I think that there is still a pretty large gap between the ECAC and the
lower two conferences, AH and CHA, despite the fact that each of those
three conferences only had one auto-seed in the post-season this year.
Maybe one of the number crunchers in our group could run a cluster
analysis or something on the PWR to test this one-gap vs. two-gap
hypothesis?
Thom Davis
UNH 71
Go Cats!
Tony Buffa wrote:
Well, for a start, I would prefer him to acknowledge there are problems
and that he will work on them. Maybe this will come out later, I hope
so, Ben.
I hope he goes after more visability, better scheduling, etc, to make
the league competitive. At the moment I project it will reach 6th best
status in 2009. THis is a sad comedown from a league that was regularly
represented in the FF in the 80s and early 90s. Problem now is that
there are 3 top and a big gap and 3 bottom. 4th best is really best of
the runnerup leagues, it is nothing.
I just hope somebody recognizes there are problems (even though I
certainly dont know what they are, being quite detached) and works on
them. If not, why bother?
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Benjamin J. Flickinger wrote:
>What's he supposed to say? It's an honor to be the comissioner of the
>fourth-best hockey conference in the nation?
>
>I met Hagwell during the playoffs this year at Thompson Arena, where he
>attended both games of one of the playoff doubleheaders (women in
afternoon,
>men at night). Seems like a good guy, I know the SID's seemed to like
him.
>Never met Buttafucco, but from what I gather Hagwell is better for the
hockey
>people. I feel like they wanted him to have more power when they first
made him
>the assistant commissioner assigned to hockey, and this way they hope he
>actually gets it.
>
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