Higher Glass in Lynah

[RazzBaronZ]

So I went to the skills competition tonight and thought I was seeing things.    They put in new glass.  It's much taller.  Row 7-8 has the line between glass and no glass in their view now, instead of row 2 or so before.

I guess I won't get hit by a puck now but I also won't get to take a puck home with me and will get less candy thrown at me. I guess I'll take the good with the bad.

[Trotsky]

I assume it would be a coincidence, but wasn't there a mention on the final home weekend broadcast about a stoppage due to a fan being removed from the rink due to injury?  (For all I know, it was on the opposite end of the ice).

[ebilmes]

It'll make it harder for the people in the first couple rows to nail the opposing players with newspaper. It will obviously improve safety. However, if the glass is really the equivalent of five rows taller than it was before, I think a lot less newspaper will make it over.

[Trotsky]

[quote ebilmes]It'll make it harder for the people in the first couple rows to nail the opposing players with newspaper. It will obviously improve safety. However, if the glass is really the equivalent of five rows taller than it was before, I think a lot less newspaper will make it over.[/quote]

It will also keep the puck in play more.

[imafrshmn]

You know, it seems like it was just recently that I realized how many other rinks had the higher glass walls and took a moment to appreciate the fact that ours was still medium height.  If the changes are as reported, I am not happy about it.  Just one more barrier between the fans and the players we love.  The new glass would probably be to the NHL regulation height of 8 feet above the boards.

[Will]

A few weeks ago, I remarked to a friend that my seat's position (row 6 behind the visitors' bench) was perfectly situated with the glass to be able to see most of the game without the glass interfering (except in the corners).  Well, guess that's done with now.  Frak.

[billhoward]

Higher glass is a possibly acceptable compromise between seeing and retaining your eyesight. Better this than the netting around the sides of rinks that has become the rage at community rinks (or at Quinnipiacs loaner rink). I think there ought to be a seating chart that shows  seats protected, unprotected, and borderline (depending on puck speed and loft) by the glass.

Not that most people care, but higher glass makes it tougher for the casual fan as well as the working photographer to get pictures of the action since you've either got a visible glass line halfway down the picture, or you're shooting all through glass with its reflections and distortions. No matter how high you sit, you're pretty much out of luck for photos along the near boards.

Some old rinks had chain link fence instead of glass. Maybe it's just legend, but at Dartmouth's old rink (pre-1975, which is not so new either) with chain link, Dartmouth fans were taunting Cornell and to get a better grip with which to spew invective, the fans gripped and flexed their fingers through the mesh. At which some Cornell hothead -- er, spirited competitor -- such as a Kevin Pettit if this happened circa 1970, "lost" his balance while skating along the boards and in falling, flailed his stick along the chain link and scraped, bruised, or shattered a bunch of knuckles.

One more nice thing about the Florida Classic Tournament rink at Estero: There are corner cutouts for photographers and you don't appear to need a press pass to stick your camera lens through the glass for a couple minutes to get photos.

[billhoward]

[quote ebilmes]It'll make it harder for the people in the first couple rows to nail the opposing players with newspaper. It will obviously improve safety. However, if the glass is really the equivalent of five rows taller than it was before, I think a lot less newspaper will make it over.[/quote]
Weight the papers with lead shot, perhaps? Or fish?

[ftyuv]

[quote billhoward]One more nice thing about the Florida Classic Tournament rink at Estero: There are corner cutouts for photographers and you don't appear to need a press pass to stick your camera lens through the glass for a couple minutes to get photos.[/quote]

Interesting you should bring that up right after talking about having to take pictures through the glass.    I know next to nothing about photography, but are the cutouts different than taking pictures through other glass?  And if so is it because it's a different material (which would make sense;  doesn't need to withstand as much impact since it's smaller), or is it because there's fewer reflections cause the person taking the photo blocks out light from behind?  Or something else really cool that I haven't even thought of?

[upperdeck]

they had a choice of higher glass or surrounding the entire rink with netting. glad they went with the glass..

not sure who told them they had to do something..

[sen '08]

It also makes it harder for the individuals with loud voices to taunt opposing players and seives.  You have to be above the glass for it to even have a chance of it being effective, and now that means sitting a few rows higher.

I started worrying about that at the skills challenge last night, since I'm one of the two loudest female voices in Lynah. ::uhoh::


I agree that it's good for safety though, since one of my friends got hit with a puck last year 30 seconds into the Union game and ended up with stitches.  Just wish it didn't have to effect vision and such.

[marty]

[quote upperdeck]they had a choice of higher glass or surrounding the entire rink with netting. glad they went with the glass..

not sure who told them they had to do something..[/quote]

It couldn't have been the attorney that stopped Jim from throwing Snickers!

[marty]

Here are a few shots of the last game courtesy of the lower glass.

[RazzBaronZ]

Great pics.  I can see myself celebrating.  And amazing timing to get the puck going into the net.

[WillR]

[quote sen '08]It also makes it harder for the individuals with loud voices to taunt opposing players and seives.  You have to be above the glass for it to even have a chance of it being effective, and now that means sitting a few rows higher.

I started worrying about that at the skills challenge last night, since I'm one of the two loudest female voices in Lynah. ::uhoh::


I agree that it's good for safety though, since one of my friends got hit with a puck last year 30 seconds into the Union game and ended up with stitches.  Just wish it didn't have to effect vision and such.[/quote]



My concern exactly.  Damn near impossible to taunt players sieves and Fioala unless up many rows, not a problem this season but going forward a real concern.  There are those balcony seats right above the goalie though.  They might have some real potential in this higher glass era.  Anyone gone over there to yell at the goalie yet?