Article on Top 10 Lynah Faithful Traditions

[ScrewBUHarvardtoo]

Thanks for the input guys! And having been to so many Cornell hockey games (and playing with the pep band so much) I have forgotten that other rinks play prerecorded music. Having the pep band makes it so much of a better atmosphere. And there will be an article listing the 10 best cheers coming very shortly. But I also have to say while there might be some disagreements or accuracy issues, these articles are specifically aimed at Freshmen and other people new to Cornell hockey. I am really hoping that these articles get more people excited about hockey. Lynah isn't sold out this season, mostly due to the nightmare of a season we had last year.

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[TimV]

Smmmmmmack!  Oooh!  That smarts....

[KeithK]

Not playing recorded music.

This is HUGE.  Nothing destroys the fan experience more than piped-in music.  Nor is Tradition a sure fire defense against it: Notre Dame football just succumbed after a hard fight against it, and I can imagine some moron fresh out of business school thinking it was just the thing to make Lynah more enticing to the vampire squid of advertisers.

Yes, every time I hear that music, I think of being in a minor league hockey rink. The other thing that is similar is having an announcer, thanks Arthur, that just tells the goal or penalty, without the corresponding minor league, home rink, obnoxious accentuation. I like the, "there, we did it, and we don't need to emphasize it" approach.

I see it more as our fans don't need some bush leaguer with a microphone instructing them to get excited about a goal.

[KeithK]

Not playing recorded music.

This is HUGE.  Nothing destroys the fan experience more than piped-in music.  Nor is Tradition a sure fire defense against it: Notre Dame football just succumbed after a hard fight against it, and I can imagine some moron fresh out of business school thinking it was just the thing to make Lynah more enticing to the vampire squid of advertisers.

Yes, every time I hear that music, I think of being in a minor league hockey rink. The other thing that is similar is having an announcer, thanks Arthur, that just tells the goal or penalty, without the corresponding minor league, home rink, obnoxious accentuation. I like the, "there, we did it, and we don't need to emphasize it" approach.

Amen.  And none of this "YOUR Brown Bears!!!" nonsense.  The Bob Sheppard approach is still the best.

Amen.

[RichH]

I am not a Cornell fan, so my opinion shouldn't count, but I am surprised that you didn't include the one associated with your handle. It makes more sense to me than several which aren't unique to Cornell. E.g., Cornell isn't the only school whose fans shout "Red" during the anthem or similar shouts for other schools.

Ahem, copycats in Troy.

I have no idea which school did that first, but I will throw this in:

From the Cornell Alumni Magazine Vol 104 No. 4 describing why Cornell's uniforms are bright red
Some give credit to legendary hockey and lacrosse coach Ned Harkness, who came to the Hill in 1963. He changed the color of the hockey uniforms to bright red (perhaps because that was what he was accustomed to, after eighteen years at RPI); other Cornell sports teams followed suit.

:-D

"Like the swallows returning to Capistrano..."  :-}

Quite certain we were the only team doing the "Red" shout in the mid-90s, but I know that our color isn't "Cherry."

And then again, as of only a couple of years ago, Cornell was the only team in the league to have the "It's all your fault!" chant after goals. Now it's happening in most every ECAC arena.

[RichH]

Amen.  And none of this "YOUR Brown Bears!!!" nonsense.  The Bob Sheppard approach is still the best.

You just reminded me that the last hockey game I saw in person was a 10-0 pasting. "GOAL SCORED BY ... KELLLLLLLLANN  JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNES!!!!!!!!!" is still echoing up there. Gotta fix that.

[Jerseygirl]

Do the kids these days still do the remote control goalie? I liked that. Good way to get into opposing goalies' heads. I vaguely remember Nick Boucher getting scored upon when responding to such taunting from Sections A & B when the Big Red FINALLY beat Dartmouth at home my senior year (2003). That really happened, right? It's not just me creating that memory because Boucher was the woooooooooooooooooooorst?

[Chris '03]

Do the kids these days still do the remote control goalie? I liked that. Good way to get into opposing goalies' heads. I vaguely remember Nick Boucher getting scored upon when responding to such taunting from Sections A & B when the Big Red FINALLY beat Dartmouth at home my senior year (2003). That really happened, right? It's not just me creating that memory because Boucher was the woooooooooooooooooooorst?

I thought Boucher's antics were in '99-'00? Finally beating Dartmouth was definitely '03...

[BearLover]

The salute should be #1

[Trotsky]

Do the kids these days still do the remote control goalie? I liked that. Good way to get into opposing goalies' heads. I vaguely remember Nick Boucher getting scored upon when responding to such taunting from Sections A & B when the Big Red FINALLY beat Dartmouth at home my senior year (2003). That really happened, right? It's not just me creating that memory because Boucher was the woooooooooooooooooooorst?

We lost the game Boucher gave up that goal, but good god that was wonderful anyway.

Remote control goalie is OK once in awhile, but it is the classic "trap" chant, where the fans get trapped into having to repeat it endlessly when the situation doesn't cooperate.  There was a game several seasons ago where the crowd chanted it for 90 solid seconds during a time when we were fighting off a ferocious assault on our own goal, and it was painful.  STFU and root for our defense.

[Trotsky]

The salute should be #1

I had no idea we stole the salute.  The first time I saw it was at Lynah and I thought it was the coolest thing ever.

[ACM]

The salute should be #1

I had no idea we stole the salute.  The first time I saw it was at Lynah and I thought it was the coolest thing ever.

Schafer brought the salute with him when he came back from Western Michigan. It didn't originate at Cornell. To say that "Cornell has been given credit for popularizing this tradition" is really an overstatement.

[Jim Hyla]

The salute should be #1

I had no idea we stole the salute.  The first time I saw it was at Lynah and I thought it was the coolest thing ever.

Schafer brought the salute with him when he came back from Western Michigan. It didn't originate at Cornell. To say that "Cornell has been given credit for popularizing this tradition" is really an overstatement.

But it is nice to watch the team wait for all the opposing players to get off the ice. Few others, I'm not sure any ECAC teams, do that. Anybody sure of any others?

[French Rage]

I came up with the "N-1" rule for that cheer, which has since been transferred to the keys.

"n-1!!!" I think I did "which team" with about 6:45 left in this game. The team went 5/7 on the pp that night... that was the weekend janet reno and gary bettman both came to lynah.

That year, the team won every home game by at least 3 until senior weekend if I'm remembering correctly. I think "which team" only happened once or twice during the handshakes (at home) as a result.

Also, they freaked out about hanging off the seamless glass.  I don't know how many folks after me still got up there anyway.

"Good goalie!  Bad goalie!  Janet Reno!"

[Swampy]

It's become less common during the Schafer era, with his emphasis on defense, but there was a time when Cornell frequently (as in once every 2-3 games) beat teams by 4, 5, or more goals. Although not unique to Cornell, at these moments the fans would cheer, "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ... We want MORE,"