I think this is a really good idea, its time for people to get up and make some noise. There are times when the arena can be a little dead. This will be the last time to see the Sioux play in WCHA action this year, so it’s time to set the tone going into the second half of the season. The next time the Fighting Sioux play will be on New Years weekend in the Notre Dame Shillelagh Tourney against Niagara University.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- The third-ranked Fighting Sioux men's hockey program is asking its fans to take the name of the University's fight song to heart and "Stand up and Cheer" at the beginning of the first period until the first whistle of each game.
UND athletics recently solicited feedback from its fans in an effort to enhance the gameday experience at Fighting Sioux home games. Many new initiatives have already been implemented as a result and the "Stand Up and Cheer" initiative was suggested during an open forum involving UND athletics and UND students.
The "Stand Up and Cheer" initiative is similar to the longtime UND basketball tradition in which Sioux fans remain on their feet until the opposing team scores its first points of the game.
UND's men's hockey team will host WCHA rival and 11th-ranked Wisconsin on Friday and Saturday at Ralph Engelstad Arena. The puck drops at 7:37 p.m. on Friday and 7:07 on Saturday.
- Go Sioux -
Fun!
ReplyDelete...The Edina Hornets fans in the 70s used to bring newspapers to games. they would pretend to read the newspapers when the opponents took the ice. It was a sea of quiet white.
Then, when the Hornets hit the ice they would begin to shake the papers and finally erupt into a loud paper shredding and throwing frenzy!
Agreed. While the audio wasn't great, I did think the Ralph seemed a little quiet when I was watching the MU/UND game last month.
ReplyDeleteOf course the Ralph was quiet during the Miami/UND game last month. There was no student section and no band. The Ralph is always more quiet when the students are on break. Plus it was a non-conference game with a relatively unknown opponent. Being that the students are back this weekend and that it is the Badgers, I expect the Ralph to be louder than it was last time.
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