Lynah Rink Renovation Blog

[David Harding]

[quote Trotsky]So, the lobby floor will be at the same level as the current concourse?

If the only reason for the big hole is that they're building a box on the south side for the lockers, couldn't they have the lockerrooms at ice level and just carve tunnels straight from the lockerrooms to the ice, with no climbing?  Is that too low a ceiling?[/quote]That's what I assumed they would be doing when the first vague descriptions started floating in.  It seemed to me to make sense.  You don't necessarily need windows in a locker room.   ::nut::

[Billy]

Cardiovascular training and rehabilitation rooms are going where the big hole currently is.  I guess if they excavate all the way accross the length of the rink then we're know they've moved the locker rooms.  But as I look at the plans in the video, and where the hole is, it makes sense to me.

[Chris 02]

Anything new lately?  NHL playoffs just haven't been doing it lately.

[CowbellGuy]

Yeah, I'll probably get a few more pics this afternoon. It's just tough to get decent shots with all the closed off areas now.

[billhoward]

[quote CowbellGuy]Yeah, I'll probably get a few more pics this afternoon. It's just tough to get decent shots with all the closed off areas now.[/quote]

If I come up for the lax game, I'd loan you my IS infrared lens with the XRay flash. It may disrupt Resnet communications for a few seconds when it goes off, but the pictures come out great. Brick and steel is no problem, plastic sheeting even less. We want more! Photos.

[MINIteam8s]

While the Elmira Star-Gazette bears the title of First Gannett Newspaper (100 years old this year), it isn't often internationally known (eLynah does have a regular contributor based in Australia - right?) for breaking news stories.  Today's sports section reports the manager of First Arena in Elmira as saying last night, "Cornell is looking to have home games at the arena.  Cornell will be renting the building."

Can it be - we read it there first? LGR!!!

[Chris 02]

According to this guy, we've won some "ratty's"

http://slog.cstv.com/rinkrat/2006/05/the_rattys_part_three.html

[billhoward]

[quote Chris 02]According to this guy, we've won some "ratty's"

http://slog.cstv.com/rinkrat/2006/05/the_rattys_part_three.html[/quote]

In addition to Best Band and Best Road Fans, Cornell now has won Best Home Fans. However, the award was demeaned by the runner-up being BU. Please. BU has better fans than Harvard and MIT but that's about it. What can you say about a college named after a bridge?

OK, BU might have a shot at winning Best Hockey Team from a Safety School. Isn't the school motto, in Latin, "Where else did you apply?"

(And how did the Lynah renovation thread get involved in other-blog awards?)

[jtwcornell91]

[quote billhoward][quote Chris 02]According to this guy, we've won some "ratty's"

http://slog.cstv.com/rinkrat/2006/05/the_rattys_part_three.html[/quote]

In addition to Best Band and Best Road Fans, Cornell now has won Best Home Fans. However, the award was demeaned by the runner-up being BU. Please. BU has better fans than Harvard and MIT but that's about it. What can you say about a college named after a bridge?[/quote]

I disagree.  BU is up there with Clarkson and WMU (sans thunderstix) among the best home crowds I've seen as a visiting fan.  UVM in 1997 should be on the list too, I guess, but I never came away with a lot of respect for them as individuals.  And their band sucks, other than when they're leading Vermont's one cheer.

[Josh '99]

[quote jtwcornell91]I disagree.  BU is up there with Clarkson and WMU (sans thunderstix) among the best home crowds I've seen as a visiting fan.  UVM in 1997 should be on the list too, I guess, but I never came away with a lot of respect for them as individuals.  And their band sucks, other than when they're leading Vermont's one cheer.[/quote]Of course, these aren't awards for 1997.  :-P

I did like the line "So, in the end, it came down to the fact that Cornell fans simply do not shut up."  Go us.

I'm not sure how the Union-Yale 5OT game (the longest men's college hockey game ever) or the Cornell-Wisconsin game (widely acknowledged as a classic) didn't make the top 5 cut for "Best Postseason Men's Game."

[Chris \'03]

[quote jmh30]

I'm not sure how the Union-Yale 5OT game (the longest men's college hockey game ever) or the Cornell-Wisconsin game (widely acknowledged as a classic) didn't make the top 5 cut for "Best Postseason Men's Game."[/quote]

Because he wasn't there. To be eligible, he had to be at the game. Likewise, the only home fans eligible are those he saw in person.

[Mark]

Nice chin music, William, I like it. :-D

Does the bridge-college theory also cover the Brooklyn Bridge?

[Mark]

[quote billhoward][quote Chris 02]According to this guy, we've won some "ratty's"

http://slog.cstv.com/rinkrat/2006/05/the_rattys_part_three.html[/quote]

In addition to Best Band and Best Road Fans, Cornell now has won Best Home Fans. However, the award was demeaned by the runner-up being BU. Please. BU has better fans than Harvard and MIT but that's about it. What can you say about a college named after a bridge?

OK, BU might have a shot at winning Best Hockey Team from a Safety School. Isn't the school motto, in Latin, "Where else did you apply?"

(And how did the Lynah renovation thread get involved in other-blog awards?)[/quote]

 Nice chin music, William, I like it. :-D

Does the bridge-college theory also cover Brooklyn College?

[Josh '99]

[quote Chris '03][quote jmh30]

I'm not sure how the Union-Yale 5OT game (the longest men's college hockey game ever) or the Cornell-Wisconsin game (widely acknowledged as a classic) didn't make the top 5 cut for "Best Postseason Men's Game."[/quote]

Because he wasn't there. To be eligible, he had to be at the game. Likewise, the only home fans eligible are those he saw in person.[/quote]Yep, I noticed that after I posted.  Makes sense.

[billhoward]

[quote Mark][quote billhoward][quote Chris 02]According to this guy, we've won some "ratty's"

http://slog.cstv.com/rinkrat/2006/05/the_rattys_part_three.html[/quote]

In addition to Best Band and Best Road Fans, Cornell now has won Best Home Fans. However, the award was demeaned by the runner-up being BU. Please. BU has better fans than Harvard and MIT but that's about it. What can you say about a college named after a bridge?

OK, BU might have a shot at winning Best Hockey Team from a Safety School. Isn't the school motto, in Latin, "Where else did you apply?"

(And how did the Lynah renovation thread get involved in other-blog awards?)[/quote]

 Nice chin music, William, I like it. :-D

Does the bridge-college theory also cover Brooklyn College?[/quote]

Nope. It's an adaptation of old Jeopardy style joke:

Answer - Harvard, MIT, and BU.
Question - In Boston, name two colleges and a bridge.