IHS Boys Hockey

[The Rancor]

Just saw the team picture- they definitely all decided to share a bottle of bleach as a goof.

[stereax]

Just saw the team picture- they definitely all decided to share a bottle of bleach as a goof.

It's a semi-common playoff tradition among younger guys (who often can't grow beards yet). I think I recall seeing a few youth teams dye pink, but blond is a standard. Only thing that was throwing me off was that the blonds were all different shades - except if it was bleach and not dye, that would make sense, LOL.

[scoop85]

Just saw the team picture- they definitely all decided to share a bottle of bleach as a goof.

It's a semi-common playoff tradition among younger guys (who often can't grow beards yet). I think I recall seeing a few youth teams dye pink, but blond is a standard. Only thing that was throwing me off was that the blonds were all different shades - except if it was bleach and not dye, that would make sense, LOL.

My son's HS soccer team did the same thing for the playoffs back in the day

[andyw2100]

My wife and I were picking up my mother-in-law at McGraw House (an apartment complex for seniors) yesterday afternoon. At the elevator a woman was talking about just having gotten back from her grandson's playoff hockey game. I injected myself into the conversation, saying, "They won 6-0, right?" (Never would have known were it not for you, Stereax.) The woman was surprised I knew the score and asked if I had been at the game. I explained I was not at the game, but had been seeing updates. Apparently her grandson scored the sixth goal.

[stereax]

My wife and I were picking up my mother-in-law at McGraw House (an apartment complex for seniors) yesterday afternoon. At the elevator a woman was talking about just having gotten back from her grandson's playoff hockey game. I injected myself into the conversation, saying, "They won 6-0, right?" (Never would have known were it not for you, Stereax.) The woman was surprised I knew the score and asked if I had been at the game. I explained I was not at the game, but had been seeing updates. Apparently her grandson scored the sixth goal.

That would've been number 12! And it was a hell of a goal too. Wish I had a replay on hand, it was a trickler that went straight through the goalie. Interestingly enough - at least on the IHS website - that looks like the only goal he scored in his three years of varsity hockey.

And you're welcome for picking up brownie points with the McGraw residents

[dag14]

Just saw the team picture- they definitely all decided to share a bottle of bleach as a goof.

It's a semi-common playoff tradition among younger guys (who often can't grow beards yet). I think I recall seeing a few youth teams dye pink, but blond is a standard. Only thing that was throwing me off was that the blonds were all different shades - except if it was bleach and not dye, that would make sense, LOL.

My son's HS soccer team did the same thing for the playoffs back in the day

My son's Ithaca Youth Hockey Peewee team got their heads shaved in Canton NY when we were there for the state championship tournament.  No one told the parents that this was the plan, other than the one dad who paid the barber. It worked....Most of the kids on the team went on to win a state championship for the high school as well.

stereax -- I loved your description of the game as it brought back 20 years of memories.  I had two boys play hockey at IHS, and The Rink was constructed during that time.  It may be inconvenient to get to but it was a godsend when the alternative was early morning ice time at Lynah or sharing the Cass Park rink with everyone else who wanted to skate.  The Rink was built in large part by community volunteers with funds contributed by the community.

[stereax]

Just saw the team picture- they definitely all decided to share a bottle of bleach as a goof.

It's a semi-common playoff tradition among younger guys (who often can't grow beards yet). I think I recall seeing a few youth teams dye pink, but blond is a standard. Only thing that was throwing me off was that the blonds were all different shades - except if it was bleach and not dye, that would make sense, LOL.

My son's HS soccer team did the same thing for the playoffs back in the day

My son's Ithaca Youth Hockey Peewee team got their heads shaved in Canton NY when we were there for the state championship tournament.  No one told the parents that this was the plan, other than the one dad who paid the barber. It worked....Most of the kids on the team went on to win a state championship for the high school as well.

stereax -- I loved your description of the game as it brought back 20 years of memories.  I had two boys play hockey at IHS, and The Rink was constructed during that time.  It may be inconvenient to get to but it was a godsend when the alternative was early morning ice time at Lynah or sharing the Cass Park rink with everyone else who wanted to skate.  The Rink was built in large part by community volunteers with funds contributed by the community.

It's not that bad to get to walkwise, really. (Though I'm used to walking about a mile to get home from Lynah without the bus or to and from trivia, so my definitions are skewed. At least Lansing is pretty flat.) The main issue is the bus only swings by a couple times and if you miss it, you're pretty much stranded. It's only like 10 minutes' driving from the Commons, though.

And - yeah. You can kinda tell that the Rink is built on youth hockey and memories.

...One of my friends was talking to me about this a while back - the concept of sports as religion, of rinks/arenas as places of worship. Lynah has a sense of outward "holiness", in that view; you walk through it and get flattened with the sheer amount of history lining the walls and tradition in the pews.

But I think the Rink also has a touch of that spirituality in it - the banners, sure, but also the homeliness. Just a small, local, generally nonassuming spot. The seating is basically just a bunch of panels drilled together; the sponsors hang from the walls; "Thank You, Senator Michael Nozzolio" is plastered around the edges of the rink. And yet there's a gentle thrum of energy there, too. Remember the past, look to the future. Give the kids a place to play and they'll give you something you won't forget.

[The Rancor]

Just saw the team picture- they definitely all decided to share a bottle of bleach as a goof.

It's a semi-common playoff tradition among younger guys (who often can't grow beards yet). I think I recall seeing a few youth teams dye pink, but blond is a standard. Only thing that was throwing me off was that the blonds were all different shades - except if it was bleach and not dye, that would make sense, LOL.

My son's HS soccer team did the same thing for the playoffs back in the day

My son's Ithaca Youth Hockey Peewee team got their heads shaved in Canton NY when we were there for the state championship tournament.  No one told the parents that this was the plan, other than the one dad who paid the barber. It worked....Most of the kids on the team went on to win a state championship for the high school as well.

stereax -- I loved your description of the game as it brought back 20 years of memories.  I had two boys play hockey at IHS, and The Rink was constructed during that time.  It may be inconvenient to get to but it was a godsend when the alternative was early morning ice time at Lynah or sharing the Cass Park rink with everyone else who wanted to skate.  The Rink was built in large part by community volunteers with funds contributed by the community.

We sold a lot of candy bars to get that Rink. (found my father's name on the donor wall a few years ago, he never mentioned that he'd given money for the build.)

[stereax]

let's test the limits of eLynah...

[Weder]

I think the last time I was at the Rink was when they had either an alumni game or the charity game there because Lynah was being renovated. So at least I can say I've seen Joe Nieuwendyk and a couple other NHLers play in Lansing.

[David Harding]

Thanks for the thorough report.