On Sat, 18 Feb 1995, Brian Gentry wrote:
 
> .....the Laker hex comes back to haunt the BU Terriers!!!
>
> Well, it looks like PC coach (former LSSU assistant) Paul Pooley has
> officially brought the Laker hex to Providence.  As most of you well
> know LSSU beat BU 9-1 in last year and they beat BU 6-1 in the previous
> year's semifinals.  BU beat PC 9-2 Jan. 10 in Providence.  Hmmmm, maybe
> the Laker hex was on strike with the baseball players that night.
>
> This game was ugly folks.  This BU team quite possibly has the most talent
> in college hockey. (no flames please) However, as opposed to a team like
> Maine, they are very undisiplined and shaky at times.  The Beanpot win
> went straight to their heads and they forgot to show up at Providence.
> The BU game was a comedy of errors with a cast of thousands of missed
> passes and mental miscues.  This is not taking away anything from
> Providence.  BU on an off-night is still a good team and the score was 8-1!
> The Friars played their hearts out and got a juicy win over the #2 team in
> the country.
>
> I must add that this game could be even more embarrassing than Maine losing
> to UMass-Amherst 4-2.  Hopefully BU will use their loss much the same way
> that Maine did.  BU needs to be reminded that the season is far from over,
> with two more important tournaments to win.  That they need to work
> unselfishly as a team and work for what they achieve.  I hope that BU
> can turn this loss into something positive.
>
> Congrats to PC, they played an entirely different game than they did in
> January and deserved the win.  The game tonight at BU should be interesting.
>
> This result means that BU almost has no chance to catch Maine.  Maine's
> magic number is now 5 points.  If BU wins the rest of their games, Maine
> would have to lose 2 of 3 and tie the other for BU to clinch 1st. Oh
> well, thank goodness the HE champion is decided by the tournament!!
 
 
This is only partly correct.  From what I understand there are
basically two "champions" declared  in HE.
      1.  The Regular Season Champion
      2.  The Tournament Champion
 
With BU's loss to PC it appears that Maine will be the regular season
champion, however as we all know anything could happen.
From what I have gathered reading hockey-l over the past year that it is
this championship that "matters" in the eyes of the NCAA now (winner of
regular season recieves auto bid, rather than tournament champion), largely
the result of CC not being chosen for the NCAA Tournament last year.
 
 
As for the HE Tournament Champions that remains to be seen.  At this
point, UMass-Amherst has an equal chance of being crowned Champions as
either Maine or BU do.
 
I believe this to be correct. I am sure if it is not someone out there will
be nice enough to correct me.  It is hard to keep up with all the changes
from here.
 
sarah.
 
 
 The
> hopes for a repeat championship are far from over.
>
> On the goalie preserverance rating.  Thanks to Sean Pickett for showing
> how flawed this rating is.  Not including last night's game, Derek
> Herlofsky is in no way a "horrible" goalie!
>
> Brian Gentry  BU'9
> BU '95
> Go Terriers!!
> The Beanpot is Home!!
> Now for the HOCKEY EAST championship repeat!!
>