Wow - BC beats NoDak....holy Hockey East....
 
Deron Treadwell wrote:
>
> --- John Whelan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Jack Parker's comment
> >
> > ''All the committee had to do was to seed BC third in the East and
> > move Maine to four,''
>
> Thankfully the committee did not do this, because Maine earned the right to
> stay in the East.  I don't know why Parker made this comment, nor why this
> is still an issue.
>
> See, I can appreciate BC people being upset at going out West after winning
> Hockey East, but the fact remains Maine had a great season and with only 6
> losses, they didn't deserve a #4 west seed.  Period.  In fact, they
> *deserved* the #2 East seed, but the committee gave it to Clarkson, which
> is fine.  All this talk is great, but there comes a time when playing with
> the seeds can go a bit too far and had Maine been made a #4 seed *and* been
> sent out west that would have been too much.
>
> Maine was the second best team in the East by the numbers and proved that
> this weekend.  The committee did the right thing to reward Maine for it's
> "season" performance and, essentially and unfortunately, penalize BC for
> it's inconsistency over the course of the season rather than penalize Maine
> for a couple losses late in the season.
>
> Besides, BC-North Dakota should be a fantastic game, just like UNH/Michigan
> was!!
>
> Way to go committee, way to go Black Bears and way to go Hockey East!
>
> ===
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> Deron Treadwell - [log in to unmask]
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> 2 DOWN, 2 TO GO.. DESTINATION: FINAL FOUR!
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