As I stated in the last email....we are up 4-1 now.

As I recall the scoring order was
Murphy
Shields
Shields
Kariya

Lets go Back Bears!

~Shawnee Treadwell

At 07:58 PM 3/7/02, you wrote:
>Can anyone listening to the game give a quick
>update.  I know we are ahead 3-1, who scored and
>etc? Our internet connection is down on both the
>zone and school station.  Thank you!!!  Butch
>
>
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> > Subject: Hockey East quarterfinals to heat up
> > Alfond ice
> > Date:    Thu, 07 Mar 2002 12:19:52 -0500
> >
> >
> > Hockey East quarterfinals to heat up Alfond ice
> > By: Jeff Mannix
> >
> >
> > 03/07/02
> > --------------------------
> >
> > The University of Maine men's ice hockey team
> > could not have asked for a tougher
> > opponent in the Hockey East quarterfinals. The
> > Black Bears will host the
> > defending national champion Boston College
> > Eagles in a best-of-three Hockey East
> > quarterfinal series beginning tonight at Alfond
> > Arena.
> >
> > UMaine interim head coach Tim Whitehead
> > welcomes the challenge of playing BC in
> > the first round of the playoffs.
> >
> > "At playoff time, every game is crucial,"
> > Whitehead said. "That goes with the
> > territory. We've prepared for this challenge
> > all year. A winner-take-all series
> > is nothing that we're going to shy away from.
> >
> > "I told the team that we were probably going to
> > face [BC] at some point anyway,
> > so why not face them on our own rink, where we
> > play the best. All the opponents
> > you see this time of year are challenging
> > opponents and BC is no exception. But
> > we're a challenging opponent for them."
> >
> > UMaine (20-9-7 overall, 14-5-5 in Hockey East)
> > put together one of its best
> > offensive series of the season at Boston
> > University last weekend. The team
> > earned a 9-6 win and a 4-4 tie. Niko Dimitrakos
> > became the second consecutive
> > UMaine player to be awarded Hockey East Player
> > of the Week honors for his four
> > goals and three assists at BU. Peter Metcalf
> > was selected the week before.
> >
> > Whitehead said Tuesday that Tom Reimann will be
> > back in the lineup for the Black
> > Bears. He missed both games at BU, with what
> > Whitehead called "a laundry list of
> > injuries." But, other than that, Whitehead
> > anticipates keeping most of the other
> > line combinations together.
> >
> > Whitehead's biggest decision may be who to
> > start in goal. Mike Morrison (17-3-4,
> > 2.13 goals against average and .925 save
> > percentage) has been the starter most
> > of the season, but struggled Friday at BU. Matt
> > Yeats, (3-6-3, 3.15, .882) who
> > was the starter for the past two seasons, and
> > has played in many crucial late season games,
> > stepped up and played well Saturday night,
> > challenging to take
> > back the No. 1 role.
> >
> > Whitehead is pleased both goalies are playing
> > well, and sees it as an advantage.
> >
> > "You want your goalies to challenge each other,
> > and make each other better,"
> > Whitehead said. "I think that both goalies will
> > improve because they are
> > challenging each other to elevate their games.
> > Both goalies really want to play
> > right now."
> >
> > Whitehead said Tuesday the decision would be
> > made after Wednesday's practice.
> >
> > Boston College (18-16-2, 10-13-1) is not your
> > typical sixth-seed coming into the
> > tournament. BC is the defending national
> > champion that hit a huge skid in
> > January while playing without one of its stars.
> >
> > The Eagles lost six games in a row to close out
> > the month while missing
> > sophomore forward Ben Eaves to a broken rib.
> > The Eagles went 3-7-0 in his
> > absence. Eaves is a key member of the offense,
> > scoring 12 goals and 24 assists
> > for 36 points in only 21 games.
> >
> > His linemate, fellow sophomore Tony Voce, is
> > the team's leading scorer. Voce is
> > the third-highest overall scorer in Hockey East
> > with 24 goals, 21 assists and 45
> > points. He is one point ahead of Dimitrakos.
> >
> > Other key players up front are seniors Jeff
> > Giuliano (11-24-35), freshman Dave
> > Spina (13-13-26) and Ryan Shannon (8-16-24).
> >
> > BC will need to find a way to replace the play
> > of their best defenseman,
> > sophomore J.D. Forrest. Forrest had surgery
> > yesterday to repair tendon and nerve
> > damage sustained when a skate blade cutting his
> > wrist in Sunday's regular season
> > home loss to New Hampshire. Forrest was the
> > fourth-leading scorer on the team
> > (8-20-28).
> >
> > Whitehead doesn't anticipate his injury
> > affecting BC much.
> >
> > "Certainly, they'd much rather be going into
> > the playoffs with J.D. Forrest than
> > without him," Whitehead said. "But they've had
> > their share of injuries this
> > year. They've got other guys who can step to
> > the plate for them, and I'm sure
> > they'll do that."
> >
> > Those other defensemen needing big weekends are
> > junior Bill Cass (3-5-8),
> > freshman Andrew Alberts (2-10-12) and sophomore
> > Brett Peterson (2-5-7).
> >
> > Like Whitehead, BC Coach Jerry York has a tough
> > decision in goal. BC freshman
> > Matti Kaltiainen (8-9-0, 2.65, .902) has played
> > well down the stretch. He played
> > once against UMaine, a 5-2 loss Dec. 7 at
> > Alfond.
> >
> > Junior Tim Kelleher (10-7-2, 2.78, .886),
> > always has given the Black Bears fits.
> > He was stellar against the Black Bears this
> > season in a 3-3 tie Dec. 8 at Alfond
> > and a 4-3 BC win at Conte Forum Feb. 8.
> >
> > Whitehead says both goalies are tough, so they
> > aren't preparing for one in
> > particular.
> >
> > "We're prepared for both," Whitehead said. "But
> > we're not going to put too much
> > weight on which one is in. They're both good
> > goalies and both will be tough."
> >
> > Whitehead said his team will need to play its
> > game to beat BC this weekend.
> >
> > "We need to focus on playing our game. We
> > played our own game at BU and it was
> > successful. We'll let the players know what to
> > expect [from BC], but we want to
> > focus on executing our own game."
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --------------------------
> > Story Source: Maine Campus
>
>
>=====
>Laughter is the shortest distance between two people."
>
>Take care, Butch
>
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