Bardreau to U.S. National Junior Team

[RichH]

Members of the band claim they know it, but the band stopped playing the anthems when they removed the stand behind the east goal and moved the band into the stands.

They took that stage away?!  That's heresy; it was one of the signature features about the Field House.  Might as well pull the pews out of Appleton.  :-(

Completely agree. What possible motivation could they have for doing that?  Plans for an ice-end luxury box? They want to have more interaction between the student section and the band? The stand wasn't interfering with anyone.

I think about 10 years ago, CU pulled the basketball band from behind the basket and put them back in the grandstand after an opposing coach had a confrontation with them, but at Houston, there's a huge glass divider there.

[ursusminor]

Members of the band claim they know it, but the band stopped playing the anthems when they removed the stand behind the east goal and moved the band into the stands.

They took that stage away?!  That's heresy; it was one of the signature features about the Field House.  Might as well pull the pews out of Appleton.  :-(

Completely agree. What possible motivation could they have for doing that?  Plans for an ice-end luxury box? They want to have more interaction between the student section and the band? The stand wasn't interfering with anyone.

I think about 10 years ago, CU pulled the basketball band from behind the basket and put them back in the grandstand after an opposing coach had a confrontation with them, but at Houston, there's a huge glass divider there.

It happened in the summer of 2011 when there was a lot of renovation to the HFH including luxury boxes on the west end. The risers, where the tickets allocated for visiting fans were, no longer exist, and those tickets are now in the corner. They have kept quiet about the plans for the east end. Most people think that they will eventually build more luxury boxes there.

Most RPI fans also liked having the band on the stage where they could heckle the opposing goalie for two periods. The only positive about the move is that the band now gets up and moves toward center ice between periods 2 and 3 where they can lead the students in the alma mater, or at least they could if the students knew the words. :-D

[CowbellGuy]

The only positive about the move is that the band now gets up and moves toward center ice between periods 2 and 3 where they can lead the students in the alma mater, or at least they could if the students knew the words. :-D

Even if all they did was hum along it would raise the bar in crowd participation at The Morgue.

[Josh '99]

Bardreau got the first goal and MVP today against slavakia!

Slovakia.

My people don't have much, but we have an "o."

Trotsky doesn't sound Slovakian.

Neither does Berge, for that matter. :-)

Sounds French, if you ask me, like Bronson Pinchot's character in Beverly Hills Cop.  What are you hiding, Trotsky?  Huh?  ::cuss::

:-}

[Jim Hyla]

So while you guys were discussing bands, names, etc. Bardreau got an assist in the 7-0 victory over Czech.

[Trotsky]

So while you guys were discussing bands, names, etc. Bardreau got an assist in the 7-0 victory over Czech.

And Gardreau got a hat trick.

[RichH]

So while you guys were discussing bands, names, etc. Bardreau got an assist in the 7-0 victory over Czech.

The game started at 4 am EST. I was sleeping while Bardreau got his assist.

OK, snark aside, I'm happy to hear about Cole's performance.  He was mentioned in a few tweets today about being a standout.  In a pre-tournament article somewhere, I remember reading that he was focusing on being more of a "pesky" and high-energy player for the WJC team. I wonder if he has altered his game permanently and will bring that back, or if his game with CU was geared towards a specific role on his line and will return to a more "goal-scoring" M.O.

[Trotsky]

In a pre-tournament article somewhere, I remember reading that he was focusing on being more of a "pesky" and high-energy player for the WJC team. I wonder if he has altered his game permanently and will bring that back, or if his game with CU was geared towards a specific role on his line and will return to a more "goal-scoring" M.O.

It's a little reminiscent of when Kent Manderville left for Team Canada and changed his game from finesse scorer to defensive specialist.  He had to do this to get playing time against better competition.  It served him well as he went on to a long NHL career.

(Hearsay at the time was Coach McCutcheon had tried to get him to make this change all along, but he was resistant.  c.f. Romano, Tony)

Personally, I am not wishing for any Cornell player to retreat from scoring attempts.  Fire wagon hockey  is not really our problem right now.  

[jtwcornell91]

Well, the good thing about the US game being such a blowout is that I got to skip ahead on the DVR to SUI-RUS, which was fun until it ended with my favorite^* international hockey team losing to my least favorite, in my least favorite part of the international game. Schiisäufmetr! :-(

^* Exception made for tournaments like this one, where a Cornellian is playing for one of the teams.

[Trotsky]

it ended with my favorite^* international hockey team losing to my least favorite

The Russians have redeemed themselves in at least one way: they have great unis this time around (at least the whites are great), and Yakupov is fun to watch.

[Jim Hyla]

From the CHN article on the game:

-The Grind Line of Blake Pietila, Cole Bardreau and Ryan Hartman continued to do its thing. They helped shut down the Czechs' top line of Hyka, Hertl and Dmitrij Jaskin, and they were a big part of Team USA's perfect penalty kill. The trio made an impact in the offensive zone, too. Hartman scored the Americans' third goal, with Bardreau picking up an assist as he moved the puck to Trouba at the point. Bardreau was robbed of a goal in the first when Hertl slid through the crease to stop a shot that was on its way in

[marty]

Members of the band claim they know it, but the band stopped playing the anthems when they removed the stand behind the east goal and moved the band into the stands.

They took that stage away?!  That's heresy; it was one of the signature features about the Field House.  Might as well pull the pews out of Appleton.  :-(

Completely agree. What possible motivation could they have for doing that?  Plans for an ice-end luxury box? They want to have more interaction between the student section and the band? The stand wasn't interfering with anyone.

I think about 10 years ago, CU pulled the basketball band from behind the basket and put them back in the grandstand after an opposing coach had a confrontation with them, but at Houston, there's a huge glass divider there.

It happened in the summer of 2011 when there was a lot of renovation to the HFH including luxury boxes on the west end. The risers, where the tickets allocated for visiting fans were, no longer exist, and those tickets are now in the corner. They have kept quiet about the plans for the east end. Most people think that they will eventually build more luxury boxes there.

Most RPI fans also liked having the band on the stage where they could heckle the opposing goalie for two periods. The only positive about the move is that the band now gets up and moves toward center ice between periods 2 and 3 where they can lead the students in the alma mater, or at least they could if the students knew the words. :-D

Ralph,
You left out one important fact. The "luxury boxes" are for the enjoyment and entertainment of the queen and her court.  Read between the lines.   On most nights they are dark and empty (as they were on 12/31/12).  It seems as they are being used to entertain the bigwigs at the Tute.  Or in other words, you can't buy a seat there for single games nor season tickets. The seats seem to be a perk given to good boys and girls.

[ursusminor]

Members of the band claim they know it, but the band stopped playing the anthems when they removed the stand behind the east goal and moved the band into the stands.

They took that stage away?!  That's heresy; it was one of the signature features about the Field House.  Might as well pull the pews out of Appleton.  :-(

Completely agree. What possible motivation could they have for doing that?  Plans for an ice-end luxury box? They want to have more interaction between the student section and the band? The stand wasn't interfering with anyone.

I think about 10 years ago, CU pulled the basketball band from behind the basket and put them back in the grandstand after an opposing coach had a confrontation with them, but at Houston, there's a huge glass divider there.

It happened in the summer of 2011 when there was a lot of renovation to the HFH including luxury boxes on the west end. The risers, where the tickets allocated for visiting fans were, no longer exist, and those tickets are now in the corner. They have kept quiet about the plans for the east end. Most people think that they will eventually build more luxury boxes there.

Most RPI fans also liked having the band on the stage where they could heckle the opposing goalie for two periods. The only positive about the move is that the band now gets up and moves toward center ice between periods 2 and 3 where they can lead the students in the alma mater, or at least they could if the students knew the words. :-D

Ralph,
You left out one important fact. The "luxury boxes" are for the enjoyment and entertainment of the queen and her court.  Read between the lines.   On most nights they are dark and empty (as they were on 12/31/12).  It seems as they are being used to entertain the bigwigs at the Tute.  Or in other words, you can't buy a seat there for single games nor season tickets. The seats seem to be a perk given to good boys and girls.

The reason that they were dark and empty the night of 12/31/12 is that the game was played in the afternoon. :-P That wasn't the only thing that I left out.

[Ronald '09]

I don't have any details because I didn't wake up for the game at 4 AM, but team USA stunningly beat Canada 5-1.  No points for Cole.  Gold medal game against Russia or Sweden Saturday at a much more manageable 8 AM.

[Jim Hyla]

After finishing with NHL.com for the WJC, I clcked on "Schedule" to see this:

NO GAMES SCHEDULED FOR TODAY


NEXT GAME: January 15, 2013