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In other ECAC games last night Yale was upset by St. Lawrence, and RPI fell to Colgate in overtime. These results have caused Union to jump into first place in the ECAC standings (one point ahead of Yale), and RPI to drop to fourth (six points behind Union). Colgate has now won two ECAC games in a row and look to make it three tonight at Messa Rink.
After last night's win Union is now tied for 7th in the PWR with New Hampshire and RPI.
I also want to say that the Union College Pep Band (Nott Noisemakers), while they're not comparable to the Cornell pep band, have improved tremendously. They are starting to get the hang of being a college hockey pep band, and I wouldn't be surprised if they were a true college hockey pep band in a few years.
On another note, I thought the actions of Dan Nicholls were completely classless. He just went after Andrew Buote for pretty much no reason (I'm not sure if Bootsie said anything to him or whatever). You got to give a lot of credit to him for showing some restraint. I also want people to know that Cornell coach Mike Schafer did not tell Nicholls to do this. Schafer is a class act and did not approve of Nicholls' actions.
Here are some other links that I thought were interesting:
The Cornell fans were not happy with the way Union fans acted last night. I'm sure a part of this can be attributed to their team's performance in the game, but semi-assaulting an opposing fan is not acceptable. (Lynah Forum)
According to this article more and more young Canadian hockey players are leaning towards playing NCAA hockey rather than the Canadian major junior leagues. (New York Times).... Thanks for the tip Dad!
I think I already Tweeted this, but the past few years that I've gone to the Frozen Four I really liked going to the Skills Competition because some Union players were in it (Mrazek, Walters, Leaman). But, the competition has been cancelled and has been replaced by an open skate. (USCHO)
Every week in the Concordiensis (student newspaper of Union College) there is a small section called "Man On The Street." In this section a question is asked to four Union students about topics in the world or at Union. This week's question was "What is your take on the policy to censor and/or kick out hockey fans that use profanity in their chants?" Of the four students asked, two of them were hockey players. Senior Stephane Boileau answered, "Wouldn't that mean kicking out the entire rink? I don't think we're the worst at all. Cornell's far worse. I personally don't mind. It's kind of part of the game and college hockey. I prefer the crowd being part of the game because they can make a big difference." Sophomore Ryan Forgaard said, "When you're out there on the ice and the crowd is really into the game, it gets everyone on the team going and it gives us more energy. We think we have the best fans in the league and it gives us a big home ice advantage. They're like the 7th player out there for us and it's a big boost to how we play and how successful we are." This has been a topic of conversation on campus lately. (Concordy)
There was a Union College Trustees meeting held on campus this weekend. I got to spend some time with trustee Jason Oshins this afternoon, who is the founder of the AEPi chapter on campus and a huge Union Hockey fan. He supports the Garnet Blades so much that in one game last season he was able to stand behind the bench for the entire 60 minutes. Here's the video:
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