Corona Virus And Playoff Games

getred
And, here's the bad news:

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Well there’s a serious dent in our home ice advantage now.

This will probably offend some folks but needs to be said:

FUCKING LAWYERS!!!!

They drive the mentality that forced this decision.... Jesus Christ!!!!!

toddlose

getred
And, here's the bad news:

[cornellbigredtickets.universitytickets.com]

Well there’s a serious dent in our home ice advantage now.

Maybe they recorded past chants and can pipe them in.

Jim Hyla

But yes there might be someone who travels from a virus area. The likely risk of that is very small.

i mean, beeeej would have been there and he touches his face CONSTANTLY

I wonder what this means for the championships in Lake Placid. I imagine Lake Placid relies on the tourism revenue from that weekend quite a bit. Perhaps that will allow them to make a more rational decision.

Swampy

toddlose

getred
And, here's the bad news:

[cornellbigredtickets.universitytickets.com]

Well there’s a serious dent in our home ice advantage now.

Maybe they recorded past chants and can pipe them in.

Or maybe we could just infect the visiting teams with the virus and quarantine them so they can't play.

andyw2100
I wonder what this means for the championships in Lake Placid. I imagine Lake Placid relies on the tourism revenue from that weekend quite a bit. Perhaps that will allow them to make a more rational decision.

Hotel prices in Placid haven't dropped yet.

I guess the next “logical” step is to cancel all classes and close the campus down. If they can’t be in Lynah, why are they allowed in lecture halls, cafeterias, etc??

Just saw they're putting a "containment" around New Rochelle. I guess the school overreacted since now all those Orthodox Jews from there won't be able to spend their Shabbos at Lynah or Schoellkopf.

all the fans should show up as the PU buses show up and yell from outside the building- into microphones running through the PA.

The Rancor
all the fans should show up as the PU buses show up and yell from outside the building- into microphones running through the PA.

I actually wondered about the possibility of a bunch of fans showing up to watch the game on ESPN+ from just outside Lynah. I'm guessing, though, since Cornell is still private property Campus Police would disperse any crowd.

andyw2100

The Rancor
all the fans should show up as the PU buses show up and yell from outside the building- into microphones running through the PA.

I actually wondered about the possibility of a bunch of fans showing up to watch the game on ESPN+ from just outside Lynah. I'm guessing, though, since Cornell is still private property Campus Police would disperse any crowd.

Work it out, I'd go.

andyw2100
I wonder what this means for the championships in Lake Placid. I imagine Lake Placid relies on the tourism revenue from that weekend quite a bit. Perhaps that will allow them to make a more rational decision.

If the powers that be in New York State are pulling any of the strings resulting in the fan-cancel culture we may be in for bad news. ORDA

Now if Q decides it's okay, how can Yale go there and play in front of fans? Shouldn't they be restricted by Ivy policy?

Ixne on that logic please with LP and the NC$$s coming.

Jim Hyla
In case someone needs newspapers and/or Snickers, let me know. I suddenly have an overabundance of both.

I hope that the Snickers don't get stale waiting for 20-21.

Jeff Hopkins '82
Just saw they're putting a "containment" around New Rochelle. I guess the school overreacted since now all those Orthodox Jews from there won't be able to spend their Shabbos at Lynah or Schoellkopf.

We do have Stienberg.

Trotsky

Jeff Hopkins '82
Just saw they're putting a "containment" around New Rochelle. I guess the school overreacted since now all those Orthodox Jews from there won't be able to spend their Shabbos at Lynah or Schoellkopf.

We do have Stienberg.

It actually made me look up whether there was even a Jewish community in Halifax. There is! Whaddya know!

Trotsky

Jeff Hopkins '82
Just saw they're putting a "containment" around New Rochelle. I guess the school overreacted since now all those Orthodox Jews from there won't be able to spend their Shabbos at Lynah or Schoellkopf.

We do have Stienberg.

add his name to speling

ugarte

Trotsky

Jeff Hopkins '82
Just saw they're putting a "containment" around New Rochelle. I guess the school overreacted since now all those Orthodox Jews from there won't be able to spend their Shabbos at Lynah or Schoellkopf.

We do have Stienberg.

add his name to speling

Yep...it's Stienburg, with a "u".

And knowing ugarte, I'm assuming the misspelling of "speling" was intentional?

Jeff Hopkins '82
And knowing ugarte, I'm assuming the misspelling of "speling" was intentional?

look at the list!

Jeff Hopkins '82

And knowing ugarte, I'm assuming the misspelling of "speling" was intentional?

I'm sure it is, since that's the actual name of the section over there in the right-hand column of this page. ----->

ugarte

Jeff Hopkins '82
And knowing ugarte, I'm assuming the misspelling of "speling" was intentional?

look at the list!

D'oh! I actually never looked at the title of the list closely.

Off the ice

[www.cidrap.umn.edu]

[www.statnews.com]

[www.rnz.co.nz]

Jim Hyla

... snip ...

And why is this an Ivy League policy? Shouldn't each school decide? Or since these are ECAC games, shouldn't they decide.

Now if Q decides it's okay, how can Yale go there and play in front of fans? Shouldn't they be restricted by Ivy policy?

... snip ...

In a showing of solidarity, the ECAC should cowpoke up and ban fans from all playoff venues.

RPI has also banned fans from the quarterfinal it's hosting. This leaves Clarkson and Quinnipiac. As Jim mentioned, out of fairness to the other Ivies in the tourney, if nothing else (like consistency), the Ivy League should tell Yale it cannot play if Q allows fans at the event. (Harvard plays at RPI.)

This leaves Clarkson. In its remote, rural setting one might make the case that a fanban is unnecessary. But then why should Clarkson gain a home ice advantage just because it's located where nobody wants to live? And if some teams in the league are prohibited from allowing fans because they have league-within-a-league membership, then if the ECAC truly wants to include that league-within-a-league shouldn't it make the ban ECAC-wide. Think of the legend of Christian X.

The ECAC could smooth all this out, displaying both substanial precaution and a desire to demonstrate the ECAC wants parity of treatment rather than a heavy thumb on the scale in favor of its non-Ivy teams, by simply extending the Ivy fanban.

ice
Off the ice

[www.cidrap.umn.edu]

[www.statnews.com]

[www.rnz.co.nz]

I'm not quite sure what you're trying to say by posting those links. Some of the discussion is absolute bs. They mention the same 1 million cases that Adam talked about. This data comes from "according to several epidemiological studies". However the link goes to only one study from China in January. Well the new case rate from China has dropped markedly. So what about data from the last 6 weeks.

Initial data from outbreaks is known to be poor, and when the author mentions "several... studies" and links to only one, I have to cry foul.

Unfortunately it's this type of hysterical writing that leads to bad outcomes.

If our government had tried to set up a plan back in January, at the latest, and had calmly laid it all out to the public, we wouldn't be in this mess.

I guess that concert crowds are either not as important, or stronger immunologically, or NYS is not as afraid of lawsuits as are universities.

I have a concert at The Egg, on the NYS government campus in Albany tomorrow night. It's essentially sold out and I've heard nothing about it being cancelled.

I wonder why that is?

Please strictly limit this thread to a discussion of closures at hockey games, or move it to JSID.

I like you people. The more I read you on anything but hockey the less I like you.

I want to keep liking you.

So in the last 30 minutes Cornell is informing students that all in-person classes are cancelled the rest of the year. Have no idea what this means for the rest of our sports seasons, but I can't think it's good news.

BREAKING: Cornell announced that all in-person classes will be canceled after spring break and faculty must transition to online classes now due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Students will be asked to leave campus and remain at home for the rest of the semester.

— The Cornell Daily Sun (@cornellsun) March 10, 2020

Here's Pollack's notification to the Cornell community. Interestingly it doesn't say all athletic events will be cancelled, but rather that each member will be strictly limited to 3 guests per participant. So maybe there's a little hope that the games can continue.

I can't imagine games will continue. That would leave the university wide open to litigation if and when somebody tests positive. And a lot of Cornellians have New Jersey lawyer parents.

Not the hockey players, though. Canadians aren't assholes so let them play.

scoop85
Here's Pollack's notification to the Cornell community. Interestingly it doesn't say all athletic events will be cancelled, but rather that each member will be strictly limited to 3 guests per participant. So maybe there's a little hope that the games can continue.

So how do we expand the hockey roster to roughly 1000 players?

how many kids will go home if you have a place off campus you are paying for?

French Rage

scoop85
Here's Pollack's notification to the Cornell community. Interestingly it doesn't say all athletic events will be cancelled, but rather that each member will be strictly limited to 3 guests per participant. So maybe there's a little hope that the games can continue.

So how do we expand the hockey roster to roughly 1000 players?

We only need add 800 student ticket holders as players. That gives us 2400 additional guests.

upprdeck
how many kids will go home if you have a place off campus you are paying for?

The ones whose parents tell them to get a job, so, mine.

Trotsky
I can't imagine games will continue. That would leave the university wide open to litigation if and when somebody tests positive. And a lot of Cornellians have New Jersey lawyer parents.

Not the hockey players, though. Canadians aren't assholes so let them play.

Sure, probably wishful thinking on my part.

At this point, I'm not worried about fans. Fans are gravy. I just hope the season gets a conclusion.

At least, the fan in me hopes that. The less hockey-crazed part of me generally thinks these more drastic measures are the right thing to do.

What would be the incentive league wise if attendance is restricted from here on out ? No ticket revenue or concession revenue with all the same expenditures. This really sucks for the team, I'm just glad it's Princeton and not Harvard or Clarkson that they are playing from fans perspective.

Cop at Lynah
What would be the incentive league wise if attendance is restricted from here on out ? No ticket revenue or concession revenue with all the same expenditures. This really sucks for the team, I'm just glad it's Princeton and not Harvard or Clarkson that they are playing from fans perspective.

Honor their commitment to the student-athletes?

What?

Stop laughing!

upprdeck
how many kids will go home if you have a place off campus you are paying for?

i don't think cornell is kicking you out of the city

Trotsky
I can't imagine games will continue. That would leave the university wide open to litigation if and when somebody tests positive. And a lot of Cornellians have New Jersey lawyer parents.

Not the hockey players, though. Canadians aren't assholes so let them play.

The president of Cornell literally just released a statement, posted above by scoop85, stating that each athlete can invite three people to sporting events. From this you conclude that it is unimaginable that games will continue? The mortality rate of a 21-year-old D1 athlete from the virus is probably below .01%. What exactly is the risk of letting them play?

Someone teach one of the parents the cowbell - quick.

BearLover

Trotsky
I can't imagine games will continue. That would leave the university wide open to litigation if and when somebody tests positive. And a lot of Cornellians have New Jersey lawyer parents.

Not the hockey players, though. Canadians aren't assholes so let them play.

The president of Cornell literally just released a statement, posted above by scoop85, stating that each athlete can invite three people to sporting events. From this you conclude that it is unimaginable that games will continue? The mortality rate of a 21-year-old D1 athlete from the virus is probably below .01%. What exactly is the risk of letting them play?

So if they are allowing games to continue (fingers crossed), I assume the freshmen who live in the dorms will have to move in with some upper class teammates. Lots of logistical hurdles.

I would venture a guess that pretty much everyone who lives off-campus stays in Ithaca. What sounds better, living care-free with your friends because you don’t ever have to go to class or living with your parents?

the mayor told everyone to go home this afternoon as well.

upprdeck
the mayor told everyone to go home this afternoon as well.

That’s ... interesting

Would think that would have a very drastic impact on the local economy.

upprdeck
the mayor told everyone to go home this afternoon as well.

Explain, what city, Ithaca? And who’s meant by everyone, city employees, students?

The games are going on this weekend, just with very limited fan attendance. I don't think anyone can predict just yet what the situation will be with Lake Placid or the NCAA tournament

Jim Hyla

upprdeck
the mayor told everyone to go home this afternoon as well.

Explain, what city, Ithaca? And who’s meant by everyone, city employees, students?

If it's Ithaca's mayor, he's a certified idiot! So, I wouldn't be to moved by any of his actions.

redice

Jim Hyla

upprdeck
the mayor told everyone to go home this afternoon as well.

Explain, what city, Ithaca? And who’s meant by everyone, city employees, students?

If it's Ithaca's mayor, he's a certified idiot! So, I wouldn't be to moved by any of his actions.

How about keeping it reasonable, and spelling correctly.

Jim Hyla

redice

Jim Hyla

upprdeck
the mayor told everyone to go home this afternoon as well.

Explain, what city, Ithaca? And who’s meant by everyone, city employees, students?

If it's Ithaca's mayor, he's a certified idiot! So, I wouldn't be to moved by any of his actions.

How about keeping it reasonable, and spelling correctly.

Screw you, Jim!!

Sorry - posted this without noticing someone beat me to it earlier...

Students have been told to not come back from Spring Break and "attend" classes remotely. Not sure what that means for athletics. Here's an excerpt of the announcement:

Most significantly, we will move to virtual instruction. We are asking faculty to begin that transition now so that after spring break all instruction – for the rest of the semester – will be online. We will be asking all undergraduate students and many professional degree students to leave campus at the start of spring break and to remain at their permanent home residence, completing their semesters remotely. (When essential, we will honor requests for exemptions).

nmcorm83
Sorry - posted this without noticing someone beat me to it earlier...

Students have been told to not come back from Spring Break and "attend" classes remotely. Not sure what that means for athletics. Here's an excerpt of the announcement:

Most significantly, we will move to virtual instruction. We are asking faculty to begin that transition now so that after spring break all instruction – for the rest of the semester – will be online. We will be asking all undergraduate students and many professional degree students to leave campus at the start of spring break and to remain at their permanent home residence, completing their semesters remotely. (When essential, we will honor requests for exemptions).

Evacuate Ithaca. If no one is in town no one will be infected.

The occupy somewhere else movement?

marty

nmcorm83
Sorry - posted this without noticing someone beat me to it earlier...

Students have been told to not come back from Spring Break and "attend" classes remotely. Not sure what that means for athletics. Here's an excerpt of the announcement:

Most significantly, we will move to virtual instruction. We are asking faculty to begin that transition now so that after spring break all instruction – for the rest of the semester – will be online. We will be asking all undergraduate students and many professional degree students to leave campus at the start of spring break and to remain at their permanent home residence, completing their semesters remotely. (When essential, we will honor requests for exemptions).

Evacuate Ithaca. If no one is in town no one will be infected.

The occupy somewhere else movement?

About as logical as the rest this nonsense.

This is getting ridiculous. The annual charity tournament I was supposed to play in this weekend consisting of local pick-up hockey players like myself just got cancelled. I'm sure the dense population around Middlebury, VT is a real hotbed for risk.

We play at the public rink, not the college. I also just saw Middlebury College has not only cancelled classes like Cornell, they have also cancelled all spring sports until further notice.

upprdeck
the mayor told everyone to go home this afternoon as well.

Makes perfect sense, especially in the Trump era. Mayor declares martial law and sends Ithaca police, backed by mobs of townie vigilantes, to kick all studentS out of their apartments and send them home to Westchester. Their leases on their apartments are still in effect, so the students must still send in the rent or forfeit their security deposits.

To make up for the hit on the local economy, the mayor initiates public works projects and builds a wall around Tompkins County.

What could possibly go wrong?

Swampy

upprdeck
the mayor told everyone to go home this afternoon as well.

Makes perfect sense, especially in the Trump era. Mayor declares martial law and sends Ithaca police, backed by mobs of townie vigilantes, to kick all studentS out of their apartments and send them home to Westchester. Their leases on their apartments are still in effect, so the students must still send in the rent or forfeit their security deposits.

To make up for the hit on the local economy, the mayor initiates public works projects and builds a wall around Tompkins County.

What could possibly go wrong?

Those wetbacks from Elmira, that's what!

So if Cornell gets to rd 1 in Albany probably no fans.. Wonder what happens in Allentown.

Albany has banned fans?

I'd put the odds of having fans at Lake Placid or any NCAA games at 0.47%

math

So I was thinking these steps were overreaction, but the situation seems to be deteriorating rapidly, and large gatherings have been banned in many places, so I think these recommendations are now coming from the health authorities. The pro hockey leagues in Germany have cancelled (not just no fans, no games) the rest of their playoffs, because several states were banning gatherings of over 1000 people. I would guess that the average attendee is not at much risk of exposure, maybe interacting closely with 5-10 other people. But multiply that by four or five thousand, and the odds of some transmission occurring are a lot higher. So it seems like it's in the interest of jurisdictions to cancel events, even if it's not in the interest of individuals to skip them.

Interestingly, RIT has not cancelled classes yet, although there's been a lot of contingency planning about what we'd do if we had to. Given that we have a lot of online courses already (like mine), we're probably better suited to pull it off than most universities.

Trotsky
Albany has banned fans?

No and speculation is king in the state Capital.

Jim's observation that he is attending a concert at "The Egg" is a hopeful sign. That venue isn't a stone's throw from the Times Union Center, but a hard slap shot would make it.

How realistic is it that you could keep some of these events open and just ensure people spread out a bit? Like some sort of rule that you can only sell 25% of the tickets of the usual capacity. Something like that

marty

Trotsky
Albany has banned fans?

No and speculation is king in the state Capital.

Jim's observation that he is attending a concert at "The Egg" is a hopeful sign. That venue isn't a stone's throw from the Times Union Center, but a hard slap shot would make it.

For reference.

The longest ice hockey pass is 275.63 m (904.33 ft), and was achieved by Zach Lamppa and Tom Chorske (both USA) on Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, on 20 November 2018.

I came to this thread to post how it's a shame we (fans, alumni fans) can't come to Ithaca and get in to watch what will be one of the best Cornell sports weekends ever, with MHockey, WHockey and MLax ranked 1, 1 and 2 in the nation, all playing national caliber opponents.

But some of the let's-blame/kill-the lawyers reaction here and similar comments is overboard. Fear of legal liability is a concern but Cornell is also acting in the interest of public safety. Ithaca may not have any/many cases of Covid-19, but with fans coming in from everywhere, the odds suggest somebody might be a carrier, and all of a sudden of the other 5,000 hockey-hockey-lax fans spread it further. Who'd want to sit next to a fan coming in from New Rochelle?

I'd like to push our unhappiness in another direction: Get Cornell to add a reverse angle camera in Lynah so we can see better than if we were there in person. Nobody ever knows what's happening in the corner near the band.

Lastly, you can see lax game sort of okay from the top level of the parking garage.

The camera experience could vastly improved at Lynah for very little cost. You could add some remote controlled cameras or even a couple at center ice pointing back towards each goal and that would add a lot to what you can see.

Well at least our guys will know what it feels like this weekend if they went to Harvard instead. Actually, any of the ECAC teams that played last weekend by crowd sizes I saw on tv.

I don't know if this is too pie-in-the-sky, but would there be a way to set up something like a Zoom meeting with the game broadcasting? That way, you can hear all of the other fans while the game is going on, sort of like a VR rink experience?

French Rage
I don't know if this is too pie-in-the-sky, but would there be a way to set up something like a Zoom meeting with the game broadcasting? That way, you can hear all of the other fans while the game is going on, sort of like a VR rink experience?

That sounds horrible. I'm in!

adamw
I'd put the odds of having fans at Lake Placid or any NCAA games at 0.47%

math

Based on how many Monte Carlo simulations?

KGR11

adamw
I'd put the odds of having fans at Lake Placid or any NCAA games at 0.47%

math

Based on how many Monte Carlo simulations?

At least 20,000 in my head - given how it is spinning.

jtwcornell91
So I was thinking these steps were overreaction, but the situation seems to be deteriorating rapidly, and large gatherings have been banned in many places, so I think these recommendations are now coming from the health authorities. The pro hockey leagues in Germany have cancelled (not just no fans, no games) the rest of their playoffs, because several states were banning gatherings of over 1000 people. I would guess that the average attendee is not at much risk of exposure, maybe interacting closely with 5-10 other people. But multiply that by four or five thousand, and the odds of some transmission occurring are a lot higher. So it seems like it's in the interest of jurisdictions to cancel events, even if it's not in the interest of individuals to skip them.

Interestingly, RIT has not cancelled classes yet, although there's been a lot of contingency planning about what we'd do if we had to. Given that we have a lot of online courses already (like mine), we're probably better suited to pull it off than most universities.

So far I've not seen any health authorities from this part of Upstate NY saying anything about fans not being allowed at sporting events.

As an example, Colgate is still holding the Patriot League Basketball Championship game tonight and my concert in Albany is still on for tonight. Sadly we can't go. I've put my tickets up on StubHub, but if anyone here wants Zappa tickets, you can have them for free. Get in touch.

No sadly all that is going on is not based upon science, or sometimes maybe not even rational thinking.

College basketball looks to be going on and pro sports are competing in arenas.

They've closed their locker rooms to protect their players. But I guess they don't feel the need to close the stands to protect their fans. I wonder why?????

No I don't think most of these decisions are from health authorities, rather we're seeing a herd effect.

As far as our NCAA games, I don't see how they can close them, if they don't first close basketball. But we do know which end calls the shots.

Just got an email from Tickets about my refund. They are giving back $6/ticket, which seems low, but I'll have to look at my season ticket prices.

Some teams get fans, some don't. The life has been sucked out of the season. I'm on board with just cancelling the season at this point and declaring the team currently #1 the National Champ.

French Rage

scoop85
Here's Pollack's notification to the Cornell community. Interestingly it doesn't say all athletic events will be cancelled, but rather that each member will be strictly limited to 3 guests per participant. So maybe there's a little hope that the games can continue.

So how do we expand the hockey roster to roughly 1000 players?

For how much are the players selling the guest passes?

ithacat
Some teams get fans, some don't. The life has been sucked out of the season. I'm on board with just cancelling the season at this point and declaring the team currently #1 the National Champ.

#1 in the polls or #1 in the pairwise?

Jeff Hopkins '82

ithacat
Some teams get fans, some don't. The life has been sucked out of the season. I'm on board with just cancelling the season at this point and declaring the team currently #1 the National Champ.

#1 in the polls or #1 in the pairwise?

One game to rule them all.

Jim Hyla
if anyone here wants Zappa tickets, you can have them for free

If anyone here wants Zappa tickets you're about 27 years too late.

Swampy

French Rage

scoop85
Here's Pollack's notification to the Cornell community. Interestingly it doesn't say all athletic events will be cancelled, but rather that each member will be strictly limited to 3 guests per participant. So maybe there's a little hope that the games can continue.

So how do we expand the hockey roster to roughly 1000 players?

For how much are the players selling the guest passes?

It shouldn't be decided by price. Instead, it should be decided based on commitment; there should be some sort of line that is formed and maybe a camp-out to see how long people are willing to stick around.

You all laughed at me for making a costume that looked like a wooden bench at Lynah, but this Friday when I'm the only one who will be able to sneak in and watch the ECAC QFs, who'll be laughing now, huh?!?!

French Rage

Swampy

French Rage

scoop85
Here's Pollack's notification to the Cornell community. Interestingly it doesn't say all athletic events will be cancelled, but rather that each member will be strictly limited to 3 guests per participant. So maybe there's a little hope that the games can continue.

So how do we expand the hockey roster to roughly 1000 players?

For how much are the players selling the guest passes?

It shouldn't be decided by price. Instead, it should be decided based on commitment; there should be some sort of line that is formed and maybe a camp-out to see how long people are willing to stick around.

Oldest ticket stub. I have one from 1981. Jim may have one chiseled from marble.

French Rage
You all laughed at me for making a costume that looked like a wooden bench at Lynah, but this Friday when I'm the only one who will be able to sneak in and watch the ECAC QFs, who'll be laughing now, huh?!?!

I've seen some of the parents. We'll be the ones laughing when they sit on you.

Trotsky

French Rage

Swampy

French Rage

scoop85
Here's Pollack's notification to the Cornell community. Interestingly it doesn't say all athletic events will be cancelled, but rather that each member will be strictly limited to 3 guests per participant. So maybe there's a little hope that the games can continue.

So how do we expand the hockey roster to roughly 1000 players?

For how much are the players selling the guest passes?

It shouldn't be decided by price. Instead, it should be decided based on commitment; there should be some sort of line that is formed and maybe a camp-out to see how long people are willing to stick around.

Oldest ticket stub. I have one from 1981. Jim may have one chiseled from marble.

I probably have one from '78. I wasn't planning on coming to the games this weekend, so I'll sell it to the highest bidder!

toddlose
Well at least our guys will know what it feels like this weekend if they went to Harvard instead. Actually, any of the ECAC teams that played last weekend by crowd sizes I saw on tv.

Ithaca Journal
"Our guys will not experience anything crazier than Lynah Rink, they’ll never face a bigger venue than Madison Square Garden, they won’t face any more distractions than Las Vegas," said head coach Mike Schafer, referencing two of his team's road trips this season.

But are they prepared for an absolutely silent Lynah Rink? Does the team practice Zen meditation?

Swampy

toddlose
Well at least our guys will know what it feels like this weekend if they went to Harvard instead. Actually, any of the ECAC teams that played last weekend by crowd sizes I saw on tv.

Ithaca Journal
"Our guys will not experience anything crazier than Lynah Rink, they’ll never face a bigger venue than Madison Square Garden, they won’t face any more distractions than Las Vegas," said head coach Mike Schafer, referencing two of his team's road trips this season.

But are they prepared for an absolutely silent Lynah Rink?

They've played at Brown.

I think if the only people allowed in the barn were the parents that would be incredibly sweet and maybe make them play even harder. Imagine a whole game that was just a gift to your mom and dad.

Or the players on the bench can learn some cheers!

Suggest Those who dismiss the severity and risk of coronavirus in hockey arenas or in general read Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death".

osorojo
Suggest Those who dismiss the severity and risk of coronavirus in hockey arenas or in general read Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death".

billhoward
Who'd want to sit next to a fan coming in from New Rochelle?

For some of the altacockers on this list it's been so long since Cornell has won a major nation championship, that if we were confident Cornell is going to do it this year, we'd gladly do it, and if need be die happily.

And with 3 teams ranked in the top 2 of their sport the odds are as good as they've ever been.

Swampy

osorojo
Suggest Those who dismiss the severity and risk of coronavirus in hockey arenas or in general read Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death".

billhoward
Who'd want to sit next to a fan coming in from New Rochelle?

For some of the altacockers on this list it's been so long since Cornell has won a major nation championship, that if we were confident Cornell is going to do it this year, we'd gladly do it, and if need be die happily.

And with 3 teams ranked in the top 2 of their sport the odds are as good as they've ever been.

+1 for the use of "alte cockers!"

ECAC tickets were $15 a piece from what i can gather.

Uh oh...

Breaking: Harvard not allowing team to play. Forfeits this weekend. ECAC tournament in jeopardy. More to follow

— College Hockey News (@chnews) March 11, 2020

semsox
Uh oh...

Breaking: Harvard not allowing team to play. Forfeits this weekend. ECAC tournament in jeopardy. More to follow

— College Hockey News (@chnews) March 11, 2020

This isn’t going to end well. Once one domino falls...

Really really hoping that we just make it to no spectators and go from there. Cancelling the remainder of the season would be so brutal for these teams.

CU2007

semsox
Uh oh...

Breaking: Harvard not allowing team to play. Forfeits this weekend. ECAC tournament in jeopardy. More to follow

— College Hockey News (@chnews) March 11, 2020

This isn’t going to end well. Once one domino falls...

The secret is just to be the last to forfeit, then you don't have to!

CU2007

semsox
Uh oh...

Breaking: Harvard not allowing team to play. Forfeits this weekend. ECAC tournament in jeopardy. More to follow

— College Hockey News (@chnews) March 11, 2020

This isn’t going to end well. Once one domino falls...

Yeah, and WHO officially calling this a global pandemic today is not going to help.

Swampy

CU2007

semsox
Uh oh...

Breaking: Harvard not allowing team to play. Forfeits this weekend. ECAC tournament in jeopardy. More to follow

— College Hockey News (@chnews) March 11, 2020

This isn’t going to end well. Once one domino falls...

Yeah, and WHO officially calling this a global pandemic today is not going to help.

While we'd all miss going to the games, they should do what Ivy basketball did and award the title to the regular season champion.

Trotsky

French Rage

Swampy

French Rage

scoop85
Here's Pollack's notification to the Cornell community. Interestingly it doesn't say all athletic events will be cancelled, but rather that each member will be strictly limited to 3 guests per participant. So maybe there's a little hope that the games can continue.

So how do we expand the hockey roster to roughly 1000 players?

For how much are the players selling the guest passes?

It shouldn't be decided by price. Instead, it should be decided based on commitment; there should be some sort of line that is formed and maybe a camp-out to see how long people are willing to stick around.

Oldest ticket stub. I have one from 1981. Jim may have one chiseled from marble.

I have half a ticket from the early 70's (vs Brown with the winning score in pen on the back). No Zappa tickets.

you can't do this. not this year. take me instead. [t.co]

— Sigh Hersh, Hostile Witness (@Ugarles) March 11, 2020

CU2007

semsox
Uh oh...

Breaking: Harvard not allowing team to play. Forfeits this weekend. ECAC tournament in jeopardy. More to follow

— College Hockey News (@chnews) March 11, 2020

This isn’t going to end well. Once one domino falls...

"Sucks", sucks.

marty

CU2007

semsox
Uh oh...

Breaking: Harvard not allowing team to play. Forfeits this weekend. ECAC tournament in jeopardy. More to follow

— College Hockey News (@chnews) March 11, 2020

This isn’t going to end well. Once one domino falls...

"Sucks", sucks.

Even before logging in, and having seen no other news that past 90 minutes, I had an inkling that we were going to see the end of our sports seasons. Just too many schools going to online only classes, and I'd heard Harvard was going to cancel their sports seasons. Trutfully hen Amherst and then the rest of the NESCAC started shutting down yesterday, it seemed only a matter of time.

If the remaining hockey season is cancelled, any chance players can get that year of eligibility back?