Colgate 12/7

[billhoward]

The ushers did come down to tell everyone to knock it off shortly after, although I think that's the first time I've ever seen someone in a "townie section" be reprimanded.

The officials in yellow vests or slickers, those are ushers are campus police? During the incident, two officials in yellow came down the aisle next to the visitor penalty box to interpose themselves between the Colgate scofflaw and the crowd.

[Trotsky]

Yet again, the student sections seemed pretty dead for large stretches of the game, even during pivotal moments later on, like when Sections A & B sounded like a library just a minute or two after Bardreau's tying goal.

They must have improved/moved the mic on the crowd; they actually sounded really lively on the broadcast.

Some guy (don't believe he was actually from L or any of the surrounding sections) came down the stairs to pound on the glass and tell Goulakos that he was going to find him after the game and kick his ass.

Alcohol was presumed involved?  One of the best things about college hockey is the absence of douchenozzles like that.  Learned beavior from watching NHL games.

ending with Goulakos squirting a water bottle over the top of the box into the crowd (nice behavior from their captain), earning him a stiff rebuke from the ref.

That should have earned a 10 and/or a game.  The video may have given a false impression but I was shocked both Buckles and Goulakos didn't get the heave.  Buckles was straddling a guy on the ice, helmets off, wailing on him, the second time he's lost his mind during a game.  Lowry needs to give that lad a few lessons in ahem "situational awareness."

[sah67]

The video may have given a false impression but I was shocked both Buckles and Goulakos didn't get the heave.

Wasn't Goulakos also the one who (along with McCarron) started the handshake line brawl last year?

[RichH]

A bandie mentioned in an email that the band was asked not to refer to players by their first names last night. I'm not sure if that came from an usher or an Athletics representative, but I'm assuming the latter.

[MattS]

Yet again, the student sections seemed pretty dead for large stretches of the game, even during pivotal moments later on, like when Sections A & B sounded like a library just a minute or two after Bardreau's tying goal.

The most animated I saw the crowd get was around us in Section L when Goulakos and Gentzler were in the box following the big scrum with Buckles. Some guy (don't believe he was actually from L or any of the surrounding sections) came down the stairs to pound on the glass and tell Goulakos that he was going to find him after the game and kick his ass. Since we're normally a pretty civilized bunch, the ushers didn't really seem to notice what was going on, other than the penalty box attendant sort of half-heartedly telling the guy to get lost. Nonetheless, Goulakos and Gentzler got into it with the guy (who quickly left), and then some other younger fans in L & M, with all sorts of threats of physical violence being tossed back and forth, and ending with Goulakos squirting a water bottle over the top of the box into the crowd (nice behavior from their captain), earning him a stiff rebuke from the ref.

The ushers did come down to tell everyone to knock it off shortly after, although I think that's the first time I've ever seen someone in a "townie section" be reprimanded.

I agree with you on the student sections.They are way too quiet and uninvolved.

That was interesting development at the penalty box. I sit in M and have never seen that guy before, not that I know everyone in the section just that he didn't look familiar.

[Josh '99]

A bandie mentioned in an email that the band was asked not to refer to players by their first names last night. I'm not sure if that came from an usher or an Athletics representative, but I'm assuming the latter.

Seems like a pretty random restriction.  Any rationale given?

[KGR11]

A bandie mentioned in an email that the band was asked not to refer to players by their first names last night. I'm not sure if that came from an usher or an Athletics representative, but I'm assuming the latter.

In 2010 or 2011, the ushers started to toss the telephone cheer leaders out of games.  Eventually, the cheer leaders stopped using the sieve's name and the ushers stopped kicking them out.  That e-mail sounds pretty similar.