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>Mark A. writes:
>>At the close of this evening's ECAC quarterfinal matchup between the Red
>>Raiders and the Big Red at Lynah Rink, Colgate's team skated off the ice.
>>No congratulations for the victorious Big Red team, no handshakes, no
>>nothing.
>It may have seemed like a display of poor sportsmanship by Colgate and coach
>Don Vaughan, but I believe it's not uncommon (or at least not unheard of)
>for teams that are playing each other back-to-back not to bother with the
>handshake after the first game (though Cornell looked like they were lining
>up for one). Does this happen in the other three leagues where playing two
>weekend games against the same opponent is a common occurrence?
>Bill Fenwick
>Cornell '86 and '95
In the WCHA, the teams never shake hands on Friday night. They do it on
Saturday. At least I have never seen a handshake on a Friday. I have seen
some Saturdays, when the game is very chippy, or there was a brawl or
something, then they won't have a handshake either.
TF
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Anthony J. Frolik University of Minnesota Duluth
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