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| − | + | Black Friday started during the [[2003-2004]] season to honor the passing of women's hockey coach Bill Cahill and equipment manager Tom Cavosie. This game now takes place on the first home [[ECAC Hockey]] game of the season. Free admission is given to all students wearing black, and members of the band are given [[Black Friday T-shirts|black t-shirts]] which they wear over their regular [[Rugby Shirts|rugby shirts]]. The team also wears special black jerseys for the game which are raffled off for charity afterwards. In [[2010-2011|2010]], Black Friday was replaced with Black Saturday due to the home-and-home weekend with [[Union College|Union]] being the first [[ECAC Hockey|ECAC]] weekend involving a home game. RPI is 7-0-1 all-time in Black Friday games. | |
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| + | ==Past Opponents and Results== | ||
| + | [[2010-2011]]: [[Union College|Union]] W 4-3 OT<br> | ||
| + | [[2009-2010]]: [[Yale University|Yale]] W 5-2<br> | ||
| + | [[2008-2009]]: [[Harvard University|Harvard]] W 3-2<br> | ||
| + | [[2007-2008]]: [[Yale University|Yale]] T 1-1<br> | ||
| + | [[2006-2007]]: [[Princeton University|Princeton]] W 4-3 OT<br> | ||
| + | [[2005-2006]]: [[Quinnipiac University|Quinnipiac]] W 4-2<br> | ||
| + | [[2004-2005]]: [[Clarkson University|Clarkson]] W 5-3<br> | ||
| + | [[2003-2004]]: [[University of Vermont|Vermont]] W 7-1<br> | ||
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| + | ==Black Friday T-shirts== | ||
| + | Every year for Black Friday the band is given a set of Black Friday t-shirts by the Athletic Department. It has been tradition since the [[2003-2004|first Black Friday]] to wear the t-shirts over the band's usual [[Rugby Shirts|rugby shirts]] to match the crowd which is also encouraged to wear black for the game. | ||
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| + | ===Past Shirt Designs=== | ||
| + | <div align="center"><gallery widths="250px" perrow="3"> | ||
| + | Image:Black Friday T-shirt Design 2010.jpg|[[2010-2011]] | ||
| + | Image:Black Friday T-shirt Design 2009.jpg|[[2009-2010]] | ||
| + | Image:Black Friday T-shirt Design 2008.jpg|[[2008-2009]] | ||
| + | Image:Black Friday T-shirt Design 2007.jpg|[[2007-2008]] | ||
| + | Image:Black Friday T-shirt Design 2006.jpg|[[2006-2007]] | ||
| + | Image:Black Friday T-shirt Design 2005.jpg|[[2005-2006]] | ||
| + | Image:Black Friday T-shirt Design 2004.jpg|[[2004-2005]] | ||
| + | Image:Black Friday T-shirt Design 2003.jpg|[[2003-2004]] | ||
| + | </gallery></div> | ||
[[Category:Events]] | [[Category:Events]] | ||
Revision as of 16:35, February 25, 2011
Black Friday started during the 2003-2004 season to honor the passing of women's hockey coach Bill Cahill and equipment manager Tom Cavosie. This game now takes place on the first home ECAC Hockey game of the season. Free admission is given to all students wearing black, and members of the band are given black t-shirts which they wear over their regular rugby shirts. The team also wears special black jerseys for the game which are raffled off for charity afterwards. In 2010, Black Friday was replaced with Black Saturday due to the home-and-home weekend with Union being the first ECAC weekend involving a home game. RPI is 7-0-1 all-time in Black Friday games.
Past Opponents and Results
2010-2011: Union W 4-3 OT
2009-2010: Yale W 5-2
2008-2009: Harvard W 3-2
2007-2008: Yale T 1-1
2006-2007: Princeton W 4-3 OT
2005-2006: Quinnipiac W 4-2
2004-2005: Clarkson W 5-3
2003-2004: Vermont W 7-1
Black Friday T-shirts
Every year for Black Friday the band is given a set of Black Friday t-shirts by the Athletic Department. It has been tradition since the first Black Friday to wear the t-shirts over the band's usual rugby shirts to match the crowd which is also encouraged to wear black for the game.
