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i'll even forgive you the embedded HTML marking. This ranks with the
emily litella posts. This is why we CAN'T let hockey-l go away.
and to think i didn't quite have the nerve to post a flip comment to the
ECAC pairings post saying, "uh oh, here comes the fight between adam and
luiz again!" sigh.
i'm not quite speechless, and only have to say, in the words of gene
(chief yukster) spafford...
"some people have too much time on their hands"
thanks for making my week
cdash
> Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 10:01:16 -0400
> From: "Luiz F. Valente" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Brown-Princeton Series Canceled; Princeton Automatically Advances
>
> <fontfamily><param>Times</param><bigger><bigger>BROWN-PRINCETON SERIES
> CANCELED: PRINCETON AUTOMATICALLY ADVANCES TO LAKE PLACID
>
>
> Centerville, Massachusetts.
>
> Confronted with the near-unanimous predictions by Hockey-L and USCHO
> prognosticators for the upcoming playoffs, ECAC Hockey Commissioner
> Jeff Fanter made the unprecedented decision to cancel the
> Brown-Princeton Quarterfinal series this weekend, and ruled that
> Princeton would automatically advance to the Final Five in Lake Placid
> next week. "Playing these games would have been a waste of time. As far
> as I'm concerned, the experts have it. This is the computer age."
>
>
> Reaction to Fanter's controversial decision was swift.
>
>
> Brown Captain Damian Prescott waxed philosophical. "Jeff's decision was
> unfair, and what not. Our guys were really up for this series, and what
> not. Roger Grillo is a great coach, and what not. I guess I'll play
> lacrosse. We look forward to next year. Thank you."
>
>
> Reached in his Cambridge office, Harvard superfan Richard Hungerford
> doffed his plaid cap, and proclaimed: "It's Ronn Tomassoni's fault. If
> Bill Cleary were still coaching at Harvard, this would never have
> happened."
>
>
> USCHO writer Jason Moy commented: "All I'll say is that I'm confident
> that the Engineers will prevail over Cornell. If they don't, as any RPI
> fan worth the name I'll complain about the referees, call the players
> bums and blame Dan Fridgen. I'll make no other predictions at this
> time."
>
>
> Brown Coach Roger Grillo was both upset and relieved. "I'm a
> competitive guy, and I hate to lose, so I was really looking forward to
> this series. The upside is that people will stop bothering me with
> requests for complimentary tickets."
>
>
> Princeton coach Don 'Toots' Cahoon was elated: "Now I'm a step closer
> to the job I really want. When is Jack Parker retiring?"
>
>
> Former Brown player Marty Clapton'97 stated: "I hate Princeton. Those
> guys are totally unskilled. They play clutch-and-grab hockey."
>
>
> Apprised of Clapton's comments, Adam Wodon was furious: "HOW MANY TIMES
> WILL I HAVE TO SAY THAT PRINCETON DOES *NOT* PLAY CLUTCH-AND-GRAB
> HOCKEY?!"
>
>
> Geoff Howell concurred: "The Princeton players just finish their
> checks. Cahoon is a class act. The only bad thing about the series
> cancellation is that I'll have to wait yet another year to have dinner
> at Al Forno's with Luiz Valente. Incidentally, it's not true that I'm a
> Princeton fan."
>
>
> Former ECAC current Hockey East Hockey Commissioner Joe Bertagna was
> incensed. "This is blatantly unfair. Now Princeton will be rested for
> their game against Harvard next Thursday." Informed that Harvard would
> still have to defeat Colgate in order to advance to Lake Placid,
> Bertagna seemed surprised. "Really? I didn't know that."
>
>
> Longtime Potsdam resident Joe Collorosso remarked: "It serves Brown
> right. Those guys are wimps. Do you believe they average only 12
> penalty minutes a game? Over a 28-game season, that's less than 100
> minutes! The Golden Knights get more penalty minutes in a weekend."
>
>
> Clad in his usual all-red outfit, Greg Berge remarked: "First Fanter
> cancels the intermission shootout in Lake Placid. Now he cancels the
> Brown-Princeton series. What is he going to cancel next? Christmas?"
>
>
> Bill Fenwick was stoical about it. "I'd already figured 1,784,319
> different possibilities for the matchups in Lake Placid, taking into
> account essential and non-essential elements of the Brown-Princeton
> series, including how many times Steve Shirreffs was going to hook
> Damian Prescott and not get called for it, or whether Jeff Halpern was
> going to turn left or right after being bumped by Ryan Longfield at the
> red line. Now I'm going to have to recalculate everything. Look for my
> post once the other series are completed."
>
>
> Informed of Fanter's decision, Mike Machnik immediately produced a
> detailed analysis of the current state of college hockey, complete with
> a list of suggestions for future improvements. Mike's piece is too long
> to be reproduced here, but it can be accessed through any of his three
> websites. Click on a picture of Heather with the Plattsburgh hockey
> team.
>
>
> As soon as the news reached Minneapolis, Carol White ordered "Fanter is
> a wuss" buttons and "Brown gets the shaft" t-shirts. The buttons and
> t-shirts can be ordered through Carol's website. Buttons cost $1.95.
> T-shirts cost $12.95. They're available in medium, large and
> extra-large, and in white, black, brown (of course), fuchsia and lime.
> Please, add $2.95 for shipping and handling.
>
>
> Brown Sports Foundation and most loyal Brown alumnus Bill Corrigan
> remarked: "It gets harder and harder every year. It was going to be a
> long and difficult road for the Bears. They are in a really fragile
> state of mind right now."
>
>
> Brown Hockey Association board member Bob Blackburn was disappointed:
> "I'd already purchased 93 Final Five tickets for me, Patsy, my sons,
> their girlfriends, their girlfriends' brothers and sisters, my stepson,
> my stepdaughter, my stepdaughter's boss's cousin, Morton and Maureen,
> and Luiz (in case he forgot to buy his). The van was already loaded
> with 23 cases of coke, 17 cases of diet coke, and 5 cases of sprite for
> the trip to Lake Placid. I guess we'll have to watch the games on
> Direct TV. Do you know we get 598 channels?"
>
>
> Brown booster Lisa Sheehan was in tears: "I can't believe I won't be
> able to watch Mike Pratt play this weekend."
>
>
> As usual Maureen Flynn, mother of Mike Flynn (Brown'97), was quick in
> assessing the situation: "Bob Gaudet is totally responsible for this
> fiasco. If my son had been elected captain last year, this would NEVER
> have happened. I guess I'm going to have to kick Jeff Fanter's big fat
> butt."
>
>
> Departing Brown Assistant Director of Athletics Jeff Ward fumed: "I'd
> already lined up 100 security men to make sure that Brown students
> didn't cheer too loud and upset the distinguished visitors from
> Princeton." Reminded that Brown fans are among the most subdued in the
> league, Ward retorted: "I don't care. I didn't want them to cheer,
> period. It disturbs the taped music. Don't you love the Macarena?"
>
>
> Brown Director of Athletics Dave Roach remarked cryptically: "Jeff
> Fanter makes the coaches toe the line. ECAC referees make the players
> toe the line. I'll make the whole world toe the line."
>
>
> Luiz Valente and his buddies on the Eulers intramural hockey team were
> found in an empty Meehan Auditorium, commiserating at the "X" . Luiz
> was depressed: "This has been a tough week. First I make a dumb blind
> pass, my team loses a playoff game in overtime and we miss our chance
> to defend our 1997 intramural title. And now this. Find another
> captain. I quit." Dave Blackburn replied: "It's Jimmy Andersson's
> fault." Pat Ewanchuck predicted: "Now there's no question Canada will
> win the gold." Terry Healey summed it all up: "Luuuuuuiiiiiiizzz!"
>
>
> Reached while parking her 1998 BMW in front of the Department of Modern
> Culture and Media on George Street, Brown junior Midori Yamagushi
> (daughter of Mifune Yamagushi, President and CEO of the 40-billion
> dollar Yamagushi Corporation of Tokyo, Japan, and a big donor to the
> Brown Parents Fund), was stunned when told about the cancellation of
> the hockey game: "What game? When? Where?"
>
>
> Hockey-L moderator Tom Rowe was not amused: "So, Luiz Valente is up to
> his old tricks? College hockey is serious business here in Wisconsin.
> I'm revoking his posting privileges." Reminded that Luiz is from Rhode
> Island, Tom relented, "All right. Maybe I was too harsh on Luiz. He's
> not a bad guy, after all."
>
>
> :-)
>
>
> To parody that Bill guy from Elizabethan England, "I'll have grounds
> less relative than this. The game's the thing..."
>
>
> Luiz F. Valente
>
> Brown University
>
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