You know you are itching for college hockey when...

marty · June 07, 2006, 05:20:00 PM

One of my elderly friends and former fellow season ticket holder at Houston FH in Troy passed away this week. I will miss him but felt like this :-D when his widow pointed out a hockey puck in the coffin.

Here is part of his obit:

"He also was a faithful supporter of the RPI hockey team with season tickets since 1952. Merrick chaired a testimonial dinner in 1952 for then coach, Ned Harkness."

Many years ago my friend's brother was the team doctor for the Big Red. Merrick used to mention this once in a while when our conversations about hockey hit a lull.

Makes me itch for hockey and makes me tear up that my friend will no longer be in the stands...

French Rage · June 07, 2006, 10:33:58 PM

College hockey? Itching? There's gotta be a good Nickerson reference somewhere in there.

Red Neophyte · June 08, 2006, 10:31:29 AM

Well, I definitely heard the Carolina crowd yell RED! last night...geesh, you would think that they could come up with their own cheers. ::rolleyes:: ::laugh::

RichH · June 08, 2006, 06:44:41 PM

[quote Red Neophyte]Well, I definitely heard the Carolina crowd yell RED! last night...geesh, you would think that they could come up with their own cheers. ::rolleyes:: ::laugh::[/quote]

Well...stealing teams...stealing cheers. What else is new in Carolina?

RichS · June 09, 2006, 05:59:27 PM

North Carolina wasn't the criminal in that move. Karmanos was.

KeithK · June 09, 2006, 07:14:43 PM

[quote RichS]North Carolina wasn't the criminal in that move. Karmanos was.[/quote]How do you know that Karmanos didn't steal the cheer and send his agents into the stands to get it started? Or maybe it was the evil North Carolinians who seduced the once noble Karmanos into moving the team from Hartford. How can you be sure?

DeltaOne81 · June 10, 2006, 02:48:55 PM

[quote KeithK]the once noble Karmanos[/quote]

::laugh:: ::laugh:: ::laugh:: ::laugh::

< muttering > ... formerly pony-tailed asshole ... < / muttering >

Rita · June 10, 2006, 06:48:29 PM

Go Oilers !!!!!

signed,
The woman who still holds a grudge about Karmanos moving the Whalers out of CT. :-(

[quote DeltaOne81][quote KeithK]the once noble Karmanos[/quote]

::laugh:: ::laugh:: ::laugh:: ::laugh::

< muttering > ... formerly pony-tailed asshole ... < / muttering >[/quote]

French Rage · June 11, 2006, 08:51:24 PM

When you change your sig.

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nyc94 · June 11, 2006, 11:21:51 PM

[Q]03/23/02: Maine 4, Harvard 3
03/28/03: BU 6, Harvard 4
03/26/04: Maine 5, Harvard 4
03/26/05: UNH 3, Harvard 2
03/25/06: Maine 6, Harvard 1[/Q]

Please use this at USCHO.

Rich S · June 12, 2006, 02:19:42 AM

because of all the lies Karmanos told the people in CT and his politicking. That's how.

Trotsky · June 12, 2006, 10:46:36 AM

[quote nyc94][Q]03/23/02: Maine 4, Harvard 3
03/28/03: BU 6, Harvard 4
03/26/04: Maine 5, Harvard 4
03/26/05: UNH 3, Harvard 2
03/25/06: Maine 6, Harvard 1[/Q]

Please use this at USCHO.[/quote]

It will just fuel the "EZAC argument" for the Hockey Least puckheads.

cornelldavy · June 14, 2006, 02:53:19 AM

I heard "RED!" also. Kent Manderville played in Hartford and then three seasons with the 'Canes (the only Cornellian to play there, I believe), so there's your Cornell connection. Then again, he played in Edmonton, too, but I didn't hear them shout "RED!"

Bio '04 · June 20, 2006, 12:45:33 PM

[quote Red Neophyte]Also, did anyone else hear the crowd yell RED! during the national anthem for the opening game of the Stanley Cup finals, or am I just hearing things? ::screwy::[/quote]

It definitely was audible before the start of Game 7 last night!

ugarte · June 20, 2006, 02:29:57 PM

[q]Re: You know you are itching for college hockey when...[/q]You see Erik Cole with the Stanley Cup and you sigh. And make a recovery-from-syphillis joke that your fiancee does not understand.