Code Red
The following article appeared in the March 2011 issue of USA Hockey Magazine.
BY MATT GRAVES
It began innocently enough, the brainchild of an overzealous sports information director who wanted to create something unique for college hockey while enhancing the game experience for the fans at Houston Field House.
The late Jim Greenidge put his plan into motion on Feb. 25, 1978 for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s home game with New Hampshire, and the “Big Red Freakout!” was born.
It was an instant success, a standing-room crowd of 4,594 cherry-clad Zamboni chasers bearing witness to the inaugural event as the Engineers delivered a thrilling, 6-5, overtime verdict under then head coach Jim Salfi.
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