> At 12:04 PM 3/5/99 -0500, Edward N. Moller wrote:
> >> There is a regular season trophy and the Lamoriello Cup.  The RS trophy
> >> is much less spectacular than the tourney trophy.
> >
> >I'm still confused.  According to Deron's earlier post HEA will hand out the
> >trophy this weekend at the Whit.  To my knowledge this has never been done
> >before, or else I'd have seen them do it many times at Walter Brown Arena.
> >Is this a new policy from Joe Bertagna, or did BU pass on the award as they
> >look on it as having no value?
>
> It is my understanding that the #1 and #2 teams have never met to decide
> the title the last weekend of the season, so they haven't really been able
> to do it before.
>
> When Maine repeated in 1993 they skated with the trophy, probably because
> they still had it from the year before!  :-)
>
> I'd doubt BU passed on it, rather they probably haven't done this before.
 
Now I'm even more confused.  Deron's saying that Maine did it in 1993 because
they still had the trophy from the year before.  If that's the case, why didn't
BU do it last year when they repeated as regular season champs?  And as Adam
Bryant noted, what happened two years ago when BU and UNH met at season's end?
 
It seems to me that the celebration of a regular season title would be a league
sanctioned event (i.e., required).  HEA is obviously sanctioning such a
celebration in Durham this weekend.  And Deron says that Maine has had the
pleasure of celebrating in the past.  How is it that any team can decide to pass
on such a festivity?  And how can a league allow it to happen?
 
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