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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- | + | 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 7-1-1 all-time in Black Friday games. |
==Past Opponents and Results== | ==Past Opponents and Results== | ||
| + | [[2011-2012]]: [[Yale University|Yale]] L 0-2<br> | ||
[[2010-2011]]: [[Union College|Union]] W 4-3 OT<br> | [[2010-2011]]: [[Union College|Union]] W 4-3 OT<br> | ||
[[2009-2010]]: [[Yale University|Yale]] W 5-2<br> | [[2009-2010]]: [[Yale University|Yale]] W 5-2<br> | ||
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===Past Shirt Designs=== | ===Past Shirt Designs=== | ||
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| + | Image:Black Friday T-shirt Design 2011.jpg|[[2011-2012]] | ||
Image:Black Friday T-shirt Design 2010.jpg|[[2010-2011]] | 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 2009.jpg|[[2009-2010]] | ||
Revision as of 14:38, November 12, 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 7-1-1 all-time in Black Friday games.
Past Opponents and Results
2011-2012: Yale L 0-2
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.
