attendance

[billhoward]

Cornell is bigger than a generation ago but more (but not majority) ...
* outside the Northeast
* international
* grad student
* non-legacy
... which may yield a student body less immediately inclined to follow ice hockey.

I was at the Friday game and was surprised by the empty seats especially in section E (? the last before the corner). It was nice to simply stroll up to the ticket window and buy tix. They said it was a quote sellout except for a few seats. The atmosphere was still pretty good. I appreciate the extra seats from the expansion including the 100 or so chair-backed seats. Some alumni like the additional comfort.

[Weder]

The Daily Sun's game story notes that there will be roof work at Lynah during the offseason.

Is this saying that the team will only get one practice at Lynah ahead of Lake Placid -- and none before a potential NCAA tournament game? Anyone know the details about the renovation?

[David Harding]

In the Harkness era, Cornell shot twice toward the scoreboard.  Bertrand switched it sometime in the 70s so the opposing goalie was surrounded by Cornell fans for two periods.  It was switched back, as I understand it, because the blank wall under the scoreboard was thought to be a better background for the Cornell goalie to see the puck.  Now the wall is not so blank.

Right about the Harkness era.  In those days, the rules said that a coin flip before the game would determine which team got the choice of ends.  Cornell always took the east end without a coin flip to give the goalie the cleaner view of the puck, play in general, and the scoreboard.  I'm not sure whether other home teams also asserted the privilege of choosing, but occasional a visitor would comp;lain.  Eventually (sometime after 1975) the rule was changed to give the home team the choice.

[upprdeck]

the practice will be at The Rink.. I was told starting today?

Sounds like they are replacing the roofing timbers in some way from what i was told.

[TimV]

the practice will be at The Rink.. I was told starting today?

Sounds like they are replacing the roofing timbers in some way from what i was told.

"The Rink" with caps must be Lynah, right? Where will their other practices be?  Including the ones before the NCAA.  ::whistle::

[upprdeck]

"the rink" in lansing is what i was told.  Lynah shut down until fall in hopes they get it done before the season starts.

[David Harding]

the practice will be at The Rink.. I was told starting today?

Sounds like they are replacing the roofing timbers in some way from what i was told.

"The Rink" with caps must be Lynah, right? Where will their other practices be?  Including the ones before the NCAA.  ::whistle::

The Rink is a private facility in Lansing, part of Community Recreation Center.  http://www.crcithaca.com/  https://ithacavoice.com/2016/09/50160/

[TimV]

Thanks.  I'm not a local guy.  But it might work out to open a bar in Lansing by the same name.  "Honey, I'm going to The Rink for an hour or so..."   Used to be one near me called "The Office."

[andyw2100]

With the caveat that I have no experience whatsoever in building, contracting, etc., I have to wonder about the timing. Was the administration just being pessimistic about the team's chances to advance beyond the ECAC quarterfinals when they scheduled the start date of this project? We seem to be talking about a project scheduled to take about seven months to complete. Would scheduling the start date a couple of weeks later really have had such a major impact on the project? I would think hiring a few extra workers for the six and a half months would have allowed the same amount of work to be done as will now be done in seven months, and would not have any impact on the cost. (The man-hours worked would just be compressed into a slightly shorter time.)

Again, I have no expertise in this area. It just seems silly to me to be disrupting the team's routine at such a crucial time.

[Beeeej]

With the caveat that I have no experience whatsoever in building, contracting, etc., I have to wonder about the timing. Was the administration just being pessimistic about the team's chances to advance beyond the ECAC quarterfinals? We seem to be talking about a project scheduled to take seven months to complete. Would delaying the start a couple of weeks really have had such a major impact on the project? I would think hiring a few extra workers for the six and a half months would allow the same amount of work to be done as will now be done in seven months.

Again, I have no expertise in this area. It just seems silly to me to be disrupting the team's routine at such a crucial time.

I'm recalling that they did more or less the same thing for one of the renovations several years ago - the moment they knew they wouldn't have any more actual games, they closed down to make sure they would have enough time to finish the work before actual games started up again. I doubt very seriously whether the routine will be broken up much by having to ride a team bus for ten minutes to The Rink.

[ugarte]

I doubt very seriously whether the routine will be broken up much by having to ride a team bus for ten minutes to The Rink.

agree. A sheet is a sheet. They can practice anywhere.

You schedule the work so it doesn't affect game attendance. It's not as if these guys sleep on cots in the locker room.

[nshapiro]

Thanks.  I'm not a local guy.  But it might work out to open a bar in Lansing by the same name.  "Honey, I'm going to The Rink for an hour or so..."   Used to be one near me called "The Office."

I spent senior year of high school telling my parents I was meeting friends at McDonnell's.  

Not my fault if they heard McDonalds.