My daughters boyfriend has the same malady - no team has ever won a 
game. The team that lost choked.

The Chesleys wrote:

>So if Merrimack was up 2-0 on Maine and Maine came back to win would you
>say that Merrimack choked?  (Merrimack who was 3-22-2 this year.)  Are
>you defining "choke" as getting ahead and then loosing regardless of the
>relative strengths of the two teams?
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>Barry Melrose and I both saw Maine get up on Michigan State because they
>caught them with their pants down.  Once MS picked up their game they
>dominated.  They were better.  Barry agrees.  They didn't win because
>Maine played poorly.  They won because they played great.  Barry agrees
>with that too.   I don't get why there is so much energy to blame Maine
>coaching and players when they loose and when they play a clearly
>superior team.  Michigan played their same game against BC and
>dominated.  Did anyone watch that game?  BC was a great team this year.
>They played a great game.  But they played a better team and they know
>it.  The Maine players and coaches also know that they played a better
>team.  No one on the Maine or BC teams is ashamed of their tournament.
>They are disappointed but they are not ashamed.  And I'm not ashamed
>either.  Choking IS something to be ashamed of and to feel bad about.
>Neither Maine nor BC choked.  I feel great about my team and their
>season.  I'm proud of them that they played so well.  I'm disappointed
>too but I'm a lot more proud than disappointed.
>
>This isn't the Mighty Ducks you know.  There isn't usually a way to beat
>a superior team.  Don't take a great tournament and championship away
>from Michigan State that they clearly deserve by saying that Maine
>and/or BC choked.
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>Clair '71
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: The Maine Hockey Discussion List
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Deron Treadwell
>Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 8:50 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Maine did not choke!
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>If UNH had gone up 2-0 on anyone (especially if it was Maine) and UNH
>lost the game, we'd say UNH choked another one away, hahaha, how funny
>it is - look at Dick Umile scowl, look at Jacob Micflicker cry, etc.
>
>I agree it was a very successful season and I am pleased with how we
>did, certainly more than we could have expected at the end of the year.
> But, in my opinion, the goal for THE University of Maine EVERY YEAR
>should be to win the national championship.  If we fall short (as we
>will most years), then so be it - that is reality and that is how it
>is.  Not a lot of programs can set that goal, but we can and should (at
>least for now).
>
>If I want to be a fan of a team that is satisfied to make the
>tournament every year and not win it, then I'll start cheering for UNH.
>
>As I told someone privately, I am as big of a fan as anyone here even
>if I can't make it to a lot of games.  I live and die watching or
>listening to these games and it makes me physically hurt to lose these
>games, as I am sure it does many of you.  YES, I'm proud of our team
>and our Frozen Fours, but I want to win National Championships and when
>we go up 2-0 on Michigan State and then allow them to out work us (a
>trademark of UMaine success) and ultimately lose the game, after we saw
>LAST YEAR how they can come back strong when we went up big, then, YES,
>I do consider it a choke.  We all don't have to agree on this, I'm OK
>with that.
>
>Yankee fans still love their team after the biggest choke in the world
>in 2004 (Hi Nonni!)  I still love my Black Bears.  I also love my Red
>Sox and they have certainly had much bigger choke jobs than this.  It
>is OK for you to still love a team that chokes sometimes.  Find me one
>team that doesn't.
>
>I think some of my feelings about this year stem from the fact that I'm
>not as confident about the future of UMaine hockey and a third national
>title would have been sweet.  I think even the FF may be hard next year
>knowing who is leaving.
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>-Deron
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