Karen/Greg Ambrose wrote:
 
> Deron Treadwell writes:
>
> >New Hampshire beats Merrimack 5-4 tonight for a two-game sweep.
> >
> >That means New Hampshire will play the winner of BU/Providence (BU up
> >6-1 after 2 periods, but PC holding the 1-0 series lead) and Maine
> >will take on BC Friday in the Hockey East Quarterfinals.
> >
> >I believe UNH will play at 5 p.m. as the #1 seed, Maine and BC will
> >play at 8 p.m.
>
> UNH, being the number one seed in the tournament, has the preference as to
> which game that want to play in. Coach Umile told us after the game that he
> would prefer to play the 8:00 PM game so that UNH fans will be able to get
> to Boston and root the team on.
>
> He thought too much was made of the extra three hours rest that teams
> playing the early game would get and that he could just as easily "scout"
> potential opponents at 5:00 pm as he could at 8:00.  Plus the fact that UNH
> has already played Maine four times this year and BC three times, so there
> are no suprises left.
>
> A little different philosphy than Shawn, eh?
>
 
 The Bangor Daily News reports that Maine vs. BC will start at 8 pm and UNH vs.
Prov.
 will start at 5 pm. Maybe Dick has same philosphy as Shawn,eh?
 
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