Athletics: Throw Toys Instead of Fish

[ice the puck]

I respect tradition as much as anybody.  So throw your fish, take the penalty, Harvard scores, Harvard wins by one goal, Harvard wins the ECAC by a point or two,  we do not win the play-offs (Brown does)we do not get an at large bid (something about RPI and Mercyhurst, Western Michigan, OSU and others)   (or you can substitute Brown and Harvard in this scenario ) but ... our tradition prevails..Shafer was brow-beaten into his support (does he seem the type   ::screwy:: ) .... point well taken..

[Shorts]

jy3 makes a good point, nevertheless.  If there's anything more piercing than that trumpeter in the Clarkson band, it's hearing nothing but an endless stream of asterisks coming from the student section:-D.  Please everyone, no more asterisks in front of the children.  None of that "eff star star star 'em up", either, because we all know what you mean::nut::.  Goodness!

[Keith K \'93]

Strictly speaking the article says "stuffed toys".  They don't want Lincoln logs and other hard toys thrown on the ice.  They want things that can't hurt anyone.  Also, it's unlikely that a stuffed teddy bear is going to be damaged by being tossed on the ice.

[Keith K \'93]

Don't know what happened last year - haven't made it to a Harvard game at Lynah in five years.  But the fish used to be thrown as then Harvard players skated onto the ice.  This was good for a couple of reasons: 1) it allowed the rink staff mroe time to clean up the mess before the puck was dropped and 2) it provided for target practice :-D  though Harvard took to coming on the ice using the far door (O side).

[Keith K \'93]

It's unlikely that we'd get a penalty for fish thrown before intros.  We've been doing it for years without getting one (second period is a different story).

BTW - Schafer has always been supportive of the fish tradition as far as I can remember.  This isn't the same as the language issue, where he might not want to bring his kids to the rink if there was rampant profanity.

[Ben Doyle 03]

Do the "Cops" have a soup kitchen??? Maybe we could start one for them ... throw fish as well as the toys. This way they can be twice as generous during the holiday season giving toys and a tummy full of fish chowda! ;-):-};-)

[Fieldf04]

Lynah has been significantly quieter than normal this year, most likely because we've had such a frustrating start to this season.  Getting rid of fish at the Harvard game is just going to make things worse.  If they are really gung ho about the toy drive, why dont they make everyone who brings fish, also bring a toy?  Then we could put the toys in the collection box and the fish on the ice (only before the first period, of course).

[Denison 71]

Although I initially thought that tradition of fish throwing should continue, upon rethinking and accepting the Coach's strong recommendation I think that the following is correct synposis of ice the puck is correct:

I respect tradition as much as anybody. So throw your fish, take the penalty, Harvard scores, Harvard wins by one goal, Harvard wins the ECAC by a point or two, we do not win the play-offs

Does anyone know what the actual players think?  If they don't want to risk a penalty, I don't think that we should overrule the Toy Suggestion

[Fieldf04]

I always forget that the fish tradition is harmless until a few morons decide to throw more fish after the start of the first - probably from the same kids who had their keys out at the Mercyhurst game :-( :-( :-(  The bear mascots have already stopped throwing candy this season because people have been throwing it back on the ice.

[Section A]

The rink has also been quieter than normal simply because, with the exception of the Mercyhurst game, we haven't been able to score first. Giving up a goal in the first five minutes just takes the crowd out of it a little bit.

[Fieldf04]

Yup.   The Mercyhurst game was our first home lead of the season...can you say frustrating?  "'The frustration continues to build,' said Schafer." That said, I still have faith.

[Beeeej]

Dave wrote:
Well, season ticket holders got this article in the form of an e-mail, and it was signed by Gene Nighman.

I received no such e-mail.

Beeeej

[JohnnieAg\'99]

Wasn't it in '96 (or '95) when some Moore-on threw a fish on the ice at the start of the second, and they scored on the PP to win 2-1?

I think a toy drive is a great idea, but they're on crack if they think that they can use that as an excuse to get us to stop hucking fish.

[jtwcornell91]

JohnnieAg'99 wrote:

Wasn't it in '96 (or '95) when some Moore-on threw a fish on the ice at the start of the second, and they scored on the PP to win 2-1?

February '95, the last Harvard game of the pre-Schafer era, and the last in the long RS winless streak.  And it's time once again for my annual posting the Fish Report Link:
http://www.amurgsval.org/squishy/fish.1.4.html

[dss28]

http://www.uscho.com/m/ec/?data=preview