when to stand up at beginning of period

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote French Rage]Yeah, I was wondering about when people used to come to warmups at Lynah.  Was that during the period where seats were still first come, first serve, or did it still happen regularly even after season ticket sales?[/quote]
I can only speak to the deep dark ages of 1961-1966, but back then it was first-come, first-served general admission, and student entry was by CUAA coupon book.  After Ned's arrival, if you wanted to be sure of getting into the rink, you had to get there when the doors opened at 6 for the then 7:30 games.  Back then the ice was not resurfaced after warm-ups, so the teams came out about 25 minutes before game-time and did not go back into the dressing rooms.  

Lynah was also kept dimly-lit until shortly before the teams came out, so the place just went nuts when something finally happened on the ice, after waiting an hour or so on the benches in semi-darkness bouncing balloons around the stands.  Players from that era often describe the excitement of knowing 4300 people (different fire laws then) were huddled in the dark outside the dressing room door waiting to explode at the first crack of light from the door opening.

No sirens, air horns, or goofy announcers were needed, either.;-)

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

[quote French Rage]
Yeah, I was wondering about when people used to come to warmups at Lynah.  Was that during the period where seats were still first come, first serve, or did it still happen regularly even after season ticket sales?[/quote]

During the not-quite-as-dark ages of 78-82, a lot of people showed up for warm-ups as well, and we had reserved seats.  Most of the time was spent harassing the opposing sieve whenever he blew a stop.  The beach balls were reserved for between periods only (even when the figure skater was out there).

[A-19]

i will be there for warmups @ lynah for harv-dc weekend. i can attest to the statement that players actually hear you. we have had pucks shot at us and all.

[Rosey]

[quote A-19]i will be there for warmups @ lynah for harv-dc weekend. i can attest to the statement that players actually hear you. we have had pucks shot at us and all.[/quote]
Funny you should mention this: the only souvenir puck I have from Lynah is one that a Harvard player shot at me during warmups.  I can't claim to have caught it, but I did retrieve it after it nearly took my head off.

Cheers,
Kyle

[Jordan 04]

[quote krose][quote A-19]i will be there for warmups @ lynah for harv-dc weekend. i can attest to the statement that players actually hear you. we have had pucks shot at us and all.[/quote]
Funny you should mention this: the only souvenir puck I have from Lynah is one that a Harvard player shot at me during warmups.  I can't claim to have caught it, but I did retrieve it after it nearly took my head off.

Cheers,
Kyle[/quote]

That's better than having your only souvenir puck at Lynah being from a women's hockey game in which you rushed to get the puck 5 rows up, and as "punishment" for not playing during the break, you were later made to play I Want You Back solo.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

[quote krose][quote A-19]i will be there for warmups @ lynah for harv-dc weekend. i can attest to the statement that players actually hear you. we have had pucks shot at us and all.[/quote]
Funny you should mention this: the only souvenir puck I have from Lynah is one that a Harvard player shot at me during warmups.  I can't claim to have caught it, but I did retrieve it after it nearly took my head off.
[/quote]

After a long rant about him being an ugly sieve (complete with signs), Bob Gaudet tried to wing a puck at us during warm-ups for the 1980 ECAC Championship game at the Garden.  Typical goalie accuracy.  It landed nowhere near us.

At the NCAA consolation game, he skated over to us after he took his warm-ups and said "You guys have been doing this shit for four games now.  Can you just cut it out?"

Oh yeah.  They hear it.  Especially during warm-ups.

[Jim Hyla]

Al, I thought I remembered games at 8 PM?? Anyway agree, first come first served. Warm-ups were a must.

[Larry72]

Al, don't you remember Ozzie Richardson's air horn back in the '60s and '70?  It was loud and he was always parked near the opposing bench. I think Ned liked him there.  The rules and traditions have changed over the years:

- Games were mostly at 8:00pm in the "early" days.  I think game times changed to 7:00pm sometime in the '80s.
- Games were played on various days of the week.  Lots of Tuesday and Saturday schedules.  Rarely were games played on back to back days.
- I always remember students showing up well before game time with their general admissions tickets.  "Townies" with reserved seats tended to trickle in after the game started.  
- No netting in the end zones till the '80s.  Much nicer for us photographers.
- It seems that one of us "older fans" needs to explain this every year:  The "older" gentlemen is Mike Teeter.  He's been the goal judge at the scoreboard end of the rink since about 1963.  He's been the Cornell "father" and "grandfather" of a couple of generations of hockey players.  Also involved in football and lacrosse. He was inducted into the Cornell Athletics Hall of Fame under a "special" category last year.

Larry '72

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote Jim Hyla]Al, I thought I remembered games at 8 PM??[/quote]
Might have been.  It was certainly later than the unfashionably early 7pm that we have now.

[andyw2100]

Unless I am mistaken, the game start times went from 8:00 PM to 7:30 PM, and finally to 7:00 PM all within the years that I have been attending games. So the first change would have happened some time after the 1982-83 season. Also, I seem to recall a brief period when the Friday night game was starting at 7:30, and the Saturday night game at 7:00.

Can anyone confirm any of this, and possibly add more detail?
                      Andy W.

[Rosey]

[quote andyw2100]Also, I seem to recall a brief period when the Friday night game was starting at 7:30, and the Saturday night game at 7:00.[/quote]
For my entire undergrad tenure (1994-1998), this is the way things were: Friday at 7:30, Saturday at 7:00.  And I doubt it was limited to those years.  So, not so brief.

Cheers,
Kyle

[ugarte]

[quote krose][quote andyw2100]Also, I seem to recall a brief period when the Friday night game was starting at 7:30, and the Saturday night game at 7:00.[/quote]
For my entire undergrad tenure (1994-1998), this is the way things were: Friday at 7:30, Saturday at 7:00.  And I doubt it was limited to those years.  So, not so brief.

Cheers,
Kyle[/quote]I think you can stretch it back to 1990; that's what I remember also.

[KeithK]

Showing up for warmups is an integral part of the college hockey experience for me.  I can't imagine intentionally showing up only at game time.  Get there early, see how our team looks and cheer for 'em a bit.  Then go and harass the other team.  Lots and lots of good fun.

[RichH]

[quote French Rage]Yeah, I was wondering about when people used to come to warmups at Lynah.  Was that during the period where seats were still first come, first serve, or did it still happen regularly even after season ticket sales?[/quote]
In my era, 1992-1996, the student side was close to full for warm-ups every night.  Lynah was not General Admission then, however the student sections were only A, B, D, and parts of E.  Sections F, G, and H were empty for most of those games...it wasn't until Schafer's arrival in 1995 when sellouts began happening with increasing frequency.  Anyway, the sections that had students were pretty crowded for warmups, mainly for heckling purposes.  It felt like a community.  You'd go in early, warm up your voice with some good barbs/comedy while learning the opposing names, then the teams would go back into the locker rooms, and that's when people did their faceti....errr...socializing (not during play).  Games were 7:30 Fridays, 7:00 Saturdays, but I remember the doors being open at 6 pm, and a good stream of people flowing in there shortly thereafter.  

I can't tell you exactly when the students stopped showing up early and big, gaping holes still existed at puck drop, but I sure started noticing it by 2002 or so.  If the students can't be bothered to grab an early dinner/snack and get that game-night anticipation/buzz going in there, that's their choice/perogative.  I say they're missing out on making a good time even better.

[A-ron]

I remember my senior year convincing two of the freshmen in front of me to  come early with me for the warmups against Harvard.  They were reluctant, but I did manage to get them in there.  After 30 minutes of yelling during warmups and as Harvard skated back to their locker room one of the freshman turned to me and said "Thank you so much for convincing us to come...I can't believe I've been missing this all season!"  I just wish we could have all the students to come for warmups at least once so they could see what it's like...