> Frankly, I'm surprised to see Bill Beaney's name as a finalist --
> not for lack of talent, or for lack of success, but because Midd is
> in the process of constructing a new, first-class arena (very
> similar to Dartmouth's) and I think is entertaining thoughts/hopes
> of *moving up* to Div I, which, for a school of Midd's academic
> standing and physical location, should mean a berth in the ECAC
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Excuse me, but the Hockey East schools have just as good academic
standings as the ECAC schools.  As for location, since both Vermont
and Rensselaer have been mentioned as potential HE schools in the
past, I doubt that Middlebury's location would be a problem.
 
As for whether or not Middlebury even wants to really move up to DivI,
or which league they would be interested in, I have no idea.
 
Sean Pickett
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