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So I had to do an emergency server upgrade on Friday night to, you know, an OS that wasn't, you know, 11 years old. Moving to a new version of PHP put the last nail in the coffin of Phorum, which hasn't been updated since Cornell played on Beebe Lake.

So it was time. SMF seems like a good, robust, free, and actively developed solution which included a migration script from Phorum... that really, really didn't work without a lot of massaging, but I got there. Everyone's accounts should be converted, along with your existing password. Posts and messages should all be here. Avatars, apparently did not make the trip.

This theme is a placeholder. There are likely a lot of broken things, but as I'm still putting out other fires with the server swap, I'll look into them when everything has settled. No need to tell me about what you find. Yet.

Sorry for the inconvenience. It certainly wasn't planned, but it's definitely the best thing to happen for this forum's future. I can implement some proper spam checks and stuff, for starters.

Coach Schafer has been gracious enough to offer to answer questions from the Faithful again! We'll probably do this around the start of the season, but no reason we can't start collecting questions from all of you in the meantime, so ask away!

As dismal as student participation has been of late, I've also been pretty dismayed at the state of the cowbell. It's been going since 1969 in various forms, and I'll be damned if it gets claimed by apathy, too. For years after I gave it up, there was always good communication with my successors to make sure the cheer would always be represented at home and on the road. These days, students rarely travel and handing off the cowbell to the band on your way out of the rink is just not acceptable.

I'm not blaming the band for anything but the cowbell cheer isn't, has never been, and shouldn't be a band thing. We can do better than that. The biggest thing to improve the situation is simply communication, so I've started a Google Group for cowbell alums (and current students). Even if you don't travel to games any more, it would be nice to have you, but if you do, I implore you to join the group so we can at least make an effort to have someone at every game (and know when the current CBG isn't going to be there).

Join the group!

"A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril." —Winston Churchill

The season gets underway tonight with the Red/White scrimmage with the same format as last year with both the men's and women's team. Admission is free and there's a great raffle with lots of prizes. The game starts at 7:30 so come on by after Homecoming!

Some photos of the Harvard game and Senior Night festivities:

http://www.elynah.com/?photob&id=549

The Red/White Scrimmage is coming up this Saturday at 7:00pm. As has been done the last couple years, both the men's and women's teams will be participating and afterwards you'll have a chance to meet the players and get some autographs. Admission is FREE and there will be a raffle with some awesome prizes, so please come out and support the teams.

Raffle Prizes:

- Hockey stick signed by classes of '03 and '07: Bâby, Murray, Vesce, Marr, Paolini, Palahicky, McRae, Bell, Wallace, Krantz, Carefoot, Salmela, McLeod, McCutcheon
- Hockey stick signed by classes of '05 and '06: Abbotts, Moulson, Gleed, Chabot, Varteressian, Cook, Knopefli, Downs, Iggulden, Pegoraro
- Goalie stick signed by Louis Chabot
- Hockey stick signed by current men's team
- Hockey stick signed by current men's team
- Hockey stick signed by current women's team
- Hockey stick signed by current women's team
- Hockey jersey: red #17
- Hockey jersey: white unnumbered
- Wines: Treleaven Chardonnay, Six Mile Creek Ithaca Red & White
- Cornell hockey gnome
- Basket of hair products from The Hair-Loom & professional hair dryer
- 1/2 gallon of pure maple syrup from Creekbed Sugarbush Farms
- $40 gift certificate to The Ithaca Ale House
- $25 gift certificate to The Antlers
- $25 gift certificate to The Antlers
- $25 gift certificate to Agava
- $25 gift certificate to Boatyard Grill
- $25 gift certificate to Boatyard Grill
- Gift certificate for 2 free sandwiches at JJ's Cafe
- Gift certificate to The Plantation
- Apparel from PSP Unlimited

And now for something completely different...



Photos here: http://www.elynah.com/?photob&id=509

Kids of all ages invited to lace 'em up and skate with the teams.

Men's and Women's Teams will be out for meet - greet - skate - photos - and autographs!

This Friday - December 7th - 7 PM at Lynah Rink

I missed the start of the fun, but here's some of the kerfuffle:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEPE34qN2xc[/video]

'Nuff said. Congrats guys!

Migrated to a new server last night and the DNS propagation for the forum took hours longer than all the others for some reason. On the plus side, the server is much, much faster, and located in D.C. instead of Dallas so performance should be a lot better under heavy load. Enjoy!

The annual Red/White Scrimmage will be October 13th at 7:00pm.

• Children under 14 admitted free when accompanied by an adult.
• 50/50 raffle
• 10 door prizes

More details to come.

Here's the list of all televised games that I've compiled for this weekend. As I confirm or find additional listings, I'll keep the list updated. If you have DirecTV, I've included channel numbers. Of course, if you have ESPN3, you can stream all of them live.

Friday March 23
Time     Teams                                Live TV                         Delayed TV             
3:00pm   Michigan State - Union               ESPNU (208)
5:30pm   Denver - Ferris State                ALT (681)                       ESPNU (208) 11:30pm
6:30pm   UMass-Lowell - Miami                 ESPNU (208)
9:00pm   Cornell - Michigan                   ESPNU (208)

Saturday March 24
Time     Teams                                Live TV                         Delayed TV             
1:30pm   Western Michigan - North Dakota      FSNOR (668)                     ESPNU (208) Sun 12:30pm
4:00pm   Air Force - Boston College           ESPNU (208)
5:00pm   BU - Minnesota                       NESN (628), FSNOR+ (657)        ESPNU (208) Sun 3:00pm
6:30pm   East Regional Final                  ESPNU (208)
7:30pm   Maine - Minnesota Duluth             FSNOR+ (657)                    ESPNU (208) 11:30pm
9:00pm   Midwest Regional Final               ESPNU (208)

Sunday March 25
Time     Teams                                Live TV                                                
5:30pm   West Regional Final                  ESPNU (208)
8:00pm   Northeast Regional Final             ESPNU (208)

Photos from all 4 games can be seen here:

http://ssnphoto.com/?event=60

I fully expect a hat trick from him in every game from here on out. You're welcome.

Current Cornell undergrad and graduate students, are you looking for something to do in the upcoming months?  Make sure you take part in the action and excitement of the 2011-12 Men's Hockey season. Season tickets will be available to purchase starting Monday, September 19 through Thursday, September 22 online.  Further details about the student season tickets sales can be found at CornellBigRedTickets.com. Don't miss out, make sure you are a member of the 2011-12 Lynah Faithful to follow and cheer on the Big Red! Let's Go Red!

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After a very lengthy development process, we are proud to announce the release of the College Hockey News iPhone (and iPod Touch) App! We were hoping to get it into everyone's hands much earlier in the season, but we also wanted to get it right. Features include a full schedule for every D1 team, Pairwise rankings, conference standings, and of course all the latest CHN News. You can even pick your favorite team! The app is free and available immediately.

We'll have more features added before the next season gets under way, but we welcome any feedback before then. For more information and to download the app:

http://salsashark.com/chnapp

We did this several years ago and I meant to make it a more regular thing, but obviously that didn't happen. However we're doing it now! For the next few weeks, I'll be accepting questions to ask Coach Schafer in an interview to be conducted later this summer.

If you have questions you'd like asked, please SEND ME A PM with your question. Do not post questions here.

Not all questions will be used and questions that are used may be edited. Do not ask questions about specific recruits that have not yet been announced. Coach Schafer cannot and will not discuss them.

If you want a refresher of the last interview we did, you can find it here: http://www.elynah.com/?articles&id=34