Penalty for Throwing Fish

[Nathan Chicowdy 92]

How is this even up for discussion?

The fish is the thing.

We can lose home games down the stretch, but we'll still have the fish.
We can lose in the Frozen Four, but we'll still have the fish.
We can suffer bad calls, bad bounces, cheap hits and worse, but we'll still have the fish.
And damn it, someone may even sit in the box for two stinkin minutes and it sure as shit is worth it - because ain't no one gonna take away our fish.

Take chances, be rediculous, have fun, make no sense.  You're in college for god's sake.  If not now, when?  If not fish, how?

Now get your ass down to Wegmans; there's only a few hours left until face off.

[fish thrower]

i second that! it's tradition. throw a damn fish. i gaurentee it wont result in a penalty, unless some idiot throws one after the game has already started.

[Robb]

Also, with the stricter obstruction enforcement this year, it's likely that both teams will have many powerplay opportunities, making each one slightly less significant overall.  If a fish penalty is the difference between 4 and 5 penalties on Cornell, that's pretty significant, but if it's the difference between 10 and 11, it's not quite so bad.  Of course, all that probability mumbo-jumbo goes out the window if Harvard scores on the fish penalty...

[billhoward]

So how much seafood wound up on the ice? And would Lynah veterans say it was average, above, or below?

[puff]

I don't htink there was as much thrown as there has been some years past. Although the octopus at the end of the game i have to say was exceptional. It instantly froze to the ice so when they picked it up, all the legs stuck and stretched.

[calgARI '07]

definitely below average, but i was very happy to see the administration's bluff called.

[Lauren '06]

I was less happy with all the fish that flew AFTER the initial wave at the pre-anthem lineup.  There's just no reason for that.  That's when you start to enter the penalty danger zone.

[beanmaestro]

Hey...  I just had a thought.  I think some of us alums should write to Gene Nighman asking him to show more respect to Cornell's values by curbing his dishonesty in the future.  Heh heh heh... :-}