Lynah

[jtwcornell91]

[Q]Molly Wrote:

 I think that condensing all the NCAA appearances onto one banner would would sort of detract from the championship years buried in the list.  Another option is to do something similar to the TBRW front page, where finishes are listed by year on separate banners.
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I meant in addition to the banners in the rafters for Ivy, ECAC, and NCAA titles (the last off which should be decorated somehow to make them stand out like they used to when they were the only red ones), and the Ivy, ECAC, and NCAA championship summary banners at the end of the rink.  This would replace the current NCAA tournament summary banner on the wall and the individual NCAA tournament banners in the rafters.

[Free11Skier]

Section C is the Berlin Wall of college hockey.

[RichS]

Hey guys, I enjoy my visits to Lynah.  Even seeing people throw stuff at Tech fans or spit on them as I did back in '97 doesn't keep me from coming back.

I only get annoyed when I see my team lose...and that's the reaction any visiting fan should have at any rink, eh?  I know I saw it pretty often at Clarkson Arena.

[RichS]

How does expanding the rink's capacity force the penalty box to be situated to give the home team an advantage that ius distinctly unfair?

Maybe cornell should hire an RPI or Clarkson engineer for this project.

[DeltaOne81]

It doesn't. What does it adding facilities (locker rooms, etc) to the south (on the current side of the penalty boxes. Then adding and underground passage into the rink, which would likely empty into the south side.

Well, okay, it definitely doesn't necessitate it (as I and others oppose it), but it does provide a convenient excuse to put a bench closer to the new entrance. Now, you could move both benches, but that would be more expensive and eliminate your perfectly good excuse to give your team extra advantage.

As I said, I don't like it, but I certainly see how it could be a 'convenient' element of the overall renovation.

[ben03]

[Q]RichS Wrote:

 How does expanding the rink's capacity force the penalty box to be situated to give the home team an advantage that ius distinctly unfair?

Maybe cornell should hire an RPI or Clarkson engineer for this project.[/q]
RichS, the plans include moving the locker rooms for the cornell men's/women's teams to the south side of the rink (currently a parking lot). the teams would enter somewhere around section C (probably the isles of B-C/C-D). this would in fact be in keeping with the NCAA rules facilitating benches be conveniently located to locker rooms. this relocation of the locker rooms would move the home bench to the south side (which already houses the penalty boxes), hence the split benches.

this is no more unfair than Jack Parker building a new rink (Agganis) with split benches or Red Bereneson refusing to play outside the state of michigan. it is Mike Schafer's job to give his player the best chance to win. if that means splitting the benches, then so be it. we don't have to like it and neither do you. fact of the matter is, they're going to do what they're going to do and we'll just have to deal with the result. :-P

as for an rpi or clarkson engineer to run the project ... i have it on good authority cornell has an engineering school. chances are they can find one there. :-}

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Not to mention the fact that the details we are talking about fall under the scope of Architecture, not Engineering, which by the way Cornell also has a pretty good School for.

[CowbellGuy]

Unless the architects decided that the roof had to be raised, then the engineers would probably have something to say. Fortunately it won't come to that. :-)

[jtwcornell91]

[Q]RichS Wrote:

 Changing an existing structure to create an advantage is "gamesmanship" of the lowest order and should be expressly forbidden at ALL rinks.[/q]

Putting it in a new rink is pretty bad too.  I was pretty dismayed to see Cheel was set up that way, since it's a relatively recent building.

[Josh '99]

[Q]CowbellGuy Wrote:
Unless the architects decided that the roof had to be raised, then the engineers would probably have something to say. Fortunately it won't come to that.[/q]Raise the roof?



:-D

[jtwcornell91]

[Q]ben03 Wrote:

this is no more unfair than Jack Parker building a new rink (Agganis) with split benches[/q]

Right.  They're both unfair.

[jtwcornell91]

[Q]krose Wrote:

 [Q2]DeltaOne81 Wrote:

The character of Lynah is critical, but I don't see how the details are.[/Q]
Agreed, strongly.  I'd personally like the walkways at the top to be more than 3 feet wide, as I'm sure the IFD would as well.    As long as the low roof is kept intact, the sight lines preserved, and the student section seating remains benches (as opposed to seats), it sounds great to me, especially since the student section will be reunited.  Finally!
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I'm a little worried about the addition of luxury boxes, but I guess we could just ignore the suits in them.  Scheisspublikum!

[jy3]

i wonder when the official press release will be set loose. i would be interested in the actual plans

[Rich S]

Parker built the Agganis Arena?  

[ben03]

Rich, since you seem to be asking a legitimate question i'll give the best answer i can:
[Q]"I just had about every say you could have in terms of where the benches and dressing rooms were going to be, what the radius of the corners was going to be â€" I had a lot of say in what the size of the building was going to be. They were talking about making a 9,000-seat arena. I wanted to make sure that we have a full house, that there will be a demand for tickets, and that there will be enthusiasm in the building." http://www.uscho.com/news/2004/03/03_008101.php[/Q]
[Q]Terrier Coach Jack Parker has made some special requests of the construction team.
"He has a lot of input," Herckner said. "He's done some things with the benches: We have a larger, deeper bench than normal to meet his style of coaching. ... He wanted the old-time wooden benches. Where most people have gone with a poly, we're going with a butcher-block wood [as they are in Walter Brown Arena] because we're trying to bring some of the history of the old building into the new." http://www.uscho.com/news/2004/07/22_008607.php[/Q]
so the answer is no, Jack Parker did not build Agganis Arena ... but he --did-- have a substantial say in the design.