Superstition

[crodger1]

I don't know why I bothered to put on my lucky socks given the fine work of the rest of you guys.  Good grief.  ::rolleyes::

[jeh25]

John B '98 wrote:

Never washing my jersey again.  Removed the cloud of good luck nastiness....

-J

I've never washed my #17 Karam jersey and frankly, it is getting really nasty.  Let's just say that calling it home white would be charitable at best and that home grey would be much closer to the truth.  Mind you, I'm not superstitous, just lazy.

Does anybody know what chlorox does to the red stripes and letters?

[CU at Stanford]

Jeff:
Needless to say, you are banned from the next UNH-Cornell hockey game.  :-D

[CU at Stanford]

Whatever you do, DO NOT use the regular Clorox (tm).  Color Clorox, on the other hand, might be OK.  As the instruction says, always test for the colorfastness on a small patch of the fabric...(I know, I am sounding like your mother now) ;-)

[CU at Stanford]

I just realize that

I was flying to Taipei when Cornell won the first-round ECAC games in Ithaca
I was in Hawaii when Cornell beat Harvard in OT for the ECAC championship
I was in Venice, Italy when Cornell beat BC in 2OT to advance to the Frozen Four

BUT, I was back in CA and not traveling when Cornell played UNH.  Darn it, if I had known, I would have jumped on a plane that day...:-D

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

See, Tom.

If I can't go to any UNH games anymore, we're going to have to make sure you're on a plane whenever we're playing them.  

You'll be flying in circles, but you don't get to listen to the game.   :-P

JH

[CUlater]

That reminds me of watching Game 6 of the 1986 World Series in the TV room in one of the HighRises on North Campus.  There was this one guy who had left the room one time when Mookie Wilson was up, and Mookie got a hit.  So each time Mookie got up to bat, we made this guy leave the room, including the famous last at-bat.  We actually had to force him to leave during that last inning and held the door shut, with him banging on it, as Mookie hit that grounder down the first base line.  Hey, it worked (but he sure was pissed that he missed it).

[gtsully]

[Q]CUlater '89 wrote:

That reminds me of watching Game 6 of the 1986 World Series[/Q]

As a Red Sox fan, let me just say this: screw you for bringing up That Game. :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-(

[CU at Stanford]

Jeff:
So long as I get double miles...:-P
Anything to help our beloved hockey team, right?!!!



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[JDeafvCornell]

Pegararo is very superstitious.  He is not only the last one off the ice, but tips his helmet back and taps the boards as he comes off the ice every time.  

The only reason he got off the ice when he did was because the referee waved his arm saying "Get off the ice" and so Pegararo went into the locker room.  

This happened earlier in the season on the road (can't recall which game) and Pegararo went right off because the team can be given a penalty for players remaining on the ice for a lengthy period of time.

Hockey players tend to be the weirdest of athletes when it comes to superstitions.  Who knows what superstitions they have behind closed doors?!?!

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

No, hockey players aren't superstitious.  :-P

Watch Eric Lindros before a period starts (Next year!!!  :-D )  He goes up to the goalie and raps his stick against his leg pads eight or nine times.  

I remember one of the Flyers who when the teams came out right before the anthems would stand like a statue behind the goal and lean on the net while all the other players did a lap or two around the zone.

Rumor had it that Phil Esposito wore the same T-shirt in which he scored his first goal under his sweater for his entire career!

And wasn't there a commercial where a trainer accidentally washed Lindros' "lucky shirt" with a pair of red socks making them come out pink?  I forget what it was for.  Detergent maybe?

JH

[gtsully]

Ray Bourque would always skate over to the goalie before the 3rd period and cross him with his stick (father, son, holy spirit - not cross CHECK).  At least, he always did it with the Bruins - not sure if he still did it with Colorado.

By the way, I might as well join in here:

Golfing! (Rangers)  Golfing! (Islanders)  Golfing! (Bruins)

Another year of the Thornton era down the drain.  Thanks, Jeremy Jacobs... ::flipd::

[kingpin248]

Sully, you forgot the weirdest part of all:

Golfing! (Red Wings)

[CUlater]

Here's something I've wondered about ever since I noticed that Tim Vanini '91 always was the last player off the ice -- what happens if there are two players on the same team who have that superstition?  Is there a pecking order, where the more senior player gets that privilege?  What if the two players are in the same class?

[LetsGoRed]

I think then they would skate off arm in arm together humming the alma mater.