>Karen/Greg Ambrose wrote:
>
>> Deron Treadwell writes:
>>
>> >New Hampshire beats Merrimack 5-4 tonight for a two-game sweep.
>> >
>> >That means New Hampshire will play the winner of BU/Providence (BU up
>> >6-1 after 2 periods, but PC holding the 1-0 series lead) and Maine
>> >will take on BC Friday in the Hockey East Quarterfinals.
>> >
>> >I believe UNH will play at 5 p.m. as the #1 seed, Maine and BC will
>> >play at 8 p.m.
>>
>> UNH, being the number one seed in the tournament, has the preference as to
>> which game that want to play in. Coach Umile told us after the game that he
>> would prefer to play the 8:00 PM game so that UNH fans will be able to get
>> to Boston and root the team on.
>>
>> He thought too much was made of the extra three hours rest that teams
>> playing the early game would get and that he could just as easily "scout"
>> potential opponents at 5:00 pm as he could at 8:00.  Plus the fact that UNH
>> has already played Maine four times this year and BC three times, so there
>> are no suprises left.
>>
>> A little different philosphy than Shawn, eh?
>>
>
> The Bangor Daily News reports that Maine vs. BC will start at 8 pm and
>UNH vs.
>Prov.
> will start at 5 pm. Maybe Dick has same philosphy as Shawn,eh?
>
I was under the impression that the #1 seed has the choice.  Umile told me
directly that he would prefer to play the 8:00 pm game so the UNH fans
could get to the game on time.  I have to think that HE has the ultimate
decision, and for crowd reasons, chose the Maine-BC matchup over the UNH-PC
matchup simply because  , of the four schools, PC will bring the fewest
people.  I betcha if BU had beated PC last night, UNH might have been in
the 8:00 PM game.  It really doesn't matter to me, I'll be there anyway.
 
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