Harvard Post-game

TimV · November 22, 2008, 02:45:39 PM

[quote imafrshmn]The number of student seats sold by Athletics hasn't changed with the renovation, so there truly is a problem.[/quote]

Actually, that makes me think student seats have maintained and so aren't the problem, non-student seats haven't taken up the slack, No?

One of the entertaining sights last night was when some jerk tossed a fish with about 1:00 still on the clock while we were trying to hold on to a 1 goal lead. The fish landed near Seminoff, I think, who picked it up, hid it in his glove, and casually skated over to the bench to dump it.::uptosomething::::uptosomething::

mha · November 22, 2008, 02:55:09 PM

[quote TimV]One of the entertaining sights last night was when some jerk tossed a fish with about 1:00 still on the clock while we were trying to hold on to a 1 goal lead. The fish landed near Seminoff, I think, who picked it up, hid it in his glove, and casually skated over to the bench to dump it.::uptosomething::::uptosomething::[/quote]

Yup, it was Jared. Quick thinking on his part! No delay, no penalty.

upperdeck · November 22, 2008, 03:00:46 PM

the ref saw it and ignored it.. it was on the ice for 30-40 secs.

TimV · November 22, 2008, 03:13:14 PM

Great Pic Mark! ::rock::

ansky629 · November 22, 2008, 03:21:50 PM

Did anybody attack the kid when he threw it out? I can't stand facetimers.

mha · November 22, 2008, 03:30:47 PM

[quote CUontheslopes]As much as I wish it was a goal and I chanted goal, goal, goal, it definitely wasn't. I had a perfect angle in E just on the other side of the netting.[/quote]

Hard to tell from this angle, as optimistic as I wanted to be.

TimV · November 22, 2008, 03:35:57 PM

[quote CUontheslopes]As for the controversial non-goal, I was sitting in E and had a great look at it - definitely didn't go in. It hit the inside of the crossbarand went straight down onto the outside of the line, but not over it. From where I was sitting it wasn't really even that close, only a tiny piece of the puck ever touched the line.[/quote]

Pretty hard, IMHO for the puck to hit the insideof the crossbar and not be totally in the goal. ::wtf::

CUontheslopes · November 22, 2008, 03:36:48 PM

Yeah, I mean, as much as I wanted it to be a goal it just wasn't. It was one of those shots that hits the crossbar and goes straight down. I had a perfect angle from almost right on the goal line - it wasn't really as close as that pictures makes it look. Only a tiny piece of the puck ever touched the outside portion of the line and no portion of the puck ever went beyond the line.

sah67 · November 22, 2008, 03:46:02 PM

[quote ansky629]Did anybody attack the kid when he threw it out? I can't stand facetimers.[/quote]

My girlfriend nearly did, but she was in G, so she had to restrain herself.

Last year in B, when someone attempted to throw newspaper at the beginning of the 2nd period, she grabbed them by the wrist and yelled "Don't you dare!" It was sufficient enough to scare the facetime out of them. ::rock::

CUontheslopes · November 22, 2008, 03:50:26 PM

[quote TimV][quote CUontheslopes]As for the controversial non-goal, I was sitting in E and had a great look at it - definitely didn't go in. It hit the inside of the crossbarand went straight down onto the outside of the line, but not over it. From where I was sitting it wasn't really even that close, only a tiny piece of the puck ever touched the line.[/quote]

Pretty hard, IMHO for the puck to hit the insideof the crossbar and not be totally in the goal. ::wtf::[/quote]

Not at all - that's the only way for the puck to drop straight down. If it hit the OUTSIDE of the crossbar it would deflect up. It's really not that rare of an occurance as anyone who's ever played hockey could attest to. The net never moved. I mean I bleed Cornell red and would have loved for it to be a goal, but it simply wasn't. I had a great angle, the refs had a great angle and the goal judge had a great angle. Also, if u noticed the Cornell players kept attacking the puck - none of them seemed to think it had gone in either.

BCrespi · November 22, 2008, 03:57:20 PM

I'm sure CU means "bottom" of the cross-bar, in the 3-D understanding that Tim expressed in his previous comment. Seriously guys, the semantical arguments going on for the past few weeks are enough to drive a man insane. Thank God the team is playing pretty well. Let's beat Dartmouth tonight!

redice · November 22, 2008, 05:13:07 PM

[quote CUontheslopes]
It's an absolute outrage how badly the Athletic Dept. has handled this situation. When I was an undergrad we had that streak of sellouts dating back to Alabama-Huntsville. [/quote]

I'm not necessarily singling out you, CUontheslopes. But, as a general comment, rather than blaming the Athletic Dept for the empty seats, people should make a concerted effort to bring a non-hockey fan to a game.

Over the years, I have created more hockey fans, just by exposing them to the Lynah experience. You can do that too!!

The Athletic Dept is not responsible for all ills at Lynah.

CUontheslopes · November 22, 2008, 05:24:58 PM

[quote redice][quote CUontheslopes]
It's an absolute outrage how badly the Athletic Dept. has handled this situation. When I was an undergrad we had that streak of sellouts dating back to Alabama-Huntsville. [/quote]

I'm not necessarily singling out you, CUontheslopes. But, as a general comment, rather than blaming the Athletic Dept for the empty seats, people should make a concerted effort to bring a non-hockey fan to a game.

Over the years, I have created more hockey fans, just by exposing them to the Lynah experience. You can do that too!!

The Athletic Dept is not responsible for all ills at Lynah.[/quote]

I agree with you 100% - people should bring friends to the games, When it was an option, I always bought 2 season tickets so I could bring someone with me. I had a power hour before every game from the time i was a soph through a senior at my fraternity. I certainly think I, along with most who are reading this board, have done their part and that's the only reason I believe am I am in a position to assert that I truly believe the AD has screwed the pooch on this one. While part of the "problem" is the recent success of the basketball team (hardly a problem), those of us who were there in the Fall of 2003 and saw the line for hockey tickets wrap all the way around Alumni fields (back when it was the size of three football fields too...the Sun estimated over 8,000 students I believe at the time) know that there is a problem.

The Athletic Dept. has managed to turn a tremendous surplus of fans (so many more fans than seats that it led to the expansion of the rink) into a shortfall. They've done all they can to take the fun out of the line and the competitive spirit that meant that the best fans got tickets. They've employed ushers who, particularly in past seasons, who have ejected students at the drop of a hat. I hope Andy Noel is happy with what he's produced - he barely sold out the rink for Harvard.

upperdeck · November 22, 2008, 05:27:35 PM

and they still have 200 on the waiting list. so someone wants tickets

Josh '99 · November 22, 2008, 07:19:03 PM

[quote TimV][quote imafrshmn]The number of student seats sold by Athletics hasn't changed with the renovation, so there truly is a problem.[/quote]

Actually, that makes me think student seats have maintained and so aren't the problem, non-student seats haven't taken up the slack, No?

One of the entertaining sights last night was when some jerk tossed a fish with about 1:00 still on the clock while we were trying to hold on to a 1 goal lead. The fish landed near Seminoff, I think, who picked it up, hid it in his glove, and casually skated over to the bench to dump it.::uptosomething::::uptosomething::[/quote]That's a heads-up play by Seminoff right there.