas with skeleton staff Ah, shit.by Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: Corona Virus And Playoff Games - 12 months ago
adamw semsox For the record, the Ivy League statement said individual institutions will get to decide on Winter sports seasons. Given how near the end is for both the Men's and Women's teams and assuming the NCAA still has the event in some fashion (whether it's in front of empty stadiums, etc.), I very much doubt we'll make the move to end those seasons. I really wouldn't be counting on anythiby Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: Game viewing NYC? - 12 months ago
KenP I hear there are bars in New Rochelle offering all-day happy hour..... You're just not allowed to sit down, touch the tables, or eat any food. Or high five... Or cheer...by Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: Corona Virus And Playoff Games - 12 months ago
Swampy CU2007 semsox Uh oh... Breaking: Harvard not allowing team to play. Forfeits this weekend. ECAC tournament in jeopardy. More to follow— College Hockey News (@chnews) March 11, 2020 This isn’t going to end well. Once one domino falls... Yeah, and WHO officially calling this a global pandemic today is not going to help. While we'd all miss going to the games, they should doby Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: PU @ CU - 12 months ago
Swampy Now if our administration had the foresight of Q's, then we would have a sound system that pipes in muzak too. Also, won't it be hilarious to have Q's scoreboard say, "Make Some Noise!" to an empty arena? The news scoreboard pipes in commercials. I believe that they played music two weeks ago during warmups when the band wasn't ready and during the women's game. So itby Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: Corona Virus And Playoff Games - 12 months ago
Swampy osorojo Suggest Those who dismiss the severity and risk of coronavirus in hockey arenas or in general read Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death". billhoward Who'd want to sit next to a fan coming in from New Rochelle? For some of the altacockers on this list it's been so long since Cornell has won a major nation championship, that if we were confident Cornell is going to do itby Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: PU @ CU - 12 months ago
French Rage jkahn Swampy Trotsky I think it would be cool if they allowed one fan per section. It would be funny. It would be a throwback to the old tradition of "auditions" at Lynah which has sadly fallen by the wayside. Imagine one person in the exact middle of each section holding up a newspaper. Now THAT is performance art. +100 But ... I heard they're giving players 3by Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: Corona Virus And Playoff Games - 12 months ago
Trotsky French Rage Swampy French Rage scoop85 Here's Pollack's notification to the Cornell community. Interestingly it doesn't say all athletic events will be cancelled, but rather that each member will be strictly limited to 3 guests per participant. So maybe there's a little hope that the games can continue. So how do we expand the hockey roster to roughly 1000 players? For how much are tby Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: Corona Virus And Playoff Games - 12 months ago
ithacat Some teams get fans, some don't. The life has been sucked out of the season. I'm on board with just cancelling the season at this point and declaring the team currently #1 the National Champ. #1 in the polls or #1 in the pairwise?by Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2020 - 12 months ago
mike1960 Iceberg It's no longer possible to buy tickets for any Penn lacrosse game on Penn's website, so I assume that the game on 3/20 at Franklin Field is going be a no-go as far as spectators are concerned. Any word about the Yale game? Since classes are going online, I assume the game is postponed, or to be played without a crowd. Played without a crowd.by Jeff Hopkins '82 - Other Sports
Re: Corona Virus And Playoff Games - 12 months ago
ugarte Jeff Hopkins '82 And knowing ugarte, I'm assuming the misspelling of "speling" was intentional?look at the list! D'oh! I actually never looked at the title of the list closely.by Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: Corona Virus And Playoff Games - 12 months ago
ugarte Trotsky Jeff Hopkins '82 Just saw they're putting a "containment" around New Rochelle. I guess the school overreacted since now all those Orthodox Jews from there won't be able to spend their Shabbos at Lynah or Schoellkopf. We do have Stienberg.add his name to speling Yep...it's Stienburg, with a "u". And knowing ugarte, I'm assuming the misspelling of "speby Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: Corona Virus And Playoff Games - 12 months ago
Trotsky Jeff Hopkins '82 Just saw they're putting a "containment" around New Rochelle. I guess the school overreacted since now all those Orthodox Jews from there won't be able to spend their Shabbos at Lynah or Schoellkopf. We do have Stienberg. It actually made me look up whether there was even a Jewish community in Halifax. There is! Whaddya know!by Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: Corona Virus And Playoff Games - 12 months ago
Just saw they're putting a "containment" around New Rochelle. I guess the school overreacted since now all those Orthodox Jews from there won't be able to spend their Shabbos at Lynah or Schoellkopf.by Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: Corona Virus And Playoff Games - 12 months ago
andyw2100 I wonder what this means for the championships in Lake Placid. I imagine Lake Placid relies on the tourism revenue from that weekend quite a bit. Perhaps that will allow them to make a more rational decision. Hotel prices in Placid haven't dropped yet.by Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: Alumni News: 2019-20 - 12 months ago
Trotsky Does MLL have the same bullshit Investor-Operator model as MLS? That's a veto for me. It's like rooting for different colors on a Vegas roulette wheel. It's all just the House. Now what they need is motorcycles and a banked track... Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Cue the Bach music.by Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: Corona Virus And Playoff Games - 12 months ago
Jim Hyla Jeff Hopkins '82 Swampy We're hearing summary statistics, like the virus's death rate, estimated by WHO at 3.4%. But besides the presence of other medical conditions, if age is a predictor of the disease's mortality rate, then won't the death rate depend on an area's demographics? And, more to the point, won't it also depend on a country's healthcare system? For example, the "Aby Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: Cornell Women Hockey - 12 months ago
The good news: I get Big 10 Network at home. The bad news: For the semi-finals I hope to be in Lake Placid, so lord knows what TV options will be available to me.by Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: Corona Virus And Playoff Games - 12 months ago
Swampy We're hearing summary statistics, like the virus's death rate, estimated by WHO at 3.4%. But besides the presence of other medical conditions, if age is a predictor of the disease's mortality rate, then won't the death rate depend on an area's demographics? And, more to the point, won't it also depend on a country's healthcare system? For example, the "Amenable Mortality Rate&quoby Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: Corona Virus And Playoff Games - 12 months ago
Trotsky cu15520-30 seconds with good soapPlease define "good" soap? Are you telling my Dial Gold bars are going to kill me? Actually, when I went in for a surgical procedure in June, they told me Dial antibacterial soap was sufficient for creating a sterile situation for the procedure.by Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2020 polls 3/9 Cornell #2 - 12 months ago
upprdeck Which penn state is better? Penn state #7 or Penn state #16 Hopefully we beat #7, since that will help our RPI a lot more than beating #16.by Jeff Hopkins '82 - Other Sports
Re: Corona Virus And Playoff Games - 12 months ago
JasonN95 Jeff Hopkins '82 andyw2100 adamw RPI just closed its doors to fans for this weekend ... I expect Cornell/Clarkson will do the same eventually. I'm not sure how I feel about the following, but would be interested in others' thoughts. I wonder if the ECAC would consider moving the game to Harvard. Yes, RPI earned the right to host the game, but if they aren't going to allow fans,by Jeff Hopkins '82 - Hockey