Live blog: my last RIT hockey game as a student
- 30 minutes before game
- Game starts in a half hour. Reports of low beer at arena. Murmurs of unrest in the crowd.
- Start of period 1
- The crowd spontaneously breaks into "O Canada" with unusual vigour, as if praying to Molson for a delivery.
- Period 1, 7:00 in
- It's confirmed: no beer. Fistfights break out in the stands over the remaining cups.
- Period 1, 9:00 in
- RIT power play! And is that smoke coming from the section behind the penalty box?
- End of period 1
- An entire section of seats now feeds the bonfire as full-fledged rioting breaks out. Start first intermission.
- Start of period 2
- The riot has grown, involving the entire opposite side of the arena. They burn Torf in effigee. The second period begins.
- Period 2, 10:00 in
- The whole crowd is in chaos. Some fans run for the exit, facing certain death from hockey deprivation. No score halfway through.
- Period 2, 14:00 in
- Tribes of fans have formed and viciously defend their territory, lined with the skulls of those who dare trespass. AF goal, 1–0.
- End of period 2
- A tentative alliance forms between the rowing team and the band, brokered by a common member of both. End period 2, still AF 1–0.
- Midway through intermission 2
- All-out war erupts between the band and Falcons fans. Clarinets stick out of bloody corpses amid threats of an air strike.
- Start of period 3
- Update: Air Force refuses to bomb event sponsored by Canadians for fear of international incident. Start of third period.
- Period 3, 10:00 in
- Fans dwindle in number as many resort to cannibalism. Only the clock can save us now. Halfway through period 3, score unchanged.
- Period 3, 16:00 in
- The fires have burnt out; now we huddle together for warmth. A linesman takes a puck to the face and bleeds profusely. Still 1–0.
- Period 3, 17:00 in
- Several among us die while waiting for the world's longest delayed penalty against RIT.
- End of period 3
- FUCK.
This was culled from my Twitters. Do you want the significantly more boring official version? Perhaps just go home?