I forgot about this.  Speaking of extending it further.  In the '94 west
regionals, which were held at Mich State, I remember being there and
cheering for Lake State in the Michigan game.  If I also remember
correctly, the Lake State band did a great job of playing the MSU fight
song on several occasions even though we bowed out the day before
against UMASS-Lowell.  Great game, LSSU v UofM, overtime I believe, with
Laviollette (sp?) scoring.  I'm sure UofM fans are glad to see him
finally graduate this year.
 
Bret Marr
MSU Spartan fan with tail between his legs until only next season,
hopefully.
 
 
John T. Whelan wrote:
>
>         I looked back to see when the last time was that a team won a
> national championship without being either the regular season or
> playoff champion in its conference.  It was Lake State in '94, who
> also had the following in common with this year's champions:
>
>         -- Had to win four games in the NCAAs (i.e., were not a bye team)
>         -- Won second championship in 3 years
>
> Also, in that year, as in this one, the same team (then Michigan, now
> Michigan State) won the CCHA regular season and tournament titles,
> only to fall in overtime in the West regionals in a rematch of the
> CCHA championship game.
>
>         Those more familiar with the CCHA than I can probably extend
> the analogy further.
>                                          John Whelan, Cornell '91
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