Eric suggests it's a fact of college hockey that there are campus sites and
that we should get over it.  Having been at Yost in '98 (as a Michigan grad
student) and watching UM beat UD in an upset I'd say no way Michigan wins
that game if it were on neutral ice and certainly not if at UND.  And as a
Cornell fan I think you are delusional to say that any of the 4 WCHA teams
would go into Lynah and beat Cornell.  Some might, but I'd put up serious
dough on the Cornell - Minny game going 2-1 in the other direction at Lynah.


What's missing here is that every team is not in a position to have a home
ice regional.  It's never going to happen at Lynah or any of the ECAC rinks
- I can't think of one that's big enough, not to mention them being to far
out of the way.  It's not going to ever happen at most HE rinks either---due
to size and/or geography.  And while Agganis or Conte Forum for instance are
technically big enough, there are usually 8-10,000+ seats sold for the
eastern regionals when they aren't in the boondocks (ie Amherst).  I don't
know about the capacity of the rinks in the other leagues, but I'm sure
there are a few CCHA and WCHA rinks that wouldn't hold enough people either.

UND, you deserve a home regional as a make-up for all those years having to
play Michigan at yost.  But it's got to stop as a general rule.  Play in
your home city or state? Fine.  But no one should ever be able to play in
their home rink and dressing room etc for a regional.

And for all you *well if someone else just made a bid." that argument
doesn't hold water.  There are very few eastern regionals  that have been or
will be ON CAMPUS AT HOME RINKS.  Mullins in Amherst this year was an
aberration.  The problem is out West.  Eastern schools can't host a western
regional for example. And name the last time one of you Western schools got
stuck at an on-campus site out east (the mullins example excepted.)

Interesting to note that one of the 07 east regionals is being hosted by the
ECAC per the NCAA website.   Maybe that is the way to go, make the leagues
play host, not the schools.  Also note that again in 06 and 07, the four
scheduled eastern regionals are all at large arenas, without a single campus
site.

Seems to me that West is getting greedy...



Arik Marks

Cornell '91

Michigan '99









On 3/28/2005 9:39:52 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> I'll bite, Minnesota bid for the regional championship and they were
awarded
> it, next season everyone is going to be complaining about UND and them
> getting an unfair advantage, It happen to DU and UND when we had to play
the
> UofMich in Yost arena... Some people need to get over this, its a fact of
> college hockey. I suspect that Minnesota or any of the 4 WCHA in the
tourney
> would go into Cornell's
> barn and beat them too. Next subject to beat to
> death.
>
> Eric Burton
> [log in to unmask]
>
> The Tree of Liberty Must be Refreshed From Time to Time with the Blood of
> Patriots and Tyrants.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: - Hockey-L - The College Hockey Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Frank A. Veshia Jr.
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 9:36 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: WCHA
>
>
> EXCUSE me, but MARUCCI Arena is the home ice of Minnesota. It is on the
> Minnesota Campus.