I watched a few minutes of the Clarkson-Brown final last night (well, OK, I
didn't actually watch it....I could either drive to a high hill and try to
pick up the fairly weak radio station which does Brown games or "watch" the
scrambled NESN signal on our cable system....I chose the latter).  They had
an interview with Ronn Tomassoni.  What follows is not exactly an exact
quote but paraphrases fairly well:
 
        I hope we return to Lake Placid.  The Olympic sized rink really
        serves our skating game well and works to our advantage.
 
My questions:
        How big is an Olympic size rink (vs. standard 200x85)?
        After playing all year on std. size rinks, is it really fair to change
                such a critical component in the playoffs which clearly favors
                certain teams over others?
 
A couple of further notes: The same issue applies to the traditional home of
                           Eastern playoffs, Boston Garden, which has a small
                           ice surface.
                           Harvard's home ice surface at Bright Hockey Center
                           is also slightly larger than standard although I
                           don't remember the exact dimensions.
 
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Jon Greene
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