Beth Dixon wrote, in part:
> I couldn't agree more about this weekend being important for Maine.
> While this won't change regular season standings or home ice advantage
> or even a NCAA tourney invite, ...

Well, our position in the NCAA tournament is very much in doubt.  Should
BC continue as best team in East, they will go to Manchester.  If Maine
continues as one of the top 4 nationally, they will go to Albany.  If
one of the teams right behind Maine (Duluth & Michigan, most probably)
does well the rest of the way, Maine could easily slip to 5th.

In the 5th to 8th band, all bets are off as to where they would go.
Might be Albany; might be one of the western sites ... and against would
have a top-4 seed between them and a Frozen Four appearance.

Michigan lost a pair of big games last weekend, so dropped back a bit,
but Duluth is right there.  Should Duluth pass us, we *might* still go
to Albany, but where ever it would be, it would be opening against a
9-12 band team instead of a 13-Bemidji State band team.

And I'm sure I don't want to go to Manchester and experience all those
UNH, er ... fans.  ;-)

Go Blue!  wayne