Game Day Operations

[5 4 Fighting]

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And the best place to watch a game is........ ??????

Wow . Way to make a guy feel welcome. Seems the debate will always rage on about who makes the final tourney and why.( although it is a valid point and i do see it from the west side on occasion)


HOWEVER..... cant believe the Corner Crew is as quiet as they are.
Could it be they're actual students and not " So You Think You Can Dance" wannabe's

Debate on Dudes.!... sorry to interrupt.....

Ya sorry about that The FBI pays millions of dollars a year for information...I got a bunch by hijacking your thread. Thanks to OnMAA, Arm & Hux for setting me straight. By the time I get this all figured out...we'll be graduating!

Now what were you saying about "where's the best place to watch a game" and the apparent extinction of the corner crew?

 

[ARM]

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Disclaimer -- I've never seen a game in Columbus, but based on reputation, I doubt my answers would change much. Okay, here are my unofficial WCHA rankings to the original question.

Best pregame intro -- St. Cloud. Wisconsin and UND have video up on the scoreboard, and that's fine and all, but the SCSU has the best lightshow, and how can you top, "Here's your Huskies! Huskies! Huskies!" Bemidji tries, but it isn't the same.

Best concessions -- Also St. Cloud. Mankato isn't bad on price. Stuff is high buck in comparison in Grand Forks, but access to alcohol goes a long way. Ridder is the worst, overpriced and not much good.

Best arena -- the Kohl Center is a very distant second, but once a guy gets past the hostility and abusiveness of it all, the Ralph is pretty palatial. When they have a competitive team, it could be up there for overall game experience.

Best mascot -- that one is Goldy, because he is the only one who a) shows up regularly; b) has some sort of a shtick when he does; c) is adored by children. Bucky Badger is so grumpy looking, Champ never seems to know what to do, Bucky Beaver is either not there or checks in briefly from the basketball game next door, (does the Maverick have a name?) anyway, he's more like a HS mascot, I don't remember a mascot at the National Concrete Center, and UND if there was ever a mascot, litigation must have put an end to it.

Best band -- Wisconsin's is good when they have one, but that is pretty rare. In terms of quality/availability combined, then I'd say Gophs, honorable mention to UMD.

Parking -- Ridder is worst, DECC 2nd from the bottom, UW is awful if they are having "Kids at the Kohl" day or whatever that thing was called this fall, okay otherwise except you have to do half a lap around the place to get in. All others are very good.

 

[CrazyDave]

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(does the Maverick have a name?)

Stomper. But I prefer "Lunch".

Can't argue with any of your comments, ARM -- particularly St. Cloud's concessions -- but two observations on the band front...

First, I give the UMD band more credit - with the exception of what passes for a school song up there, the music selection from that group is pretty good. I've enjoyed some of their pregame and intermission tunes. It's too bad they're isolated from the spectators.

Second, I object to the fact that (even quietly) the Wisconsin percussion section plays their power play chant/cheer/cadence (whatever you want to call it) while play is going on. I'm surprised that the WCHA hasn't shut that down. If they want to keep doing the chanting piece of it, fine -- vocal support of your team is always encouraged -- but the drums need to stop the second the puck is dropped.

One additional beef I have is with UMD and Minnesota State for allowing fans to ring cowbells at the game. This isn't the speed-skating track... there's no bell lap.

 

[D2D]

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One additional beef I have is with UMD and Minnesota State for allowing fans to ring cowbells at the game.

Just for you, Dave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mie9hhQTUM

 

[freak]

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Second, I object to the fact that (even quietly) the Wisconsin percussion section plays their power play chant/cheer/cadence (whatever you want to call it) while play is going on. I'm surprised that the WCHA hasn't shut that down. If they want to keep doing the chanting piece of it, fine -- vocal support of your team is always encouraged -- but the drums need to stop the second the puck is dropped.

Some things tend to get grandfathered in the name of tradition. At UNH we have a cowbell-led cheer that we do at the start of each period at the puck drop, and again after the goal count when UNH scores. Similarly, our tradition of throwing the fish onto the ice after UNHs first goal is accepted, although anything afterwards can result in a penalty.

 

[CrazyDave]

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Just for you, Dave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mie9hhQTUM

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!



If you'll allow me to go off on a tangent for a moment... (not like I'm giving you a choice )...

Actually, I can say that I played on stage with rock singer Melissa Etheridge, when she played Northrop Auditorium back in '94 and invited the U. of MN drumline on stage for a song. She had also asked her crew to set up audio recording equipment, so every drumline remember received a cassette of the performance a couple weeks later -- way cool .

The problem -- our drumline instructor had just purchased a new tempo block, and used it frequently to keep the group in tempo. Unfortunately, he came on stage with us, and you can hear the tempo block (just about as bad as that cowbell in the video) on the recording. Just pretty bad...

 

[CrazyDave]

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Some things tend to get grandfathered in the name of tradition. At UNH we have a cowbell-led cheer that we do at the start of each period at the puck drop, and again after the goal count when UNH scores. Similarly, our tradition of throwing the fish onto the ice after UNHs first goal is accepted, although anything afterwards can result in a penalty.

Actually, the drumline at Minnesota has gotten into habit with playing along with a couple of cheers at the men's games to keep the student section in tempo -- the Camptown Races cheer at the beginning of every period and the 3rd goal "funnel" cheer. But those could both go without the drums as well -- the student section did fine on their own with those cheers when I was a student.

 

[5 4 Fighting]

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Not sure if this qualifies... but the trainer on our Midget triple A team back in Manitoba in the mid 70's was rumored to have, on occasion, spread a little playground sand on the mats leading from the visitors dressing room to the ice surface....just sayin.

 

[SeymoreHockey]

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So you were a trainer too...hmmm...

 

[5 4 Fighting]

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So you were a trainer too...hmmm...

...all day to think that one up huh, must be raining....

 

[SeymoreHockey]

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...all day to think that one up huh, must be raining....

Haha...how'd you know...

BTW went to the Anaheim/Red Wing game and sat in front of a pair of obnoxious, semi-illiterate Ducks fans who screamed nonsense the entire game, and annoyed pretty much everyone within earshot...you have no idea how many flashbacks I had to EC games in the Shadow Domes.

 

[5 4 Fighting]

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Haha...how'd you know...

BTW went to the Anaheim/Red Wing game and sat in front of a pair of obnoxious, semi-illiterate Ducks fans who screamed nonsense the entire game, and annoyed pretty much everyone within earshot...you have no idea how many flashbacks I had to EC games in the Shadow Domes.

I know because I have my people watching you.

I can see fine at the domes, no problem. Maybe you should get your eyes checked? It's the second thing to go when you get to your age....