I think the key here is that Maine has to show up to
play. If they play like they did last weekend, UMass
cannot and will not win. If, however, the team plays
like the have eery friday night (last friday
excluded)over the past two months we have a problem.
Heart is an issue here.

Tony
--- Deron Treadwell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Here is a quote from the UMass paper.  Kind of
> sounds like UMass thinks they
> got a good draw:
>
> "I think I like [the matchup] a lot. I bet every guy
> on our team does. We
> just played them last week. We played them really
> well Friday night and had
> a win. Saturday night we played good for two
> periods, they got a couple of
> lucky bounces and we kind of caved in," Warner said.
> "Of all the teams we
> could have played in the playoffs, this is a good
> draw for us."
>
>
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaah/news?slug=uwire-ncaah-umassclinchesthp&prov=uw
> ire&type=lgns
>
> Let me translate:  We would rather play Maine (even
> in Orono) before UNH and
> BC.  Also, the only reason they beat us two weeks
> ago was that they were
> lucky.
>
> The article, however, missed the part about Maine
> getting 6 lucky goals down
> in Florida when Maine won 8-3.  :-)
>
> GO BLUE!
> -Deron
>
>
>