I know in the Burlington paper on fri, all the coaches in the tourny said
it was a four year thing then done, they see the teams enough on thier
scheduales without playing them again in a tourny, so it said it was done
after four years....I know UNH wants to scheduale somemore Western teams
to boost thier strength of scheduale..
 
troy
Go blue!
Mark Mowers for the Hobey BAker...
 
 
On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Deron Treadwell wrote:
 
> At 08:35 AM 12/5/96 -0500, Karen Ambrose wrote:
>
> > What wonderful hockey fans.  Next year's Governors Cup is at UNH.  I am sure
> >that the fans in Durham will give more respect to the game of college hockey.
>
> I wanted to address another issue.. will the Governor's Cup survive?
>
> According to Maine AD Sue Tyler, the Governor's Cup is on a four year trial
> period (this being the 2nd year), and then the schools will decide whether
> they want to keep it.  I know Maine interim coach Greg Cronin is not happy
> that in the past two years they have played UNH three times by Decemeber,
> and now this year that they have played UNH and Lowell three times before
> Decemeber.  In fact Maine played UML three games in-a-row this year.
>
> Now it needs to be noted that Shawn Walsh was one of the people really
> behind this idea.  Maine's view might change by next year, and since Maine
> should open up with Vermont next year.
>
> Also, wasn't Bruce Crowder a big proponent of this tournament?  If so that
> is another knock now that he has moved on to Northeastern.
>
> Personally I like the idea of the northern New England schools playing each
> other in a tournament, but will the Governor's Cup last, especially when
> it's three Hockey East schools and only one ECAC school?  It would seem to
> work better with two and two.  Also, would it be so difficult to either move
> the tournament, or make sure that the HEA teams are playing each other so
> often so early.
> ---
> Deron Treadwell ([log in to unmask])
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