I read this thread, and agree with a lot of what has been said here.
However, there is one thing that hasn't been mentioned, and that was the mystique surrounding the hockey program. That was lost when the Line was eliminated, starting in 2005. Then the crackdown on loud behavior put the nails in the coffin.
The program has had its ups and downs in the past, and that never impacted attendance and attitude from what I hear from people before my time.
I was at the Brown game last night - the old ways have been lost. I saw a Brown player skate without a stick for 30+ seconds, and there was maybe four seconds of the "Stickless" chant. I heard two "LGR" chants for all of ten seconds in total, maybe.
No robot goalie, no other real chants to be heard of whatsoever. I'm in Section C - I will say that Section B, while there are a couple little sparks, pales in comparison to what it was when I started going during my time at grad school from 03-05.
It has been, frankly, pathetic. The crowd at Lynah is now just like the crowd at any other arena - the crowd at Colgate in Hamilton is livelier than it has been at Lynah lately.
However, there is one thing that hasn't been mentioned, and that was the mystique surrounding the hockey program. That was lost when the Line was eliminated, starting in 2005. Then the crackdown on loud behavior put the nails in the coffin.
The program has had its ups and downs in the past, and that never impacted attendance and attitude from what I hear from people before my time.
I was at the Brown game last night - the old ways have been lost. I saw a Brown player skate without a stick for 30+ seconds, and there was maybe four seconds of the "Stickless" chant. I heard two "LGR" chants for all of ten seconds in total, maybe.
No robot goalie, no other real chants to be heard of whatsoever. I'm in Section C - I will say that Section B, while there are a couple little sparks, pales in comparison to what it was when I started going during my time at grad school from 03-05.
It has been, frankly, pathetic. The crowd at Lynah is now just like the crowd at any other arena - the crowd at Colgate in Hamilton is livelier than it has been at Lynah lately.
