> as no ECAC team wants to "waste" games with RPI, nor does a HE team want to
> have a "meaningless" game with Lowell.  It seems to me that most tourneys
 
>Meaningless??? The 3rd best team in one of the best conferences in the nation
>and someone considers it meaningless?  Come on!  We lose only 3 quality
>players from this years team and have many of this year's freshmen bigger
>and stronger than last year.  Mark my words, there will not be a meaningless
>gave when someone plays lowell next year!
 
>Steve Twombly
>Umass-Lowell Hockey Staff
 
Steve,
remember to breathe. :)
 
First off, it wasn't a slam directly on UML. Remember that the author
made the smae comment about ECAC teams not wanting to "waste" games wtih RPI.
 
The point is that any coach of a top team wants to expose his team
to as many quality teams as possible. Any HE team will already be
playing UML twice (or is it 4 times?). The two teams will already
be familar with each other's style and such. Whereas, if they
chose to play a team from another league, they would be getting
exposure to a different style of play.
 
The game would be meaningless not in that UML is a pushover but
in that a win would not affect the teams HE record nor would it
expose them to a different style of play.
 
Sheesh.
 
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