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Sean Pickett writes:
>>This is only partly correct. From what I understand there are
>>basically two "champions" declared in HE.
>> 1. The Regular Season Champion
>> 2. The Tournament Champion
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>This is true, but unlike other teams, BU only raises banners for winning the
>league tournament championship. BU has never made a big deal out of winning
>the regular season title.
I don't recall seeing a banner at BC for HE regular season titles, but
I could have missed it. I didn't think to look for one.
I believe this controversy (if you can call it one) stems from the
regular season banners that Maine has raised. Specifically, this
began after the 1987-88 season when Maine won its first regular season
title but was defeated by Northeastern in the tournament championship
game.
The next season, as I recall, people at Northeastern were not happy to
hear and then see that Maine had raised a banner proclaiming Maine as
the "1988 Hockey East Champions". Of course, Northeastern also had a
similar banner. I also recall that Maine was forced to change its
banner to read "1988 Hockey East Regular Season Champions".
Personally, I don't care if teams raise a banner for both titles or
just for the tourney championship. But a distinction should be made.
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Mike Machnik [log in to unmask]
Cabletron Systems, Inc. *HMM* 11/13/93
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