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...gong, Frahm said, is "more of a factor at away games," because of its volume. But "the cowbell is bigger at home--everyone just loves...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hockey Traditions Will Continue as Cowbell, Gong Are Bequeathed to the next Generation | 4/5/1983 | See Source »

Asked whether he though the hand might have felt upstaged by the gong. Colman replied. "No, I tried not to play when they did I started to feel an affinity with them." "The gong, he added" almost became a luck thing I felt obliged to play at least at every home game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hockey Traditions Will Continue as Cowbell, Gong Are Bequeathed to the next Generation | 4/5/1983 | See Source »

Colman agrees with this, saying one of the purposes of the gone was "to drown out the other fans." Colman first used the gong in last year's home game against Cornell, in response to the "rowdy fans [who were] drowning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hockey Traditions Will Continue as Cowbell, Gong Are Bequeathed to the next Generation | 4/5/1983 | See Source »

...People would ask who's your date for the game "and I'd say the gong...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hockey Traditions Will Continue as Cowbell, Gong Are Bequeathed to the next Generation | 4/5/1983 | See Source »

Beren commented that he tends to think the team will win whether or not the cowhell is present Colman agreed that the bell and gong "don't make the team shate any faster, but anything that gets up the fans, gets up the team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hockey Traditions Will Continue as Cowbell, Gong Are Bequeathed to the next Generation | 4/5/1983 | See Source »

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