I was going through some old mail and realized I had forgotten that I
wanted to respond to this.
 
Carol wrote about the Gophers' disappointing Mariucci Classic showing:
>The coaching staff is fed up with the
>chippy play. Maybe a 4:00AM practice should be scheduled or something.
 
Just wanted to note that the regulations don't allow coaches to do things
like this anymore.  I know of quite a few situations in the past where
a team would play a terrible game and the coach would skate the team
immediately afterwards (even once when a team returned from a long bus trip
at about 4 am to find that the coach had called ahead to have the rink
opened and prepared for a practice as soon as they got back!).  But it is
no longer allowed for a team to practice after playing a game, and I also
think there may be regulations on what time practices can be held but I'm
not sure.  I know not many people are aware of this because I still hear
people say after an awful game that "the coach should send them back out to
skate."
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Mike Machnik    [log in to unmask]   Color Voice of the Merrimack Warriors
(Any opinions expressed above are strictly those of the poster.)    *HMN*