Off the Ice, Superstition Reigns
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The following article appeared in the March 4 issue of the Yale Daily News.
By Courtney Pannell
Staff Reporter
For Yale’s men’s hockey team, there is more to winning
than playing hard.
Even after skating and scoring their way to the ECAC
championship-clinching victory over Cornell this weekend, players
on the team continue to adhere to a strict regimen off the ice.
Call it tradition, or even superstition, but many of the 25 members
have developed their own idiosyncratic pre-game rituals for success
in the rink, including new plans for luck and unity in the
post-season.
Left winger Denny Kearney ’11 explained his routine this
past season as a series of naps before a game. On game days in his
Pierson College double, he said, he naps before the team meeting,
attends the meeting, returns to his room and subsequently naps for
an additional 1½ hours. Refreshed and ready to dominate in
the game, Kearney said, he then treks up to Ingalls Rink.
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