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USCHO Poster's Game, 2010- in the house that Yost Built.

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I hadn't been following this thread this year. It surprises me that there aren't more people signing up than last year. At that time, the thought was that with there being no local team just about everyone who had any interest would have to find a way to get their equipment to DC. Detroit, on the other hand, has several local teams with more USCHO members who would not have to deal with getting equipment on airplanes.
 
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I am trying to talk Mrs. Beerman in participating again this year. Put her down as a maybe and I'll confirm later this week.
 
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alright alfaboo...i'm in. It's all cause of that challenge over on the other thread!
 
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STATEdude3 said:
alright alfaboo...i'm in. It's all cause of that challenge over on the other thread!
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got it- but you forgot your e-mail.

If you want to send that- the e-mail I'm using for this is
alfablue (dot) uscho (at) gmail (dot) com

I've not sent out anything yet, so if the rest of you are looking for some e-mail- it just hasn't been sent. Maybe later this week.
 
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alfablue said:
got it- but you forgot your e-mail.

If you want to send that- the e-mail I'm using for this is
alfablue (dot) uscho (at) gmail (dot) com

I've not sent out anything yet, so if the rest of you are looking for some e-mail- it just hasn't been sent. Maybe later this week.
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my bad...i'll email you
 
Re: USCHO Poster's Game, 2010- in the house that Yost Built.

For fun, I'll post some good history of Yost.

The building was originally built in 1923, designed for indoor track, football, basketball, and baseball events. I'm sure mainly practice.

If you've been there befire, picture it without stands and totally covered in a dirt floor. Oddly enough, the same structure is being built RIGHT NOW just south of Schembechler Hall. Really odd, IMHO.

If you are a track and field kind of person, a lot of indoor track events did take place here- and for any USA, USA, USA fan- you'll like to hear that Jesse Owens ran track just behind where the benches sit- where the sprints were run (I got this from Red Simmons, a LONG time track hero at Michigan). A side note- Jesse also set 4 world records in one day at the outdoor track just acorss the parking lot from Yost. There's a plaque commemorating it. Think about that- a plaque for an OSU runner. That's how important it is.

I digress.

Here's the original history website I found- http://umhistory.dc.umich.edu/mort/athletic/Yost Fieldhouse/index.html

The next era was mainly Basketball- you've heard of Cazzie Russell? His play at Yost Field house enabled Chisler to be built.

The hockey team called the small Colesum on Hill home up until 1973, when they moved into Yost, now called Yost Ice Arena. It still hosts local games, but many of them moved to IcedCubed (the home of the USDP), and I was lucky enough to play intrumural hockey at Yost when I went to school here.

Some facts on the Yost site http://www.umich.edu/~yostice/history_facts.htm


And if you are interested in some old pictures of Yost Field House- here are some from the Ann Arbor public library- start here- http://www.aadl.org/gallery/pictureAnnArbor/hatchp/hatchp008.jpg.html and there are 3 more pictures.

I'd be willing to wager that as a structure, Yost Ice Arena is the oldest rink. Yes, it didn't host a game until 1973, but it was built in 1923. I know most of you are not Michigan fans, but up on the second level on the north side, there are some historical pictures of Michigan's hockey teams- it's pretty amazing how little they wore back in the day. And I think they played many of their first seasons outdoors. Not sure where. One of my squirt coaches in Idaho played for Michigan (he's originally from Boston)- and was part of the early 50's championship teams.

Again, I fully appreciate that most of you are far from fans of UM, but there's a LOT of history around were we are going to play this game. One memorable weekend was that regional where OSU and MSU lined up for one of the best games I ever saw where I hated both teams. Half the faithful were agianst one, the other against the other (neither for... ;) ). What a weekend that was.

Anyway, just want to put the site in some extra perspective.
 
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alfablue said:
I'd be willing to wager that as a structure, Yost Ice Arena is the oldest rink. Yes, it didn't host a game until 1973, but it was built in 1923. I know most of you are not Michigan fans, but up on the second level on the north side, there are some historical pictures of Michigan's hockey teams- it's pretty amazing how little they wore back in the day. And I think they played many of their first seasons outdoors. Not sure where. One of my squirt coaches in Idaho played for Michigan (he's originally from Boston)- and was part of the early 50's championship teams.
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Its not the oldest, may be the second oldest though. http://www.gonu.com/facilities/matthews.html
 
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Any chance the game could be held somewhere else?
 
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I think I can officially upgrade to a "Maybe" for this event... It looks like I'll have some extra cash for the trip...
 
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Gomer said:
Any chance the game could be held somewhere else?
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No. Deposit is paid.

Suck it up, Sparty, Yost isn't that bad of a place to play. :D

If you hosted at Munn, I'd play.

Besides, it's not just about the place, but about meeting other posters.
 
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Alright AB, I'm officially in now as my schedule has opened up completely until 4 on Saturday. Anything that can be done to help move this along or are things pretty well good to go at this point?
 
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Is there any place around to rent equipment? I've got two guys coming out, but I don't think they want to bring their gear since they're flying. Maybe if they have that as an option, they'd be interested in playing, but I'm not sure.

Also, any help you need for registration or whatever the day of I'm sure I can help with.
 
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melmac said:
Is there any place around to rent equipment? I've got two guys coming out, but I don't think they want to bring their gear since they're flying. Maybe if they have that as an option, they'd be interested in playing, but I'm not sure.

Also, any help you need for registration or whatever the day of I'm sure I can help with.
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I cant speak to rentals, but what about packing 1 extra shared bag with just skates/helmets/shins/gloves? Just an idea, but if they are comfortable wearing the basics for a pick-up game maybe it might be possible to bring some of their own gear.
 
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STATEdude3 said:
Alright AB, I'm officially in now as my schedule has opened up completely until 4 on Saturday. Anything that can be done to help move this along or are things pretty well good to go at this point?
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Right now, we are good to go- pgb-ohio is organizing the T's, and tD already did the webpage...

Between Mrs. Alfa and melmac, I think the registration table should be good to go- but I have your e-mail, just in case we need some help- thanks for the offer!!!

What I can use is more skaters- if you can convince Gomer that his body won't melt by playing hockey in this evil environment... (I'm assuming that's the issue- probably the real issue is that it's a PITA to get to Ann Arbor, which I understand, but the consensus here was Yost first)
 
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alfablue said:
Right now, we are good to go- pgb-ohio is organizing the T's, and tD already did the webpage...

Between Mrs. Alfa and melmac, I think the registration table should be good to go- but I have your e-mail, just in case we need some help- thanks for the offer!!!

What I can use is more skaters- if you can convince Gomer that his body won't melt by playing hockey in this evil environment... (I'm assuming that's the issue- probably the real issue is that it's a PITA to get to Ann Arbor, which I understand, but the consensus here was Yost first)
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I'll work on a couple of the MSU posters. I've skated at Yost many times and i love the ice. It is a very good sheet and a treat to skate on. I could probably use another Spartan to watch my back as I wheel around with a big Sparty on my chest.
 
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STATEdude3 said:
I'll work on a couple of the MSU posters. I've skated at Yost many times and i love the ice. It is a very good sheet and a treat to skate on. I could probably use another Spartan to watch my back as I wheel around with a big Sparty on my chest.
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Depends on if we end up on the same team or not... :D

Still can't figure sides yet. But it won't be the UP vs. the world. Maybe the Great State of Michigan vs. everyone else- that's possible.

And we need ONE MORE GOALIE!!! We only have one right now.
 
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alfablue said:
Depends on if we end up on the same team or not... :D

Still can't figure sides yet. But it won't be the UP vs. the world. Maybe the Great State of Michigan vs. everyone else- that's possible.

And we need ONE MORE GOALIE!!! We only have one right now.
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If we end up on the same team it might take a Herb Brooks clone to get us to work together. lol

I will put in a word with a goalie friend who reads this board and see if he is interested in playing.
 
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