On Wed, 31 Dec 1997 13:47:00 -0500 Steve Klein <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
> I gotta weigh in on this one to ring out the Old Year. It's been bothering
> me since October.
> Let's make sure that EVERYONE knows if BU lost any players to the World
> Junior Team (like no one else did, too?).
> Or the World Senior Team.
> Or the NHL.
> Or grades.
> Or knitting classes.
> Or anything other than the fact THEY LOST A GAME.
> Maybe we can figure out some way this game doesn't count, either.
> After all, BU isn't counting the loss to Michigan State in Madison in
> October.
> There were all kinds of excuses for that one, too.
> BU always seems to have some kind of excuse when it loses, so I'm sure there
> must be one for the Princeton game.
> After all, we ALL know that Princeton couldn't have beaten BU unless BU had
> some excuse.
> Steve Klein
>  ----------
> From: JayRLau
> To: HOCKEY-L
> Subject: BU / Princeton score
> Date: Wednesday, December 31, 1997 1:20PM
>
> BU lost to Princeton 3 - 2 in a game that (as I was told) was not a close
> as the score indicated. Does anyone know if BU lost any players to the World
> Junior team or did they
> lost while playing at full strength?
 
I am sick and tired of the nonsensical rantings posted to this list pertaining
to the apocryphal excuses BU makes.  BU's players, coaches, and fans have far
too much integrity and class to offer excuses when the opposing team wins fair
and square.  To intimate that the Terriers are anything less than a standup
group is indicative of the poorest kind of envy and sportsmanship that give
competition a bad name.
 
I submit the following:
1.    Princeton won because they outplayed BU.
2.    Only Greg Quebec, a third line forward, was out due to injury.
3.    There were no Terriers out for international play.
4.    BU is not the only team that isn't counting the October tournament.
5.    I agree that the NCAA should rule quickly on the October tournament.
 
BU is not perfect.  At times their players' behavior has been reprehensible.
But the constant targeting of Jack Parker on this list and at visiting arenas
around Hockey East is rubbish.  His 25-year tenure at Boston University is
testimony to the best that college hockey has to offer.  I challenge anyone on
this list to provide documented proof that Parker's behavior speaks badly for
his school.  While some of his players and fans have provided embarrassing
moments (and which teams have not?), he has always been gracious in defeat.
 
As for Mr. Klein, your email domain identifies you as an employee of USA Today.
If you are a member of the press, I am sure you can provide us all with quotes
supporting your claims.  Otherwise, I can only say that your remarks serve your
employer poorly.
 
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