St. Lawrence post-game

[Scersk '97]

Now, just for kicks and giggles, I was sifting through the ol' hockey-l Archives a week or so ago and found something that tickled me.  It is now germane:

http://lists.maine.edu/cgi/wa?A2=ind9011&L=HOCKEY-L&P=R6967&I=-3

Scroll down through Bill Fenwick's (ever readable and copious) notes to the Cornell-Clarkson contest.  Note that people have been complaining about the Clarkson band's drum-drum-drumming for a long time.  Read about the only threatened use of the "RPI" rule that I've ever heard of.  Search this referee's name in the archives for further enjoyment.

"Most, though definitely not ALL, of the calls were at least borderline legitimate, which is about all you should ask..."

Comedic gold.

[CowbellGuy]

[quote daredevilcu][quote RichH]Just like having amplified instruments, it will lessen my respect for you, but that's all.  I won't even get me angry.  And I certainly hope opposing bands don't care one lick about what I think.[/quote]

Teehee, UVM.[/quote]
Et tu, Brute?

Wasn't that long ago that Clarkson had an electric bass.

[daredevilcu]

Still do unfortunately, but UVM used to play all of their instruments into microphones.  Far worse, in my opinion, than having a couple people who can only play guitar and want to be a part of the band joining up.  But yeah, I'm not a huge fan of our amps either.

[RichH]

[quote daredevilcu]UVM used to play all of their instruments into microphones. [/quote]

Definitely did.  In fact, IIRC (mind you this is going back 6-7 years now), didn't they even have to hire local high-schoolers to fill in the band?  Granted, other schools have done this (I think St. Lawrence did once or twice in between various incarnations of failed band attempts...I remember there was a SLU oboeist who was trying desperately to organize it) and Quinnipiac for the 2002 NCAA regional.

Anyway, yeah...UVM's band was the funnest band in the league to mock, other than Harvard's.  Let's face it...that's too easy.

[daredevilcu]

Indeed they did.  Actually, Clarkson has a band member right now that used to play for the UVM pep band when he was a HS student in Burlington.  I'm sure he's got some solid funny stories about how pathetic it was.

[lynah80]

This is from College Hockey News today 2/12/2008:

"Jared Ross injured Feb. 10 status unknown for Feb. 15 weekend"

Ross was injured on the hit by J Devin.

[cth95]

[quote daredevilcu]UVM used to play all of their instruments into microphones.[/quote]

UVM still has the band piped into the speakers.  I went to a game against Northeastern a few weeks ago, and I didn't think there was a band at first.  Not only does the sound from the band come through the speakers, but every other break is just typical piped in music.  Before I noticed the band in the corner, I thought they were just mixing up the typical stadium rock tracks with music from recorded bands.

[Tom Lento]

[quote Scersk '97]Now, just for kicks and giggles, I was sifting through the ol' hockey-l Archives a week or so ago and found something that tickled me.  It is now germane:

http://lists.maine.edu/cgi/wa?A2=ind9011&L=HOCKEY-L&P=R6967&I=-3


"Most, though definitely not ALL, of the calls were at least borderline legitimate, which is about all you should ask..."

Comedic gold.[/quote]

a tripping, a cross-checking, AND an unsportsmanlike conduct on Clarkson all at once!

Ok, that's pretty far out there, but I can imagine a situation that could lead to this kind of call. However, there's also a mention of coincidental delay of game penalties before a faceoff (maybe in the Cornell/SLU summary). How the heck does THAT happen?

[RichH]

[quote Tom Lento]Ok, that's pretty far out there, but I can imagine a situation that could lead to this kind of call. However, there's also a mention of coincidental delay of game penalties before a faceoff (maybe in the Cornell/SLU summary). How the heck does THAT happen?[/quote]

WE WANT PIERRE!!  
WE WANT PIERRE!!

Pierre (who I have heard has no hair) certainly had a flamboyant way of announcing that he was in charge of the game.  Man, refs today just don't have any style.  ::panic::

[David Harding]

[quote daredevilcu]

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This is from the NCAA Ice Hockey Rule book



It is the referee's discretion, depending on the severity of the action, whether or not a warning is necessary.
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Seems reasonable to me.

Wow, thanks lynah80.  I just logged on and was all prepared to go search for the actual wording.  Thanks for doing it for me, much appreciated.  Nice to see that my "factual errors" aren't as bad as some might have originally thought.[/quote]

The way I read it is that the ref has a choice:  He can call the bench penalty immediately if the disruption is severe or he can issue a warning issue a warning, then call the penalty if the offenders do not desist.

[ugarte]

[quote David Harding][quote daredevilcu]

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This is from the NCAA Ice Hockey Rule book



It is the referee's discretion, depending on the severity of the action, whether or not a warning is necessary.
==========================================================

Seems reasonable to me.

Wow, thanks lynah80.  I just logged on and was all prepared to go search for the actual wording.  Thanks for doing it for me, much appreciated.  Nice to see that my "factual errors" aren't as bad as some might have originally thought.[/quote]

The way I read it is that the ref has a choice:  He can call the bench penalty immediately if the disruption is severe or he can issue a warning issue a warning, then call the penalty if the offenders do not desist.[/quote]

That's how I read it too. My sense of the whole thing is that Lynah elects to be proactive and probably a bit schoolmarmish about noise during play. Cheel prefers to let the bandies have their fun, though it is petty if they refuse to extend the privilege to the visitors (if the Clarkson band asked the rink staff to lighten up, that would probably help). In the end, though, most refs will probably elect to holster their whistles because the officials don't want to have a game decided by Bonesaw.

[jtwcornell91]

[quote RichH][quote Tom Lento]Ok, that's pretty far out there, but I can imagine a situation that could lead to this kind of call. However, there's also a mention of coincidental delay of game penalties before a faceoff (maybe in the Cornell/SLU summary). How the heck does THAT happen?[/quote]

WE WANT PIERRE!!  
WE WANT PIERRE!!

Pierre (who I have heard has no hair) certainly had a flamboyant way of announcing that he was in charge of the game.  Man, refs today just don't have any style.  ::panic::[/quote]

And now that we're using a two-ref system again, we could have the return of the Pierre and Harry show.

[daredevilcu]

All Clarkson games are decided by the Bonesaw.  Thus spake Randy "Macho Man" Savage.  www.bonesaw.org -- there are some really hilarious things on that site.  I'm a big fan of RPI's application for rivalry with Clarkson, myself.  The Bonesaw history and technology are both good too.

[jts15]

News on Devin's suspension by ECAC.

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/02/13_ecacsuspends.php