Frozen Four Pregame

[marty]

The Albany Times Union has been covering Union hockey with a vengeance.  This article from today's paper raises the off-season question "How does one best donate to support Cornell hockey recruiting?"  

While Union remains non-scholarship, Sneddon now sees a different level of commitment under school president Stephen Ainlay as the hockey program's recruiting budget has grown with help from booster contributions.
"I think (the recruiting budget) is probably larger than ours here at UVM, in all honesty," Sneddon said. "That's the kind of support that they've been able to muster there."

The article is also interesting here:

Leaman said he's debating whether he wants to go to Tampa for the Frozen Four because he wants the focus to stay on first-year Union coach Rick Bennett, a former Leaman assistant, and the current players.
"I may go down and try to stay real behind the scenes and kind of quietly cheer on the Dutchmen," Leaman said.

Times Union - Leaman and Sneddon

Credit the Shrink

[Aaron M. Griffin]

That's not a boomstick.  THIS is a boomstick.

But they're not handing out "broomsticks." They're handing out "broomstix." It's different.

I don't think they're handing out broomsticks OR broomstix.

Hmmm... you appear to be right. I was wondering why they would hand out brooms at a televised showing of a hockey game. Although I still wonder why they would hand out boomstix at a televised showing of a hockey game ever.

FYP.

The rebranding of thunderstix doesn't make them any less lame.

I'm not going to dispute that boom/thunderstix are lame but I at least understand why they're handed out at a stadium/rink for a live event. They're noise makers and stadiums are supposed to be loud. The theory (true or not) is that the noise helps provide a home-field advantage. But to bang them while watching television is just dumb. They will have absolutely no effect on the game.

The only effect they ever have on me during a game is kill or leave.

They're Union fans. They don't need any extra help being annoying. Why tolerate giving them broom/boom/thunder-sticks/stix?

[jtn27]

Why tolerate giving them broom/boom/thunder-sticks/stix?

Wouldn't it be great if they actually were giving out broomsticks and I didn't misread that? That would be hilarious.

[Aaron M. Griffin]

Why tolerate giving them broom/boom/thunder-sticks/stix?

Wouldn't it be great if they actually were giving out broomsticks and I didn't misread that? That would be hilarious.

That would be funny. The only time a broom belongs in a hockey rink is at the end of a weekend sweep though.

[css228]

Why tolerate giving them broom/boom/thunder-sticks/stix?

Wouldn't it be great if they actually were giving out broomsticks and I didn't misread that? That would be hilarious.

That would be funny. The only time a broom belongs in a hockey rink is at the end of a weekend sweep though.

Or when its been converted for a weekend curling tournament.

[Aaron M. Griffin]

Why tolerate giving them broom/boom/thunder-sticks/stix?

Wouldn't it be great if they actually were giving out broomsticks and I didn't misread that? That would be hilarious.

That would be funny. The only time a broom belongs in a hockey rink is at the end of a weekend sweep though.

Or when its been converted for a weekend curling tournament.

Well played.

But, if Cornell creates a men's curling team, would we have to finance a women's program with the revenue that the men's program accrues?

[bnr24]

Why tolerate giving them broom/boom/thunder-sticks/stix?

Wouldn't it be great if they actually were giving out broomsticks and I didn't misread that? That would be hilarious.

That would be funny. The only time a broom belongs in a hockey rink is at the end of a weekend sweep though.

Or when its been converted for a weekend curling tournament.

Well played.

But, if Cornell creates a men's curling team, would we have to finance a women's program with the revenue that the men's program accrues?

Silly.  When would curling EVER have revenue.  They'd let us in to that for free.

[css228]

Why tolerate giving them broom/boom/thunder-sticks/stix?

Wouldn't it be great if they actually were giving out broomsticks and I didn't misread that? That would be hilarious.

That would be funny. The only time a broom belongs in a hockey rink is at the end of a weekend sweep though.

Or when its been converted for a weekend curling tournament.

Well played.

But, if Cornell creates a men's curling team, would we have to finance a women's program with the revenue that the men's program accrues?

Silly.  When would curling EVER have revenue.  They'd let us in to that for free.

You're telling me Lynah won't sell out for shuffleboard on ice?

[bnr24]

Why tolerate giving them broom/boom/thunder-sticks/stix?

Wouldn't it be great if they actually were giving out broomsticks and I didn't misread that? That would be hilarious.

That would be funny. The only time a broom belongs in a hockey rink is at the end of a weekend sweep though.

Or when its been converted for a weekend curling tournament.

Well played.

But, if Cornell creates a men's curling team, would we have to finance a women's program with the revenue that the men's program accrues?

Silly.  When would curling EVER have revenue.  They'd let us in to that for free.

You're telling me Lynah won't sell out for shuffleboard on ice?

Good point.  Maybe it'll bring in more revenue than men's hockey.

[Ben]

Why tolerate giving them broom/boom/thunder-sticks/stix?

Wouldn't it be great if they actually were giving out broomsticks and I didn't misread that? That would be hilarious.

That would be funny. The only time a broom belongs in a hockey rink is at the end of a weekend sweep though.

Or when its been converted for a weekend curling tournament.

Well played.

But, if Cornell creates a men's curling team, would we have to finance a women's program with the revenue that the men's program accrues?

Silly.  When would curling EVER have revenue.  They'd let us in to that for free.

You're telling me Lynah won't sell out for shuffleboard on ice?

I'd definitely watch that.

But then I'm probably the only person here who watches cricket, so.....

[jtn27]

Why tolerate giving them broom/boom/thunder-sticks/stix?

Wouldn't it be great if they actually were giving out broomsticks and I didn't misread that? That would be hilarious.

That would be funny. The only time a broom belongs in a hockey rink is at the end of a weekend sweep though.

Or when its been converted for a weekend curling tournament.

Well played.

But, if Cornell creates a men's curling team, would we have to finance a women's program with the revenue that the men's program accrues?

Silly.  When would curling EVER have revenue.  They'd let us in to that for free.

You're telling me Lynah won't sell out for shuffleboard on ice?

I'd definitely watch that.

But then I'm probably the only person here who watches cricket, so.....

You watch crickets? Do you watch grasshoppers too?

[RichH]

Why tolerate giving them broom/boom/thunder-sticks/stix?

Wouldn't it be great if they actually were giving out broomsticks and I didn't misread that? That would be hilarious.

That would be funny. The only time a broom belongs in a hockey rink is at the end of a weekend sweep though.

Or when its been converted for a weekend curling tournament.

Well played.

But, if Cornell creates a men's curling team, would we have to finance a women's program with the revenue that the men's program accrues?

Silly.  When would curling EVER have revenue.  They'd let us in to that for free.

You're telling me Lynah won't sell out for shuffleboard on ice?

I'd definitely watch that.

But then I'm probably the only person here who watches cricket, so.....

This thread is the true litmus test to see how often jtwcornell91 actually checks this forum these days...

[RichH]

Why tolerate giving them broom/boom/thunder-sticks/stix?

Wouldn't it be great if they actually were giving out broomsticks and I didn't misread that? That would be hilarious.

That would be funny. The only time a broom belongs in a hockey rink is at the end of a weekend sweep though.

Or when its been converted for a weekend curling tournament.

Well played.

But, if Cornell creates a men's curling team, would we have to finance a women's program with the revenue that the men's program accrues?

Well, the Cornell Curling Club was co-ed and was a club sport, of course.  If memory serves, it existed from 2003-06 or so, and received SAFC funding.  I believe we looked into getting any of the Ithaca-area rinks to allow club use with no luck, so the club had to travel to Utica for practices, and went to a few Bonspiels, including the national tournament.

http://sao.cornell.edu/SO/org/05-06/1740

[Ben]

But then I'm probably the only person here who watches cricket, so.....

You watch crickets? Do you watch grasshoppers too?

Joe, you need to come up with some new material.

[Aaron M. Griffin]

Why tolerate giving them broom/boom/thunder-sticks/stix?

Wouldn't it be great if they actually were giving out broomsticks and I didn't misread that? That would be hilarious.

That would be funny. The only time a broom belongs in a hockey rink is at the end of a weekend sweep though.

Or when its been converted for a weekend curling tournament.

Well played.

But, if Cornell creates a men's curling team, would we have to finance a women's program with the revenue that the men's program accrues?

Well, the Cornell Curling Club was co-ed and was a club sport, of course.  If memory serves, it existed from 2003-06 or so, and received SAFC funding.  I believe we looked into getting any of the Ithaca-area rinks to allow club use with no luck, so the club had to travel to Utica for practices, and went to a few Bonspiels, including the national tournament.

http://sao.cornell.edu/SO/org/05-06/1740

Nice acronym they had while they lasted.