>
> It also would have been more meaningful for NCAA purposes if the gaps
> between Northern & Minnesota and Minnesota & Wisconsin (and possibly
> Wisconsin & North Dakota) hadn't been so big:
>
>   [TCHCR]                        Division I          Schedule Schedule
>   Rank NCAA Team                   Record    Rating  Strength   Rank
>     1   2W  Northern Michigan     33  5  4   100.00    60.99     14
>     3   4W  Minnesota             27  7  5    88.56    61.40     11
> (If I recall, 5 pts separated Northern and Minnesota in WCHA play, and
> Northen was 4-0 vs Minnesota)
>     8   5W  Wisconsin             26 13  3    77.73    62.17      8
>    11   --  North Dakota          24 17  2    72.43    63.68      5
> (North Dakota was only 2 pts behind Wisconsin in WCHA standings, but had
> 5 more losses overall, before the consolation game)
>
If I remember correctly, the regular season record between Minnesota and
Northern Michigan was 1-1-2 and not 4-0 in favor of Northern.  I don't
remember the scores of the games, though.
John Feigal
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Beat Providence, Maine, Northern Michigan!!
 
 
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