Re: Yale Bulldogs Hockey - 2012-2013
Yale's amazing victory brought special inspiration to a family of Cornell and Harvard grads going through a profoundly difficult time. My cousin-in-law, who was courageous, inspiring and wonderful to an extent that words cannot do justice, passed away after a 14 year battle with a rare form of thyroid cancer. I saw her husband, former drum major for the Cornell band, on Friday night at a dinner in his wife's honor and his eyes lit up as he talked about watching Yale beat UML with his kids and others. "We all almost forgot what was going on," he said.
Saturday night's post-memorial service family get-together turned into a rousing college hockey party of people age 18-80, including two generations of Cornell and Harvard grads, plus students at Colgate, Union and Providence, who packed the TV room and universally rooted for Yale. It was a show of solidarity from otherwise-rivals that could only have been inspired by what might have been the greatest NCAA tournament run in college hockey history. We all felt great pride in watching Yale strike a blow for Ivy League sports and true student athletes everywhere. Amazing that they could pull this off without providing athletic scholarships against what are essentially minor league professional teams like Minnesota and North Dakota. Harvard did it 24 years ago but I think it's even harder in this day and age.
For this Harvard grad, looking ahead, it's impossible to imagine despising Yale even if they keep walloping Harvard for years to come. Keith Allain is such a class act and his program represents all that is good about Ivy League sports and athletics at other ECAC schools that generally have high academic standards. Thanks Bulldogs for bringing light into an otherwise dark weekend.
Yale's amazing victory brought special inspiration to a family of Cornell and Harvard grads going through a profoundly difficult time. My cousin-in-law, who was courageous, inspiring and wonderful to an extent that words cannot do justice, passed away after a 14 year battle with a rare form of thyroid cancer. I saw her husband, former drum major for the Cornell band, on Friday night at a dinner in his wife's honor and his eyes lit up as he talked about watching Yale beat UML with his kids and others. "We all almost forgot what was going on," he said.
Saturday night's post-memorial service family get-together turned into a rousing college hockey party of people age 18-80, including two generations of Cornell and Harvard grads, plus students at Colgate, Union and Providence, who packed the TV room and universally rooted for Yale. It was a show of solidarity from otherwise-rivals that could only have been inspired by what might have been the greatest NCAA tournament run in college hockey history. We all felt great pride in watching Yale strike a blow for Ivy League sports and true student athletes everywhere. Amazing that they could pull this off without providing athletic scholarships against what are essentially minor league professional teams like Minnesota and North Dakota. Harvard did it 24 years ago but I think it's even harder in this day and age.
For this Harvard grad, looking ahead, it's impossible to imagine despising Yale even if they keep walloping Harvard for years to come. Keith Allain is such a class act and his program represents all that is good about Ivy League sports and athletics at other ECAC schools that generally have high academic standards. Thanks Bulldogs for bringing light into an otherwise dark weekend.
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