I think its going to be pretty tough for Maine to win tonite(sat) after
last night. It will interesting to see how Coach Whitehead prepares Maine
for what I see as an all out effort by BU. We all know Jackie will have the
Rat dogs rarin' to go and Maine has to weather the storm. Who will be in
net for Maine and BU. That could be interesting also. Have to go with the
guys that got his far IMHO. I think BC will hace a hard time at the Whitt
but the kitties have been known to yack up a fur ball. If UNH loses,
sundays game should be a real war. I think Maine BU tie and UNH backs into
first with a 1 point weekend.

At 05:57 PM 3/1/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Here are the current HEA standings, games to be played and my calculation of
>possible finishes:
>
>Pos  Team                 Points      Games to play     CanPlace
>1    New Hampshire    33           BC, @BC           (1-2)
>2    Boston University  32           ME, ME             (1-3)
>3    Maine                  30           BU, BU              (1-3)
>4    UMass-Lowell       25           PC                    (4)
>5    Northeastern        22           @MC                (5-6)
>6    Boston College     21           @UNH, UNH      (5-7)
>7    Providence          19           UML                  (6-7)
>8    Merrimack           12           NU, @UML        (8)
>9    UMass-Amherst     8           MC                    (9)
>
>My *estimation* is that UNH and ME both lose both their games (flack
jacket on).
>This vaults BU into 1st, keeps ME in 3rd, and moves BC over NU.  ME would
face
>NU at Alfond next Thursday/Friday/(Saturday).  IMHO, this would give very
good
>chance of 4 HEA teams in the NCAAs (UNH & BU are "locks").
>
>But this would mean that ME would need a very good HEA tournament in order to
>qualify for the NCAAs.  Two wins over BU this weekend (won't happen, but)
would
>all but ensure a ME appearance in Worcester.
>
>Now if UNH surprises me with 2 wins, then ME would probably play BC or PC.
>All contests being resolved in favor of current standings would bring BC
to the
>Alfond.
>
>What do you think will happen, Maine fans?
>
>Go Blue!     cheers, wayne
>