I was researching some stats for my Merrimack College-Boston College Hockey East Championship Preview on SBNation Boston (gratuitous plug!) on the Boston College Athletics website when the following item popped up in the sidebar.
It's a hockey gnome. (Photo: BC Athletics)
It’s a $29.00 Boston College hockey gnome.
I’m perplexed. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a hockey gnome for sale. Where are you to put this 10 inch tall gnome? Is it supposed to be a good luck charm? And $29 for a gnome? Is it just me, or does it seem a bit…pricey?
A quick Google search turns up a similar Cornell (who plays Yale in the ECAC championship game Saturday night) one, which is only $24.95, and half an inch shorter.
The Cornell hockey gnome
The BC gnome appears to be rolling his eyes at the silliness of it all, while the Cornell gnome looks at you head on, shaming you for purchasing a hockey gnome.
Have I been missing a whole line of college hockey paraphernalia all this time, or is this unique to BC and Cornell?