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Title: Albany Roll Call
Post by: Beeeej on March 16, 2010, 03:14:27 PM
I'm EDIT: now definite, having finalized my transportation.  I expect to get there in time for the basketball game, and I imagine I'll end up at Bayou if that's the consensus viewing favorite.
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: ajh258 on March 16, 2010, 03:18:35 PM
hmm... i think i'm not gonna be able to make it today, couldn't finish my essay on time

be there tomorrow.
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: jtwcornell91 on March 16, 2010, 03:25:26 PM
I'll be there +1, with the Anbinder party in Section 118.
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: sockralex on March 16, 2010, 03:25:27 PM
I'll be there with my girlfriend.  We'll be at either Bayou or Jillian's for Basketball - depends on if Jillian's learned from last year and makes a veggie option avaialble beyond french fries.
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: judy on March 16, 2010, 03:32:28 PM
Yes. Last year for Albany!

Didn't we do Bayou last year for the bball? They gave us our own room.
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: Trotsky on March 16, 2010, 03:33:52 PM
I'll be there, and yes we plan to take possession of Bayou again for hoops.
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: Beeeej on March 16, 2010, 03:44:13 PM
Quote from: jtwcornell91I'll be there +1, with the Anbinder party in Section 118.

Just don't bring any wet salmon products.
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: Rosey on March 16, 2010, 03:46:33 PM
Me + 2, both days
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: andyw2100 on March 16, 2010, 03:50:39 PM
Me, my wife Jaime, and one of my two daughters. (The other has play rehearsals and is mad as hell she can't go.)
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: ugarte on March 16, 2010, 04:15:27 PM
*sigh*

See you in Atlantic City.
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: Will on March 16, 2010, 04:47:00 PM
I'll be there with my wife Kristie.  Come find us in Sec. 115.  We'll be at Bayou for hoops as well if we can get to Albany in time.
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: Jeff Hopkins '82 on March 16, 2010, 04:57:11 PM
I'll be there.  Seat's in section 120, but who knows where I'll really sit.

I'll try to get there in time for BBall at the Bayou.
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: Jim Hyla on March 16, 2010, 05:37:39 PM
Me plus 0-3 more. Probably 3 as my daughter's best friend wants to go, even if she doesn't. Don't know if I can get them going early enough for b'ball. I ordered tickets from CU, who knows where. Candy if they'll let me.
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: dbilmes on March 16, 2010, 05:54:00 PM
I'll be there, both for the hoops at the Bayou and of course, the hockey games! Not looking forward to trekking to the Boardwalk in future years.
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: KateWithThe8 on March 16, 2010, 06:33:42 PM
Jon and I will be there!  Look forward to seeing everyone!  Let's Go Red!
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: Killer on March 16, 2010, 06:46:20 PM
I'm there with Somers, somewhere in section 118.
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: marty on March 16, 2010, 07:38:59 PM
I'll be there with my girlfriend and my wife.  She is one and the same.

She puts up with season tickets at the Houston Morgue, a yearly "hockey trip" to Ithaca, "same seats next year" tickets at the Knickerbocker/Pepsi/TU Center and a host of other infractions on my part.  She seems to love me more than hockey and of course the feeling is mutual. Here is to Janice whether she brings a book or not!(http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/love/love0038.gif)
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: scoop85 on March 16, 2010, 08:50:53 PM
I'll be there + 2
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: Robin on March 16, 2010, 10:29:23 PM
Elliot and I plan to be there, both for basketball viewing and hockey.  No idea where our seats are, but they are somewhere on the CU side (not that that's hard to get). The CU ticket office was too busy with the "long line" at the window to let me know at time of order.

Robin
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: cth95 on March 16, 2010, 11:04:21 PM
I want to go, and I have been to every Albany game Cornell played. I can't make it this year, though.  We have a new good luck charm whom I would have loved to bring next year if the tournament wasn't moving to AC. :-(

The Cornell men and women are both undefeated against Harvard during my little girl's lifetime (all two weeks of it) and she slept on my lap while I kept track of the games on my computer.
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: TimV on March 16, 2010, 11:24:28 PM
I'm there, somewhere in that corner of the rink + 1 or 2.
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: Robb on March 16, 2010, 11:26:06 PM
Does it make me a bad fan if I say I'm going to be there on Saturday, but only if Cornell wins on Friday?

I'd hate for my first live game in 2 years to be an ECAC consolation.  :`-(
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: Lauren '06 on March 16, 2010, 11:51:36 PM
Debating whether to isolate myself from the internet for the weekend and wait for the NHL Network day-after broadcasts...
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: andyw2100 on March 17, 2010, 12:02:13 AM
Quote from: cth95I want to go, and I have been to every Albany game Cornell played. I can't make it this year, though.  We have a new good luck charm whom I would have loved to bring next year if the tournament wasn't moving to AC. :-(

The Cornell men and women are both undefeated against Harvard during my little girl's lifetime (all two weeks of it) and she slept on my lap while I kept track of the games on my computer.

Congratulations!

The daughter that we're bringing with us went to her first Cornell hockey game when she was three weeks old. It was a playoff game against Princeton in 1994. You can't start 'em too young!
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: cth95 on March 17, 2010, 12:15:35 AM
Quote from: andyw2100
Quote from: cth95I want to go, and I have been to every Albany game Cornell played. I can't make it this year, though.  We have a new good luck charm whom I would have loved to bring next year if the tournament wasn't moving to AC. :-(

The Cornell men and women are both undefeated against Harvard during my little girl's lifetime (all two weeks of it) and she slept on my lap while I kept track of the games on my computer.

Congratulations!

The daughter that we're bringing with us went to her first Cornell hockey game when she was three weeks old. It was a playoff game against Princeton in 1994. You can't start 'em too young!

That's really cool.  I could beat that at 2 1/2 weeks, but I can't convince my wife.  If it is any consolation, my daughter was really active inside my wife's belly at the BU game in MSG.  The band (unfortunately at the BU end) and the cheering really seemed to get her going.
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: RichH on March 17, 2010, 02:02:18 AM
Quote from: andyw2100The daughter that we're bringing with us went to her first Cornell hockey game when she was three weeks old. It was a playoff game against Princeton in 1994. You can't start 'em too young!

Jeff Lopatka.
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: jputterman24 on March 17, 2010, 06:45:22 AM
looks like the local cornell club is pushing jillians for the basketball tv viewing

http://ccgcd.alumni.cornell.edu/basketball.htm
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: andyw2100 on March 17, 2010, 08:55:49 AM
Quote from: RichH
Quote from: andyw2100The daughter that we're bringing with us went to her first Cornell hockey game when she was three weeks old. It was a playoff game against Princeton in 1994. You can't start 'em too young!

Jeff Lopatka.

...scored the game-winning goal in OT. Cornell won 5-4 and advanced. We won't talk about what happened after that.
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: profudge on March 17, 2010, 10:08:20 AM
I'll  be in Albany for B'ball and weekend;   +1  for hockey (my brother).

P.S.  Know anyone who wants a ride up on Friday AM  from Candor NY  through Binghamton to Albany  and  back mid day on Sunday ?
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: KeithK on March 17, 2010, 11:35:15 AM
Quote from: andyw2100
Quote from: RichH
Quote from: andyw2100The daughter that we're bringing with us went to her first Cornell hockey game when she was three weeks old. It was a playoff game against Princeton in 1994. You can't start 'em too young!

Jeff Lopatka.

...scored the game-winning goal in OT. Cornell won 5-4 and advanced. We won't talk about what happened after that.
Nothing happened after that game. We finished the season as ECAC Playin Champions. And a wonderful championship it was!
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: RatushnyFan on March 17, 2010, 11:49:59 AM
I'll be there with wife and 3 kids on Saturday if we're in the championship game.  Can't make it on Friday............or to the early Saturday game (hopefully not applicable)
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: lhayes on March 17, 2010, 01:37:05 PM
I'll be there Saturday with my husband (trainbow) and 3 others.
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: HeafDog on March 17, 2010, 06:31:57 PM
Me +0.

Also, PM me if you need a ride from NYC or back to NYC. I have space for a couple more in my car. I am leaving the UWS at 8am Fri and would be returning to NYC at the earliest possible opportunity.
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: Robin on March 17, 2010, 07:48:42 PM
Has anyone called the Bayou?
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: billhoward on March 18, 2010, 12:08:36 AM
Stuck on a plane Friday that only gets back in time for the 7 p.m. game Friday not 4 p.m. ... but +2 Saturday should we advance. When I booked 10 days ago I had trouble believing we would be by any possibility in the early game Friday.
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: RichH on March 18, 2010, 12:36:29 AM
Quote from: RobinHas anyone called the Bayou?

Yes, I did.  I played phone tag with a manager, whose voicemail to me basically said "can you call back tomorrow? Today is St. Patrick's Day so it's a little crazy."  So I have his number, and I'll give him the details and post back here with the response.  I estimate somewhere in the 20-30 range for the basketball game.  

And, of course, there's also Jillians, as the alumni club says.
Title: Bayou or Jillians
Post by: ebilmes on March 18, 2010, 02:15:13 AM
So, is the verdict that the eLf crowd is going to the Bayou? And not Jillian's?
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: RichH on March 18, 2010, 08:15:15 PM
Quote from: RichH
Quote from: RobinHas anyone called the Bayou?

Yes, I did.  I played phone tag with a manager, whose voicemail to me basically said "can you call back tomorrow? Today is St. Patrick's Day so it's a little crazy."  So I have his number, and I'll give him the details and post back here with the response.  I estimate somewhere in the 20-30 range for the basketball game.  

And, of course, there's also Jillians, as the alumni club says.

OK, so I called Bayou back today at the appointed time, and the manager wasn't in. So I talked with the woman who answered the phone, and basically explained the whole deal about a bunch (20-30) of hockey fans who want to watch a basketball game around noon. She seemed to be ok with it, and said she'd be working.  So at least somebody there knows we're coming.  I explained that we got a bunch of tables and booths last year, which worked well.

I'll try to get there between 11:30 and noon and set it up.  I made it clear when she said they had a big table in a room without any tvs that that wouldn't be acceptable.
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: munchkin on March 18, 2010, 09:32:30 PM
I'll be coming, and giving Brian Sullivan crap the entire car ride to Albany for picking Union to win it on Saturday.
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: judy on March 18, 2010, 09:39:58 PM
Last minute change of plans?
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: munchkin on March 18, 2010, 09:53:17 PM
Quote from: judyLast minute change of plans?
I work at a pool, and since the flooding in Boston damaged some of the plumbing in the basement it's closed through until Monday meaning I don't have to be there Friday and Saturday as was scheduled.
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: Roy 82 on March 18, 2010, 11:10:31 PM
Sure, the "flooding" damaged the plumbing in the basement. Very clever. A true CU hockey fan. ::shifty::
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: Killer on March 19, 2010, 09:03:39 AM
Quote from: munchkin
Quote from: judyLast minute change of plans?
I work at a pool, and since the flooding in Boston damaged some of the plumbing in the basement it's closed through until Monday meaning I don't have to be there Friday and Saturday as was scheduled.

That's one of those signs that would definitely have people scratching their heads:

"Pool closed due to flooding"
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: munchkin on March 19, 2010, 09:37:48 AM
Quote from: Killer
Quote from: munchkin
Quote from: judyLast minute change of plans?
I work at a pool, and since the flooding in Boston damaged some of the plumbing in the basement it's closed through until Monday meaning I don't have to be there Friday and Saturday as was scheduled.

That's one of those signs that would definitely have people scratching their heads:

"Pool closed due to flooding"

The flooding itself wasn't really the problem, it's that the chlorine tanks ended up under water so instead of being fed into the pool above very slowly and in a controlled manner, over 100 gallons ended up mixed with the rain water in the pit (the area under the pool where water goes before it's fed into the pumps and filters).  Even though most of the flood waters have been cleaned up there is still chlorine gas and liquid residue from the huge amount that ended up in the pit.  So even though the pool deck and the locker rooms didn't have water damage, the air quality on deck is not safe for patrons.  It's just easier to say flood damage.

But clearly, my first thought when finding out I had no work on Friday or Saturday was that I go could to Albany.
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: Beeeej on March 19, 2010, 09:47:22 AM
Just ran into Jeff Hopkins '82 at a rest area on I-87, shortly after the register clerk vocally admired the Ken Dryden autograph on my game-worn. :-)
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: Jeff Hopkins '82 on March 19, 2010, 11:29:22 AM
Quote from: BeeeejJust ran into Jeff Hopkins '82 at a rest area on I-87, shortly after the register clerk vocally admired the Ken Dryden autograph on my game-worn. :-)

Beat me to it. :-D

Now in Albany.  See everyone later!

LGR!!!
Title: Re: Albany Roll Call
Post by: Robb on March 19, 2010, 06:43:28 PM
See y'all tomorrow!!!!!!

Whoo hooo!!!!