Can someone confirm that one of the reasons for the "sprucing up" of Alfond and the new addition is to be "host compliant".  Among other reasons I do believe that it was one of the reasons to have the addition.

And what great motivation for those that go after the bucks than to say "see if we had that addition Maine could host and have the same advantage that Michigan had this year".

Time will tell how that situation will play out but man, can you imagine bringing Michigan into the Alfond, they would be ripped!

-Jake

The Maine Hockey Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>If political officials needed another reason to upgrade Cumberland County
>Civic Center or replace it, Maine's trip to Yost offers more justification.
>
>NC$$ rules are: if yo(st) host, yo(st) stay home.  Simple as that.  Maine
>fans are denied an easy ride, but if you want "better record hosts", you'd
>better follow the Pirates (they have some Maine alum on the roster !!)
>
>BU gets a big boost in hooking themselves up with the Centrum in Worcester
>each year it seems; they easily could have been shipped out if not a host.
>(and you get that annoying BU rink announcer who states the obvious at the
>start of each game "let's play hockey")
>
>If the NC$$ will send regionals next year to Manchester and the new arena
>there, they certainly could assign a regional to Maine if a new venue was
>built in Portland.
>
>Finally, why do I get the icky feeling that too many people in the Maine
>camp any be looking past Michigan in this draw....if so, that is a
>prescription for "one and out"...
>
>Dan Doucette