Re: Oswego vs Plattsburgh "The Whiteout game"
In case anyone is interested at having a laugh at the headman of the #2 team in the land, Deadspin had an interesting story posted this afternoon in what it calls the "A-Hole Coach Digest" - telling the supposed story of the origins of heat between Mike McShane and Bill Beaney.
Here's the link - second story down:
http://deadspin.com/5456588/a+hole-...-feud-edition?skyline=true&s=i&**************
Here's the text - from what is known as A-Hole Coach Digest.
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The two most successful D-III hockey coaches of the last 20 years, who coach at colleges 70 miles apart in Vermont, have had a personal feud that goes back almost 40 years to their time at UNH. The story is that Mike McShane, who was and is known as a bit of a (colorful metaphor deleted), decided to prank the newest hotshot member of the ‘70-‘71 Wildcat hockey team, a sophomore (remember, this was when freshman weren't allowed to play varsity) named Bill Beaney.
Instead of the regular hazing rituals, such as itch powder in the jock or tape on the bottom of the skate blades, McShane decided to leave a particularly nefarious and highly unsanitary joke; he took a ____ in Beaney's skates. The next day at practice Beaney loaded his bare toes into the front of his skate, only to have his digits greeted by the stinky deposit, and a Duellists-level obsession began.
To this day, through something like 70 matches against each other over the years, they continue to skip the customary post-game hand shake.