SIAP: Munn getting an upgrade

steveschneider wrote:That's pretty sweet. I used to go to a lot of those games at Munn in the 80's when they were one of the best teams in the country. I don't really have an explanation for it but my interests in hockey came to a screeching halt some time in the 00's. Live it was always incredible to watch.

The Pantry wrote:
Remember students stealing trays from the cafeteria to use for sledding off Munn's roof during the January '78 snowstorm.

tGreenWay wrote:

steveschneider wrote:That's pretty sweet. I used to go to a lot of those games at Munn in the 80's when they were one of the best teams in the country. I don't really have an explanation for it but my interests in hockey came to a screeching halt some time in the 00's. Live it was always incredible to watch.

Same here. Just lost a lot of my interest in hockey, including games at Munn. Maybe it was a combo of our basketball and football teams doing much better, I don’t know for sure.

duffy munn wrote:A couple of quick Munn memories. 1985 NCAA tourney when we lost to Providence. Our team was loaded and expected to win in all at the Frozen Four the following week at Joe Louis Arena. Instead we ran into Friars goalie Chris Terarri ( sp). Dude stood on his head and shut down perhaps Mason's best team. I did not see the 3rd period because I took a deflected puck off of my head that knocked me the fuck out. Carried out of Munn and took 20 stitches at Sparrow. I was in the ER bed right next to the Dad of a Providence player that DIED after suffering a heart attack. tWife was pissed at me because I bailed out of my bar shift at Dooleys to go to the game. We needed the $$ with a baby at home! And now we have more bills to pay!

Fast forward 7 years. I take said baby to his first game at Munn and LOSE him between periods when he wandered off after getting a a hot dog. I was in full panic mode yet equally embarressed when the PA guy asked for the father of Duffy Munn JR please report to the police post in section 10, your son is looking for you.

duffy munn wrote:A couple of quick Munn memories. 1985 NCAA tourney when we lost to Providence. Our team was loaded and expected to win in all at the Frozen Four the following week at Joe Louis Arena. Instead we ran into Friars goalie Chris Terarri ( sp). Dude stood on his head and shut down perhaps Mason's best team. I did not see the 3rd period because I took a deflected puck off of my head that knocked me the fuck out. Carried out of Munn and took 20 stitches at Sparrow. I was in the ER bed right next to the Dad of a Providence player that DIED after suffering a heart attack. tWife was pissed at me because I bailed out of my bar shift at Dooleys to go to the game. We needed the $$ with a baby at home! And now we have more bills to pay!

Fast forward 7 years. I take said baby to his first game at Munn and LOSE him between periods when he wandered off after getting a a hot dog. I was in full panic mode yet equally embarressed when the PA guy asked for the father of Duffy Munn JR please report to the police post in section 10, your son is looking for you.

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:
Two quick escalations in one story, poor husband and fatherly choices. I laughed, I cried. Looking forward to the sequel.

Bruce Springsteen Setlist
Biggie Munn Ice Arena, East Lansing, MI, USA
November 17, 1978

Tour: Darkness Tour



Setlist



  Set I

   High School Confidential (Jerry Lee Lewis cover)
   Badlands
   Streets of Fire
   Spirit in the Night
   Darkness on the Edge of Town
   Independence Day
   The Promised Land
   Prove It All Night
   Racing in the Street
   Thunder Road
   Jungleland
   
   Set II

   The Ties That Bind
   Fire
   Candy's Room
   Because the Night
   Point Blank
   Mona / She's the One / Gloria
   Backstreets (with Sad Eyes interlude)
   Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
 
 Encore:

   Born to Run
   Detroit Medley
   Quarter to Three

Turtleneck wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:

Same here. Just lost a lot of my interest in hockey, including games at Munn. Maybe it was a combo of our basketball and football teams doing much better, I don’t know for sure.

Cool. Glad you shared. Thanks.

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:

duffy munn wrote:A couple of quick Munn memories. 1985 NCAA tourney when we lost to Providence. Our team was loaded and expected to win in all at the Frozen Four the following week at Joe Louis Arena. Instead we ran into Friars goalie Chris Terarri ( sp). Dude stood on his head and shut down perhaps Mason's best team. I did not see the 3rd period because I took a deflected puck off of my head that knocked me the fuck out. Carried out of Munn and took 20 stitches at Sparrow. I was in the ER bed right next to the Dad of a Providence player that DIED after suffering a heart attack. tWife was pissed at me because I bailed out of my bar shift at Dooleys to go to the game. We needed the $$ with a baby at home! And now we have more bills to pay!

Fast forward 7 years. I take said baby to his first game at Munn and LOSE him between periods when he wandered off after getting a a hot dog. I was in full panic mode yet equally embarressed when the PA guy asked for the father of Duffy Munn JR please report to the police post in section 10, your son is looking for you.

Two quick escalations in one story, poor husband and fatherly choices. I laughed, I cried. Looking forward to the sequel.

Dendrobates wrote:Much needed for Munn. It’s been outdated for a long time.
I got to see and hold the championship ring , in what, 2006? It was amazing to see all the emeralds and diamonds. It was beautiful. Had a distant relative on the team.

Here’s another cool story bro...

I played intramural broom ball at MSU, and the games were around midnight at Munn. That always killed me being so late on a school night for such heavy activity. But the game was hard for me to play, because the equipment was of course made for men. The helmet was so huge on me, I had to constantly have 1 hand holding the helmet so I could see. Since I only had 1 free arm, I decided my job was to take out anyone on the other team with the ball. It was awesome tackling and knocking down the guys, especially since I was the only girl on the team. One day a guy got sick of me kicking his ass, and goes up to the ref...: do you see what she’s doing? The ref says../ yea, you’re getting your ass kicked by a girl. I’m allowing it.
Ahh memories.

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