We are getting a little crazy here, we want all the people directly
ahead of us in PWR (including Lowell, North Dakota, etc.) to LOSE.  If
they tank the rest of the season, it helps us get in more than having
them win and then having us beat them.  If they lose AND we beat them
we'll end their season.

-Deron


--- "D. B. Doucette" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Outstanding job by the Sayles family in their post.
>
> I would say that the possibility that BC will tank one of the games
> in order
> to "rest" for the HE Tournament is strong. My guess is that it will
> be one
> BC win and a tie this weekend.  I think we all need UMass Lowell wins
> this
> weekend also.
>
> Jerry York does not impress me as one who plays out these PWR
> scenarios in
> order to "get" a team.  If we were playing Boston University and Jack
> Parker
> this weekend, however, you all know he would be salivating over the
> chance
> to put the dagger into Maine this season, and slowly twissst. (think
> of what
> Vito Andolini did when he returned to Corleone in GF II)
>
> It certainly helps that we have home ice in the first round of HE
> Tournament
>   presumably against Lowell.
>
> More as we get closer to Friday night...
>
> Dan
>
> Rick Sayles wrote:
>
> >Hi folks,
> >
> >I have a computer program that calculates the RPI and PWR, so I can
> input
> game results and see the impact on the RPI and PWR.  For the results
> I am
> going to present, I used the data base of games played through Sunday
> and
> added games Maine will play in the next couple of weeks.
> >
> >Conclusion for this weekend:  Winning at least one game is almost
> essential.
> >
> >We have shown with these results that splitting with BC and then
> playing
> and beating UML in the HE quarters is basically equivalent to beating
> BC
> twice, winning HE and playing UMA in the HE quarters.
> >
> >The results of other games played will alter these results, but we
> get the
> basic impact of what will happen given these scenarios.  Conclusion:
> DON'T
> get swept by BC, win your HE quarterfinal series, and life is
> probably very
> good!
>