March 18, 2011

Bulldogs can Clinch NCAA's Top Seed with Win

The following article appeared in the March 18 issue of the New Haven Register.

 

By Chip Malafronte
Register Staff 

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The massive tile-painted mural of a Spanish galleon navigating rough seas that dominates the stage wall at Boardwalk Hall greeted the Yale men’s hockey team as it took the ice for practice Thursday.

The Bulldogs, waiting on the bench for clearance to take the ice, spent a moment taking in the rest of the unusual surroundings at the cavernous 81-year old arena with the intricate stain-glassed windows and world’s largest pipe organ, which served as home of the Miss America pageant until 2004 and seen countless concerts from the Beatles to Pavarotti to Lady Gaga.

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Just outside the arena doors, the boardwalk teemed with tourists walking among the lavish hotels and casinos.

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