True enough. "Administrators" need to justify their jobs by "Administrating."
And I didn't mean to imply that Soo Ontario offered nothing in those days. I personally wandered through many of the beer distribution centers in my time. Today, however, there is a more interesting selection of dinning choices beyond the Swiss Chalet. And if you're talking about Canadian fans and season ticket holders, you're likely talking about people who are out of college. Family people. And since the Greyhounds have a nice new rink and its a generally positive family atmosphere, many Canadians may just prefer to stay home -- get chicken pot pie at Swiss Chalet and hit the Greyhounds game.
And darn it all, before anyone jumps on that, I still love the Swiss Chalet -- the Swiss Chalet for lunch on a cold winter day is almost unbeatable. Personally, I like to hit the Chalet after a good day of skiing with the family.
While we're wandering down memory lane . . . check out some of the pictures at the bottom. I swear to God I can still smell old Memorial. I mixture of zamboni diesel fuel, hockey stank, and beer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sault_Memorial_Gardens
They were the glory years not only for the hockey team but many of us student-fans as well.....on the weekends after the games, there would be line-ups out of every club (the Pioneer, the Back Door, Alpha-addition and the Savoy). Even the smaller drinking establishments like the Downtowner, Corner Pub and Maloneys, would be packed with patrons and many of them would be re-hashing the Lakers game played that night. Heck I remember downing more than a few with the likes of Jeff Jackson, Roque and Ron Rolston at the Downtowner discussing not only hockey but the finer points of fishing in the wilds of northern Ontario on more than one occasion.
I was just at that page a few weeks back. That place was OLD. SCHOOL.
What I was wondering about is what kind of student ticket program, if any, LSSU offers for hockey and how many available seats are set aside for students? If there are empty seats and tickets available on game night, do they reduce ticket prices for students and try to fill the arena?
Students get in free for home games, but must pay for any tourney games. Right now they sit at the end of the rink; my son says there is talk they may move them out where they could be heard more.
I love all the retro talk of Laker Hockey and even Soo, ON. During the 92-94 seasons, I believe, we had a 'spirit club' with our own shirts, and if you attended ao many games you got a free trip to the Joe for the CCHA Playoffs. Back then, it was almost a given that the Lakers would be there. As a student, if you didn't make it to the arena at least a half-hour before game time, you wouldn't get a seat in the student section.
The 1994 championship in St. Paul was a great time, too. We went out there with no tickets, and picked up a couple from some Harvard fans while we were checking into the hotel, and three more from Harvard's head coach. Didn't sit with the Laker fans, unfortunately, but we made a great little section of our own. The party afterward was amazing as well. The last thing I remember was Dan Angelleli says there plane left in a half hour. That was at like 5:30 in the morning. I have no idea how I made it to my hotel room. I just found myself there on the floor the next morning....
If I remember correctly, Clayton Beddoes scored on a breakaway to beat Harvard in the semi.I was at the game in St. Paul. I lived in Mankato at the time and my sister the MSU Alum (who lived in Detroit) had got us the tickets before the season even started. She was betting on the Spartans being in. So her, my then girlfriend (now wife), and I all went to the games. The thing was, I just wanted to see the hockey regardless of who was in, but I was not at all surprised that Lake State made it to St Paul. They manhandled Harvard in that semi final as I recall.
EDIT:
Oh, no they pounded BU in the final, beat Harvard in OT in the semi. Wow, that must have been dramatic, wish I could remember it better.
So, can anyone tell me a bit about this BTN.com feed for tomorrow's game? From what I can tell I have to buy at least a monthly subscription. Is that correct? Is it a quality feed? Is there a play-by-play?
If I remember correctly, Clayton Beddoes scored on a breakaway to beat Harvard in the semi.
If I remember correctly, Clayton Beddoes scored on a breakaway to beat Harvard in the semi.
You can purchase a single game @ $8 I believe. Feed is not the best, 1 video covering all ice, little if any close up. Play by play has been Bill Crawford ans YESS-FM.
The feed will match the play-by-play
The feed will have play by play, but will be Ohio State announcers. You do have to buy the monthly feed. Make sure to cancel the monthly feed at the end of the weekend if you do not want to be re-billed automatically.
The 8 dollar feed with one camera is for LSSU home games on American One network. I think the OSU feed did have replays from what I remember last year.
