Harvard Roll Call (2/15)

[Jim Hyla]

Here's the link http://gocrimson.ocsn.com/ot/tixmhock.html .

The rink, as Al said goes like:

                  ...............................5......................           .
              ....  8                      Hvd bench                     1..       
          ....                                                                ..24    
       11                                                                        .. 
          ....                                                                 ....   
              .... 14                CU                            20   ....        
                  ...............................17......................           

Well, at least something like that.
Unfortunately, maybe not, my family is in Sec. 1. But hey, I'm bringing my mother-in-law to her first game. Quite an initiation, I suspect.

[Al DeFlorio]

Thanks to the good folks at the Cornell Club of Boston, I'm in Section 17, row F, seat 10, Jim.  

The CCOB is having a pre-game reception at 3pm at the Dillon Field House, but you probably need tickets in advance so they can plan on your coming and order accordingly.  Plenty of food, cash bar, unnamed speakers, and the Big Red Band.  They also have a "free" post-game party in the Dillon Lounge, apparently for all Cornell fans.  Tom P., correct me if I've got any of this wrong, please.

[Jim Hyla]

Thanks, we'll probably try and be there. See if you can get details on signing up.

[Tom Pasniewski 98]

Al is very much correct.  The Cornell sections run from Section 14 all the way to Section 20 and that side of the rink should be virtually all Cornell.  I'll be there with 400 of my closest 'friends'.  The Cornell Club had only about 1/3 of the tickets in these sections so I really don't know who else has tickets in any of these sections but presumably they went to those who called the box office for 'Cornell section' tickets.

The Cornell Club of Boston welcomes anybody coming from Cornell to its pre-game festivities in the Dillon Lounge in the Dillon Field House adjacent to Bright Arena.  We'll be there beginning at 3 p.m. right up until game time.   Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door and includes dinner, the entertainment, a game program and more.  At this point, 160 people are currently attending which will make it the biggest gathering before the game.  

If anybody needs information on tickets or directions to the arena, seat locations, etc. feel free to e-mail me  If you would like to buy tickets to the reception in advance without sending money, you can find me next weekend after the Dartmouth and Vermont games at Lynah behind Section A and I'll be happy to sell you tickets.  After the game, everybody is welcome for free to come over to the Dillon Lounge for a place to gather.

For those of you who don't have tickets to the game, HARVARD WILL PUT ALL OF ITS STANDING ROOM TICKETS ON SALE AT 9 A.M. THIS MONDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 3RD.  YOU CAN CALL THE HARVARD BOX OFFICE AT 617-495-2211.

[Al DeFlorio]

If CCOB is using the same caterer as the last two years, the food will be terrific!:-P

[Josh '99]

I'll be there.  I have a single ticket in section 8, so I'll probably try to work my way around to be near other Cornell folks.

[bigggreddd77]

Awesome...looking forward to cheering with you Judy!

I'm not gonna be at Brown...but I'll hopefully be at Princeton...hoping that my ticket request comes through.

[gtsully]

Wouldn't miss it - I haven't missed a Harvard game, playoffs of otherwise, in five years, and I'm not gonna stop now, when the game is a short bus ride from my place...

I'll be there as part of a group of five within a larger group of 50 - my fraternity is having their regional conference in Boston that weekend, and a bunch of guys (and family members, I assume) will be in town.  We're all meeting at John Harvard's before the game, and I'm bringing my roommate, who didn't even go to an ECAC school, but did go to the UHN game with me last year and can't wait to check out a Harvard game, based on what I've told him and what he's seen so far.

[Micaela]

For some reason unknown to me, John Harvard's (restaurant/bar) has turned into the Cornell pre/post game venue.  After last year's game, there were so many Cornellians that we sang the alma mater and Age did the cowbell cheer.  Aside from the benefits of convenient location (easy walk to rink) and amazing chicken pot pie, there's a certain panache to taking over the bar bearing your rival's name that I find immensely appealing.

[Jim Hyla]

Micaela said:[Q]John Harvard's (restaurant/bar) has turned into the Cornell pre/post game venue. [/Q] Yes, but wouldn't it be nice to support the CC of Boston and go to their pre/post game party? No, I'm not trying to say you have to, just that they are there for the team and fans every year and I plan on supporting them until they do a bad job of it.

So I vote for Dillon Lounge.:-)

[Denison \'71]

For those such as myself who don't know, where is the Cornell Club in Boston & what credentials do you need to visit?

[Jim Hyla]

Check Tom's post above.

[Al DeFlorio]

There is no "physical" Cornell Club in Boston like the one in New York.  It's an organization of Cornell alums in the area who plan events (e.g., dinners, museum visits, outings of other sorts, and group gatherings at Boston-area athletic events) for members of the group.  Most major metropolitan areas have such a Club.  There's a section in the back of Cornell Magazine, or whatever it's called now, that lists upcoming events all across the country.  

The specifics on the pre- and post-Harvard game events are in Tom P.'s posting above.

[Beeeej]

I'll be there with a couple of non-CU Boston friends.  Section 18.  I'm taking the bus up and back so that I don't lose eight good hours of studying time.  ::rolleyes::

Beeeej

[CU at Stanford]

I will CU in Cambridge in 4 days. Our seats are Section 16, Row C and seats 7-11. The group will include: Tom Tseng '87, wife Rebecca Smith, friends Jill M. '88, Nora B. '93, her beau John (nc).  Others will include Joanna E. (from Harvard, but engaged to a JGSM grad).   :-))

PS: We will also be at Brown on Friday nite. Happy Valentine's Day!