"Off the Crossbar" today

[marty]

[quote Dpperk29][quote CowbellGuy]I wouldn't necessarily, either, but as of the last census, the *ahem* Ithaca metropolitan area was home to just under over 100,000 people.[/quote]

I would Hardly consider all of tompkins county the ithaca metropolitan area. Groton is definetly more closely affiliated with Cortland. T-burg and Newfield are both a little too far to be considered metro area too.[/quote]

Amazing how the thread drifts when there's no hockey to consume our interests.

[mnagowski]

I would Hardly consider all of tompkins county the ithaca metropolitan area.

*shrugs* The U.S Census makes the definition, not me. Apparently a metro area requires 50,000 residents in the 'urbanized core'.

The main point, though, was to suggest that Albany isn't in decline -- at least from a population perspective. I find it to be a perfectly viable small city with plenty of amenities. And anybody who may think otherwise probably needs to get outside of the megalopolis more often.

Utica, on the other hand...

[redice]

I'm perfectly happy when going to Albany.   Then again, I'm not interesting in the slopes and/or drinking.

Like anything else, Albany is what you make of it.

[David Harding]

[quote Al DeFlorio]Gallagher and both Devins to miss the NCAAs with injuries:-/.  Bridgeport::banana:: and Lake Placid::yark:: bidding for ECACs?

http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20090325/SPORTS/903250322/1006[/quote]Today Brandon Thomas says Gallagher might play.

[marty]

Freeze that ankle,

[Trotsky]

[quote David Harding][quote Al DeFlorio]Gallagher and both Devins to miss the NCAAs with injuries:-/.  Bridgeport::banana:: and Lake Placid::yark:: bidding for ECACs?

http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20090325/SPORTS/903250322/1006[/quote]Today Brandon Thomas says Gallagher might play.[/quote]

He's playing.  Damn near scored on the first shift.

[ugarte]

[quote marty]Freeze that ankle,

[/quote]
Freeze everyone's ankles for tomorrow.

[DeltaOne81]

In the Bridgeport vain, I must point out that they sold out their regional, which is pretty rare. Despite being nothing like a hotbed of hockey, perhaps the easy of transport from NYC does have something to be said for it.

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote DeltaOne81]In the Bridgeport vain, I must point out that they sold out their regional, which is pretty rare. Despite being nothing like a hotbed of hockey, perhaps the easy of transport from NYC does have something to be said for it.[/quote]
Having Yale, Vermont, and Michigan helped, too.  The first is local and the latter two travel well.

[Jim Hyla]

[quote Al DeFlorio][quote DeltaOne81]In the Bridgeport vain, I must point out that they sold out their regional, which is pretty rare. Despite being nothing like a hotbed of hockey, perhaps the easy of transport from NYC does have something to be said for it.[/quote]
Having Yale, Vermont, and Michigan helped, too.  The first is local and the latter two travel well.[/quote]Yeah, see what the ticket situation would have been had CU been there. If we can sell out half of MSG and that Harvard rink, I think we would have done well there.


As an aside, I've wondered for a while why the NCAA doesn't put into their Frozen Four lottery number a credit for buying regional tickets.

[marty]

[quote ugarte][quote marty]Freeze that ankle,

[/quote]
Freeze everyone's ankles for tomorrow.[/quote]

I don't think it can be overemphasized how beat the players looked after taking their shifts towards the end of these games.  The shots of Greening, Barlow and Gallagher on the bench after their goals show guys fighting for each breath of air.  The amount of effort they put into the games (especially easy to see during the games versus Princeton and Northeastern when the cameras were on them after they scored) was evident as they panted like tired dogs.

For anyone with the video, look at Colin after the GWG in Albany versus Princeton.  He is still gasping as the teams do the traditional handshake!

Thanks all for an end of season run that I didn't expect when I first saw this team in Schenectady and Troy.  They didn't have the killer D or '03, '05 and '06 but somehow they achieved a bit more than most of us thought they would.

Hockey is a great game and one of the reasons that Cornell will be fondly remembered by so many of us.  Yesterday hurt all of us mentally, but the point of this post is that I've never felt the sting of a division one slash or 90+ MPH puck bouncing off an un-padded area of my body.  Thanks to "the team" for another enjoyable season.  I love this game but you guys love it on a whole different level.

[Josh '99]

[quote redice]I'm perfectly happy when going to Albany.   Then again, I'm not interesting in the slopes and/or drinking.

Like anything else, Albany is what you make of it.[/quote]I am interested in drinking and Albany serves my purposes just fine.  =]