If I remember correctly, the 1980 game is the one where a Minnesota goal was disallowed because it ended up behind the net.  That would have involved a hole in the net (unthinkable by the ref) which I think later turned out to be true.  Of course age could be warping my memory right now, that and the nasty cold I have.  I was just happy and impressed to see that Minnesota made it that far that year with a head coach and so many players gone for the Olympics.

Doug Peterson

-----Original Message-----
>From: Erik Biever <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Mar 21, 2007 1:03 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Comley:  AH-CHA Play-In Game Needed
>
>I suspect Coach Comley thinks the CHA is now too small to justify its autobid. 
>  If you accept that proposition, a play-in game with the Atlantic hockey 
>champion (or, perhaps, the #16 seed) could make sense.  There is precedent:  in 
>1979 and 1980, the CCHA champion faced the WCHA second place team in a play-in 
>game.  Comley's Northern Michigan team reached the Phinal Phour that way in 
>1980 with a win over Minnesota in Williams Arena.
>
>- Erik
>
>>>From a recent USCHO article, quote from Michigan State coach Rick
>> Comley:
>> 
>> "What I would like to see is a play-in game [between the CHA and
>> Atlantic Hockey]. The CHA should not have an automatic bid under any
>> circumstance whatsoever. They should have a play-in opportunity."